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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1027, 3 December 1872, Page 3

\T7ESTPORT CHRIST vv EACES AND SPORTS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Dec. 2G and 27, 1872. Stewards: Messrs A. D. Dobson, J. Hughes, J. SeATON, J. G-ibson, C. BItOWN, and E. Roche. - Judge : MR &EOEGE EALEA. MR, W. ROBERTSON. CLERK OF THE COURSE : ME. P. J. M'KEN IS Clerk of this Scales : MR. T. J. JONES. FIRST DAT. Thursday 2Gth December. first race. Trial Stares of 10 sovs, Added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, second horse to save his stake. Distance 1-| miles. "Weight for age. ' Entry 2 sovs. Three year olds ... 7 st. 10 lbs. Eour do ... 8 st- 12 lbs. Eive 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. Btotntng 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 employed in packing on the Nelson South West Coidtields 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 IDs. Entry Is. [lor, Step and Jump, first 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. 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 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 2 sovs each, second horse to save his stakes, 11 miles. Gentleman riders. "Weight for age. Entry 2 sovs. Wrestling (Cumberland and Westmoreland) first prize £4, second prize £2. Entry 2s Gd. Vaulting with 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 £llos, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Sack Race for Bovs, first prize £l, second prize 10s, third prize, ss. Entry Is. Foot Race 400 yards, over four flights of hurdles, height 4ft. Gin., first prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Consolation Stakes of 10 sovs, second horse to save his stakes. For all horses beaten at the meeting. 11- 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 ou the following terms : —That all disputes, claims, and objections arising shall bo decided by tho 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 horse racing the rules of the W. J. C. to bo strictly adhered to. No person will be allowed to enter or ruu 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 tho South West Oroldfields. Entries to be sealed and Eent in to the Secretaiy, at the Post Office Hotel npt later than 9 o'clock on tho evening of the 23rd December. Letters with