WANGANUI RACES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 210, 27 September 1860, Page 2

WANGANUI RACES.

lZiti and lAth December , . 1860.

STEW ADDS, MaJOB ,Tk.AFFORD'.'I' ; ; . , . MaJOB' CoOPEB. - ” '* 'V , ! ‘ V John Nixon, Esq. Dr. Tuke. ‘ ’ Mii.. W. S. Pusseu,-. JUDGE. Dr. Gibson. - cLEfek or this cqubse. Samuel Deighton, Esq. FIRST DAY. 1. Produce Plate of £ ' , added to a Sweep of J£s :Cs. each, PP., open to all horses foaled in the colony, and that'have never run for public money previous to thei ensuing racing season. 3 yrs. old, Bst: 10st,v’6 ryrs. and i aged-lOst. 41b. Heats, mile arid-a-half; second horse to receive.£lo out of the stakes. No person allowed to enter a horse without lie is a subscriber of at least one guinea to this Plate. 2. Scurry Stakes pf £ , added to a sweepstakes of one guinea each,'p.p. Heats, one mile and a-half. . Catch weights. 3. Ladies' Purse of £ , added to a sweepstakes of £2 2s. each, open to* all horses. 3 yrs. old,. lOst. 41b., 4 yrs. list. 41b., 5 yrs. list. 101 b., 0 yrs. and aged, 12st Heats,'2 miles, second horse to save his stakes. 4. Stock-horse Race of £ ' , added to a sweepstakes of £1 each, for Stock--horses bond‘fideA\i& property ofv Stock-owners in the districts of Wanganui and ifongitikei, that have been regularly ridden after stock for at least 12 months before the dote of entrance, and that are not entered for any race of the present •meeting. Weights same as for Wanganui Stakes, posit entrances, single event, t\vo miles. SECOND DAY. „ 1. Hurdle Race of .4 » added to a sweepstakes, of £2 2s, each, p. p. $ yrs. 9st., 4 yrs. iQat, : 5 yrs. 105t..7-lb., 6 years and aged. /lOst. lOlbs, . six hurdles 4ft. high. Second horse to save his stakes. . The. winner of the Produce or Ladies’ Purse to carry 41b. extra.

2. Wanganui Stakes of £ , added to a sweepstakes of £3 3s. each, open, to all horses. 3. yrs. old 9st., 4 yrs. old lOst., 5 yrs. <lost. 71b., 6 yrs. old and aged lOst. 101 b. /Pinners and thoroughbred liorse3 to carry 41b. extra, /feats 2 miles, second horse to save his stakes. 3. Welter Stakes: of £ , entrance £1 Is. each, top weight 14st. Open to all horses, second horse to save his stake, post entrance, heats one mile. v - . .

4- Consolation Stakes, of £ , entrance j£l Is. each, for all horses have run and not won a race during this meeting. Post entrances, weights to. be handicapped by the stewards, single event, once round, the course and a distance. Mares and geldings to be allowed 41bs. All jockeys to appear in proper costume. The following rules and regulations will be strictly adhered to :• ; . ■ 1. There shall be a distance post for each race. ■ , .y/ 2. Any person entering a horse must be a subscriber of jgl Is, to the /sace Fund. 3. Notice is to be given to the Stewards of all Matches that paay b,e wished to be run between any of the Paces. J - 4. No person will be permitted to gallop or ride on the course during the /face days. 5.. All doga found on the course will bede. stroked. '•

. ",6i The Paces will.commence punctually at 11 o’clock ; half-an-hour. allowed between each Heat and : Pace. 7. All applications for Booths to be made to the Stewards, who will point out the sites and regulate the scale of charges for the occupation of the ground.

8. The Pules of the Wellington Jopkey Club will he strictly adhered to.

Entrances for the Produce Plate to be made in writing to the Stewards, at the York Hotel, on or before Thursday, 29th November; at 10- o’clock, p.m. All Entriesfor the remaining Aaces to close at the Commercial Hotel on the 10tlyDecem,ber,at 10. r o’clock;, pun.

All disputes to be referred to the Stewards, whose decision will be final.

. Subscriptions, .will be received at the Oriental Bank Corporation.. . . By Order of the Steward's, HENRY STOKES, / Hon. See and Treasurer,.

N.B.—The Pace days have been changed to the second week in December, on account of the Supreme Court sitting, at Wellington during the first week. Wanganui, i Sept. 20, 1860,, ; ;