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Lake Wakatip Mail, Volume II, Issue 106, 4 May 1864, Page 3

MAORI POINT RACES. To be held on THURSDAY and FRIDAY, May sth and 6th. Stewards : Messrs. Bracken, Anderson, Welsh, Nelson, Spence, Buckley, Truman. Judge : C. W, Williamson, Esq. Starter:— L. Miller, Esq. Treasurer : J. B. Netherwood, Esq. Clerk op the Course : H. W. Bracken, Esq. Hon. Secretary:— J. F. Anderson, Esq. first day. first raceTo start at twelve o'clock. Maiden Plate for £— Distance, one and a half miles; entrance £2 2s. Weight for age. second raceto start at a quarter to one o'clock. Hurdle Race for £— Distance, two miles; entrance £2 2s. Gentlemen riders; welter weights. Jump, about 3ft. 6in. third raceTo start at two o'clock. Upper Shotover Cup, for £SO. Distance, two and a half miles; entrance, £3 3s. Weight for age. fourth raceTo start at three o'clock. Miner's and Packer's Purse, Open to all horses that have been packing to the Upper Shotover for the last two months; owners or drivers to ride. Distance If miles. Post entry, £1 Is. FIFTH RACE. Hack Race for £— Twice round the course. Catch weights ; ill Is. Post entry. SECOND DAY. FIRST RACETo start at half-past eleven o'clock. Ladies Purse for £4O. Two miles; entrance, £3 3s. Gentlemen riders. Welter weights. seconl raceTo start at half-past one o'clock. Steeple Chase, for £—. Distance, 2| miles; entrance, £2 2s. Weight for age. Jumps about 4ft. third raceTo start at a quarter past two o'clock. Ladies' Race, for a Side Saddle. Distance, 1| miles; entrance, £1 Is. Catch weights. fourth raceTo start at three o'clock. Handicap Consolation Stakes eor £—. For all beaten horses during the meet. Distance two miles ; entrance, £2 2s. fifth raceTo start at four o'clock. Cheroot Race, for £—. Distance, l\ miles. Post entry; £1 Is. added. Rules and Regulations. No person will be allowed to enter a horse for any race—except for the Miner's and Packer's Purse, Hack Race, Cheroot Race or Ladies' Race —unless he is a subscriber of £2 2s. to the Race fund. All disputes to be settled by the stewards, and their decision to be final. The rules of the Otago Jockey Club will b e strictly adhered to. Entries to be sent in to the stewards on or before Wednesday evening, 4th May, before 9 p.m., at Buckley's Shamrock Hotel, enclosing entrance money and colors of the riders. Jockey costume insisted upon. Five per cent, to be deducted from all winners, for expenses. Three horses to enter for the Cup and Ladie's Purse, or no race. 281