ALEXANDRA JOCKEY CLUB RACES. TO be held Thursday and Friday, the 31st December, 1868, and Ist January, 1869. STEWARDS. Mr. J, SAMSON Mr. J. RIVERS W. BERESFORD W. THEYERS W. ROBERTSON L. G. RYAN Mr. A. JACK. Judge-ROBERT FINLAY, Esq. Starter Clerk of Course—R. M‘MOREAN, Esq. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. MAIDEN PLATE Of 20 Sovs. Entrance 2 sovs. Distance one mile and a half. Weight for age. DISTRICT PLATE. Sweepstakes of 2 Sovs., with 25 Sovs. ad od. Distance two miles. Weight for age. HURDLE RACE
Of 20 Sovs. Entrance 2 sovs. Distance one mile, over four flights of hur ilea. Heats. No weights under 9st. Gib. SECOND DAY. MINERS’ & PACKERS’ PURSE Of 15 Sovs., for all untrained horses that have never won a prize of ilu. No weight under lOst. Miie heats. Post entry £ 1. TOWN PLATE Of 40 Sovs. Entrance 3 sova. Distance two miles. Weights for age. The winner of the District Plate to carry 51b. penalty.
HACK RACE Of 10 Snvs. Post entry 1 sov. One mile heats. No weights un er 9st Clb. CONSOLATION HANDICAP Of 10 Sovs., for all beaten horses. Entrance 1 sov. Distance one mile and a half. Three horses to enter or no race. No person allowed to enter a horse for any of the above races except a subscriber of not less than one guinea to the race fund. The •'ecision of the Stewards to bo final in all cases. Any jockey riding except in the colors entore l will be lined one sovereign. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gross amount of the stakes for expenses. The Dunstan Jockey Club Rules will be strictly enforce I. Entries to be sent to the Secretary on or before the 23th of December, ISUS.
J. L. HENDERSON, Secretary A.JC. DRYBREAD RAGES. ! 0 be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, the sth and 6th of January, on the Drybread Racecourse. Programme in future issue. J. DICKIE, Secretary. November 18, 1808. NOTICE. A NY person desirous of testi"g the ground on either side of LOW’S Saddle, can have the use of water, gratis, for a period, by applying to HECTOR MAi'BETH, the local manager of the Manuhcrikia 'Vater-raco, late Ida Valley Water race. In the Estate of Robert Edwasds, Draper, Cromwell, deceased.
A LL PERSONS indebted to the t ' above estate, are hereby requested to pay the amounts to the under,-igned without delay. Ail persons having claims against the estats, are requested to send them to to us, on or before the 31st December next. JOHN PRESHAW. DAVID BOOTH. By order of the Executors. FOR SA! E or TO LET. 1 WATER-RACE, with right to t\ sixteen heads of water, at the Lower Nevis. For particulars, apply to THOMAS M'MORRAN, Clyde.
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Dunstan Times, Issue 346, 11 December 1868, Page 2
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