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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 234, 13 January 1898, Page 3

Meetings and Amusements. nPRINITY CHURCH, CAMBRIDGE. ORGAN" RECITAL, This (Thursday) Evening, at 7.30, BY MR MACDOUGAL, of Auckland Interspersed with Solos by well-known sinprr?. A NNUAL ATHLETIC MEETING . (under the auspices of the Waika'o Amateur Athletic Club) to be held ON SYDNEY SQUARE, HAMILTON, WAIKATO, ON Anniversary Day (Saturday, 29th January, 1898). Under N.Z.A.A.A. and N.Z.C.A. Rules. PROGRAMME: 1. 100 Yards Handicap, Maiden 2. 100 Yards Handle >p 3. 300 Yards Handicap, Bracelet 4. Half-mile Handicap 5. One Mile Handicap 6. One Mile Walk, Handicap 7. 150 Yards Schoolboys' Handicap 8. One Mile Bicycle Handicap, Maiden 9. Half-mile Bicycle Handicap 10. One and a-half Mile Bicycle Hindicap 11. Three Miles Bicycle Handicap 12. One Mile Bicycle Scratch Race 13. Competition fur Most Graceful Lady Rider. Entries for No. 3 must give the name of lady nominators. Eventr*No. 12 open to bona fide residents of Waikato. Entiy fee for No. 7, Is ; No. 13, free ; all other events, 2s 6d. Entries for No. 13 will be taken on the ground ; all others close with the Secretary' on SATURDAY EVENING, 15th January, at 9 o'clock. C. BLACKBURN, 25/12 Hon Sec. ; Box 10, Hamilton. "DAY OF PLENTY JOCKEY CLUB ANNUAL RACE MEETING. To be held under the Auckland Racing Club's Rules, at Tauranga, on Thursday & Friday, 17th and 18th February, 1898. Officers—President: Co'onel Roberts, S.M. Vice-presidents: J. Cramer Roberts, Esq., and VV. H. Herries, Esq., M.H.11. Judge : Mr J. Vercoe. Starter :Mr E. Robson. Clerk of the Scales : Mr D. Lundon. Clerk of the Course: Mr Ellis Wrig'ey. Handicapper : Mr Knight. Committee : Messrs W. Tuthill, G. A. Ward, A. Snodgrass, E. Samuel, G. Vercoe, R. C. Jordan, T. Tanner, S. Tanner, G. Wrigley and M. P. Stewart. PR, O G R A M M E. First Day. 1. HANDICAP HURDLE RACR, of 25sovs. ; £2 10s out of the stakes to go to second horse. Over 8 flights of hurdles 3ft Gin high. Two miles. Nomination, 12s 6d; acceptance, 12s Gd. To start at noon. 2. HACK HURDLE RACE, of 15sovs. . £1 10a out of stakes to go to second' horse. Over 6 flights of hurdks 3ft Gin high. For bona fide hacks. One and a half miles. Weight lOst 71b—--1 o'clock. 3. HANDICAP MAIDEN PLATE, of 25.sovs. ' For horses that have not won more than £25 at time of start. One mile. Nomination, 12s 6d; acceptance, 12s 6d—1.45 p.m. 4. PONY RACE HANDICAP, of 10 • sovs. For ponies 14 2 and under. Six furlongs. Nomination, 63; acceptance, 55.—2.30 p.m. 5. TAURANGA CUP HANDICAP, of 50sovs ; second horse to receive 5 sovs. out of stakes. One and ahalf miles. Nomination, 25s ; acceptance, 255.—3.15 p.m. 6. HACK RACE, of lOsovs. ; second horse to receive lsov. out of stake*. For bona fide hacks owned by residents in the Tauranga County, and in the possession of owners for at least three months prior to date of nomination. Weight, lOst 71b. Once round.—4 p.m. 7. BAY OF PLENTY STAKES HA DICAP, of 15sovs. ; £1 10s out of stakes to goto second horse. For horses owned in the Bay of Plenty three clear months prior to nomination. One and a-quarter miles. Nomination, 7s Gel ; acceptance, 7s 6d.—4.45 p.m. Second Day. 1. SECOND HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of 20sovs. ; 2sovs. out of stakes to go to second horse. Over six flights of hurdles 3ft. Gin. high. One and a-half miles. Nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 10s.—To start ac noon. 2. PRODUCE STAKES, of 40sovs. ; £7 10s to go to Eecond horse, and £2 10* to third horse. For two and three-year-old colts and fillies bred in the Bay of Plen'y. Weight for age. Six furlongs.—l p.m. 3. PUBLICAN'S PURSE HANDICAP, of 25sovs. ; £2 10s out of stakes to go to second horse. One mile and a quarter. Nomination, 12s Gd ; acceptance, 12s Gd —1.45 p.m. 4. HANDICAP STEEPLECHASE, of 2osovs. ; £2 10s out of stakes to go to second horse. About three miles. Nomination, 12s Gd ; acceptance, 12s Gd —2.30 p.m. 5. FLYING STAKES HANDICAP, of 25.0v5. ; £2 10s out of stakes to go to second horse. Six furlongs. Nomination, 12s Gd ; acceptance, 12s Gd—3.lsp.m, 6. LADIES' PURSE, of ISsovs. Horses to be nominated by ladies Amateur iiders. Welter weight-for-age. Once round—4 p.m. 7. FORCED HANDICAP, of 20sovs. 2sovs. out of stakes to go to second horse. Forced for winners (Hack Race, Pony Raoc, and Produce Stakes excepted) ; optional for losers. One and a quarter miles, Entrance, 150v.—4.30 p.m. RULES. 1. General Entiles, 5 per cent, on amount of added money. 2. NOMINATIONS for Handicaps, with fees, to be in the hands of the Secretary by 8 p.m. on FRIDAY, 21st January. 1898. 3. WEIGHTS to be declared on or about TUESDAY, February Ist, 1898. 4. ACCEPTANCES and GENERAL ENTRIES, with fees, to be in the hands of the Secretary, Tauranga, by 8 p.m. on WEDNESDAY, February 9th, 1898. 5. If'a walk over only half stakes wdl be given. 6. Owners and trainers training horses on the course without permission from the Secretary will be disqualified. 7. Races to be ridden in proper costume. Attention is called to this rule, as it will be strictly enforced under a penalty of lsov. 8. No nomination or acceptance will be received under any pietence whatever after the hour named or without the necessary amount of cash. 9. Winners to pay 5 per cent, of their gross winnings towards the expenses of the course. 10. A Hack means a hrrse that has never started in any ra :e o net* than a hack race. C. F. HULME, 11/1 Secretary.