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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 224, 24 February 1874, Page 4

IROMWELL KILWINNING / LODGE (5.0.) The Regular Meeting of the ahovo Lodge will be held on Wednesday, 4th March, at 8 o'clock sharp. Business of importance. By order of the K.W;M. JpVIS RAGE MEETING TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 17th and 18th March. Stewards. Mr D. SOALLY Mr A. WILLIAMSON Mr A. SPENOE Mr G. STRATFORD Mr J. C. BAYLEY. Judge.—Mr J. DRIPPS. Starter.—Mr G. STRATFORD. Clerk of the Course.—A. WILLIAMSON. FIRST DAY. DISTRICT MAIDEN PLATE, of 10 sovs. For all horses that have never won an advertised prize exceeding £5. Weight for age. Distance, one mile. Entrance, 10s. DISTRICT FLYING HANDICAP, of 20 sovs. One mile and a distance. Entrance, one sov. HACK SELLING RACE (open race), of 10 sovs. Three-quarter mile heats without dismounting ; fifteen minutes between the heats. The winner to be sold for £lO, and any surplus to go to the race fund. No weight less thin 10sfc. Post entry, 10s. NEVIS HANDICAP (open race), of 20 sovs, with a sweepstake of one sov.; amount accruing from sweep to go to second horse. Entrance, one sov. Distance, one mile. Sweep to be paid not later than 12 o'clock on the day of the races, at the Shamrock Hotel. HURRY SCURRY, of 5 sovs. Post entry, ss. For bona fide hacks. No horses qualified to run that are entered for any other race at this meeting. Distance, once round the course. No weight less than 9st. SECOND DAY. DISTRICT MINERS' AND PACKERS' PURSE, of 10 sovs. Distance, one mile and a quarter. No weight less than lOst. Post entry, 10s. TROTTING RACE, of 5 sovs. For horses the bona fide property of miners residing in the Nevis Valley. Post entry, 10s, to be added to the stakes. Distance, twice round the course. Weight, list. NEVIS JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP, (open race,) of 25 sovs., with a sweep of three sovs.; nomination, one sov. Weights to be declared on the night of the first day's racing. The remainder of the sweep to be paid not later than 11 a.m. on Wednesday, the lSlh March, at the Shamrock Hotel. Second horse to receive £5 from the stake. Distance, one mile and a half. OPEN RACE, of 5 sovs. Entrance, ss. Catch weights. Once round the course. Post CONSOLATION HANDICAP (open race), of 10 sovs. For all beaten horses. Distance, one mile. Entrance, 10s. No person shall be allowed to enter or run a horse for any race in this programme unless such horse be the bona fide property of a subscriber of not less than £1 Is to the race fund, (Hack Race, Open Race of 5 sovs., and Trotting Race excepted.) Entrances for the Maiden Plate, Flying Handicap, and Nevis Handicap (open) will be received by the Secretary at the Shamrock Hotel not later than 8 p.m. of 9th March ; also, nominations for the Nevis Jockey Club Handicap at the same time. Weights for the Flying Handicap and Nevis Handicap to be declared at the Kawarau Hotel, Cromwell, and at the Port Philip Hotel, Clyde, on the 11th March ; and advertised in the Dunstan Times of March 13. All horses entered for the Di3trict Maiden Plate, Flying Handicap, Miners' and Packers' Purse, and Trotting Race must bo Nevis horses, and the bona fide property of residents of Nevis Valley six weeks previous to the day of races. Other races open to all comers. No entry will be received for any of the above races except on the condition that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint, such decision to be final. Jockey costume insisted on ; any jockey riding in colours other than those entered will be lined two guineas. Dunstan Jockey Club rules adhered to as far as practicable. N. B. —Three entries or no race. THOMAS IVATTS, Secretary.