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Dunstan Times, Issue 595, 12 September 1873, Page 3

TeE ALEXANDRA SPRING R..CE A MEETING Will be held FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1873, STEWARDS. Mr. W. Thrvkks Mr. J Samson J. Rivers J. Gp.indi.ev D. M'Dona d W. Robertson Mr. R. Merger. Judge—WILLIAM TIILYERS, Esq. Starter—Mr. W ROBERTSON. Cl ik of Course-Mr. J. GRINDLEY. 1’ 11 0 G R A M M E. DISTRICT HANDICAP Of £l2 1 Or; second horse to receive £2 10s. from the stakes. For all horses that have never won an advertised joizc oi over £2 Nomination, 10s. ; Acceptance, 10s. Distance, one mile. HACK SELLING RACE Of 10 Sovs. The winner to be sold for £ls, and the surplus (if any) to go to the Race Fund. No weight under lOst. Entrance, 15s. Distance, three,- quarters of a mile. Heats. SPRING HANDICAP Of 20 Sovs., with a sweep of 1 sov. to go to the second horse. Nomination, 10s. ; Acceptance, 15s. Distance, one mile and a half, LADIES’ PURSE Of 10 Sovs. Welter weight for age. Distance, one mile. Entrance, 15s CONSOLATION HAN DICAP Of 5 Sovs,, for all beaten horses. Entrance, 15s. Distance, tluoe quarters of a mile. RULES. The Rules of the Dunstau Jockey Club will be strictly enforced. la all post-entry races, three horses to start or no race. No person allowed to enter a horse unless he bo a subscriber of one guinea, Jockey costume insisted upon. First race to start at 1 o’clock. Nominations for the District Handicap and the Spring Handicap to be sent in to the Secretary, enclosing nomination and qualification money, not later than 12 o’clock at noon on Thursday, the 11th of September, and acceptances for both handicaps (with sweep for the Spring Handicap) before 8 o’clock on the night of general entry. Thursday, the 18th of September. Weights to ho declared in “ Dunstan Times” on 12th of September. GEO. R 'TCLIFFE. Secretary. I. EX AN DR A SPRING RACES SEPTEMBER 19, 1873. DISTRICT HANDICAP. Mr. Rivers’s Manx Boy ... Sst 121b BoresforJ’s Cressidore Sst 21b Gordon’s Turpin ... Tst 121b Wilkins's Kathleen... 7st 101b Mercer’s Tommy ... Cat 121b SPRING HANDICAP. Mr. Hazlett’s Brunette ... Ost 101b Rivers’s Manx Boy ... Sst 101b Beresford's Cressidore Tst 121b G. RATCLIFFE, Secretary. THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE HORSE, SURp R i s E VVj ILL travel this Season in tie f» Clyde, Alexandra and Black's districts. SURPRISE, bred by .1,1 n Hamilton, Esq., is by that well-known Clydesdale sire Thane of Clyde, imporie 1 to Southland by Hugh M‘Lean, Esq. Dam bred by A. Clarke, Esq , Longford, Tasmania, and imported into this Province b.y the M.s-rs. Gierke, Brothers, for breeding purposes on their fa-ni. Surprise is n dark dappled bay, stands seventeen hands high, and is now rising seven years. He is a remarkably compact and powerful horse, with immense hone, line flat leg, unequalled action, and docile temper. He has proved himself a sure foal-getter, and his stock are not surpassed by the progeny of any horse which has ever served in the Southland district, where he has travelled three years in succession. Surprise took second prize at two, three, and four years old at the Invercargill Annual Show, against, all comers. A paddock for the accommodation of marcs coming from a distance will be provided at Wai Keri Keri, free of charge, without responsibility. The greatest caie taken. Terms, £3 10s., payable on the Ist oi February, 1374 ; groomage, ss. J. M’ARTHUR, Wai Kcr Kori,