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Cromwell Argus, Volume IV, Issue 184, 20 May 1873, Page 4

QUEEN’S BIRTHDAY RACES. SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1873. STEWARDS : J. Taylor I. Loughnan. J. B. Lake ; R. Kidd J. Marsh D. A. Jolly. JUDGE: J. HARDING. STARTER: J. DAWKINS. CLERK OF THE COURSE: 0. PIERCE. HANDICAPPER: JOHN WRIGHTSON. MAIDEN PLATE of Five Sovereigns. For all horses that have never won an advertised prize of £5. Three-quarters of a mile. Weight for age. Entrance, 10s. BIRTHDAY HANDICAP of 20 Sovs. A mile and a half. Nomination 20a ; acceptance 20s. SELLING RACE of 10 Sovs. Three-quarter mile heats. No weight under 9 st. Entrance 15s. Winner to be sold by auction for £lO, and any surplus to go to the funds. HANDICAP TROTTING RACE: Five Sovs. Distance, two miles. No weight under 11 st. Entrance, 10s, CONSOLATION HANDICAP: Sovereigns. Rules and Regulations. No entries for any of the above races will be received except upon the condition that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the races shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint; their decision in all cases being final. Entries for Maiden Plate to be made on 23rd. Nominations for Birthday Handicap to be made -on 19th, and acceptances by 8 o’clock on 23rd May. All other races post entry. No qualification required. The Dnnstan Jockey Club Rules will be -strictly enforced. WILLIAM MacNAB, Secretary. T HE LAKE WANAKA IR/ZED Gr.A-T T .A. to be held ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, the 23rd and 24th May. FIRST DAY. SAILING RACE,—Distance, nine miles. Ist prize, £ls; 2nd prize, £1 10s. Entrance, £1 ss. TWO-OARED RACE.—Distance, two miles. Prize, £4. Entrance, 7s 6d. DINGEY RACE.—Distance, one mile. Ist prize, £2 ; 2nd, £l. Entrance, ss. SECOND DAY. SAILING RACE.—Distance, nine miles. Prize, £lO. Entrance, £l. FOUR-OARED RACE.—Distance, four miles. Ist prize, £7 10s; 2nd, £l. Entrance, 10s. TWO-OARED RACE.—Distance, two miles. Prize, £3. Entrance, 7s 6d. HAND! LAP DINGEY RACE.—Distance, one mile. Ist prize, £2 ; 2nd, £l. Entrance, 5s For sale or to let, on liberal terms, the BANNOCKBURN STORE AND HOTEL, built on freehold land. Also, THE PUNT now in use at Richards’s Ferry, Kawarau River. For particulars, apply to the proprietor, JOHN RICHARDS; or to D. MacKELLAR, Cromwell. rPENDERS WANTED for alteration -L of Head Race in Firewood Creek : about one mile of race to be cut. Specifications to be seen on application to Barker and Strahan, Cromwell. The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Tenders j to be sent in before Ist June. BARKER & STRAHAN. DANNOCKBURN COAL PIT. JOHN DOVE begs to inform the public of the Cromwell district that he has purchased thw above Pit from Mr James Smith, and that he can supply in unlimited quantities the finest coal ever opened in the district. All accounts duo to JAMES SMITH in connection with the above pit must be paid to him; and all demands must be.sent iuto him for settlement.