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Programme of sports, Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 1845. Anniversary fete; ... sailing match [etc. 1845]
- Date
- 1845
- Reference
- Eph-A-SPORT-1845-01
- Description
A flyer listing the events at a sports day for Wellington Anniversary Day, 22 January 1845:
Anniversary fete (listing committee members Barnes, Jenkins, Watt, Sea, Bannaytine, Hickson, Ludlam, Rhodes, Wade, R Baker, Mathieson, Sutton, Petre, G Young, Clifford, G Moore, R Davis, Alzdorf, Couper, Suistead, Fuller, A Hort, Dorset)
Sailing match by boats under 30 feet keel - boats belonging to Mr Houghton, Mr Foster, Mr Watt
Whaleboat race
Hurdle race: requiring a minimum of three horses: owners included Mr Hunter, Colonel Wakefield, Mr Ludlam, Mr Suistead
Hack race - including horses entered by Mr G Taylor, Mr Sutton, Mr Bannister, Mr Wade, Mr Revan, Mr Dorset, Mr Rhodes
Rural sports: jumping in sacks, donkey race, etc.
On the following days, further events were to be held: races for beaten horses, and Mr Jenkins' foot race
There are two block print illustrations: at top left two horses competing in a galloping race; a sailing ship
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 250 x 185 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Ephemera relating to sport, sporting events, combined sports. 1800s - 1929]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Ephemera, Letterpress works, Programmes, Letterpress on sheet 250 x 185 mm.
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Programme of sports, Wellington, New Zealand, January 22, 1845. Anniversary fete; ... sailing match [etc. 1845]. [Ephemera relating to sport, sporting events, combined sports. 1800s - 1929]. Ref: Eph-A-SPORT-1845-01. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/35765887More information can be found in our terms of use.