A Sport from Hollowlog Flat
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| Author | Arthur Wright |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | NSW Bookstall Company |
Publication date | 1915 |
| Publication place | Australia |
A Sport from Hollowlog Flat is a 1915 novel by Arthur Wright.[1] It consisted of a series of short stories he had published previously for various magazines.[2]
A city clerk is fired due to over fondness for horse racing. He sinks lower and lower, playing two up and even trying to con a visitor from the country, the "sport" from Hollow Log Flat. However the sport takes pity on him and takes him to the bush, where the clerk redeems himself.[3]
Earlier publication
Some of the material had been published prior:
- "The Interference of Dinan Arthur Wright": The Bulletin, 8 April vol. 30 no. 1521 1909; (p. 43-44)
- "The Stiffening of Quandong": The Australian Town and Country Journal, 11 December vol. 75 no. 1975 1907; (p. 52)
- "Graham's Old Man": The Bulletin (Xmas edition), 13 December vol. 27 no. 1400 1906; (p. 18)
- "A Whirlwin": The Bulletin, 4 January vol. 27 no. 1351 1906; (p. 40)
- "A Close Call": The Australian Town and Country Journal, 7 November vol. 73 no. 1918 1906; (p. 32)
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald said that "Mr. Wright is quite in his element in his descriptions of construction camps, country race meetings, and tho Iniquities connected therewith, and... he gives us some graphic and occasionally humorous pictures of various phases of life outback."[4]