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Flats, Sharps and Naturals! A Series of Sporting Sketches. And Intended to po[u]rtray the "Lights and Shades" and "Hairbreadth Scapes" of the Colonial Turf, Field and Salle. series - author   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1871... 1871 Flats, Sharps and Naturals! A Series of Sporting Sketches. And Intended to po[u]rtray the "Lights and Shades" and "Hairbreadth Scapes" of the Colonial Turf, Field and Salle.
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Unrelated stories involving horse racing and gambling.

Notes

  • Seems to be more than one author involved. (PB)

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Percy Smithson's 'Cup Tip' And What Came of It Craven , 1871 single work short story humour
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , December vol. 7 no. 79 1871; (p. 182-193) The weak foppish son of a rich Melbourne timber merchant is sharped into backing poor horses in the Cup Race. Meanwhile his father loses his money in mining speculations. All is resolved through the generosity of Fanny S's fiancee, a rich squatter, and the faithfulness of Matty, the crippled brother. (PB)
My Bolting Hunter Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , January vol. 7 no. 80 1872; (p. 241-252) How a Melbourne bachelor meets and marries his Anna Maria, both through the agency of a bolting horse. (PB)
Hazard and Haphazard; Or, Dick Drewitt's Destruction Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , February vol. 7 no. 81 1872; (p. 301-302) On the ruin of a young man and his wife through his gambling. He loses 35,000 pounds inherited from his murdered parents and then his wife's capital too, to a scheming 'sharper'.
Luck at Last; Or, Mat Merton's Own Mount [1] Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , March vol. 7 no. 82 1872; (p. 361-369) Mat Merton, a successful Port Phillip squatter, returns to his grandfather's grange in Yorkshire (and explores England and Europe) winning praise for his horsemanship. Three years later he returns to Australia to find his sister in love with a lawyer, while he falls for the lawyer's sister ... A series of 'thrown' horse races and heavy betting losses cause some minor obstacles. (PB)
Down to the Dregs: Or, Feeding on his Fellows Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , June vol. 7 no. 85 1872; (p. 537-545) On the kismet that drags a young Irishman to his ruin - through Irish 'agitators', a bad marriage, and Australian card sharpers. (PB)
A Catch at Cricket: Or, a Matched Ended in a Match [1] Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , July vol. 7 no. 86 1872; (p. 593-598) The daughter of an officer is transported to Tasmania for killing her brother's quasi-murderer in a duel, falls for a handsome Victorian cricketer. She first sees him when he catches a bumptious English cricketer. Their match proceeds quickly from there ... (PB)
A Catch at Cricket: Or, a Matched Ended in a Match [2] Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , August vol. 7 no. 87 1872; (p. 651-653)
Luck at Last; Or, Mat Merton's Own Mount [2] Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , April vol. 7 no. 83 1872; (p. 121-127)
Luck at Last; Or, Mat Merton's Own Mount [3] Craven , 1872 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Journal , May vol. 7 no. 84 1872; (p. 482-492)

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First known date: 1871
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Illustrated.
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Series of sketches in the Australian Journal between December 1871 and July 1872.
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