170 RACEHORSES IN AUSTRALIA 



Parramatta races were held on September 30th and October 1st and 

 2nd. Results: — First Day: Australian Plate of £50 (two-mile heats, w.f.a. ), 

 Chester; Maiden Sweepstakes of £5 each, £15 added, Mr. Lawson's filly; a 

 second Sweepstake was won by a colt, by Whisker. On the second day there 

 appears to have been only a Steeplechase of £3 each, £15 added, about 

 2 miles, 1 1st. 21b. up, won by Woodman. Third Day: Town Plate of £50, 

 Lady Godiva; Two-year-old Stakes, Mr. Plunkett's Lilla. 



1836. Sydney Subscription Races. 



Campbelltown Races. Meeting at Patrick's Plains. 



Racing at Yass. Sydney's Annual Hurdle Race. 



In this year Mr. Henry Bayley's racehorses were announced for sale. 

 The lots consisted of Spiletta, by Whisker — Lady Emily; Young Whisker, by 

 Whisker — Matilda; Memmon, b. c, by Whisker from a Steeltrap mare. No 

 mention of the sale having taken place is made, and taken all round there 

 was a general shortage of sporting information throughout the year. On 

 March 22nd and 24th, at Campbelltown, Mr. Kemp won the Members' Purse 

 with Flirt, beating Chester and Creeping Jane. The Hack Race went to Mr. 

 W. Jenkin's Red Rose; Snob, also owned by him, running second. Mr. 

 Boon's Chester won the opening event and a Pony Stakes. The Steeplechase, 

 three miles, list. 71b. up, was won by Major England's Whipcord, with 

 Mr. Waddy's Ketchimocan, a three-year-old, second. 



Sydney Subscription races were held at the old course on April 2 7th 

 and 29th. Mr. C. Smith won the first race. Sweepstakes of £5 with £50 

 added, with Lady Godiva. The Produce Stakes of £30 for two-year-olds, 

 7st. 61b., one round, by Mr. C. Roberts' Lady Fly, by Whisker (Badkin). 

 Australian Purse (J. Dunn), who was one of the most noted riders of the day, 

 won on Mr. Williams' President, by Emigrant. J. Badkin was the successful 

 rider in the Town Plate, the opening event of the second day, winning on 

 Mr. C. Roberts' Traveller, by Camerton (J. Kerwin), commonly known as 

 the "Milkman," landed Mr. C. Smith's Lady Godiva, by Emigrant, home in 

 the Ladies' Purse of £30, and also a Sweepstakes of £5, with £30 added. 



The added money to the Patrick Plains meeting on July 20th and 22nd 

 was £240. Lady Godiva won the Patrick Plains Plate of £120 on the first, 

 and Hunter River Plate, £50, on the second day. Other winners were Mr. 

 N. B. Wilkinson's Pauline, by Old Camerton; she got home in the Ladies' 

 Purse for two-year-olds. Weight did not seem to matter much then, as we 

 are told the winner carried 141b. over, while Northumberland (second), 

 owned by Mr. Otto Baldwin, put up 281b. over. Tarn o' Shanter won the 

 Weller Purse on the first day, and the Hurdle Race, three miles, on the 

 second. On September 20th the Annual Sydney Hurdle Race was run off 

 on what was termed the new racecourse, known later on as Randwick. There 

 were nine starters, and the winner, Whisker (Major England), Fergus (owner), 

 second, and Steeltrap third. The winner received £73. 



