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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 338, 26 January 1856, Page 1

CANT£a3U?tir RACE MEETINGS. rpO take place on Wednesday and Fki- -*- bay, 12th and 14th March. Stewards. W. K. McDonald, Esq. W. Smart, E^q. J. T. Brown, Esq. F. W. Devon, E»q. C. C. Ilaalewood, Esq. First Day. Hubdlk Rack for £ , added to a Sweepstakes of £ each, for all horses ; weight for age. Jockey Club plate weights, two milts, over six fliifbts o< hurdles, 3ft. Oin. high. The win. tiki hi pUj *«*. IU t.i-T .*.,.... Thk Canterbuhy Cup, value £ , added to a Sweepsiakts o\££ each, Tor all hoises, weight for ape. J.C.P. weights, second horse to save his stake, heats two miles. The winner to pay £5 to the Racing Fund. Thk Licensed Victuallers' Pubsb of £ added to a Sweepstakes of .£ each, second horse to save his stake, fourteen hands high, Bst. 7lhs. Seven lbs. allowed or carried extra for every inch under or over. The winner of the Canterbury Cup to carry 7lbs. extra. Heats, one mile. Hack Stakes of 55.--each, with three sovereigns added, for uorees not entered to lun in any other race of the meeting. The last horse to pay the second horse's stake. Post entry, one mile. Second Day, The Jockey Club Pi.ath of £-20, added to a Sweepstakes of £'2 each, second horse to save his stake, for all horses foaled iv the Province of Cawterhnry. Weight for age—2 years ohl, Gsi. lolls., 3 years, Bst.9lbs., 4 years, 9st |13ib.<=.' 5 years, 10.>t 7!bs.,b" years and aged, lOst. lOll.s. One mile and a half* The winner of the Canterbury Cup to carry 71bs. extra. Thk Ladies Purse of £ , added to a Sweepstakes of £ each, second horse to save his stake. Weight for age—J.C.P. weights. The winner of the Jockey Club Plate or Canterbury Cup to carry 71!>s., of both, lOlbs. extra. The winner to pay £5 to the Racing Fund. Two miles and a half. The Selling Plate of £ , added to a Sweepstakes of £ each, for all horses. Weight for age—J.C.P. weights. The second horse" to save his stake. Heats, one mile. The winner to be sold by auction at an upset price of £70, in the usual" way, within one half hour after the deciding heat; the upset price to go to the owner, the balance, if any, to go to the Racing Fund. Consolation Stakes of£ added to a handicap sweepstakes of £ each, p. p., second horse to save his stake, for horses that have started and not won in any of the previous races. Horses to be entered and stakes paid to the stewards within a quarter of an hour after the deciding heat of the Selling Plate, and^to be handicapped by the stewards or whom they may appoint. Once round and a distance. Forced Handicap of ten sovereigns each, h. ft. for the winners of the previous iaces t excepti.ig the Hurdle Race, Selling Plate, Hack Stakes, and Consolation Stakes, unless desired by the owner of any such winner, open to any other horse that may have started in the meeting. Hoises to be entered and stakes to be paid to tiie stewards at the same time that ihe entries are made for^the Consohuiou Stakes, and to be handicapped in tin same manner, i wile, CONDITIONS. In all Races an allowanceof 4 lbs. will be made to mares and geldings, and an uddditionul allowance of 4 lbs. will be made to all horses brought from the other Provinces of New Zealand, should tlu'V arrive within two calendar mouths from tin- first day of the meeting. N<> person not a subscriber of £l to the Fund will be allowed to enter a horse for any Race excepting the Hack stakes, nor for shut raci*. unless a Mihseriher to tin; amount of UK All hoi yes, t.tocjuing for the Hack Stakts