We have no important incident to record this week in the progress of the "great equine exhibition of 1859." None of the absent quartette, namely, Camel, Phoebe, Swordsman, and The Barber, have yet put in an ...
Article : 518 wordsSIR.—In your last week's issue appeared a letter from Mr. Hammersley advocating the advisability of improving, and erecting a substantial fence round, the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Whatever alterations the M. ...
Article : 914 wordsSIR,—As we slowly wended our way to the trusting place, Oakleigh Steeple, last Saturday morning, some few of the knowing ones prognosticated a rare scenting day, as there was a gentle S.W. breeze, and a ...
Article : 579 wordsDEAR BELL,—Flying Buck, a bay gelding, bred by Mr. H. N. Simson in 1856, is by Romui[?]s, or Warhawk out of Wilhelmina by Romeo out of Moss Rose by Emigrant out of the thoroughbred imported mare, The ...
Article : 574 wordsDEAR BELL,—Many many months have been swawllowed up by the great champion of events—the effluxion of time—since I presumed to scribble a few sporting an[?]dotes; far more gratifying, I opine, to myself in ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 369 wordsDEAR BELL,—Flatcatcher, a grey gelding bred by Mr. Thomas Austin at Barwon Park in 1854. is by Dolo out of Gannymede, by Rory O'More out of Modesty, by Necromancer out of Mr. Phillips's Matilda. Dolo is he ...
Article : 1,603 wordsMELBOURNE HUNT.—The Melbourne hounds will meet this (Saturday) afternoon, the 10th inst., at the Royal hotel, St. Kilda, at two o'clock—GEORGE WATSON, Master. ...
Article : 55 wordsDEAR BELL,—Flying Jib, a brown colt, bred by Mr. R. F. Greene at Woodlands in 1856, is by The Premier out of Shiel-na-Guira by Rory O'More out of the imported mare, Nora Creina. The Premier is the sire of ...
Article : 878 wordsThis match was run last Monday on a beautiful piece of turf in the Government Paddock near the bridge lending to the Botanical Gardens. Both the pedestrians expressed themselves perfectly satisfied with the ground ...
Article : 379 wordsJOE KITCHEN AND CHARLEY BROCK.—To prove that Brock means what he stated at Bristol Bill's benefit, and in answer to a paragraph in our paper of last week, he has forwarded L20 to us as and earnest of his ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 105 wordsThe entrances for the Champion Race were received per telegraph on Tuesday, and have since formed the chief topic of conversation in sporting circles. It was generally believed that each of the Australian colonies ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 31 wordsFOALS—The Maid of Breda has slipped a foal to The Premier. BROWNLOCK,—We have been a well-executed portrait of this colt, with Mitchell up, painted by Mr. ...
Article : 522 words18.—Bill Kiley and George Willey for L.100. Within 40 miles of Melbourne. FOOTBALL.—MELBOURNE V. SOUTH YARRA.— We have received the following account of this match ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 666 wordsSIR,—As one who delights in that noble animal the horse, whose utility and patient endurance are proverbial, I ventured, in my regard for the poor brute, to raise my voice against what I deemed the wanton ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 120 words19 (Monday). Acceptances for the Australian Champion Sweepstakes. 26 (Monday). Entries for the Australian Champion Sweepstakes Day. ...
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