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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9137, 9 July 1908, Page 7

M AETON J' Annual Mack Meeting, To be held on the Marton Course, adjoining Mart m Junction Railway Stat.on, o;i WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY, ind and 3rd Septimbjr, 1908. OFFICIALS— Jud;. e—Mr R. H. Aldworth. Handicapper~Mr G. Morse. S cartel—Mr.!. Coombe. PROGRAMME. First Day. 1. SnoRTS Handicap, (Open), of 80 sovs, second horse 1 u sovs from the stikis. 5 furlongs. Nom 20s, ace 20s. 2. Trial Handicap Hup.dleh, of 50 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. For horses that have never won a hurdle race. About 1£ miles. Nom 10s, ace 1 sov. 3. Maiden Plate, of 60 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. Weight for age. 7 furlongs. Entrance 20s. 4. Hunt Cup, a Handicap oteeplechase. for hunters only, of GO sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. Minimum weight lOst 711). About 2J miles. ISom 10s, ace 20s. 0. Electric Handicap, of 60 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. 5 furlongs. Nom 10s, ace 20s. 6. .Marton Handicap, (Open), of 150 sovs, second horse 20 sovs, and third horse 10 sovs, both from the slakes. 1 mile. Nom 1 sov, ace 2 sovs. 7. Handicap Hurdles, of 60 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. About 1| miles. Winner of Trial Hurdles to carry 7115 penalty. Nom 10s, ace 20s. 8. Tutaenui Welter Handicap, ,of 60 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the 'stakes. 7 furlongs. Nom 10s, ace 20s. Second Day, 1. Telegraph Handicap, (Open), of 80 sovs, second horse 10 sovs, from the stakes. 6 furlongs. Nom 20s, ace 20s. 2. Hunters' Handicap, (a Handicap for Hunters only), of 50 sovs; second horse 5 sovs from the stakes. If miles. Minimum weight, lOst. Nom 103, aco 20s. 3. Flying Handicap, of 60 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. About 6 furlongs Nom lUs, ace 20s. 4. Hack Steeplechase, a Handicap of 80 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. About 2 miles. Nom 10s, ace 20s. 5. Crofton Handicap, (Open), of 120 sovs, second horse 20 sovs, and third horse 5 sovs from the stakes. About 1 mile and a distance. Nom 1 sov, ace 2 sovs. 6. Welter Handicap, of 60 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. 7 furlongs. Nom 10s, ace 20s. 7. Seco>d Handicap Hurdles, of 60 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. About 1} miles. Nom 10s, ace 20s. 8. Final Scurry Handicap, of 50 sovs, second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. 4 furlongs. Nom 10s, ace 20s. NOMINATIONS, WEIGHTS AND ACCEPTANCES. Nominations for all will close at the Secretary's office, Marton, on Fill DAY, 14th August, at 7.30 p. m. Weights for the First Day's Events will bo declared on or about WEDNESDAY, 19th August, 1908, and for tho Second Day's Events at the Office of tho Club, at 8 p.m. on the evening of tho First Day. Acceptances for ths First Da,y's Evonts will close with the Secretary, at the office of the Club, Marton, on TUESDAY, 25th August, 1908, at 7.30. p.m, and for the Second Day's Events at the same place at 9 o'clock on the evening of tho First Day. RULES. Tho winner of any race after declaration of weights, to carry a penalty of 7ll>; of two or more races loll). A Hunter is a horse whose owner can produce at scales a certificate from the Master of any Hunt that the horse has been ridden to hounds during the past season to the satisfaction of the Master, and has neither won nor is nominated at the date of entry for a race of .£4o— and Hunter races excepted. ARTHUR WAY, Secretary. [Approved in accordance with the Rules of Racing this Ist day of July, 1908. j Win. Hail, Secretary, Wanganui Jockey Club.]