Page 3 Advertisements Column 6

West Coast Times, Issue 376, 6 December 1866, Page 3

Sporting, THE FIRST ANNUAL HOKITIKA RACES Will be run on MONDAY, December 3ist; TUESDAY, January Ist ; and 4 WEDNESDAY, January 2nd, Over a good circular Course, in an open grass paddock which has been specially and carefully cleared, on the property of B. Clapcott, Esq., just across the Hokitika River, and scarcely twenty minutes distance from town. STEWARDS. G.S. SaIcW.C.C. G.G. Fitzgerald, R.M. M. Cassius, M.P.C. G. Hungeiford B. Clapcott J. Jones J. R. Carry B. Osborne J. J. Bartlelt G. Harrison A. Dyson H. J. Hausen S. Garforth J. Trenery 11. Mnce R. Reeves J.P.Klein D. Lynch C. B. Edwards J. Dean. TREASURER. B. Osborne. JUDGE. STABTEH. Holies Knox S. Cook. Programme. FIRST DAY.— MONDAY. Trial Stakes of 30 soys, open to all horses the property of tiny bona fide residents in Wtstland". Weight for age. l >ne mill' and a distance. Entrance 3 soys. Packers Pursi:, of 30 soys. Heats. Ft>r Packers horses only, and that mu-^t be be proved to have regularly packed, on any part of the West Coast, for not It sa than one month since the Ist of July. Welter weight for age. Three-quarters of a mile. Entrance 3 soys. Butchers Purse, of 30 soys, for horses the bona fide property of any West Coast oattle dealers or butchers. "Weight for age. One mile and a half. Entrance 3 soys. Hokitika Plate, of 50 soys, with a sweep ot 5 soys each added. Open to all horses. Weight for age. Two miles. Entrance 2 soys. Hurdle Race, of 50 soys. Welter weight for age. Open to all horses. One mile and a half. Entrance 5 soys. SECOND DAY.— TUESDAY. j Selling Race, of 40 soys. Open to all j horses under the following' conditions: j — If entered not to be sold, to carry 71bs j penalty ; if to be sold for £60, weight J for age ; for £50, allowed 71bs ; for £40, , allowed 141bs ; for £30, allowed 211bs ; for £20, allowed 28lba. One mile and a half. The winner to be sold by auction after the race, and any balance over the upset price to go to the unds. Entrance 4 soys. The Local Plait, of 15 soys, for horses tbe bona fide property of parties resident and carrying on business now and previous to the l.>t December — in the Hokitika District, viz., ltoss Town, South, and Teremakau, North. The winner of any race on the first day to carry 6lbs penalty, and, if running second, 3lbs. Weight for age. Heats — one mile and a distance. Entrance, £2 10s. Trotting Rack, of 30 soys, for Westland horses only that have been this side the range previous to December ls>t. No weight under list. Three miles. (Distance handicap.) Entrance, £3, The Cokintman Cur (a silver goblet, value 25 guineas, presented by J. J. Jiartlett, Esq.), with a sweep of 5 soys each added. Open to all horses ; but every horse must qualify by being first ridden clear over a hurdle in front of the Grand Stand once in three attempts. Gentleman riders, to be approved by the Stewards. Welter weight for age. One mile and a distance. DismicT Hurdle Race, of 30 soys. Open to Westland htrses only, as for the Trial Stakes. No weight under lOst 7lbs. Twice round. Hiats— over eight flights of hurdles, about 3ft 6in high. Entrance, .£3. THIRD DAY.— WEDNESDAY. Thb WestlaxiJ Handicap, of 100 soys. Open to all hones Two miles and a distance. Nominations, with 2 soys only, to be made on tin- night of general entry. The handicap weights will be made and declared at the Empire Hotel, at 9 p.m. on the second day of running, so as to allow the Stewards an opportunity of rating the meiits of the horses during the previous days' running. Acceptance, with 6 soys, must be given to the Clerk of the Course, at the Empire Hotel, by 11 p.m. the same evening. The New Year's Gut, of 30 soys, open onl}' to horses the property of, and to be ridden by, bona fide diggers on the West Coast. No winner of any previous race ab this meeting allowed to start ; but, if entered, his money to be returned. No weight under 11 ->t. Abutb >ut one mile. Ileaf.s — without dismounting. Entrance £1. The Pack Saddle Scurry, of 20 soys, and a new pack saddle for the second horse. Qualification same as fcr Packers Purse. The horses to be ridden iv pack saddles, by packers only, and to curry no* less than 12st, except the winner of the Packers' Purse, who will have a penalty ot 71bs. Once round and a distance. Heats, without dismounting. Entrance, £2. Hurdle Hakdicvv, of 50 soys. Open to all horses. Two miles, over 16 flights of hurdles. Nominations, with 2 soys, on the night of general entry ; weights to be made and declared on the evening of the second day's running, as for the Westland Handicap ; and acceptances, 3 soys, also under same conditions as Westlaud Handicap. (N.B. — This is not a Sweepstakes.^) Consolation Purse (Handicap), of 20 soys, for all horses that have not won i during tbe meeting. One mile. Entrance 2 soys. WEIGHTS FOR AGE. 6 yrs and aged JOst 4lbs 5 yrs lOst 4yrs 9st 71bs 3 yrs 7st 9lbs WELTER. (j yrs and aged..* 12st 71bs 5 yrß 12st 4yrs list 4lbs 3 yrß ...lOst 41bs REGULATIONS. ! The rules of tbe Canterbury Jockey Club will be enforced, unless when otherwise specified. Mares and geldings allowed 3lbs, but no maiden allowance. • All entries and nominations to be handid to the Stewards, at Osborne's Empire Hotel, previous to 9 p.m. on Friday, December 29th. All entries must be in writing, specifying age and description of horse, and colors ot rider ; and contain the requisite entrance money. All horses must be ridden in colors. In all, or any disputes, the decision of \he Stewards to be final.