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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3107, 3 February 1909, Page 1

Special Advertisements. MASTERTON AGRICULTURAL A NO PASTORAL ASSOCIATION, TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL SHOW, TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, February 16th and 17th, 1909. AND RAM FAIR, ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY, February 18th and 19th. Horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, DOGS, PRODUCE & HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITS. Nine Handsome Challenge Cups. JUMPING, DRIVING, JUDGING & GUESSING COMPETITIONS. Over £IOOO offered in Prizes. £l5O in Jmrpisrff Events alone £l5O ENTRIES CLOSE: RAM FAIR: At 9 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, February 3rd. Schedules and Entry Forms on application to GEO. R. SYKES, Secretary, Masterton. Secretaries Kindred Societies. BUSH DISTRICTS AGRICULTURAL & PASTORAL ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL SHOW. Wednesday, 24th Feb., 1909. To be held on tlie WOODVILLE RACECOURSE. Entries close on Tuesday, Feb. !)th, 1909, at 9 p.m. Schedules and Entry Forms can be obtained from the Secretary of the Masterton A. and P. Association, County Clerk, and "Examiner" Office, Woodville. J. H. ESCOTT, Secretary. AKATAKI HACK RACE MEETING, (Registered). To be held at Castlepoint on Saturday, Feb. 20th, 1909. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS. 1. Maiden Plate, of 8 sovs, for horses that have never won an advertised race ; second horse one sov from stake; 6 furlongs, open. Minimum weight, 9st; nom Bs. . 2. Castlepoint Cup Handicap, of 25 sovs, second horse 2 sovs from stakes; about 1 mile, open. Nom 10s, acc 15s. 3. Scurry Handicap, of 8 sovs, second horse 1 sov from stake; 4 furlongs. District race. Nom Bs. 4. Ladies' Bracelet Handicap, of 10 sovs, second horse .£1 10s from stake ; 7 furlongs, horses to be owned by members and nominated by a lady. Minimum weight lOst 71bs. Nom iOs. 5. Tinui Handicap, of 12 sovs, second horse 2 sovs from stake; about 1 mile, open. Nom 12s. 6. Whakataki Handicap, of 9 sovs, second horse 1 sov from stake ; 5 furlongs, open race. Nom 9s. 7 Forced Handicap, of 8 sovs, second horse 1 sov from stake; 6 furlongs, open race. All winners must nominate. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. All events post entry, excepting Castlepoint Cup, nominations for which close on 10th February, 1009. Handicaps declared on Wednesday, 17th February. 2. Entrance fee 5 per cent on full amount of stake. 3. No horse allowed to start for district race without being three months in the district prior to meeting. 4. The following are the boundaries of the district—The Waimataon the North, Pongaroaand Tawataiatoll gate to Bideford on the West, and Taueru, Waihora and Whareama on the South. 5. Minimum weight in handicaps 9st, except Ladies' Bracelet. 0. A. Hack is a horse which at any time prior to entry has not won a race of the value of 100 sovs to the winner, or xaces to the aggregate value of 250 sovs to the winner. 7. No 3 District Race. Other events open to hacks only. Submitted and approved, A. E. Whyte, Secretary Wellington Racing Club, Bth December, 1908. A. B. NICHOLLS, Joint Secretaries, A. T. HANCOCK, Castlepoint. GOING! GOING! ONCE, TWICE, THIRD AND LAST TIME. It's your's at Y'our Own Price. Warnoek & Adkins' MASTERTON DRAPERY STOCK. During the forenoons every day. Also all day Mondays and Fridays when no auction sale is taking place. AUCTION PRICES Will be charged for all goods, £3OOO WORTH OF DRAPERY At Your Own Prices. Call any time and see the stock. THE GRETNA HOTEL, TAIHAPE WAIRARAPA residents and the travelling public generally visiting Taihape can rely on receiving firstclass attention at the above hotel. Within few minutes' walk of Railway Station. Best Wines and Spirits Stocked. FIRST-CLASS SAMPLE ROOMS. Reasonable Tariff. F. H. GIBBONS, PROPRIETOR