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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1026, 29 November 1872, Page 3

[7E S T P O R T CHRISTMAS RACES AND SPORTS. EHUKBDAT AND FRIDAY. Dee. 2G aud 27, 1872. Stewards : Messrs A. D. Dobson, J. Hughes, J. Seaton, J. Gibson, C. Bbowm", and E. RocnE. Judge■ MR GEORGE FALLA. MR. W. ROBERTSON. Clerk op the Coubse : MR. P. J. M'KENNA. Clerk of the Scales : MR. T. J. JONES. FIPST DAT. Thursday 26th December. Trial Stakes of 10 sovs, Added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, second horse to save his stake. Distance Itt miles. "Weight for age. Entry 2 sovs. Three year olds ... 7 st. 10 lbs. Four do ... 8 st- 12 lbs. Five do ... 9 st. 4 lbs. Six and aged do ... 9 st. 9 lbs. Mares allowed Three lbs. Foot Race 150 yards, first prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Running high: leap. Frst prize £3, second prize £1 10s. Entry, 2s Gd. Packers' and Miners' Purse of 10 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, second horse to save his stake. Open to all horses regularly em ployed in packing on the Nelson South "West Goldfields for three months previous to the races. Heats—One mile. Catch weights. Post entry of 2 sovs. Boys Race, 150 yards, for boys under 12 years of age, first prize £l, second prize 10s. Entry Is. Hop, STEr and Jump, hrst prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Butchers Purse of 10 sovs, second horse to save his stakes. Catch weights. Post entry of 2 sovs. Distance 2 miles, open to butcher's horses only. j Handicap Foot Rack once round the course, first, prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Climbing Greasy Pole. Prize Free entry. SECOND DAY. Friday 27th December. The Ladies Purse of 10 sors, added to a sweepstake of 2 sovs each, second horse to save his stakes, miles. Gentleman riders. "Weight for age. Entry 2 sovs. Y\ r EESTLTNG (Cumberland and "Westmoreland) first prize £-1, second prize £2. Entry 2s Gd. Vaulting wren the Pole first prize £3, second prize £1 10s, Entrv 2s Gd. Town Plate Handicap of 20 sovs second horse to save his stakes. Two miles. Entry 2 sovs. Youths Handicap Race, 200 yards. First prize £1 10s, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Sack Race for Boys, first prize £l, second prize 10s, third prize, ss. Entry Is. Foot Race 400 yards, over four flights of hurdles, height 4ft. Giu., first prize £2, second prize £l. Entrv 2s 6d. Consolation Stakes of 10 sovs, second horse to save his stakes. For all horses beaten at the meeting. ljV miles. Post entry of 2 sovs. Pig Hunt, prize, the Pig. Free entry. Rules and Regulations. No entries will be received for any of the events except on the following terms :—That all disputes, claims, and objections arising shall be decided by the Stewards, or a majority of them, or, in judging Athletic sports, by such referees as they may appoint, such decisions in all cases to be final. In horso racing the rules of the "W. J. C. to be strictly adhered to. No person will be allowed to enter or run a horse unless the latter be qualified as the bona fide property of a subscriber of £1 to the race fund. Subject to such stipulation, the races to be open to all horses that have been for three months the property of residents on the South "West Goldfields. Entries to be sealed and sent in to the Secretary, at the Post Offico Hotel not later than 9 o'clock on the evening of the 23rd Decombor. Letters with