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[Horse racing programmes and ephemera from the period 1840-1879].
- Date
- 1849 - 1858 - 1872 - 1875
- By
- Auckland Racing Club
- Reference
- Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1840/1870s
- Description
Includes programmes for:
1849:
Auckland races. First day, Tuesday December 11, 1848 (silk flier / programme).
1858:
Auckland races. First day, January 1, 1858. Silk flier / programme.
1872:
Waikato annual races, 28 and 29 February 1872. First day.
1874:
Kowai Park races, May 29 1874. (Colour photocopy only; original is in Enys, John D. (John Davies), 1837-1912. [Natural history, agriculture and other topics. 1869-1874], page 8 - Ref P f591.9931 ENY 1869-1874). Horse owners include Messrs Markey, Lunn and D W S O'Brien
1875:
Wellington Jockey Club Races to be held at the Hutt Racecourse on Tuesday and Wednesday, December 7 and 8, 1875. First day, Tuesday December 7. Blundell Bros, Printers, Wellington. [Programme card].
Quantity: 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (racing programmes). 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress on fliers, some silk, sizes varying up to 210 mm.
Provenance: Some purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 2005. 1875 programme from the papers of Marjorie Connell, 2006.
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]
- Format
- 4 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) (racing programmes), 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Programmes, Letterpress on fliers, some silk, sizes varying up to 210 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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UnknownAuckland Races. Patron His Excellency the Governor. Judge T Beckham esq... First day, T...
Date: 1849
From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]
Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1849-01
Description: A programme for four races of a race meeting held in Auckland, has an illustration of two galloping horses with their jockeys, at top centre. For three of the four races, the names, ages, owners, weights and jockey colours of each horse are listed. Owners include Mr A Cooper, Lieut. Page, Mr R Graham, Captain Greenwood, Mr McFarlane, Mr Young, Mr Macky, Mr Williamson, Mr Dennett. This programme is for the first day of a three-day racing meeting in Auckland in 1849. The newspapers of the previous week (5 December) issued a plea: “The inner side of the New Race Course having been much cut up by horses being galloped thereon, a practice which, if continued, will be very injurious to the horses running at the ensuing races, the public are requested to abstain from riding on it until after the next meeting. It is particularly desired that all horses training on the Course, be kept on the Outer Circle”. The paper also stipulated that “No race will come off unless there be three entries for the same”; so the second race listed here was only just feasible. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on cream silk fabric, 168 x 138 mm.