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Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 749, 13 December 1870, Page 4

TIT E S T P 0 E T B A C B P.. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, December ?.7 and 28,1870. STKWAkDS :- I'Meßsra E. Suisted, Jno. Corr, D. Maginley, Jas. Colvin, Thomas •'Jones,-and James Simpson. JlTD6£:— -Mr A. D. Dobson. STARTER: Mr W. Robertson. CXBIIE OF THE CoUHSE : Mr John Seaton. FIRST DAY, TUESDAY, 27th DECEMBER, iFIEST BACK. Maiden Plate of 10 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 2 sovs each, second horse to save his stake, for all horses that have never won an advertised race -where imore than £lO of public money -was given. -Onemile and a distance. Weight -for age. second race. IPackers' and Miners' Purse of 10 sovs, second horsesto save his stake, for all horses employed in packing, or regularly worked in i claims or drays on the Nelson SouthWest Goldfields for three months previous to the races. Heats—one mile. Catch weights. Entry £l. THIRD RACE. The Town Plate of 30 sovs. Two and a half miles. Weight forage. Entry 3 sovs. FOURTH RACE. ■■Butchers' Purse of 10 -sovs. Entry 1 sov, second horse to save his stake. One and a half mile. Catch weights. to butchers' horses ■ only. 'FIFTH race. Handicap Hurdle CRACE'of 'ls sovs. Two miles, over thirteen 'Hurdles. Entry 2 sovs. Second horseto save (his stake. SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY, .28th DECEMBER. FIRST RACE. Westport Christmas Plate of 50 sovs. Two miles, Entry 5 sovs. Handicap. SECOND RACE. The Ladies' Purse of 15 sovs. Entry £l. One and a half miles. Weight for age. third race. Buller Hurdle Handicap of 20 sovs. Two miles. Second horse to save his stake. One event, over thirteen hurdles. Entry 2 sovs. fourth race. Consolation Stakes of 12 sovs, for :aH horßes beaten at the meeting. One and a half miles. Post entry •of 1 sov. BULES AND EeqULATIONS. No entries will be .received for any of the races except on the following conditions:— That all disputes, claims, and obrising out of the racing shall be decided by ■the Stewards, or a majority of them, whose decision upon all points connected with the carrying out of the above programme shall be final. The rules of the Westport Jockey Club strictly adhered to. No person will be allowed to enser or run a horse unless the latter be qualified as the bona fide property of a subscriber of £1 to the race fund. The foregoing rule will not affect persons who have horßes entered for the Packers* and Miners' Purse, Butchers' Purse, or Consolation Stakes. All entries to be sealed and addressed to the Stewards, at the Post Office. Entrance money to be enclosed with the name and age -of fhe horse, name of the owner, and colors of the rider. No jockey allowed to ride except in the colors entered, under a penalty of £1 Is. ' There must be three entries, or no pee. All entries to sent in addressed to tho Stewards, Westport, on the 23rd Decomber, at 9 p.m. All prizes paid at the Post Office Hotel, on 30th December, at 9 p.m. | N EXPRESS will leave the Westport Times Office, every fortnight, for Inangahua, Lyell, and Matakataki.