McCarron, Stewart and Company (Brisbane)

Date: 1894

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: McCarron, Stewart and Company (Brisbane)

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1894-01

Description: Flyer application form for betting on the results of the Melbourne Cup. Applications were 5 shillings each and were to be sent to George Adams, "The Telegraph" Chambers, Queen Street, Brisbane. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress, on flyer 219 x 131 mm. Provenance: Donated by Joan Ciurlionis, Wellington, in 2014.

Date: 1890

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: McCarron, Stewart and Company (Brisbane); Canterbury Jockey Club (Christchurch, N.Z.)

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1890-01

Description: Programme booklet, for the third day of the Metropolitan meeting, Saturday 8 November. Eight races were run that day, and the results of the eight races on the first and second days are listed at the back. The inside front cover spells out details of totalisator betting. Exhibited in ‘Humble: the life of 100 small objects’, exhibition curated by Barbara Lyon, in the Turnbull Gallery, National Library of New Zealand, 27 August - 17 November 2017. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 28 pages, 132 x 86 mm. Provenance: Donated by Joan Ciurlionis, Wellington, in 2014.

Date: 1890

From: [Ephemera of octavo size relating to horse racing in New Zealand]

By: McCarron, Stewart and Company (Brisbane); Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd; Christchurch Press Company Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-HORSE-RACING-1890-01-front

Description: Front cover of a horse racing meeting programme shows in profile a galloping horse ridden by a jockey. The text uses a variety of typefaces. The cover was printed by the Press Company Ltd for the publishers Hobbs & Goodwin, and the engravers were Whitcombe & Tombs. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on booklet cover, 132 x 86 mm.