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Cromwell Argus, Volume VI, Issue 312, 3 November 1875, Page 4

(JROMWELL JOCKEY CLUB RACE MEETING. 0 TO BE HELD ON Tuesday and Wednesday, December 28 and 29, 1875. STEWARDS: Messrs J. A. Preshaw, I. Loughnan, G. M. Starkey, D. MacKellar, Jas. Dawkins, Jas. Taylor, P. L. Dignan. Judge.—Mr D. A. Jolly. Starter.—Mr J. Dawkins. Clerk op the Course.—Mr Owen Pierce. First Day : Tuesday. I Second Day : Wednesday. MAIDEN PLATE, of 25 sovs. For all horses that have never won an advertised prize of over 15 sovs. Weight for age. Distance, one mile and a half. Entrance, 80s. GRAND STAND HANDICAP, of 40 sovs. Distance, one mile and a half. Nominations, £1 Is.; acceptance, £1 Is. OE, of 15 sovs. 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 earry 51bs penalty. SELLING STAKES, of 25 sovs. Weight for age. Distance, one mile and a quarter. Entrance, SOs. 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 25 sovs.; if entered to be sold for £2O allowed 71bs; for £ls, allowed 141bs; for £lO, allowed 211bs. 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 day of the races, 28th December. JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP, of 60 sovs. Nominations, £2 25.; acceptance, £1 Is. Distance, two miles. MINERS' PURSE, of 10 sovs. For bona fide hacks, that have never won an arivprf.ispfl prize of 10 sovs. Distance, trance, 15s. No weight less than 9st. 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 £4O ;if entered to be sold for £3O, allowed 71bs ; for £2O, allowed 141bs ; for £ls, allowed 211bs ; for £lO, allowed 281bs: CONSOLATION HANDICAP, of 15 sovs. For all beaten horses. Entrance, 20s. Distance, one mile. to be eun for at the yearly meeting of tble cromwell jockey club, December, 1878. ARCHITECT PRODUCE STAKES: a Sweepstake of 5 sovs. each, 2 sovs. forfeit, with £SO added. For two-year olds, the produce of mares covered by Architect in the season of 1875-6. Derby weights. Distance, 5 furlongs. Nominations, with 2 sovs. enclosed, to be lodged with the Secretary of the Cromwell Jockey Club not later than 28th December, 1877 ; balance of sweep, 3 sovs., to be made good before 8 p.m. on night of general entry of annual race meeting of December, 1878. Nominations, with qualification-fee, £2 25., for the Grand Stand and Flying Handicaps to be Teceived by the Secretary not later than 10 a.m. on the 11th December. Weights to be declared in the Cromwell Argus of the 15th, and in the Otago Daily Times of the 16th. Acceptances to be sent in on or before the night of general entry, 27th December. Nominations for Jockey Club Handicap to be made on the night of general entry, 27th December ; weights to be declared on the evening of 28th December ; acceptances to be sent in not later than 10 a.m. on the 29th. General entries will be received up till 8 p.m. on December 27th ; entries for the Handicap Trotting Race on the evening of the 28th. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Mares will be allowed 51bs, and geldings 31bs. No entries to be received for any of the above races except on this condition : That all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint. Their decision upon all points connected with the carrying out of the programme ■shall be final. No person shall be allowed to enter or run a horse for any race in this programme, post entry and trotting races excepted, unless the latter be qualified as the bona fide property of a subscriber of not less than L.2 2s. to the race fund. Entries will be received by the Secretary before 8 p.m. on the 27th December, entrance money enclosed, with name, age, and pedigree (if any) of the horse, name of the owner, and colours of the rider. Horses to be handicapped by the Stewards. Any jockey riding except in the colours entered will be fined L.2. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gross amount of all stakes for expenses. Horses walking over will receive 50 per cent, of the stakes. The Cromwell Jockey Club Rules will be strictly enforced. Any person entering a protest must deposit L.2, and should such be deemed frivolous by the Stewards, the amount will be forfeited. N.B.—No entries or acceptances will be received on any pretext whatever after the time specified. GEORGE JENOUR, Secretary.

pHURCH OF ENGLAND. The REV. J. DEWE Will (D.V.) hold Divine Service in the Schoolroom, BANNOCKBURN, on Thursday Even ing, November 11th, at 8 p.m. IRESBYTERTAN CHURCH. REV. B. DRAKE Will Preach at Bannockburn on Sunday, 7th instant, at 4o'clock p.m., and at Cromwell at half-past 7. Suburban Residence for Sale. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER C, 1875. CHARLES COLCLOTJGH is favored with instructions from Mr T ESCOTT to sol] by public auction at 6 p.m. on Saturday, 6th aist., at the Golden Age Hotel, Cromwell, That COTTAGE, with Garden and Paddick, known as Willow Cottage, situated outside the town boundary «f Cromwell. A water/race runs through the property. The Garden is fully stocked with young fruit trees, a lumber of willows, etc., and is fenced with sujerior sod walls. To a business man in the town this property would jo specially suitable. Jnsjcction invited. CHAS. COLCLOURH, Auctioneer-.

TAGO GOLDFIELDS. Application for an AGRICULTURAL LEASE, Under Section 103b of the Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872. District of Dunstan, SOtli October, 1875. To the District Land Officer, Clyde. I hereby apply for a Lease of Land for Agricultural purposes situate at Run No. 454, Manuka Island, Lake Wanaka, bounded on the north by Crown lands, on the east by Black Tom's Bay, on the south by Crown lands, and on the west by Lake Wanaka ; and comprising 100 acres, or thereabouts : in accordance with Section 103b of the Otago Waste Lands Act, 1872, and tlio Agricultural Leases Regulations of the Bth day of December, 1871, made under the Goldfields Act, ISGG, anl the Goldfields Act Amendment Acts 1867, ISGS, 18G9. ARCHIBALD CHALMERS, By his authorised agent, F. J. Wilson. The above application will be heard before me, at Clyde, on the 25th day of Nov., 1875. W. LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Distiict Land Officer.