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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1031, 20 December 1872, Page 4

Miscellaneous. [7ESTPOItT CHRISTMAS It ACES AND S POETS. THURSDAY AND FEIDAY. Doc. 20 aud 27, 1872. Stewards : Messrs A. D. Dobson, J. Hughes, J. Seaton, J. Gibson, C. Brown, aud E. Eoche. Judoe: ME 'OEOHGE PALL A. "STAnTEK : 7 ME. W. EOBERTSON. 'Clerk os' the Course: ME. P. J. M'KENNA. "Clerk op the Scales: ME. T. J. JONES. FIEST DAY. Thursday 2Gih December. PIRST RACE. Trial Stakes of 10 sovs, Added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, second horse to save bis stake. Distance 1|- miles. Weight for age. Entry n > sovs. Three year olds ... 7 st. 10 lbs. Four do ... S st- 12 lbs. Eivo do ... 9 st. 4 ibs. 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. Sunning high leap. Erst 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—Ouo mile. Catch weights. Post entry of 2 sovs. Eoxa Eace, 150 yards, for boys under 12 years of age, first prize £l, second prize 10s. Entry Ls. 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 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 bis stakes, Hrniles. Gentleman riders. Weight for age. Eutry 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*, Eutrv 2s 6d. Town Plate Handicap of 20 sovs second horse to save his stakes. Two miles. Entry 2 sovs. Youths Handicap Eace, 200 yards. First prize £llos, second prize £l. Entry 2s Gd. Sack Eace por Eoys, first prize §6l, 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 Gd. Consolation Stakes of 10 sovs, second horso to aave his stakes. For ,all horses beaten at the meeting, li miles. Post entry of 2 sovs. Pig Hunt, prize, the Pig. Free entry. Eules andEegulations. No entries will bo 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 bo qualified as the bona lido 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. E; i tries to be sealed and sent iu to the Secretary, at the Post Office Hotel not later than 9 o'clock on the evening of the 23rd December. Letters with