Races and Sports in Doughboy Flat on Boxing-Day. — The festivities on the Upper Buller ciime off as advertised, aud were a great success, a lars*e number of miners being present." The weather was all that could be wished. The heavy rain the previous day prevented many at a distance being present. The £25 stake was won hy Kearn's Sultan. Other stakes to theamount of about £55 wero also run for during the afternoon; football, cricket and games, ami foot-races filling up the intervals. The whole of the programme was faithfully carried out, and too much praise cannot he given to Mr. Eebit for the enterprise aud spirit with which he conducted the ahVir.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 4, 4 January 1872, Page 2
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