DEYBREAD (MATAKANQI) Annual Eaces and Sports. JANUARY Ist, 2nd, arid &rd, 1808 j. G. Gordon Glassford, Es(j. -John Alexander Campbell, 'Esq. William Greenbank, Esq. James Treesdale, Esq. Samuel M'Uuuough, lisq. William Burke, Esq. Hugh Handyside, Esq. Judge—W. Lawbence SIMPSON, Esq. Starter—John Handyside, Esq. Clerk of the Course and Treasurer— M'Morran', Esq. FIRST DAY. WEDNESDAY, JAN 1, at 1 sharpf MAIDEN PLATE Of 20 Sovs., once round thecoitrse, for all horses who have never won 1 public money. Weight for age. Entrance, £2. MINERS' & PACKERS' PURSE Of 15 Sovs., for all horses the bonafide property of packers or miners for three mouths. One mile and a half, heats. No weight under •lOst. Post entry, i'l, ' TOWN PLATE Of CO Soys. The second horse to save his .stake. Open to all horses except winners the Dunstan Meeting. Entrance, £5. HACK SELLING RACE Of 15 Sovs. No weight under lOst. Once round the course. Heats. The winner to-be "sold for £ls, the surplus (if any) to go to the Race Fund. Post entry, £l. SECOND DAY, THURSDAY, JAN. 2. MATAKANUI HANDICAP •Of 50 Sovs. Open to all horses, to be handi'capcd by the Stewards on the first night of the meeting. Nomination, '£2 10s.; acceptance, £2 10. Distance two miles. HURDLE EAO; Of 15 Sovs., once round the course, heats, over four flights of hurdles. For all horses who haVe never won an advertised hurdle race or steeplechase. No weight under est Entrance, £1 10s PUBLICANS' PURSE Of 20 Sovs. Open to all horses who hive never won an advertised race. Once round the course, heats. Weights for age. Entrance, £1 10s. LADIES' PURSE Of'ls'Sovs. Welter weights Joy age. Gentlemen riders. Twice aound the -coarse. Entrance, £1 10s. CONSOLATION HANDICAP Of 15 Sovs., for ;ill beaten horses. Once round the coui'se. Post entry, £l. RULES. 1. The rules of the Dunstan Jockey Club tv'ill be adhered to in all cases. 2. Jockey costume will be insisted upon, except in post entry races, when the cap Will be sufficient. 3. Persons entering horses to give the names and colors of the riders. 4. No person to enter a horse unless a subscriber of £2 l'Os. to the race fund, except for post entry races. 5. Five per cent to be deducted from all winnings. 6. Decisionr of the Stewards in all cases to be final. 7. All entries to be sent to the Secretary, on Tuesday, the 31st Dec. ruber, tip to If/ o'clock p.m., at the Matakanui "Hotel, enclosing entrance money, except for the Makatuni Handicap, which will be received the first night of the meeting, and acceptances immediately the weights aVe decided. 8. Three horses to start or no event 9. Athletic Sports to come off on the Ist, 2nd,-and 3rd clays, during the intervals between the races. Ry order of the Stewards,
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Dunstan Times, Issue 295, 20 December 1867, Page 2
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