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Sport, 1877

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POSTSCRIPT. Mudgee Races. MUDGEE, Tuesday 2 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 9 May 1877 · page 3

The annual races commenced to-day. The Shorts Handicap was won by Hybla, Alma second, and Oriole third. A splendid race home took place between Hybla and Alma,…

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Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Mudgee Races.—second Day, Thursday. Cudgegong Handicap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 May 1877 · page 5

Mr. A. Loder's bl[?]m Hybla, aged...... 1 W. W. Kite's b f Woolstone...... 2 Won by a length. Time, 2 minutes 47 seconds. MARES' PRODUCE STAKES…

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Southern Rugby Football Union

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 30
Also in The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser

THE above union held their annual meeting last Monday, at tho Exchange Hotel, for the purpose of electing a president and four vice-presidents, and to consider an invitation from the Football Association…

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Coursing

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 597

THE New South Wales Coursing Club holds its second annual gathering at the City of the Plains next weeks. The nominations closed on Tuesday; all the preliminaries were then arranged, and everything promises a successful…

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Sydney Rowing Club Regatta

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 30

THE Sydney Rowing Club held their fourteenth rogivtta on Saturday, on the Parramatta River, and, on the whole, it was perhaps the most successful that has been held under the club's auspices. The weather was of the most charming…

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Football

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 597

(Football clubs are requested to send in engagements as early as possible next week for publication.)…

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New South Wales Coursing Club

Evening News · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 4

Mr. Johnson, who is to act as judge at the forthcoming coursing meeting at Bathurst, arrived this morning overland from Melbourne, and Mr. J. Wilson, who area chosen as slipper, is coming by the…

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The Football Association

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 9

1. The limits of the ground shall be: maximum length, 200 yards; minimum length, 100 yards; maximum breadth, 109 yards; minimum breadth, 50 yards. The length and breadth shall be marked off with flags; and the goals shall be upright…

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The Maitland Races

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 29

THE Northern Jockey Club were peculiarly; fortunate in weather for their races; and the meeting passed off very well. The ground was in capital order after the previous week's rain; but it is very…

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Northern Jockey Club Races

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 9

The above races came off on Eelen's Course, West Maitland, on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 8th and 9th of May, and as reg[?]d the weather and quality of the racing were highly…

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Mudgee Races. First Day—wednesday

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 29
Also in Freeman's Journal

THE attendance at the races to-day numbered about 1400. The weather was fine. Maiden Plate.—Olive 1, Wallace 2, Red Rose 3. Shorts Handicap.—Mr. A. Loder's bl m Hybla 1, Mr. R…

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Football. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 9

SIR,—I have read with a great deal of interest the report of the annual meeting of the Southern Rugby Football Union, and, as an enthusiastic admirer of football in any shape and form, I trust, now that the subject is befroe the…

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Northern Jockey Club Races. Second Day—wednesday 9Th May

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 9

THE weather on the second day was equal to that on the first, and the attendance, though not so good as was expected, was pretty fair. The meeting was exceedingly well managed, and Mr. Want gave every satisfaction as…

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The Mudgee Annual Races. [From Our Correspondnet.] First Day, Wednesday, May 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1877 · page 9

PRESIDENT—Mr. N. P. Baylay, J.P., vice-president— Mr. George Rouse, J.P.; judge—Mt. A. H. Cox, J.P.; treasurer—Mr. E. Clarke. The Mudgee race meeting for 1877 commenced to-day,…

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Coursing

Evening News · Monday 14 May 1877 · page 3

SATURDAY afternoon having been fixed for the entry and draw for the Bathurst Cup and Leger, the comittee of the New South, Wales Coursing Club, and other members interested, met at the Royal Hotel at…

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The New South Wales Coursing Club

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1877 · page 5

THF draw for the meeting that will commence at Bathurst on Wednesday next, took place at the Royal Hotel on Saturday afternoon. The entries include all the best grey[?]ounds in the colony and several cracks from Victoria. Mr…

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Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday. Kensington Park Races

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1877 · page 5

THE races which were postponed from the 5th instant, on account of the rain, came off to-day. The attendance was moderate. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE.—Veno, 10 st., 1;…

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Mudgee Annual Races. Second Day, Thursday, May 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 May 1877 · page 5

THE weather was again all that could be desired. Thursday being the off day, the attendance was not anything like so large as on the previous one; but there was a fair number of persons, say some 600 or 700, on the course…

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