Victorian Letter. Aspendale Park Races
With the exception of the Maiden Plate, fields were hardly up to the usual standard of the week-end meetings at Aspendale Park, on January 6. There were 16 acceptors for the…
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Rosehill Races Possibilities for
Moderate fields promise to be the rule at Saturday's Roseill meeting, but that does not mean that backers will find winners easy of selection. Possible some of the following will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cycling Racing for Juniors : Movement Going Strongly
On many occasions in this column I have strongly advocated the fostering of racing for juniors, but although for years in Victoria and Queensland racing for the youths has flourished,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Victoria Racing Club. Autumn Meeting. Melbourne
Subjoined are the nominations received to-day for the principal handicaps of the autumn meeting:- Newmarket Handicap, 6f.—Nocanor, Sunbury, Three, Whitefield, St. Evins, Captain Standish, Vasco Bob,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rugby Union Mainly About Players Who Are on Active Service
Many happy birthday returns on— Jan. 10 : George H. Mason (N.Z.R.U.) 12: T. Ryan (Darby) (N.Z.), H. E. Card (N.Z.),…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Latest Racing in the Other States Victoria, Queensland, and South Australia Busy Week in Victoria Races at Aspendale Park and Elsewhere
On Saturday Mr. J. R. Crooke, the proprietor of the Aspendale Park Racecourse, had delightfully fine weather for his meeting, which was particularly well attended. Owing to so many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lawn Tennis. the Country Carnival. Points and Averages
To the [?] of Bathurst, Wagga had the honer yesterday at Double Bay of being the first team to [?] Orange, which has now to play account [?] to [?] The records…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Albion Park Races. Ratinulo Captures the Plate
The attendance at the Albion Park (Brisbane) races on Saturday afternoon last was a large out, and as fine weather prevailed, an enjoyable outing resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aspendale Park Races. Lady Blacksand a Winner
Fine weather prevailed for the Aspendale Park (Vic.) races on Saturday afternoon last and there was a big attendance, The betting public had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rambler's Cricket Notes Low Scoring But Interesting
Western suburbs were weakly represented against Gordon at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Frank McMullen has used the school vacation to take a trip to New Zealand, and G. S. Lord…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Gosford Racing Club. Effingham Wins Gosford Handicap. Gosford
The Gosford Racing Club's meeting was held this afternoon in very oppressive weather. The track was in splendid order, there was an excellent attendance, and the general arrangements, in the hands of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Golf Notes News of All the World : a Big Budget
The holiday season at Leura has now finished. In a teams' match, eleven players aside, one team captained by the chairman of the Company, Mr. E. P. Andrews, the other by the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Why Not Motor Racing? U.s. Motor Trucks. the Fiat and the War — Trade Notes — Club Doings. Why Not Motor Racing
I referred in these columns a couple of weeks ago to the apathy which was creeping over motorists owing to the lack of competitions of any kind to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Turf Odds and Ends Messrs. Tye Going Out of Racing
A surprise comes from Victoria in the announcement that Messrs. A. and G. Tye are going out of racing, and will sell all their thoroughbred stock in the Autumn. It was only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Racing in West Australia W.a.t.c. Cup Meeting
A fairly cool day was experienced for the W.A.T.C. Cup day, and the attendance was a good one. There were just on 10,000 people present, or over 1000 more than last year,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Racing Sasanof's Win in the Great Northern Derby
The Great Northern Derby, in which the keenest interest of New Zealand sportsmen has been centred for the past few weeks, was decided on New Year's Day at Auckland, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Football Position of St. Kilda : Players in the War
The St. Kilda Club before the war had a membership roll of 4000 and a revenue of £2000. But the committee unwisely joined the executives of the other clubs that left…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Melbourne Cricket the V.c.a. Issues Enlistment Circulrar
After a fortnight's interval, district matches were continued last week. Hitherto the weekend weather consistently favored bowlers, but on Saturday there was no excuse on that score…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Pigeon Racing Some Don'ts for New Year: the Moulting Period
Once more we enter into a new year with its hopes of new and future success. Most local clubs open the new year with their annual meeting. Don't be one of those who stop…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Coursing Topics an Australian in England the Australian Hare Our Greatest Greyhound: a Cause Celebre Retold
The following interesting article by Lepus appeared in a recent issue of the London Sporting Life to hand. The courser interviewed by Lepus, Mr. A. de P. Gillen, gives his views very…
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