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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 1032, 24 December 1872, Page 4

ItisceUaneoiis. rESTPOET CHRISTMAS RACES AND SPORTS. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Dec. 2G and 27, 1872. Stewards: A. D. Dobson, J. Hughes, J. Seaton, J. Gtbson, C. Brown, ;aDd E. Roche. -Judge: MH fiEOEaE FALLA. 'STARTER : MR, W. ROBERTSON. 'CLERK OF THE COURSE : Iklß. P. J. M'KENNA. Clerk op the Scales : MR. T. J. JONES. FIRST DAY. Thursday 26th December. FIRST RACE. Trial Stakes of 10 sovs, Added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, second horse to save his stake. Distance 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, Sixandagcddo ... 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 £i 10s. Entry, 2s Gd. Packers' and Mixers' Purse of 10 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 1 sov each, secoud horse to save his stake. Open to all horses regularly etn ployed in packing on the Nelaou •South West Groldfields for three months previous to Iho races. Heats—One mile. Cateh weights. Post entry of 2 sovs. Boys Race, 150 yards, for boys under 12 years of age 1 , first prizo £l, secoud prize 10s. Entry Is. Hop, Stef asd 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 butcher's horses only. Handicap Foot Race 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} miles. Gentleman riders. Weight for ago. Entry 2 sovs. Wrestling (Cumberland and Westmoreland) first prize £4, second prize £2. Entry 2s Gd. Vaulting wnn the Pole first prize £3, second prize £1 103, Entry 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 Boys, first prizo £l, second prize 10s, -third .prize, ss. Entry Is. Foot Race 400 yards, over four flights of hurdles, height 4ft. Gin., first prizo £2, second prize £l. Entry . 2s Gd. Stakes of 10 sovs, second horse to save his stakes. For all horses beaten at the meeting. 1-i- miles. Post entry of 2 sovs. Fig 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 arisiug shall be decided by the Stewards, or a majority of them, or, in judging Athletic sports, by such referees as they nxiy appoint; such decisions in all cases to be final. In horso. racing the rules of the W. J. C. to he strictly adhered to. No person will he allowed to enter or run a horso unless the latter be qualified as the bona (ide 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 tlio 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