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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1022, 11 December 1883, Page 4

Hop Bitters. REMEMBER THIS. IF YOU ARE SICK. If you are sick, HOP BITTERS will surely aid Nature in making you well again when all else fails. If you are comparatively well, but feel the need of a grand tonic and stimulant, never rest easy till you are made a new being by the use of HOP BITTERS. If you are costive or dyspeptic, or are suffering from any other of the numerous diseases of the stomach or bowels, it is your own fault if you remain ill, for HOP BITTERS are a sovereign remedy in all such complaints. If you are wasting away with any form of Kidney Disease, stop tempting Death this moment, and turn for a cure to HOP BITTERS. If you are sick with that terrible sickness Nervousness, you will find a “Balm in Gilead ” in the use of HOP BITTERS. If you are a frequenter, or a resident of a miasmatic distiict, barricade your system against the scourge of all countries—malarial, epidemic, bilious and intermittent fevers —by the use of HOP BITTERS. If you have rough, pimply, or sallow skin, bad breath, pains and aches, and feel miserable generally, HOP BITTERS will give you fair skin, rich blood, the sweetest breath, health and comfort. In short they cure ALL Diseases of the Stomach, Bowels, Blocd, Liver, Nerves, Kidneys, etc., and will be paid for a case they will not cure or help, or for anything impure or injurious found in them. That poor, bedridden, invalid wife, sister, mother or daughter, can be made the picture of health by a few bottles of Hop Bitters, costing but a trifle. Will you let them suffer ? Cleanse, Purify and Enrich the Blood with Hop Bitters, And you will have no sickness or suffering or doctors’ biils to pay.

Racing. SOMERS ANNUAL Sports and Races. THURSDAY, DEO. 27m, 1883. Programme: 1. Mount Somers Cup, a sweepstake of 2sovs, with 15sova added; open County of Ashburton. Entrance, 10s. Second horse to save 2sovs from the stakes. Distance, 1£ miles ; weight, 10st 71b. 2. Hurry Scurry, of osovs, for district horses only. Entrance, ss. Second horse to save entrance. Distance, 1 mile; weight, 10st. Post entries. 3. Trotting Race, of saova, for district horses only, with a sweepstake of 5s for second horse. Entiance, ss. Distance, 2 miles; weight, list 71b. 4. Shearer’s Purse, of 3sovs, for district horses only, with a sweepstakes of 2s 6d each for second horse. En-

trance, si. Distance, f mile, catch weights. Post entries. 5. Farmers’ Plate, of savs, open to County of Ashburton. Entrance, 10s. Second horse to save fees. Distance, 1 mile; weight, lOst 7lb, winner of Gup to carry 141 b extra. RULES. 1. All horses entered for races Nos. 1 and 5 to have been owned in the County three months prior to races. 2. Three horses the bona fide property of different owners to start or no race. 3. No protest will be entertained unless madethirity ininu'ea after the race has been run, and a deposit of 20s be lodged at the same time, which shall be forfeited should the protest prove frivolous. 4. Entrance for races Nos. 1, 3 and 5 to be lodged in the hands of the Secretary not later than 9 p. m on Monday, December 24th. 5. Qualification fee in race iha l ! be 10s. 6. District horses to be owned by persons residing in the old Mount Somers Road Board district, three months prior to races. The usual Athletic Sports will follow, for which liberal prizes will be given. JOHN MoCLIMONT, 12 996 Secretary. Winslow annual sports and RACES. NEW YEAR’S DAY. President—E. G. Wright, M.H.K. Vice-President—John Carter. Judge—M. Stitt. Starter—M. Simpson. Clerk of the Scales—C. Jephson. Clerk of the Course—H. Fowler. Handicappers—M. Stitt and S. Saunders. 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 12 so vs ; over six flights of hurdle*, 3ft 6in high ; nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 16s. Distance, Ij miles. 2. Winslow Cup (Handicap), valued at 5 guineas, with2oaovs. added : second horse to save his stakes; nomination, LI; acceptance, LI. Distance, l£ miles. 3. Trotting Race (Handicap), of 5 sovs ; nomination, 5s ; acceptance, ss. Two miles. 4. Maiden Plate, of 5 sovs ; weight for age ; entrance, 10s. One mile. 6. Consolation Race (Handicap), of 5 sovs; nomination, 5s ; acceptance, 6s. One mile. ENTRANCE AT GATE—Men on foot, 1* ; Women ard Children, Free ; Horsemen, 2s; Traps and Expresses 2s 6d. THOS. HICKS, 10 837 Secretary.