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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1027, 6 December 1872, Page 3

rrESTPOET CIIEISTMAS EACES AND SPOETS. TIIUESDAY AND FEIDAY Dec. 2G and 27, 1872. Stewards : Messrs A. D. Dobson, J. Hughes, J. Seaton, J. Gibson, C. Brown, and E. Boche. Judge: ME GEOK&E EALLA. Starter : ME. W. EOBEETSON* Clerk op the Course : ME. P. J. M'KENNA. Clerk op the Scales : ME. T. J. JONES. FIEST DAT. Thursday 26th December. Trial Stakes of 10 sovs, Added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, second horse to save his stake. Distance 1-Jf miles. Weight for age. Entry 2 sovs. Three year olds ... 7 st. 10 lbs. Pour do ... 8 st- 12 lbs. Five do ... 9 st. 4 lbs. Six and aged do ... 9 st. 9 lbs. Mares allowed Three lbs. Foot Eace 150 yards, first prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Punning high leap. Prst 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 Goldfielda for three months previous to the races. Heats—One mile. Cateh weights. Post entry of 2 sovs. Boys Eace, 150 yards, for boys under 12 years of age, first prize £l, second prize 10s. Entry Is. Hop, 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. Handicap Foot Eace 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 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 2 sovs each, second horse to save his stakes, 1-J----miles. Gentleman riders. AVeight 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, Entry 2s Gd. Town Plate Handicap of 20 sovs second horse to save his stakes. Two miles. Entry 2 sovs. Youths Handicap Eace, 200 yards. First prize £1 10s, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Sack Eace por Boys, first prize £l, second prize 10s, third prize, ss. Entry Is. Foot Eace 400 yards, over four flights of hurdles, height 4ft. Gin., first prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s 6d. Consolation Stakes of 10 sovs, second horse to save his stakes. For all horses beaten at the meeting. 1£ miles. Post entry of 2 sovs. Pig Hunt, prize, the Pig. Free entry. Eules and Eegulations. 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 horse 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 Office Hotel not later than 9 o'clock on the evening of the 23rd December. Letters with