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Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 177, 20 December 1876, Page 1

Sports. ■ jtAWEHA ATHLETIC SPOUTS on NE W YEAR’S DAY. To commence at 10.30 a.m. Sharp, Programme : ' 1. 100 Yards Flat Race 2. Running Hop, Step, and Jump 3 Quarter-mile Flat Race HandicapNomination, Is ; acceptance, 2s 4. 150 Yards Boys’ Race, Handicap— For boys under 14 years 5. Vaulting with a Pole G, Nii 1 c Race, Handicap—Nomination, 2s 6d ; acceptance, 2s Gd 7. Throwing the Cricket Ball 8. Running High Jump 9. 220 Yards Flat Race 10. Sack Race 11. Running Long Jump 12. Half-mile Flat Race, HandicapNomination, Is,; acceptance, 2s 13. Mile Walking Match 14. Three-legged Race, 150 Yards 15. Putting the Heavy Stone IG. Standing Long Jump 17. Quarter-mile Hurdle Race 18. Tilting in the Ring 19. Greasy Pig R U L E S. Every competitor to be a subscriber of not less than 5s to the Sports. Nominations for the 3rd and Gth event to beat 11.30 a.m., acceptances at 12.30 p.m., on the day of the Sports. Entrance fee for No. 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 10,11, 14, 15, and 1G events to be Is ; for 9th, 13th, and 17th events, 2s Gd; 18th, ss. All disputes to be settled by the Committee, and their decision shall be final. J. M. BYRNE, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer. pAT E A ANNUAL 'SPORT S. TO BE HELD AT Cr J&. Sj Hi 'S’ H 23 2Gth BEGEM BE ,_IB7A ; ... President : Major Turner. Judges:— C. Byrnes, Esq., S-. Dixon, Esq., Dr. Walker, W. Cowcrn, Esq, Committee; — Messrs. G. W. Gane, J. Lett, J. Adamson, Hargreaves. Oakley,- TV Turner, Williams, S. Dixon; Major R. C. Clifford, Dr. Walker. Mr Harris, Secretary and Treasurer. Clerk of Course • H. I. Davis, Esq. Starter : E. Meredith, Esq. Sports to commence at II a.m. Programme : 1. 100 Yards Race, open to Boys 2. 100 Yards Race, open to all comers 3. Running High Jump 4. Kangaroo Race, 100 yards, over hurdles 1 foot high 5. Patea Cup, 1, 2 and 3 hundred yards race —heats G. Wheelbarrow Race, blindfolded, 100 yards 7. Vaulting, with the pole 8. T! tree- legged Race 9. Hurdle Race ; {■ mile ; Hurdles, 3 ft. 10. Tilting in the Ring 11. Hop, Step, and Jump 12. Juvenile Pole 13. Quarter-Mile Flat Race 14. Sack Race, 100 Yards 15. Standing Long Jump 16. Half-Mile Race 17. Consolation Handicap 18. H. I. Davis’s Greasy Pig Rules. All competitors to be subscribers for at least 2s Gd, excepting post entries All entries for special events to bo lodged witli the Secretary before 11 o’clock a.m. on the 2Gth December, 1876. J- G U N D R Y, * LICENSED SURVEYOR, NATIVE LANDS AGENT, AND MAORI INTERPRETER, Under tire Land Transfer Act. PATEA. All business communications left at Mr Cowern’s will be attended to. p C. COLL I ATS, CARTER, & GENERAL CARRIER, X O 11 M A NB Y. ' Timber carted to Patea, and forwarded to Hawera at the lowest rates. All general goods per Wanganui steamers carted from Patea. POSTERS and Handbills done on the shortcut notice, at the •'divv of this paper.