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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1028, 10 December 1872, Page 3

rESTPORT CHRISTMAS RACES AND SPOETS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Dec. 26 and 27,1872. Stewards: Messrs A. D. Dobson, J. Hughes, J. Seaton, J. Gibson, C. Brown, and E. Roche. Judge: MR &EOSGE FALLA. Starter : MR. W. ROBERTSON. Clerk oe the Course ■: MR. P. J, M'KENNA. Clerk of the Scales : MR. T. J. JONES. FIRST DAY. Thursday 2Gth December. FIRST RACE. Trial Stakes of 10 sovs, Added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, second horse to save bis stake. Distance It? 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, Erst prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s 6d. Running high leap. Frst prize £3, second prize £1 10s. Entry, 2s 6d. 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 Ooldfields 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, Step and Jump, first prize £2, second prize £l. Entry 2s 6d. Butchers Purse of 10 sovs, second horse to save his stakes. Catch weights. Post entry of 2 sovs. Distance,2 miles, open to buteher's horses only. i Handicap Foot Race once round the course, first prize £2 second prize £l. Entry 2s <3d. Climbing Greasy Pole. Prize Free entry. SECOND DAY. Friday 27 th December. The Ladies Pubse of 10 sovs, added ,£o a sweepstake of 2 sovs each, second horse to save his stakes, 1| miles. Gentleman riders. Weight for age. Entry 2 sovs. Wrestling (Cumberland and Westmoreland) first prize £4, second prize £2. Entry 2s 6d. Vaulting with the Pole first prize £3, second pi-ize £1 10s, Entry 2s 6d. 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 (id. 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. 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. 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 he 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 he open to all horses that have been for three months the property ol residents on the South West Goldfields. Entriesi to be sealed and sent in tt the Secretary, at the Post Office Hote not later than 9 o'clock on the evening of the 23rd December. Letters witl