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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 140, 3 November 1871, Page 4

Race Notice. Mount Ida Jockey Club RACES To be Held on Wednesday and Thursday 10th and 11th January, 1872. STEWARDS : J A Douglas Wlnder W Grumttt C A de Lautour J Laverty T Foster E<T George | Judge—rH W Robinson ; Starter—W Inder; Clerk of the Course—E T George. PROGRAMME: FIRST DAY, Maiden Plate, of 30 Sovs, for all horses that have never won j an advertised prize of over £2O, matches and hack races excepted. Entrance. £2 2s. Distance, one and a half mile. Grand Stand Handicap, of 100 Sovs. Distancej two miles Nominations, of £2 25., to be lodged with the Secretary, Victoria Hotel, not later than eight p.m. on Wednesday, 20th December. Weights to be declared in the "Mount Ida Chronicle " of 22nd December, and " Otago Daily Times" of 25th December. Acceptances, with £3 3s. enclosed, must be lodged with the Secretary not later than six p.m., ,on 9th January, 1872, the night of general entry. Mount Ida Cup, of 75 Sovs. Distance, one ! and a half mile. Weight for age. Entrance, £5 ss. Second horse to save his ..stake. Selling Race, of 30 Sovs. Distance, one mile. Horses, if not to be sold, to carry lOlbs. penalty. To ..be sold for £SO, weight for age ; £4O, allowed '7lbs.; £3O, I4lbs.j £2O, 211b5.; £lO, 281bs. Post entry, £2 2s. Surplus to go to the club. Hack Race, of 20 Sovs. Distance, one mile. Open to all horses that have jnever won an advertised prize of over £20. : No weight under 9 stones. Entrance, one guinea. SECOND day. Hurdle Race, of 40 Sovs. One mile heats-, over four fights of hurdles. Welter weights for age. Entrance, £2 2s. Mount Ida Handicap, of 75 Sovs: Distance, one and a half mile. Nominations, with £2 2s. enclosed, to be lodged with the Secretary before eight p.m. on 20th December. Weights to be declared at 10 p.m. on 10th January, 1872. Acceptances, with £3 3s. enclosed, to be lodged with the Secretary not later than 10 a.m. of 11th January, 1872. Free Handicap, of 50 Sovs. A penalty of 71bs. to be carried by the winner of the Grand Stand Handicap and the Mount Ida Cup. Weights to be declared on the Course. Acceptances, of £2 25., with Sweep of £1 Is. added. Second horse to save his stake. Distance, one and a quarter mile. >' Consolation Handicap, of 25 - Sovs. Distance, one mile. Post entry. £1 Is. Selltng Race, for £2O. Winner to be sold for £lO. Surplus to go to the Club. No ; weight under Bst. 71b. Distance, three quarters of a mile. Post entry, '£l Is. RULES AND REGULATIONS. Mares and Geldings allowed 31bs. No entries will be received for any of the above races, except upon this condition, that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint. There decision upon all points shall be final, No person shall be allowed to enter or run a horse for any race in this programme—Post Entry races excepted—unless a subscriber of not less than £2 2s. to the Race Fund. Entries to be received by the Secretary, at the Victoria Hotel, Mount Ida, before 6 p.m. on 9th January, 1872,—rentrance money enclosed, with name, age, pedigree (if any) of the horse, name of the owner, and color of the rider. Any jockey riding, except in colors entered, will be fined £1 Is. Five per cent, deducted from the gross amount of all stakes for expenses. " ' Horses walking over will receive 50 per cent, of the stakes. The Mount Ida Jockey Club rules will be strictly enforced. Any person entering a protest will have: to deposit £2 ; and should such protest be deemed frivolous by the stewards, will have to forfeit tbe same. N.B.—No entries or acceptances will be received, on any pretence whatever, after the hour specified.. - > ,j E. T. GEORGE, Hon. Sec.