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Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 280, 19 December 1877, Page 3

pATEA CHRISTMAS SPORTS, To be held in. Mr Williams’ back (formerly Danniell’s) Paddock, Carlyle, on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, (Boxing Bay.) Judges: EC. Byrnes, Esq. ; R. Mcßae, Esq. Hamdicapderr : W. Cowern, Esq. ; R. C. Tonneut, Esq. Committee : Messrs G. Vv r . Gaue, Jas. Lett, T. Morgan, J. Dawson, D. Dickie, W. Colson, H. I. Davis. Hon. Sec. and Treasurer: D. M. Harris Programme: 1 Maiden Race, 150 yards 2 Boys’ Race, under 14 years ; handicap ; post entries—lUO yards 0 Patea Cup, 100, 200, and 300 yds; handicap—lst event, 100 yards 4 Running High Jump 5 Three-legged Race C 10 Patea Cap ; handicap—2nd event, 200 yards Standing High Jump Quarter Milo Hurdle Race—eight hurdles, 3ft Gin ; handicap Vaulting with Pule. Children’s Race, under 10 years, 100 yards Patea Cup ; handicap—3rd event, 300 yards 11 Sack Race 12 Maori Race, half mile 13 Tilting Match 14 Jingling Match 15 Quarter Mile Race ; handicap 16 Standing Long Jump 17 Leaping Match (horses) IS Grand Steeplechase 19 Half Milo Race ; handicap 20 Consolation Race ; handicap ; 250 yards 21 Pig Race Nominations, with fee of 2s Gd, for Handicap Races, will be received not later than Tuesday, the 18th December. All other entries will be closed by 11 a.m. on the day of the Sports. D. M. HARRIS, 723 Hon. Secretary. AWE R A S P O ATHL E T I C R T S'. To be hold on the Ist January, 1878. Judge —Thomas Mason, Esq. Stap.tei;— T. Shaldors, Esq. Programme ; Jl 100 Torus Flat Race—lst prise, £3 ; 2nd prize, 10s 2 Hop, Step, and Jump— lst prize, dll ; 2nd prize, 5s 3 Quarter Mile Handicap Flat Race—• Ist prize, £8; 2nd prize, £2 ; 3rd prize, 10s 4 Running Long Jump—lst prize, £1 ; 2nd prize, 5s 5 Boys under 14 years of age—2oo yards Handicap Flat Race—lst prize, 15s; 2nd, 10s; 3rd, 5s G One Mile Handicap Fiat Race—lst prize, £5 ; 2nd, £1 7 Vaulting with the Pole—lst prize, £1; 2nd, 5s 8 100 Yards Sack Race—Prize, 10s 9 220 Yards Handicap Flat Race—lst prize, £4; 2nd, £1 10 Running .High Jump—lst prize, £1 ; 2nd, 5s 11 Quarter Mile Handicap Hurdle Race —lst prize. £G ; 2nd, £1; 3rd, 10s 12 100 Yards Three-legged Race—lst piize, £1; 2nd, 10s; 3rd, 5s 13 Standing High Jump—lst prize, 15s: 2nd, 5s 14 Half Mile Handicap Flat Race—lst prize, £4 ; 2nd, £ i 15 One Mile Handicap Walking Race—--Ist prize, £3 ; 2nd, 10s 16 100 Yards One-legged Race—lst prize, 10s ; 2nd, 5s 17 Tilting in,the Ring—lst prize, £5 ; 2nd, £2 18 Greasy Piggg Nominations, with fee of 2s Gd for all handicap races (exclusive of the Boys’ Race), will bo received not later than Monday, the 24th instant, at 8 p.m., at the office of the Secretary. All competitors must be subscribers to the Sports Fund .of not less than 5s each, J. STRACHAN GREIG, Hon. Sec. and Treasurer, 750 liawera Sports Committee. To ZcCta —Patea ZSistrictTENT’S FARM, containing 400 (four hundred) acres of the finest id in the district. Thirty acres arc sh, which can be sold for firewood, it ing one of the nearest bushes to Patea; Orchard containing 300 Fruit Trees, od House, Paddocks, &c.. Proietor in Europe, reason for letting, spection invited. For terms apply to F. It. JACKSON, Wanganui ; 3f3 Or J. SOUTHEY, Patea. gUB SC RISERS WANTED to Melbourne, Sydney, English, American Papers and Periodicals. — Currie y opposite Town Hull, Carlyle. 731d3i