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Observer, Volume 7, Issue 158, 22 September 1883, Page 7

TL/|" ELBOUENE CUP, 188 3. .Adam Bede will this year hold a series of Consultations on the above event, Two Thousand Subscribers at £1 each, to be divided as follows :— First Horse £500 Second Hokse 200 Third Horse 100 Other Starters (divided; 500 NON STARTERS 700 Total £2000 It is particularly requested that early application for Shares will be made, as each list will be drawn as filled. Results will be forwarded to subscribers immediately after drawing, and the next list proceeded with. Any subscriber drawing a horse in anj list will be allowed, if he so desires it, to invest in the following list any sum not exceeding Four Pounds, without remitting any further cash, this amount to be ultimately deducted from prize money. It will be observed that these lists wiJl average one prize in about fourteen tickets, instead cf one in fifty, as in the larger lists of previous years. Application et letter only, enclosing two stamps, with exchange on cheques, or by money order, bank notes, or drafts. Registered letters or telegrams will not on any acconnt be*received. If banknotes are sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed and placed inside the other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. sg- NO. 3 NOW OPEN. <g» Address — ADAM BEDE, Care of H. N. Abbott, BOX NO. 2 POST OFFICE AUCKLAND. " ACME" CONSULTATION. MELBOURNE CUP, 1883. 2000 Tickets at £1 each. Fihst Hokse £800 Second Horse ... ... ... „. £400 Third Hokse £200 Stakters (Divided) ... ' £300 Non-staktebs (Divided) £300 Add exchange to cheques, and enclose stamps for reply and result. Application to be addressed to "ACM E," BOX 280, POST OFFICE, AUCKLAND? Or care of P. SHINE, NEWTON BATHS AND RECREATION BOOMS', PITT-STKEET. To be drawn (by special request) as soon as filled up. Result published in .following issues after drawing. '-y jw pi^ .£4OOO. I/ D OH ' S GRAND CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE CUP. TWENTY THOUSAND TICKETS AT TEN SHILLINGS EACH. First Prize, 4000 soys.; Second Prize, 2000 soys*; Third Prize, 1000 so vs. First Horse £4000 4 Prizes of £250 £1000 Second Horse 2000 5 Prizes of 100 5000 Third Horse 1000 5 Prizes of 50 250 Starters (divide) 400 4 Prizes of 25 100 Non-Starters (divide) COO 15 Prizes of 10 350 Total £10,000. Each Ticket has six chances, being drawn six times, viz., once for the Cup and once for each lot of money prizes. When convenient, please send P.O. Order, payable to " La' Don." J3y doing so you protect yourself against loss, as it is equal to registration. Country cheques must have Is exchange added, and must be marked correct by the Bank. If Bank Notes are sent, please use two envelopes— one sealed and placed inside the other. Registered Letters and Telegrams will not on any account be received. Purchasers of a book containing 25 Tickets will receive One Ticket as commission. Agents wanted everywhere. This Consultation will be advertised in all the principal papers in New Zealand, and also in Sydney and Melbourne. The Editor of each paper has the privilege of nominating a ' person to witness and take part in the drawing. Enclose two stamps for reply and result. Will close before November sth. llesult Slips will be posted immediately after drawing, and will be advertised in all the principal papers. Intending investors should apply early, as the list is filling rapidly. Circulars and forms of application sent free to any address. Address — LA' DON, Care of S. A. Asher, Box 301, Post Office, Auckland ,• or, LA' DON, Care of S. A. Asher, 286, Queen-street, Auckland. .<£20,000 To be distributed on the -m/TELBOUKNE piJP, 188 3, To be Bun on November 6th. G£T ALL PRIZES ! NO BLANKS ! The "Melbouree Torf Club " desire to inform the sporting public that they have made arrangements for holding a Mammoth Sweep on the forthcoming Melbourne Cup, which for Novelty, Fidelity, and Advantage has no equal in Australia. • Capital/, £20,000, in £20,000 Shabes op £1 Each. First Horse £3000 4 Prizes of £500 ...£2OOO Second Horse ... 1000 8 „ 250 ... 2000 Third Horse 1000 10 „ 200 ... 2000 Starters Divide ... 1000 20 „ 100 ... 2000 Non-starters 1000 Total £15,000 The remaining £5000 will be employed by the Club in making a book on the Cup and other races— that is, laying and taking the odds by a new system, the success of which has been practically proved. It is estimated that the profits accruing from this source will range from £5000 to £15.000, the whole of which, both capital and profits, will be equally divided amongst subscribers who were unsuccessful in drawing either a Horse or a Prize in the mammoth sweep. Each subscriber will he sure of obtaining a Prize, he it large or small. The proprietors of the M. T. C. are well-known sporting gen tie- 1 men, and guarantee the above to be a hona fide affair in every particular. Ten per cent, commission deducted from all winnings. Drawing to tafce place en October 28thi Eesults posted immediately: after. Subscribers who wish. to> be present, will please notify us in time. Add 3d for reply and result, Aadress— ," ' ' ' :' , ' ' "' ' 'THOMAS BENTI&Y;'' 51>I / Sec. M. T. C, Melbourne, f