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  2. A SLASHING ENCOUNTER IN ENGLAND.

    WE take from The Sporting Life the following account of what seems to have been a capital glove contest between two big-'uns. Knifton has been quite prominent for a couple ...

    Article : 1,265 words
  3. BURKE v. MITCHELL.

    ON the 28th October Burke and Mitchell boxed four rounds, Marquis of Queensberry. Last week we gave a portrait of the former, who is known as "the English boxer," in ...

    Article : 775 words
  4. ATHLETICS IN AMERICA.

    Boxing--or, at least, knock-outs--have received a check during the past few weeks, and the principals have been fighting the law, and have won. On Friday, 14th ...

    Article : 3,685 words
  5. MOONEE VALLEY JANUARY MEETING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,064 words
  6. THE GEELONG GOLD CUP.

    The entries for the Stewards' Purse, Connewarre Plate, and Selling Stakes at the Geelong meeting, as well as the first payments for the Gold Cup, are highly ...

    Article : 97 words
  7. THE ECHUCA MEETING

    {No abstract available}

    Detailed lists, results, guides : 55 words
  8. HANDBALL.

    THE match for the junior championship of Victoria and a stake of £10 a-side came off at the King-street Court on Saturday, and considering the unpromising state of the weather ...

    Article : 277 words
  9. THE AMERICAN SLOGGER.

    THE football that John L. Sullivan punched to get his muscles into shape to punch Prof. Laflin, at Madison-square Garden, disappeared a night or two before ...

    Article : 474 words
  10. RACING OR ROPING.

    THE in-and-out running which has been so conspicuous at the recent meetings at Caulfield and Flemington must, if continued, gravely affect the future of the Victorian ...

    Article : 960 words
  11. SWIMMING.

    THE Amateur Swimming Association of England have adopted the following laws of plunging:--"A plunge is a standing dive, made head first from a firm take-off. The ...

    Article : 210 words
  12. TALL JUMPING.

    IT is alleged that in the running hop-step-and-jump match on the fair grounds of Worcester, Massachusetts, on 18th October, Thomas Burrows, late of England, where he is well ...

    Article : 135 words
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