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  2. SPORTING GOSSIP AND ANECDOTES

    At a recent Manchester (Eng.) meeting there was an "odds-on" favorite for each of the six races, and four of these were beaten. ...

    Article : 31 words
  3. DERBY RUNNER IN CAB.

    John Bull. who once carried Mr. Horatio Bottomley's colors in the Derby. is now in a cab at Eastbourne, where he was in a rather bad collision with a taxicab recently. ...

    Article : 26 words
  4. JOCKEY MARRIES ACTRESS.

    Eillah Wheatley, the well-known jockey whose wife died last Summer was married quietly at Brixton last month to Miss Mandie Wood, a sister of Marie Lloyd. Will Poluski, who has ...

    Article : 42 words
  5. ANGLO-AMERICAN 'VARSITY CONTESTS.

    It is stated that Oxford and Cambridge are now prepared to consider an official invitation from Yale and Harvard with regard to an inter-Varsity athletic competition. It is ...

    Article : 43 words
  6. OLD-TIME FIGHTS.

    Now we come to the story of one of the most exciting combats for the Championship that can be found throughout the annals of the Ring. The day fixed for the great event ...

    Article : 1,277 words
  7. RACE FOR LADY RIDERS.

    One of the races run at a meeting recently held in the Remark (S.A.) district was reserved for lady riders. This was won by Miss K. Robertson, on Chowilla Queen, with her ...

    Article : 52 words
  8. DEER STALKERS' BIG BAG.

    A Winter deer-stalking record has been set up by two guests of Mr. Jersey de Knoop. the lessee of Kinlochawee. Sir Kenneth McKenzle's Ross-shire forest, which extends to about 32,000 ...

    Article : 43 words
  9. BILLIARD TUTOR TO THE KING.

    Amongst the recent arrivals in Sydney is Mr. D. Richards, one of the oldest of England's first-flight players. Mr. Richards was tutor of billiards to the late and the present King, and ...

    Article : 95 words
  10. BETTING INCREASING IN FRANCE.

    It may be interesting to point out says a writer in the "Winning Post," that betting is on the increase in France. Putting aside the clandestine business done by the bookmakers ...

    Article : 112 words
  11. SOMERSET IN FUNDS.

    The financial statement which has been prepared for submission to the annual meeting of the somerset County Cricket Club at Taunton on the 11th inst., shows that the total ...

    Article : 77 words
  12. JOCKEYS TO BLAME.

    A striking feature of the past flat-racing season in England has been the number of bad starts that have taken place, and it is becoming clearly oxident that the present mode of ...

    Article : 358 words
  13. VICTOR TRUMPER IN FIRST-CLASS CRICKET.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 143 words
  14. G. ROWLAND HILL.

    A name to conjure with in the annals of English Rugby. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 10 words
  15. TRUMPER'S FIRST MATCH.

    "Do I recollect the first match in which Victor took part? I should rather think I do," Such was the replay of Mr. C. Trumper, father of V.T., when being interviewed by a "Saturday ...

    Article : 378 words
  16. HOLES IN ONE.

    Mr. J. Sutherland Matterson, of Vancouver, B.C., recently did the 13th hole at Lahinch in a single stroke, this being the 10th occasion on which he had performed the feat. For many ...

    Article : 486 words
  17. "COONCAN."

    "Cooncan" has become the rage in London. It is the game of the season in clubs and country houses. Auction bridge has been squeezed into a distant corner near the window, and ...

    Article : 347 words
  18. CRICKETER-BILLIARDISTS.

    W. Midwinter, the old-time Victorian cricketer, was one of the by billiardists in his day, followed closely by W. L. Murdoch. Of a later period T. McKibbin and A. Coningham ...

    Article : 334 words
  19. BRITISH CYCLING IN 1912.

    Although cycling is so popular a form of pastime, and almost every town has its cycling club, at the Olympic Games, where every branch of sport was represented (says "The People") ...

    Article : 309 words
  20. APPARATUS FOR TESTING BATTING STRENGTH.

    A strength-testing apparatus, in which the striking of a ball on either end of an arm causes the latter to whirl, has been patented by a New York inventor. In making test ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 116 words
  21. VICTOR TRUMPER

    The following verses by "Oriel," of the Melbourne "Argus," were written in 1902, after Victor Trumper's record season in England: Some talk of Alexander. ...

    Article : 257 words
  22. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 210 words
  23. PRINCIPAL SPORTING EVENTS OF THE WEEK

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 173 words
  24. Advertising

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    Advertising : 199 words
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