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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 82, 4 March 1884, Page 1

Sporting. ■-"iS , £3, 1884. (£3,000 OHRISTCHURCH J) ACE S. To be Run 14th April. 6,000 Members, at 10s. 156 Prizes* Eeach Ticket has Nine Chances. AUTUMN HANDICAP, Thirty-six Nominations. First .. .. * * <« «* £6OO Second .. .. .. .. .. 800 Third ~ .. .. .. .. 150 Starters (about £25 each) ~ .. 125 Non-starters (about £l2 each) .. 350 £1,525 CASH AWARDS. 2at 100 .. £2OO 20 at 10 .. £2OO 3 „ 50 .. 150 40 „ 8 .. 820 4 „ 25 .. 100 31 „ 5 .. 150 10 „ 20 .. 200 10 „ 15 .. 150 120 £1475 156 Prizes. Each ticket has nine chances, and can obtain a prize in each of the nine drawings. Please send P.O. Orders when convenient, also two stamps for replies. Country cheques must have one shilling exchange added. Address all letters ( ADA MANTUA, 1 bq nnn Care of Mr. Abraham, | r>Q nnn i Box 35i, p ost Office, f ( DUNEDIN. ) N.B.—Please apply early, as this Consultation will fill rapidly, over 800 having been already disposed of to persons whose applications arrived late for previous Sweep. 1043 The waiapu annual race MEETING, TO BE HELD ON MARCH 14, 1884. President—Sir George Whitmore. Vice-president— Stewards—Messrs. M. Stopford, Esq., W. H. Harding, Esq. ; George Walker, Esq. ; F. Pook, Esq. ; and D. McGuire, Esq. Judge—A. H. Wallis, Esq. Starter—William O’Meara, Esq. Handicapper—W. F. Hale, Esq. Clerk of the Scales—F. Pook, Esq. Clerk of the Course—Wi Hareroa, Esq. PROGRAMME : 1. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of not less than £l5. Nomination of 1 sov. ; acceptance 1 sov. Distance two miles, over six flights of hurdles 3ft. 6in. high. Top weight, 12st. 2. MAIDEN PLATE, weight for age, of £l2 ; open to all horses that have never won a subscribed prize of the value of £5. Distance IJ-miles. Entrance £l. 3. WAIAPU HANDICAP, of not less than £2O. Distance l|-miles. Top weight 9st. 71b. Nomination of £1; acceptance £1 10s. 4. HACK RACE, of £5. Distance 1 mile. Entrance 10s. 5. STEWARDS’ PURSE, of not less than £l2. Distance l|-miles. Welter weights for age, gentlemen riders. Open to all horses, the bona fide , property of the members of the Waiapu Race Club. Nomination £l. 6. FORCED HANDICAP, of not less than £l2. Distance 1 mile. Compulsory to winners, optional to losers, hacks excepted. Top weight lOst. Entrance £l. CONDITIONS : No person allowed to enter a horse the property of another person, unless both be a subscriber of at least £1 to the race-fund. Hacks excepted. No entry will be received for any race, except upon the conditions that all claims, disputes. and objections arising shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint, and their decision upon all points shall be Anal. All protests to be accompanied with the deposit of £2, to be forfeited if the protest is considered frivolous. Two horses to start in each race or only half the money will be given. Hack shall mean a horse that has never started in a weight for age or handicap race of the value of £5. Nominations for Hurdle Race and Waiapu Handicap to be in the hands of the Secretary, together with entrance-fee, not later than 8 p.m. on the evening of the Bth Feb. Nominations must contain the name, age, description, and pedigree (if known) of the horse, and colours of the rider. All nominations must be under sealed cover, addressed to the Secretary of the Waiapu Race Club, Waipiro, and endorsed entry for Waiapu Races. No delayed nominations will be received. Weights to be declared on February 22nd, Acceptances to close on 7th March, night of general entry. All races run under the Poverty Bay Jockey Club rules and weights. J. A. HARDING, Secretary and Treasurer, 998 Waiapu R.C. Business Notices. TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC. R. FINLAY, SEA VIEW HOTEL, Tologa Bay, JNVITES special attention to his Paddocking Accommodation, which is unequalled in the entire District. 993 Wells’ “ Rough on Coms.” Ask for Wells’“ Rough on Corns,” “7id. Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. The New Zealand Drug Company, General Agents.