Heddon-Greta Races
The only discordant note in proceedings at Heddon Greta races on January 5 was the fact that scales were not in order. Getting another set out from Kurrl Kurri delayed the racing an…
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Lawn Tennis. Counutry Carnival
Rain again prevented play yesterday morning, but a large number of matches were disposed of in the afternoon, although one round of the teams compretion had to be postponed. Bathurst, playing better…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cricket. Mosman’s Double
The 2nd Grade Team resumed its innings against Paddington on Hampden Oval last Saturday, and won by 7…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beware of Grey beards at Golf
The old men of the links who have been golfers all their lives are doing some wonderful things nowadays. They seem to have derived (says a writer in the London…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Western District Notes. Racing at Orange
Beautiful weather and a record attendance favored the first day of the Orange Jockey Club races on January 1, when capital racing was witnessed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →Victoria Racing Club. Autumn Meeting Melbourne
Subjoined are the nominations for the principal handicaps of the V.R.C. Autumn Meeting:- Newmarket Handicap, 6f.—Biplane, Red Rock, Perdo, Captain Standish, Fitz Linacre, Whitefield,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Racing Budget Autumn Entries Reviewed Sydney's Strength
That the reduction of sport has not reduced the number of horses racing is shown by the numbers of entries received yesterday for the important events to be run at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N.z. Topics Auckland Racing: Tote Records
The Auckland Racing Club had a triumphant success with its Summer meeting. All previous Totalisator records were eclipsed, and the racing was of a particularly interesting order,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Golf Notes Some Shots That Will Be Remembered
For some time past I, have been making notes of the remarkable shots that have been played, some of them making golfing history; and, after seeing the great interest that the players evince…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Racing Taxation in America Substantial Payments by Clubs
Australia and New Zealand are not the onlY places where the Government derive a substantial revenue from racing. In Sydney the principal payment by clubs is a share of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bowls State Pennant Competition: Results and Surprises: Manly Livening Up
The first round of the New South Wales B.A.'s pennant competition this season was played on Saturday in fine weather. There were surprises. But that is nothing new…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Lawn Tennis. Double Bay Carnival Points and Averages
At the [?] of yesterday's play in the tennis matches in the country carnival at Double may the positions of the leading teams have somewhat changed. The records of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lawn Tennis. Country Carnival. Contests at Double Bay
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →Canterbury Park Races a Long Programme Certain
It is certain that at least one race will be run in divisions at Canterbury on Saturday, probably two. To-morrow's scratchings will make a difference, but at present I like:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boxing News and Comment Continued From Page 8. Fred Dyer Gathered In
The attached par, from a Chicago exchange, refers to Dyer, the Welsh singing boxer, who tarried quite a long while in Australia. Dyer said once that he tried to enlist in the United…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Swimming Suggested Ladies' Team for America Miss Durack Expected There: What Has Happened: Concerning Albert Barry
Some remarks published in the San Francisco Bulletin regarding the probability of Miss Fanny Durack visiting the United States during the coming Summer arid the possibility of Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Holiday Sport in Adelaide Pistols to the Fore in the Christmas Racing
The double victory of Wee Gun, at Morphettville, on New Year's Day, and the remarkable success which attended the stock by the Carbine horse Pistol, were the outstanding features of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sport on Land and Water. a Memorable Boxing Contest. .Jackson and Slavin. A White Blackman
In a recent issue of the London "Sports- man," the able writer on boxers 'and boxing, "Cestus," says: -- So much interest is taken party well the…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Old Victorian Fighters Reminiscences of Detective James Christie, Beau Brummel of Boxing: Rough-up with Jem Mace
James Mitchell Christie was a name cele-clebrated in Victoria, and, indeed, throughout the whole continent, in the late seventies and early eighties, those far-off days when, by the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →1-2-3 Tote Operates at Ascot Eight Favorites Win in Ten Races
Saturday was a relatively quiet day for Ascot, although there were ten races, in two events there needed only a couple of scratchings to make one division instead of two; while in the…
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