MOUNT BENGER JOCKEY CLUB ANNUAL RACES Will bo held on ' TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, 29th and 30th December, 1874. STEWARDS : Mr. W. Buchan Mr. J. Beighton „ R. M'Leod „ Thos. Cornish „ M. M'Carthy „ A.T.Brazil „ P. Ormond „ T. P. MicheU „ B. Williams „ E. Ayling „ R. Kirk „ R. Patrick „ A. Young „ A. Gordon „ C. Nicholson staetee : Mr. B. Williams. CIEEK OF THE COURSE : Mr. M. M'Carthy. JUDGE : Mr. William Waugh. HANBICAPPEES : Messrs. iNicliolsoiij Buehan, and Michcll. FIRST DAY. MAIDEN PLATE, of 15 soys. Weight for age. For all horses that have never won an advertised race of 10 soys. Distance, I one mile and a half ; entrance, 1 sor. I Confined to district horses. MOUNT BENGER JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP, of 40 soys. Open to all comers. Nomination, 2 guineas ; acceptance, 1 guinea. Distance, 2 miles. Nominations to be paid to the Treasurer, Mr. Thos. Cornish, Koxburgh Ferry Hotel, Teviot, on Monday, 21st December. The handicaps will be published in the Tuapeka Times on the following Wednesday. MINERS' PURSE, of 20 soys. Open to horses the bona fide property of residents within twenty miles of Roxburgh. One mile heats ; weight not less than lOst. ; entrance, £1 10s. HACK RACE, of 12 soys. One mile heats ; catch weights ; entrance, £1. For district horses. LADIES' PURSE, of 13 soys. Gentlemen riders ; welter weights for age ; one mile and a half ; entrance, £1. SECOND DAY. HURDLE RACE, of 15 boys. Over six i flights of hurdles, 3 ft. 6in. high. Distance, 2 miles ; entrance, £1 ; weight, lOst. MEMBERS' HANDICAP, of 40 soys. Open to all comers. Nomination, £2 2a. ; acceptance, £1 Is. Nominations to be •with the Treasurer, Mr. Cornish, Roxburgh, on Monday, '21st December. Weights to be declared on the 29th December. The winner of the. Mount Benger Jockey Club Handicap *to carry 61b. penalty. Distance, 2 miles. PUBLICANS' PURSE, of £15. Open to district horses only. Distance, one mile and a half ; weight, 9st. ; entrance, £1. HACK SELLING RACE, of 15 soys. Confined to district horses. The winner to be sold for £15 ; any surplus to go to the race fund. Distance, one znilo 5 lOst. up; entrance, £1 ; post entry. CONSOLATION HANDICAP, of £10 soys. For all beaten horses. Distance, onemile ; entrance, 10s. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. The Dumtan Jockey Club Ruleß and Regulations, weight for age, &c, to be strictly adhered to. 2. Entries and acceptances to be sent to the Secretary on Monday, 28th December, at seven o'clock p.m. (the night of general entry), at Nicholson's Hotel, Moa Flat. 3. No person allowed to enter or run a horse unless the latter be qualified as the bona fide property of a subscriber of one guinea to the race fund. 4. It must be distinctly understood that all disputes and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or a majority of them ; and their decision in connection with the carrying _out of- the above programme shall be fir:al. 5. District horses shall mean horsey the bona fide property of settlers within a radius of twenty miles of Roxburgh. 6. Three horses to start, or no race. 7. Five per cent, will be deducted from the stakes for expenses. 8. Riders must apjiear in Jockey costume. 9. Qualification for selling fruit and ginger beer, one guinea. 0. NICHOLSON, Hon. Secy. FIREWOOD AND FENCING TIMBER. CRESWICK AND CO. aro now prepared to supply good mixed Firewood and Fencing Timber nt the Tramway, Tuapeka Bush, at tho following reduced prices :—: — Firewood ... 20s. per Cord. B^ncing Posts - - 355. per 100. FOR SERVICE. A PURE-BRED AYRSHIRE BULL. -^- Terms, 7s. 6d. Apply to ALBERT BIRCH, Coal Creek Flat, Toviot. Tj! R E S H BUTTER. A constant supply Churned Daily at THE WILLOWS DAIRY. ' T. DARTON.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume VII, Issue 415, 9 December 1874, Page 2
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