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Dunstan Times, Issue 400, 17 December 1869, Page 2

ALEXANDRA. JOCKEY CLUB ANNUAL RAGES. TO be held on Monday and Tuesday, the 27th and 28th December, 1869. STEWARD S-. Messrs. JAMES SAMSON JAMES RIVERS WILLIAM BERESFORD L. Gr. RYAN J. MASON WILLIAM THEYERS W, ROBERTSON Judge.— R. FINLAY, Esq. 'Clerk of the Course. —R. M‘MORRAN,Esq. Starter.—J. SAMSON, Esq FIRST DAY. MAIDEN PLATE Of 25 sovereigns. Entrance 30s. One mile and a half. Weight for age. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE Of 20 sovereigns. Entrance 30s. Mile heats, over four flights of hurdles. Weights declared night of General Entry. DISTRICT HANDICAP Of 40 sovereigns. Two miles and a half. Nomination 205., to be sent to the Secretary on or before Wednesday the 15th inst., at 8 p.m. Weights to be declared in “Dunstan Times" on Friday the 17th inst. Accceptances, with 405., to be received by the Secretary up to 8 p m. on Friday, the 24th inst. PUBLICANS’ PURSE Of 25 sovereigns. Eutrance3os. One mile heats. No weight under lOst. SECOND DAY. HANDICAP TROTTING MATCH Of 15 sovereigns Distance three miles. Entrance, 205., which must be paid to the Secretary, on the course not later than 12 o’clock at noon on the same day. ALEXANDRA HANDICAP Of 35 sovereigns. Second horse to receive 10 sovereigns. . Distance two miles. Nominations, 205., to be sent to the Secretary not later

than 8 p.m. on Friday, the 24th inst. Weights to he declared on the racecourse. Acceptance, 40s. SELLING RACE Of 20 sovereigns. Mile heats. No weights under lOst. The winner to be sold by auction on the course for <£2o, and the surplus (if any) to go to the race fund. Post entry 30s. HANDICAP CONSOLATION STAKES Of 15 sovereigns. Distance one mile and a half. Encrance, 20s. Rules. Mares and Geldings allowed 31b. Jockey Club costume will be insisted upon, excepting in post-entry races. Persons entering horses to give the names, age, and pedigree (if any) ; also colors of the riders. No person shall enter or nominate a horse unless a subscriber of 2 Is. to the race fund. Three horses to start or no event. Five per cent, to be deducted from stakes for expenses. The Dunstan Jockey Club rules to be strictly enforced. The decision of the Stewards to be final in all cases. Any person entering a protest must, in the first instance, deposit the sum of £2 with the Secretary, and should such protest, in the opinion of the Stewards, be frivolous, the deposit will be forfeited and added to the race funds. First race on each day to start precisely at 1 o’clock. Entries to be sent to the Secretary on or before Friday, the 24th inst. at 8 p.m. J. L. HENDERSON, Sec. CALEDONIAN SOCIETY OP OTAGO. PRIZE POEM. THE SOCIETY offers a prize of £5 ss. for the Best English Poem on any subject. Must be lodged with the Secretary on or before the 20th inst. W. S. DOUGLASS, Sec. NOTICE. JOHN COLE OHAPPLE, MINING AND COMMISSION AGENT, BEGS to inform the Public that he has made application for an Auctioneer’s License, for the year 1870, and will be prepared, on and after the Ist January next, to transact any Business intrusted to him ; and, in soliciting Public Support, takes this opportunity of stating that his experience as an Auctioneer and Cattle Salesman, &c., has extended over a period of twenty-five years.