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Cromwell Argus, Volume V, Issue 266, 3 November 1874, Page 4

(JROMWELL JOCKEY CLUB RACE MEETING. TO BE HELD ON Tuesday and Wednesday, December 29 & 80, 1874. STEWARDS! Messrs J. A. PRESHAW C. E. GUDGEON G. M. STARKEY Messrs D. MaoKELLAR JAMES DAWKINS JAMES TAYLOR ROBERT KIDD. Judge.—Mr D. A. JOLLY. Clerk of the Course.—Mr 0. PIERCE. Starter.—Mr JAMES DAWKINS. Handicappers.-Messrs PRESHAW, STARKEY, and DAWKINS,

IFROGKR/iLMME. FIRST DAY. MAIDEN PLATE of 25 sovs. For all horses that have never won an advertised prize of over 25 sovs. Weight for age. Distance; one mile and a half. Entrance, 30s. GRAND STAND HANDICAP of 60 sovs. Distance, one mile and a half. Nominations, £1 Is. ; acceptance, £2 2s. HACK SELLING RACE of 15 sova. For bona fide hacks. Winner to be sold for £ls. Surplus to go to the race fund. Distance, one mile. Entrance, £1 Is. No weight less than 9st. Post entry. FLYING HANDICAP of 30 sovs. Distance, one mile. Nominations, £1 Is. ; acceptance, £1 Is. The winner of the Grand Stand Handicap to carry 51bs penalty. SELLING STAKES of 30 sovs. Weight for age. Distance, one mile and a quarter. Entrance, 30s. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, and any surplus to go to the race fund. Winner to be sold for 30 sovs.; if entered to be sold for £25, allowed 71bs ; for £2O, allowed Ulbs ; for £ls, allowed 211bs ; for £lO, allowed 281bs. SECOND DAY. HANDICAP TROTTING RACE of 15 sovs. No weight under list. Entrance, £1 Is. Distance, two miles. Entrance to be made by 8 p.m. on the first d*y of the races, 29th December. JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP of 100 sovs. Nominations, £2 25.; acceptance, £3 3s. Distance, two miles. MINERS' PURSE of 15 sovs. For bom fide hacks, that have never won an advertised prize of 15 sovs. Distance, f mile heats. Entrance, £1 Is. No weight less than lOst. Post entry.. STEWARDS' PURSE, of 40 sovs. Entrance £2 2s. Weight for age. Distance, one mile and a half. The winner to be sold (with his engagements) by auction immediately after the race, and any surplus to go to the race fund. Winner to be sold for £SO :if entered to be sold for £4O, allowed 71bs ; for £3O, allowed 141hs ; for £2O, allowed 211bs ; for £10 r allowed 281bs CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 20 sovs. For all beaten horses. Nomination, 155.; acceptance, 15s. Distance, one mile. Nominations, with qualification-fee, £3 3s, for the Grand Stand and Flying Handicaps to be received by the Secretary not later than 8 p.m. on the 9th December. Weights to be declared in the Cromivell Argus of the 15th, and in the Otago Daily Times of the 16th. Acceptances to be sent in on or befpre the,night of general entry, 28th December. Nominations "for' Jockey Club Handicap to be niade on the night of general entry, 28th December; weights to be declared on the evening of 29th December; acceptances to be sent in not later than 10 a.m. on the 30th. General entries will be received up till 8 p.m. on December 28th ; entries for the Handicap Trotting Race on the morning of the 29th. RULES & REGULATIONS. Mares will be allowed 51bs, and geldings 31bs. (if any) of the horse, name of the owner, and No entries to be received for any of the above colours of the rider, races except on this condition : That all disputes, Any jockey riding except in the colours enclaims, and objections arising out of the racing tered will be fined L.2. shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they Five percent, will be deducted from the gross may appoint. Their decision upon all points con- amount of all stakes for expenses, nected with the carrying out of the programme Horses walking over will receive 50 per cent shall be final. " out of tbe stakes. \'o person shall be allowed to enter or run a The Cromwell Jockey Club Rules will be horse for any race in this programme, post entry strictly enforced. and trotting races excepted, unless the latter be Any person entering a protest must deposit qualified as the bona fide property of a subscriber L.2, and should such be deemed frivolous by the of not less than L.3 3s. to the race fund. Stewards, the amount will be forfeited. Entries will be received by the Secretary be- N. B.—Xo entries or asceptances will be refore 8 p.m. on the 28th December, entrance ceived on any pretext whatever after the time money enclosed, with name, age, and pedigree specified. GEORGE JENOUR, Secretary.

NOTICE. f|IHE Public of Cromwell and Neighi bourhood are respectfully requested to observe as a PUBLIC HOLIDAY WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, on which day the Ceremony of Laying the Foundation Stone of the District Hospital will take place. D. A. JOLLY, Mayor. NOTICE. SHEARING will commence at MOR•vJ VEN HILLS and ARDGOUR STATIONS, on or about NOVEMBER 20th. Price: Seventeen Shillings and Sixpence per Hundred. JAMES COGLE & CO. NOTICE. r< "EARING will commence on the WANAKA STATION on or about the 20th November. Price, 17s Od per hundred. Union men not wanted. Learners will be employed, and allowed for the full number they shear. CAMPBELL & M'LEAN. BANNOCKBURN AND CARRICR RANGE MINERS' ASSOCIATION. The adjourned MEETING OP MEMBERS of the above Association will be held at the SCHOOLHOUsE, Bannockburn, on WEDNESDAY, November 11, at 8 p.m.

WANTED KNOWN. A GOOD OPENING on the Carrick Range. FOR SALE. A Five-Roomed BOARDING HOUSE, with splendid Kitchen Range, Well furnished with all the requirements for carrying on the business. A good stand for Hotel or any kind of business, being situated in the midst of the quartz claims. Established for three years. Terms easy. Apply to CHAS. COLCLOUGH, Agent, Cromwell; or WILLIAM BUCHAN, On the premises. New Advertisements. o R The BENDIGO REEPS HOTEL, Bendigo. Comprising ten rooms. Together with SixStalled Stable, and outhouses, the whole built on freehold land. Also, FOUR-ROOMED COTTAGE at Cromwell, now occupied by W. U. GOODALL. If not sold privately within a fortnight, the lot will be offered by public auction at an early date. Termß easy. W. U. GOODALL.