WANGANUI RACES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 216, 8 November 1860, Page 2

WANGANUI RACES.

13/A and 14th December 1860. STEWARDS. Major Trafford. Major Cooper. John Nixon, Esq. Dr. Tuke. *. ' ' . W, S. Eussell, Esq. ,

JUDGE. Dr. Gibson. CLERK OE THE COURSE. ... Samuel Deighton, Esq. 'i FIRST DAY . 1. Produce Plate of £SO, (or more if subscribed) added to a Sweep Stake of i? 5 Cs. each, PP., open to all horses foaled in the colony, and that have never ran for public money previous to the ensuing racing season. 3 yrs. old, Bst, 71b., 4 yrs, 9st. 71b., 5 yrs: 10st., G yrs. and aged 10st.-,41b. . Heats, mile and-a-half; second horse to receive PIQ out of - the stakes. No person allowed to enter a horse without he is a subscriber of at .least one guinea to this Plate. 2. Scurry Stakes of £ , added to, a sweepstakes of one guinea each, p.p. Heats, one mile and a-half. Catch weights. 3. Ladies' Purse of p , added to a sweepstakes of P2 2s. each, open to all horses. 3 yrs. old, lOst. 41b.,' 4 yrs. list. 41b., 5 yrs list. 101b.* 6 yrs. and aged, 12st Heats, 2 miles, second horse to. save his stakes. 4. Stock-horse. Race of P added to a sweepstakes of .£1 each, for Stock-horses bona fide the property of Stock-owners in the districts of JFangamii and ifangitikei, that have been regularly ridden after stock for at least 12 months before the date of entrance, and that are not entered for any race of the present meeting. Weights same as for Wanganui Stakes, post entrances, single event, two miles. SECOND DAY. 1.. .Hurdle Race of £ , added to a sweepstakes of :£2 2s. each, p. p. 3, yrs. 9st., 4 yrs. lOst, 5 yrs. lOst. .71b,, 6 years and aged lOst. lOlbs. Heats 2 miles, over 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 P 3 3s. each, open to all horses. 3 yrs. old Opt., 4 yrs. old lOst., 5 yrs. lOst. 71b„ 6 yrs. old and aged lOst. 101 b. /Pinners and thoroughbred, horses, to carry 41b. extra, /feats . 2 miles, second horse to save his stakes.

. : 8, Welter Stakes of P , entrance PI Is, each, top. weight l4st. Open to all horses, second horse to save his stake, post entrance, lieats one mile., 4. , Consolation . StaJces of P , entrance PI Is. each, for all horses that 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. he 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. . 2. Any. person entering a. horse must be a subscriber of. PI Is. to. theJS.ace Fund. 3. Notice is to be given to the Stewards of all Matches that may be wished to be run between any of the Paces. ; ' 4. No person will be permitted to gallop or ride on the course during'the Aace days. 5 All dogs found on the course will be de stroyed.- ■ - 6. The Places will commence punctually at 11 o’Clock; half-an-hdur allowed between each Heat and Piace

"■ '7. All applications for Booths to be made to the Stewards, who will, point out the sites a,nd regulate the scale of charges for the occupation of the ground. " 8. The Pules of the Wellington Jockey Club will be 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 Entries for the remaining Eaces to close at the Commercial Hotel on the 10th. December, at 10 o’Clock, p.m. . . ■ ' All disputes to be referred to the Stewards, whose decision will be final. Subscriptions ..wll, bp received at the Oriental Bank Corporation. By Order of the Stewards, ‘ ' HENRY STOKES, Hon. Sec, and Treasurer. N.B.—The Race days have been changed tq. the. second, week in December, on account of the Supreme Court sitting at Wellington during the first week. \Yanganui, ’ Sept. 20, 1860, .... ■