Sandgate Regatta
The present carnival will close to-day with the sailing of the 18ft. and 22ft. intercolonial scratch races, which have been included in the programme of the Sandgate Regatta. The original…
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Swimming
A HAPPY New Year to all. No swimming to-day, excepting that which the hot weather will have a deal to do with. It is just as well those "blasts from a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowls
SO far as can be ascertained, most bowlers will, as was the case last Saturday (Xmas day), take a spell from their favorite game today, but Mr. Evins is bringing a team of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Golf Nates
So fashionable is golf in America that it is thus epigrammatically written of iu New York :—"Golf is society, aud society is golf, with just a pinch of polo aud dancing and suburban horse shows thrown…
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WHATEVER the quantity of sentiment in Bob Fitzsimmons' make-up are that victory over Corbett raised him to the pugilistic pinnacle he at the present looks down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing Day
Sydney people went a-pleasuring on Monday as perhaps only Sydney people can do when a public holiday offers an escape from the languid heat of the weather, and tantalising glimpses of the blue harbour…
Continued on Trove, page 48 →Swimming. Police Club
The final of the 66 Yards Handicap of the above club was swum off at the Nataofium last week with the following results :—Constable Weir, 6 seconds' start, 1; Constable Arnold, 2 seconds' start, 2;…
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Emu A team meet the North Parramatta, on Emu Park, on New Year Day. The match Nepean v. Hawkesbury Electorates has been cried off, owing to Hawkesbury being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bathurst Swimming Club. Bathurst
The sports held under the auspices of the Bathurst Swimming Club at Amos's baths were veil attended, about 600 being present. The contest for the championship included James Taylor (chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Kurrajong Races
On Monday last a large crowd assembled at North Richmond to witness the Kurrajong races; but why they are called Kurrajong is something no fellow can understand. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket Chatter
THE Intercolonial match was a terrible disappointment to the people of New South Wales, for they expected a glorious victory…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket Notes
Brits journey to Picton on New Year's Day, and anticipate a good time. The D[?]mmoyne Hunter's Hill match on December 18th proved very exciting. Both sides…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cricket Gossip
Chatting with Prince Ranjitsimhji on Sunday morning, he remarked that in his opinion Trumper was a very fine bat, and one who would improve considerably within the next three or four years…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Swimming. the World's 100-Yards Championship
Our London correspondent, writing under date November 26, says:--"That splendid sportsman, J. H. Tyers, has evidently no intention of giving either Jack Hellings or Rob Derbyshire a chance of discounting his narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Racing with the "Blazers."
At the send of each hunting season the members of the renowned Slushtown "Blazers"--a pack of hounds noted for their slowness in the field and their speed in going…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tattersall's Club Races
The annual nice meeting under the management of our principal betting institution is to be commenced at Randwick to-day, and the first of the half-dozen, events on the programme is timed for decision at 1 o'clock…
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The annual race meeting held on New Year's Day at Randwick by Sydney Tattersall's Club is one of the most popular of the year. Instituted many years ago, it has always retained its…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Lillie Bridge Races
The following weights have been declared for to-night:- Fourteen-one Handicap, about 4 furlongs.—Dewdrop, 9st 9lb; Lilac (late Madge), [?]st 3lb; C[?]loola, 8st 10lb; Recovery, 8st 9lb; Sweetheart [?]., 8st 3lb; Carrie Swain,…
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