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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 2, Issue 170, 19 October 1880, Page 3

Money. TO LEND. TRUST MONEYS—£2,OOO, £4OO, and £250. These sums are now ready for investment on real security, at current rates of interest. P. P. O’REILLY, 899c-22Gg Solicitor, Tancred street. Boarding House, &c. SOUTH RAKAIA BOARDING HOUSE. AT. k NDREWS begs to inform . * Xi. the inhabitants of Rakaia and Surrounding District that he has taken the premises adjoining McKerrow and Co.’s Grain Store, and has opened them as a Restaurant and Boarding House. Good accommodation for Travellers. MEALS Is. BEDS Is. A. ,J. ANDREWS, Proprietor. 113 a Sporting. RACING CLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. WEDNESDAY . AND THURSDAY, Novemiier, 17 and 18, 1880. FIRST DAY. r. Handicap Hurdle Race of 50 sovs. Distance, 2 miles, over 8 flights of about 3ft. 6in, high hurdles. Nomination isov.; acceptance 2 sovs. 2. District Handicap Hurdle Race of 20 sovs. Distance, 1 % mile, over 6 flights o f about 3ft. 6in. high hurdles. Nomination x sov;; acceptance x sov. District horses only. 3. Ashburton Cup Handicap ®f 70 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs. each for acceptors. domination, 2 sovs.; acceptance, 2 sovs. 2 miles. 4. Ladies’Pußse, of 25 sovs.; welterweights for age ; gentleman riders, who must be members of the Ashburton Racing Club. Entrance 2 sovs. I}4 mile. District horses only. 5. Selling Hack Race,' of 10 sovs. No weight under Bst. Winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for £2O, any surplus to go to the fund. Post entry, 1 sov.; about 1% mile. SECOND DAY. 1. County Steeplechase Handicap of 30 sovs. : over 2 miles of fair hunting country ; nomination 1 sov. ; acceptance 2 sovs; District horses only. 2. Racing Club Handicap, of 50 sovs. : nomination 2 sovs. ; acceptance 2 sovs. ; Weights to be declared at 9 p.m. on the evening of the first day’s racing : miles. 3. Farmers’ Plate of 30 sovs. : weight for age ; entrance 2 sovs. ; I mile. 4. Consolation Handicap of 20 sovs. : for all horses beaten at this meeting ; nomination 1 sov. ; acceptance 2 sovs.; I mile. 5. Trotting Race (Handicap), of 15 sovs.: (Isthorse, 10 sovs; 2nd horse, 5 sovs.) Catch weights ; 3 miles ; nomination xos. ; acceptance I sov. District horses only. Rules and Regulations. Qualification fee £2 2s. ; members of the Ashburton Racing Club free. No entry will be received for any of the races except on the condition that all disputes shall be decided by the Stewards, whose decisions in all cases shall be final. A district horse shall mean a horse which has been commonly resident in, and owned by a resident in the County previous to Sept. 1, 1880, and up to the date of the forthcoming meeting; provided always that any district horse shall not be disqualified from having run in his bona fide- owner’s name in races outside the County during the above-mentioned term. Canterbury Jockey Club rules strictly adhered to unless otherwise specified. No protest will be entertained unless L2 2s be deposited, which will bo forfeited should the protest, in the opinion of the Stewards, prove frivolous. All entries and nominations to be in the hands of the Secretary, addressed to Quill’s Commercial Hotel, not later than nine p.m. on Tuesday, November 2nd. Weights will be published on Saturday, November 13th. Acceptances and Sweeps to be paid to the Seci’etary not later than nine p.m. on the night of Monday, November 15th. All entries to be scaled and addressed to the Secretary, Ashburton, enclosing entrance fees, name and age of horse, and colors of the rider. Any jockey riding in other than his declared colors will be fined one sovereign. Horses walking over will receive only half the stakes. JAMES WILKIE, 275 g Hon. Sec Business Notices. E. H. Butler &Co., WESTEREIELD TOWNSHIP, to inform the inhabitants of the surrounding country that they have started a General BLACKSMITH and SHOEING ESTABLISHMENT, where they hope by civility and attention to business, comb' led with moderate charges, to merit and obtain a share of their patronage. 3-14 EDWARD H. BUTLER. Westerfield Store. E. H. BUTLER HAS much pleasure in informing the Public genera)'y that he intends Opening a GENERAL STORE in the township of Westerfield, wiien he will he prepared to Supply first-class ariicles in Grocery, Men’s Clothing, and General Farm Stores. E.H.B. will he prepared to execute orders entrusted to him with Punctuality and Dispatch. Carts will run round the district for orders periodically. Agent for the Ashburton Guardian. 343 EDWARD H. BUTLER. Thos. Dudson, SADDLER AND HARNESS MAKER, Burnett Street, Ashburton. PERSONS visiting this Establishment can be supplied with every article of the trade at Lowest Prices. 308 THOMAS DUDSON.