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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1286, 21 May 1880, Page 4

SPORTING OTAGOCOURSING CLUB. Under the Patronage of • Hia EXCKLLENcr THE GOVERNOR, WEDNESDAY, 2nd JUNE, And following: days. <<. The Members' Plate, ,for an, unlimited number of Dogs (all ages) at £5 each, ■with a Piece of Plate, presented by; the CM}*' 01 *' Otago Coursing Entries, with £5, to be inade with the Secretary on or before 8 p.m. on TUESDAY, the Ist JUNE. The draw will take place immediately after at the Royal Hotel, and the amount of the stakes declared. TUESDAY, 6th JULY, And following day. The President's Cop, for 32 Dogs (all ages), £5. Winner, £SO ; runner-up, £3O ; third and fourth dogs, £ls each ; . fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth dogs £6 each; eight winners of one course, £3 each. Entries, with £5, to be made with the Secretary .on or before 8 p.m. on MONDAY, sth JULY ; draw will take place immediately after at the Royal Hotel. With the exception of the Vice-Presidents* Plate, the stakes to be open ito dogs owned by members of any Coursing Club in Now Zealand, the subscription-to which is not less than £1 per annum. In the event of' stakes not filling, the prizes will be reduced pro rata. Ten per cent, will be deduoted from all prize-money for expenses. Cash, or cheques with exchange, must accompany all applications for nominations. W. H. RONAYNE, 989 Hon. Seo. OAMARU JOCKEY CLUB STEEPLECHASE MEETING, TO BK HELD ON FRIDAY, 11'iH JUNE, 188 a PROGRAMME, Maiden Steeplechase of 50 sovn, for horses that have never won a steeplechase of 20 sovs or over; entrance, S sovs ; seoond horse to save his stake; about 2J miles; weight for age. Handicap Steeplechase of 100 sovs; nomination, 2 sovs ; acceptance, 3 sovs ; about 3 miles. Winner of £IOO after declaration of weights 71b extra. Selling Steeplechase of 25 bovs; winner to be sold for £25 ; about 2 miles; post entry, 2 sovs. Consolation Stakes of 30 sova; nomination, 2 sovs ; about 2 miles. Nominations for the Handicap will bo reeived at the Empire Hotel, Oamaru, up to o'clock on the evening of MAY 22nd; weights to be declared May 27th; acceptonces due June 10th, at 8 o'clook, up to which time nominations for the Maiden Steeplechase will be received. JOHN HARDY, 216 Seo. pro. tem. CUP CONSULTATION. To be run Juna the 15th, 1880. 1000 MEMBERS AT £l. Prizes divided as follows : Winner of Cup £3OO \ I Runner-up 200 f | 2 Dogs (divided) ... ... 50 f , 4 Dogs (divided) 60 ) . Winner of Purse 130 ) Runner-up ... 70 > ' 2 Dogs (divided) 30 ) , Winner of Plate 100 ) Runner-up 40 > ' 2 Dogs (divided) 20 J Total ... ... £IOOO Send Post Office orders or registered letters. Cheques should be crossed and have Is exchange added. Two postage stamps necessary. A gold medal, valued £5 ss, suitably engraved. will be presented to the trainer of Waterloo Cup winner by CHARLES J. HARRIS, Treasurer. Address : Offioe, Star and Garter Hotel; 925 Or, Box No. 10, Post Office, Oamaru. CONSULTATION NO. 2 ON THE WATERLOO CUP, 1880, To be run in Canto -bury, June 15th, and following days. SIXTY-FOUR FRIZES. 1000 CLIENTS AT £l, To be . divided as follows Waterloo Cup— Winner ... ... £4OO Runner-up 100 Waterloo Purae— Winner ... ... 100 Runner-up 50 Waterloo Plate— Winner ... '...' 100 Runner-up 50 Divided equally between other nominations ... 200 £IOOO N.B.—Care has been taken in this consultation to provide prizes for all drawers of nominations, which, if the Waterloo fills, will make sixty-four prizes. The drawing will take place under the supervision of the treasurer and a committee of responsible gentlemen from subscribes present. In the event of the whole of tho> shares not being disposed of, and the Water-, 100 not filling, prizaa will be distributed pro. rata. Only bank drafts, cash, post offioe orders, or marked cheques with Is exchange added* will be recognise 3, C. P. ROBERTS, Treasurer* Address—J. D. Keti's, Royal Hotel. Or, Box No. 9, Post Office, Oamaru. 96T EORGE SUMPTER, having storage ac» ' V-* commodation for 30,000 bags, is prepared to receive for Sale, Storage, or Shipment, GRAIN, WOOL, or other Merchandize, at his Stone Stores, abutting on to Railway Lines. Expenses very muoh reduced, no cartage being required and low rate of insurance. CASH BUYER of WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, and FARM PRODUCE. LIBERAL ADVANCES made on Grain stored or shipped to any part of the world. Also, has for sale Cornsacks, Sewing Twine, Coals, Wire, Posts, Rails, &C, GEORGE SUMPTER, 399 Tyne and Harbor-streeta. MR. E. DEVINE'S Ringleader will TRAVEL NEXT SEASON In the Oamaiu district. For further par* ticulars, apply to J. T. KICHARDS, 7 > Lower Wharf-Btreet.