Race Notice.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 144, 1 December 1871, Page 3

Race Notice.

Mount Ida Jockey Club R ACES. To be Held on Wednesday and Thursday 10th'and i IthJanhary, '1872. > STEWARDS .* J A Douglas 0 A de Lxuroult W Inder J Laveett 3-' r W Grumitt T BVWTM E T George Judge--H \V IloEiN30:f; Starter—Wlndkr; Clerk of the Course—E T Georqe. PROGRAMME: FIRST DAY, Maiden Plate, of 30 Sovs, for all horses that have never won 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.' Distance, 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. with £3 3s. enclosed, must be <; lodged with the Secretary not later than six p. in, on 9th January, 1872, tho night of general entry. Mount Ida Cup, of 7i> Sovs. Distance, one and a half mile. Weight for age; Entrance, £5 ss. Second horse to save hit 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 71bs.; £3O, 141b5. ; £2O, 21 lbs.; £lO, 281bs. Post entry, £2 2a. Surplus to go to the club..

Hack Race, of 20 Sovs. Distance, on© mile.. Open to all horses that have never won an advertised prize of over £2O. No weight under 9 stones. Entrance, oao guinea. SECOND DAY,

fc Hurdle Race, of 40 Sovs. One mile heats, over four fights of hurdles. Welter weights: for age. Entrance,, £2 2i. 3 Mount Ida Handicap, of 75 Sovs. Diatance, one and a half mile. Nominations* with £2 2s. enclosed, to be lodged with. I the Secretary before eight p.m. on 20th December. Weights to b<? declared at 3 10 p.m. on 10th January, 1872. Acr ceptances, 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. Weight® to bo I declared on the Course. Acceptances, of t £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. Di«. tance, one mile. Post entry. £1 la. Selling Race, for £2O. Winner to be sold for £lO. Surplus to go to the Club. No weight under Spt. 71b, Distance, three quarters of a mile. Post entry, £1 Is. RULES AND REGULATIONS. \ "Maxes and G<Advrv.gs> allowed 3lbia. / Vo entries will be received for any of the above races, except upon tV\s condition, tTaafc all disputes, claims, and objections arising out ot 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 not less than £2 2s. to the llace Fund. Entries to be received by the Secretary, at the Victoria Hotel, Mount Ida, before 6 p.m. on 9th January, 1872, —entrance money en* closed, with name, age, pedigree (if any) of the horse, name of the owner, and color of the rider. I Any jockey riding, except in colors entered, will be fined £l la . Five per cent, deducted from the gross amount of all stakes for expenses. Horses walkiug orer will receive 50peroeofc. of the stakes. The Mount Ida Jockey Club rule# will be strictly enforced. Any person entering a protest will hare to deposit £2 ; and should such pretest be deemed frivolous by the stewards, will have to forfeit the same. N.B.—No entries or acceptances jjilt bs re* ceivod, on any preteuco whatever, altar the hour specified. EL T. OrEORGSV Hon. Sea.