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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…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The thought that comes to one just at this time is that sport in general during the year just closed has suffered more than ever in New Zealand as a result of the continuation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Three giants invaded my den on Thursday afternoon last. They were not giants in stature, but they were giants in strength and as samples of what is attainable by going through a well-judged, thorough system of physical culture. Their names were Clarence Weber, John A. Rice, and Reg. G. Shorthose. Weber is a giant in height as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In fine but somewhat warm weather the Aspendale Park Racing Club meeting on Saturday was pretty well attended. The racing was interesting, and though first favorites did not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Once more the courts at Double Bay are filled with those fine sportsmen, the lawn tennis players of the country districts, down for the annual Country Carnival, the third gathering…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →At the 50th annual gathering of the Clans at the Agricultural Ground on New Year's Day one could not but help carrying the mind back to the great meetings held by the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →There were no fewer than five athletic championship contests decided on January 5. Four of them were under the auspices of the Botany Harriers' Club. No records were broken by…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Backers are rarely without some double to invest upon, and immediately the Summer handicaps at Randwick were over the Challenge Stakes and Anniversary Handicap provided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the meeting last night of the Anniversary Regatta committee further reference was made to the resignation of Judge Backhouse as chairman of the regatta committees, his Honor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Further arrangements for holding the 1918 Anniversary regatta were made at the meeting of the committee last night. In the rowing events the officials will be Messrs. J…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tom O'Malley is keen on hanging other scalps to his belt. He has offered to meet George Cook over 20 rounds if Mr. Baker will stage them over that journey…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →When Judge Backhouse announced his resignation as chairman of the Anniversary Re[?], the committee decided to [?] him a letter asking him to re[?] his decision. At last night's ra[?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At last night's meeting of the Anniversary Regatta a letter was rend from Judge Backhouse relative to his resignation as chairman of the committee as follows:--…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A heavy programme was, run through yesterday, but the players were favoured by ideal weather. Some very close matches occurred in the country teams' competition, including one in which Bathurst and…
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Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Shipley Stud, sold yesterday, did not realise as much as Mr. William Brown's collection of thoroughbreds, disposed of at Segenhoe last week, the aggregate being 31,245…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Dubbo has fallen the honor of being the first team to lower the colors of the [?] unbeaten Toowoomba team in the country carnival at Doul[?] Bay. The match between these two teams was the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was a good average attendance at Warwick Farm races on Saturday. A couple of first favorites got home, and all the other winners were well backed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →There were over twenty-eight thousand people present to witness the second day of Tattersall's Club annual meeting. Poitrel demonstrated his superiority as a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The main bout at the Sydney Stadium last Saturday night was fought by Matt Murphy and Benny Palmer. The match went the twenty rounds, and Murphy…
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