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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1353, 16 December 1885, Page 3

Ashburton Caledonian society. Shouther tae Shouther. Seventh Annual CALEDONIAN GATHERING AND Sports Meeting SOCIETY’S GROUNDS—N.W BELT. BOXING DAY, DECEMBER 26 The Society offers prizes for Athletics and National Sports to the amount of over £6O. The President will give a GDP, value £o os, for most points in dancing, to be won twice by one competitor before becoming his property. A special prize of £1 la (offered by one of the Directors) will be given to the winner of the Half-mile Handicap.

Sports commence at 11 o’clock prompt. Admission —Is, members and family free. A FIRST-CLASS BAND will be in attendance. PROGRAMME. 1. Quoits, no quoit used to be heavier than four pounds (4lbs)— Ist prize, £2 ; 2nd. £1 2. Open Handicap Hurdle Race, 440yds, 6 hurdles, Men —Ist prize, £2 ; 2nd, £1 3. Pipe Music, pibrochs and marches—--Ist prze, £2 ; 2nd, £1 4 Banning Jump, Men—lst prize, £1 ; 2nd, 10s 5. 100 Yards Flat Race, open—-Ist prize, I £2 ; second, £1 6. Running High Jump, Boys—lst prize, 10a; 2nd, 5s 7. Scotch Reel. Highland Costume—lst j prize, £3 ; 2nd, £1 8. Grand Handicap Flat Races, of 100yds 220yds, 440) ds ; 100yds heat to be ran after Scotch Reel—let prize; £5 ; 2nd, £2 10s ; 3rd, £1 9. Tossing the Caber—lst prize, £1 10s ; 2nd, 10a 10. Standing High Jump—lst prizi, £1 ; 2nd, 10s 11. 100 Yards Handicap Race, for Boys under 10—1st pnzj, 10s ; 2nd, 6s 13. Pipe Music, Reels and Strathspeys—--Ist pnzs, £2 ; 2nd, £1 13. Grand Handicap ; 220yds heat 14 Sword Dance, or Gbilie Callum—lst prize, £2 ; 2nd, £L 15. Pole Vaulting—lst prize, £1 ; 2nd,

15s 16. Half Mile Handicap Flat Race (open) —lst prize, £2 10c; 2nd prize, £L ‘ 17. Irish Jig—lst prize, £2 ; 2nd, £1 18. Patting the Stone—lst prize, £1 lOd ; 2nd, 15s 19. Three-legged Race, 203yds—1st priz j, £1; 2nd, 10s 20. Grand Handicap, 440yds heat 21. Throwing the Hammer—lst prize, £1 10s; 2nd, 15s 22. 160 Yards Handicap Race, for boys ander 14—1st prize, 10s ; 2ud, 5s 23. Best Dressed Boy iu Highland Costume, under 14 years—lst prize, £1 ; 2nd, 10s 24. Highland Fling—lst pr-za, £2; 2nd, £1 25. Handicap Mile Flat Race, open—lst prize, £3 ; 2nd, £llos 36. Handicap Consolation Race, 200yds, for all beaten competitors—jUt pr ze, £llos ; 2nd, 15s Nominations for all Handicap Races must be iu Secretary’s hands by 6 o'clock on the 19th December. Acceptances can be lodged at any time up to time of starting. Nomination fee on all handicaps 2£ per cent on First Prize. Acceptance fee, 2$ per cent on First Prize. Entrance money for all other events, 5 per cent on the First Prize. jToT DUNCAN, 13 186 Secretary.

Wakanui annual races and SPORTS will ba held on NEW YEAR’S DAT, IBt6, In Mr J. Brown** Wakanni road. Handfoappen—Messrs S. Saunders and J. Smith. Judges— Messrs Leatham and Bonifant Clerk of Scales—Mr N. Fitzgerald. Clerk of Courje—Mr Butterick.

PROGRAMME—Hobs* Racks L Han»icap Hoedlz Rack, of 10 cots : 1£ mile’; six hardies; nomination, Li; acceptance, free 2. WAKtiraxOor, of 20 sots; with sweepstake of 1 sov to go to second horse ; li miles; nomination, Li ; acceptance, 10a 3. Wakutoi TkoTj of 7$ sots ; second borre* 2J sots ; 2 miles; horses breaking to torn ; nomination, LI ; acceptance, free 4. Husky Socket. Atjsi.eii.o Events. 5. J mile Handicap Hurdle Re Je; entrance, 2s ; Ist prize, LI; 2nd prize, 10s 6. Quoits, 21 yards, not more than 41bi; entrance, 2s ; Ist, LI 10s ; 2nd, 16s 7. Standing High Jump ; entrance, la ; Ist, 15s; 2nd, 7s 6d 8. Boys’ Race, under 17 ; entrance, Is; Ist, 15s; 2nd, 7s 6d 9. 1 mile Flat Handicap ; entrance, 2s 6d ; Ist, L2; 2nd, LI 10. Throwing the Hammer; entrance, Is ; Ist, 15s ; 2nd, 7s 6d 11. Single Girls’ Race; Ist, 15s ; 2nd, 10a 12. Pole Vaulting ; entrance, 2s; Ist, LI; 2nd, 10s 13. Irish Jig; entrance, 2s; Ist, LI 10s; 2nd, 15s 14. ICO yards Handicsp ; entrance, 2s ; Ist, LI; 2nd, 10s 15. Married Women's Race ; Ist, LI; 2nd,los 16. Running Long Jump; entrance. Is ; Ist, IBs; 2nd, 7a 6d 17. Boys’ Race, under 14; entrance, Is; Ist, 10s; 2nd, 6s 18. Hop, step and Jump; entrance, Is ; Ist, IBs ; 2nd, 7s fid 19. 100 yards, Old Men’s Race, over 40; entrance, 2s; Ist, LI; 2nd, 10s 20. Tossing the Oaber; entrance, 2*; Ist, LI; 2nd, 10s 21. Running High Jump: entrance, Is ; Ist, LI; 2nd. 10s 22. Hornpipe ; entrance, 2s ; Ist, LI 10a; 2nd, IBs

BULBS. First nee to alert at 12 sharp. Three hones to start or no race. Should any dispute arise, the decision o! the Sports Oommittee to be final. All protests to be lodged within half an hoar after the race, and to be accompanied by a deposit of 10 per cent of the value of the disputed stake, the said dSpo-

■lt to be forfeited should the protest prove frivolous. Five per cent will be deducted from ell I money payable for horse races by this programme, to defray expenses cf the Beiders of members’ tickets will be credited with 10s in entering horses for one race only. ; No hones, excepting these competing, to be ridden on the ground. Admission—By Membra Ticket, ar Adults, Is; Children, under 10, free; Horses, Is each. ARTHUR COOKSON, Hon See. and Tress. The Sparta Ball will be held in the Tiatati, 9b } 13XTi