Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Trove Tuesday - Racing in the Blood?

On this First Tuesday in November when many Australians are attaching their fascinators and joining friends at Melbourne Cup events on the track or elsewhere I am sitting at home remembering that horse racing is in my blood. Obviously the horseracing genes of my Great-Great Grandfather, Denis Tierney did not pass down to me.

I discovered Denis's involvement in racing in Dungog via Trove. I have selected just ten clips that detail Denis' involvement between 1848 and 1874.

It was said in an obituary "In days gone by it might almost be said that horse racing, at least, was impossible without Tierney's guidance and assis-tance. Even to the last he was no mean judge of horseflesh. It was only a couple of years ago that, as he and I were standing together on the Dun-
gog course, he tipped the first and se-cond horses as they cantered by, and all have heard him tell how he did the same thing at Randwick on a particular occasion."

1894 'The Late Mr. D. Tierney.', Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954), 23 February, p. 2. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134308176

August 1848
1848 'Classified Advertising', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 16 August, p. 3. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article710014


July 1849
1849 'FIRST DAY.', Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860), 14 July, p. 2. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59769190
June 1850
1850 'THE TURF. DUNGOG RACES.', Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860), 29 June, p. 1. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59770852


January 1851
1851 'Dungog New Year's Races.', Bell’s Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer (NSW : 1845 - 1860), 11 January, p. 2. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59771840


August  1853
1853 'MANGROVE CREEK RACES.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 13 August, p. 2. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article671195
1853 'Hunter River District News.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 10 August, p. 2. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article671087
1853 'THE INTERIOR. DUNGOG RACES.', Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), 11 August, p. 2. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61326937
September 1855
1855 'Classified Advertising', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 1 September, p. 2. (Supplement to the Maitland Mercury), viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article705596


September 1865
1865 'DUNGOG RACES.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 12 September, p. 3. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18703780



August 1874
1864 'DUNGOG RACES.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 27 August, p. 2. , viewed 01 Nov 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18713161



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