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Dunstan Times, Issue 296, 27 December 1867, Page 2

LAKES DISTRICT WBKET CLUB RMJES, &m Xifo 10th JANUARY, 1868. Stewards : L. Broad, Esq. G. F. Percy, Esq. G. Atkins, Esq. F. C. Boyes, Esq. M. J. Mallaghan, Esq. Judge:— J. Douglas, Esq. 'Clerk of the Course E. A. Dooley, Esq. Starter : Denis Powell, Esq. Honorary Treasurer: F. Roberts, Esq. Honorary > ecretary ': H. Manders, Esq. FIRST DAY. MAIDEN PLATE Of Twenty Sovereigns. Open to all maiden horses that have never won an advertised pi'ize, matches and hack races excepted. Distance, one-and-a-hnlf mile. Entrance, Two guineas. Weight for age. THE FRANKTON HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES. A Sweepstakes of 5 sovs., with 75 sovs. added. Nominations, enclosing.entrance, £'3 3s,to be sent 'in to the Secretary on or before 9 o'clock, p.m., on the 30th December, l-Bt>7. Weights to be declared Ist January, 18G8. Acceptances with £1 Is. and sweep (5 sovs.) to-be made on the night of general entry (Tuesday, 7th January) before 9 o'clock p.m. Distance, two-and-a-half miles. If three horses start the second horse to save his stakes. WAKATIP HANDICAP Of Twenty-five Sovereigns. Open only to horses owned, bona fide, in the Wakatip and Nokomai districts, by residents since Ist of November last. Two miles. Nominations to be sent in on the night of. the Cth January, 18C8, and weights to be declared on the night of the 7th January, 1868. Entrance, £•'■) 3s. HACK SELLING RACE Of Twenty Sovereigns Open to all untrained horses. Entrance, One sov. Heats once round the course. Winner to be sold by public auction for 20 sovs., any balance to go to the Race Fund. SECOND DAY. THE LADIES' PURSE Of Twenty Sovereigns. Gentlemen riders. Welter weights. One-and-a-half mile. Entrance, £2 2s. LAKE DISTRICT HANDICAP Of Seventy-five Sovereigns. Open to all horses. * ominations to be sent in on or before 9 p.m. on the 30th hist., addressed to the Stewards, Powell's Family Hotel, Queenstown. £3. 3s. to be enclosed with nomination, and £ 2 2s. to be paid upon acceptance, on or before 9 p.m., on Tuesday, 7th January. Weights to be declared on the Ist January. Distance, 3 miles. HURDLE RACE Of Fifty Sovereigns. Heats one-and-a-half mile. Open to all horses. Over five flights of hurdles. No less weight than lOst. 41b. CON-OLATKiN HANDICAP Of Sovereigns. One-and-a-half mile. For all beaten horses. RULES AND RKGULaTIONS. The Rules of the Otago Jockey Club wiil be strictly enforced. Three entries to be made for each race, or the public money will not be given ; and another race may be substitute l .. No person to enter or nominate a horse unless he be a subscriber of not less than three sovereigns to the funds. Moreover, no person to enter or nominate a hprse not his bona-fide property, unless the said subscription of three sovereigns be paid for the actual owner also, under forfeiture of any race such horse may wis. No entry will be received for any of the races except upon this condition :—That all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or a majority of them ; whose decisions upon all points co; nested with the carrying out of the above programme shall be final. All entries, unless otherwise specified, to be sent in previous to 9 o'clock, p.m., on the 7th of January, 1868, addressed to the Stewards, at Powell's Family Hotel, Queenstown, in sealed envelopes, containing entrance money, qualification money, full description and age of horse, name of -owner, and color to be worn by the rider, under penalty of two sovereigns for neglect of the same. Jockey costume insisted npon. Dogg on the Course will be destroyed. Five per cent, deducted from the gross amount of all stakes, for expenses.