Page 3 Advertisements Column 1

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1229, 15 May 1880, Page 3

GRAND AUTUMN MEETING. To be held at Ellerslie Gardens, ox MONDAY, the 24th MAY, 1880 (Queen's Birthday). Maiden Plate, of 10 soys. 1 mile and a distance. For all horses that have never won a prize exceeding £o. Weight for age. Entrance, 30s. Hurdle Race, of 30 soys. Second horse' to save stakes. Entrance, 2 soys. Acceptance, *30s. Distance, 2 miles, over nine flights of hurdles. Elleesllk Cup, of 75 soys. Second horse £10 out of stakes. Entrance, 2 soys. Acceptance, 3 soys. Distance, VI miles. Publicans 1 Purse, of 20 soys. Gentlemen riders. Welter weight for age. Entrance, 3 soys. Distance, H miles. Trotting Race, of 10 soys. and Silver Cup. Second horse to receive 2 soys. from stakes. No weight under lOst. Distance, 3 miles. Entrance, 255. Consolation-, of 10 soys. and valuable Silver Cup. 1 mile handicap. Hurry Scurry, of 5 soys. Distance, 1 mile, "Winner to be sold for £15 ; any surplus to go to tlie funds. All races to be run under the A.R.C. Rules. April 17 — Entries for the Hurdle Race and Ellerslie Cup. May 17 — Acceptances and General Entries. The above will be received at the Thistle Hotel, Queen-street, or at the Ellerslie Hotel. * gg" The Course has been greatly improved, extended to a mile round, and is now oaie of the finest conrses of the size in the colony. H. BREX\N, Secretary.