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Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 203, 21 December 1871, Page 4

TUAPEKA MOUTH ANNUAL RACES Will he held on WEDNESDAY, 2"7 th DECEMBER., STEWARDS : Mi-. Roscow Mr. D. Tyson „ Taylor „ Bailey „ Dawson „ A. Cameron Mr..Mailler. JTTDGE : John Anderson, Esq. STARTER : Mr. Geo, White. CLERK OP THE COURSE. Mr. A. Cameron. TUAPEKA MOUTH DISTRICT RACE, of £6 ; second, £1. Entrance, 10s. ; distance, one and a half mile ; weight, lOst. 61b. PUBLICANS' HANDICAP, for all horses that never won an advertised prize ; £5 ; second, Whip, value of of £1. Distance, one and a half mile ; weight, lOst. 61b. ; entrance, 10s. MINERS' PURSE, of £4, second to save his stake ; weight, lOst. 61b. ; mile heats ; entrance, ss. DALHOUSIE TROTTING RACE, of £3 ; second to save hi 3 stake ; entrance, ss. ; weight, list. ; distance, three miles. SPORTS. Ist 2nd Prize. Prize. Foot Race (100 yards) £1 ss. Running hop, step, & jump 1 ss. Vaulting with pole 10s. Blind wheelbarrow race 153. Sack race 10s. ! Three-legged race 3 Os. Catching greasy pig pig Running high leap 10s. Mile race £1 Tilting at the ring 1 10s. Entrance to sports, 2s. E.ULTCS AND REGhULATIONS. All disputes to be settled by the Stewards, on the ground. All horses allowed to enter within a radius of ten miles ; and no horse will be allowed to run that has not been the bona Jide property of the person entering him for the last two months. Post entry for all races. Three horses to start, or no race. Any one entering a horse must be a subscriber to the fund of 10s. Races and Sports to commence at twelve oVlock sharp. T. W. MAILLER, Secretary. A NNUAL CHRISTMAS SPORTS ! TO BE HELD AT WETHERSTONES PLAT, ON BOXING DAY, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 26th, 1871. Ist. -Quoits. — Ist prize, £2 10s ; 2nd do., j £1 ; entrance, 2a 6d. 2nd. Foot Race (220 yard heats).— lat prize, £2 ; 2nd do. , £1 ; entrance, 2s 6d. 3rd. Youths' Handicap Race (220 yard heats, for youths under 15 years). — Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd do., 10s ; entrance, ls. 4th. Throwing 141 b stone ('lrish style). — Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd do., 10s ; entrance, ls. sth. Vaulting with Pole. — Ist prize, £1 10s ; 2nd do., 15s ; entrance, 2s 6d. 6th. Half-mile Handicap Race — Ist prize, £3 ; 2nd do., £1 ; entrance 2s 6d. 7th. Running High Leap. — Ist prize, £1 10 ; 2nd do., 15s ; entrance, 2s 6d. Bth. Fifty Stones (each placed one yard apart, to be brought in one by one and dropped into a box at starting point.) — Ist prize, £Q ; 2nd do., £1 j entrance, 2s 6d 9th. Putting Heavy Stone (221 b, Scotch style). — Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd do., 10s ; entrance, ls. 30th. Hurdle Race (with water jumps, and six flights of hurdles, 3ft. high — 440 yards).— lst prize, £3 ; 2nd do., £1 ; entrance, 2a 6d.° 11th. Boys' Handicap Race (under 10 years— lso yard heats). — Ist prize, 15s ; 2nd do., ss. 12th. Running Hop, Step, and Jump. — Ist prize, £1 10 a ; 2nd do., 15s ; entrance, 2a 6d. All competitors to provide coloured trunks. Two competitors'or.'Tio'lat prize j three, or no 2nd prize. COME EARLY! Sports to commence at 11 o'clock sharp. S, SYMONS, Secretary,