Old Times: An Unique Illustrated History of the Early Days, Volume 1, Issue 2Commercial Publishing Company, 1903 - Australia |
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Page 136
... event with 15 seconds to spare . In addition to Sydney . fixtures , races were now regularly held at Parramatta , Camp- belltown , Bathurst , and Hawkesbury , and the following five years saw the inauguration of similar events at ...
... event with 15 seconds to spare . In addition to Sydney . fixtures , races were now regularly held at Parramatta , Camp- belltown , Bathurst , and Hawkesbury , and the following five years saw the inauguration of similar events at ...
Page 138
... event , with free admission to the public . The race was advertised as the Hawkes- bury Stakes , of 50 sovereigns ... event which he had no difficulty in appropriating . This proved the in- itial event in a career which was afterwards ...
... event , with free admission to the public . The race was advertised as the Hawkes- bury Stakes , of 50 sovereigns ... event which he had no difficulty in appropriating . This proved the in- itial event in a career which was afterwards ...
Page 140
... event , says : - - " During the first heat , after ' Jorrocks ' took the lead , 3 to 1 was freely offered , that he would never be headed few takers - but " Cassandra " ( beautifully ridden by Dargin ) waited upon Jorrocks ' ( equally ...
... event , says : - - " During the first heat , after ' Jorrocks ' took the lead , 3 to 1 was freely offered , that he would never be headed few takers - but " Cassandra " ( beautifully ridden by Dargin ) waited upon Jorrocks ' ( equally ...
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