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HORSE RACING

... HORSE RACING. The Daily yew* remarks that wheu the high priests culte withdraw from its t'-unplos, some to mourn over its degeneracy in sileuco, and others to denounce it as corrupt, it will not be surprising if common worshippers lose their wonted reference ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1867
Newspaper: Carlow Post
County: Carlow, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 257 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HORSE RACING

... HORSE RACING. The earliest authentic evidence we hear of horse racing as a public diversion in this country is in the reign of Henry 11. Fitzstephen, the friend and biographer of Thomas a Becket, tells rs that in his day there were horse ...

Published: Friday 13 April 1866
Newspaper: Tipperary Free Press
County: Tipperary, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 975 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HORSE RACING

... HORSE RACING. Lord REDESDALE the second reading of hit bill, for the suppression of horse racing with very lignt weights, for the 13th Inst., the understanding that the consideration of the bill might be postponed if it should found practicable. AGRICULTURE ...

HORSE RACING

... HORSE RACING. Sour, apropos of the fit. Leger, says .racing now consists in making money oat of horses without fanning them, and thinks racing in very bad way. The Standard frils to see that the gambling side of ...

Published: Wednesday 10 September 1873
Newspaper: Kerry Evening Post
County: Kerry, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2465 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

HORSE RACING

... HORSE RACING. Mr. T. HUGHES gave the legislation upon this subject, and stated that his bill proposed, first, abolish two-year-old races; secondly, return to the state ...

Published: Saturday 28 May 1870
Newspaper: Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 697 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HORSE RACING

... the different varieties of horses brought into the market which even then existed there, especially the more valuable chargers, he favours us with the following description of a race :- When a race is to be run by such horses as these ipresnmably racehorses ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1893
Newspaper: Evening Herald (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 2084 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

HORSE RACING

... horseracing. No ono now supposes that the best horse among the starters will be declared the winner. It is known that the horses are the property of the book-makers, and that the book-makers decide which horse is and which is not to be fairly run. Next week's ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1872
Newspaper: Wexford People
County: Wexford, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1067 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

SUNDAY HORSE RACING

... SUNDAY HORSE RACING. It lha.t been freely alleged that in the effort which hare made to secure the suppression of the scandalous system of Sunday Horse Racing in the vicinity Dublin, have been actuated by a desire to conciliate antique prejudice, and ...

Published: Tuesday 21 March 1899
Newspaper: Dublin Daily Nation
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1041 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

SUNDAY HORSE RACING

... SUNDAY HORSE RACING. which hare been the oohnnns certain amongst our contemporaries proclaim that on to-morrow, Sunday, two race meetings will be held proximity the city. The fact randen more plain how valuable is the work which we are glad to know baa ...

Published: Saturday 15 October 1898
Newspaper: Dublin Daily Nation
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 1492 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HORSE RACING IN PARIS

... HORSE RACING IN PARIS. The Paris correspondent of the says in the current issue of that journal;—Tile popularity of horse-racing, or rather of betting, is one of the carious features of modem Paris, and it is precisely this frenzy of betting that has ...

SUNDAY HORSE RACING

... SUNDAY HORSE RACING. We are glad be in a portion to state that the Chtisens’ Oomsuttee lor the Suppreoaion of Sunday Hone Racing, which was called into existence the articles published the Nation, in condemnation grave aeandal, will shortly be able to ...

Published: Thursday 03 November 1898
Newspaper: Dublin Daily Nation
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 927 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

HORSE RACING AT MELBOURNE

... HORSE RACING MELBOURNE. Mixboobnr, Scmdat —ln live r*oe for the C»nU field Cup. yesterday, there were forty-ooe starters. Fifteen liorscs fell in the race, and on* jockey was killed, while seven others were severely injured that they bad to be conveyed ...

Published: Saturday 24 October 1885
Newspaper: Belfast Weekly News
County: Antrim, Northern Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 50 | Page: 2 | Tags: none