There are many in Sydney who view with alarm the continual encroachments on the city’s open spaces. Buck jumping shows are a most excellent form of entertainment, but they have their proper place, and that place is not a park which has been reserved in the middle of Sydney as a lung for the city and is an oasis in a desert of bricks and mortar where our citizens can take their pleasure. In this particular case it has been argued that the public will suffer no real prejudice. The Sydney Morning Herald, 16 December 1920 The morning of the famous Rules Point Sports Day broke clear and cold. The frost was so thick that one might have mistaken it for snow. The cattlemen and the hotel staff were up before dawn preparing for the day’s events. Breakfast was served in the dining room and as a buffet on the verandah to feed the men who were camped outside. Courses had been marked for the races and dozens of horses were being prepared in the vicinity of the hotel. Rowland Sinclair was in his car discussing Sarah Brent’s manuscript with Edna.
