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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2098, 17 December 1885, Page 3

Notices.

MATAMATA ANNUAL RACES AND ATHLETIC SPORTS.

To be held at Matamata on Saturday, December 26, 1885.

PROGRAMME:

Horse Races at 1 p.m. prompt.)

JI'DGK :

F. Dibble. H\NI)ICAPPhR : Mr R. Kirkwood.

1. ALLCOMERS HANDICAP HURDLE, £6 ; second hoise to save stakes. Distance, 2 miles, over eight flights of hurdles. Entrance, ."fa ; acceptance, 6s 2. DIS PRIC T AND RAILW A Y (T.V. and R.) HANDICAP, £4; second horse to save stakes. Distance, li miles. Entrance, 2s; acceptance, 4s 3. ALLCOMERS MATAMATA HANDICAP, £18; second horse to save stakes. Distance, 2 miles. Entrance, 10s ; acceptance, 18s. 4. DISTRICT AND RAILWAY (T.V. and R.) HANDICAP HURDLES, £5 ; second hoi Be to save stakes. Distance, 2 miles, over eight flights of hurdles. Entrance, 2s b'd ; acceptance, 5?. 5. ALLCOMERS RAILWAY PLATE HANDICAP, £8; second horse to save J-takes. Distance, 1} miles Entiance, 4s ; acceptance. Bs. 6. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE, £5. Weight for age Second liors* to sa\e stakes Distance, 1\ milep. Entranc*, 3h ; acceptance, sa. 7 MAORI RACE, i.i ; second horse to fe.'i\i! its stakes. Catch weights Hoises to be owned and ridden by Maoris. Distance, 1^ miles. (Post entry ) Entrance, ss. 8. CONSOLATION HANDICAP, £3; entrance fees added. Second horse to save his stakes. Open to all horses beaten during the meeting. Distance, 1 mile. Entrance, ss.

Athletic Sports. (Commence at 10 a.m. prompt.)

Jpdgks : J. Teague and D. Falion. HANDICM'PhKS : D. Skelly and H. MeClelland.

1. District and Railway (T. Y. ftR.) Handicap Htrdlks — £1 ; 2nd, ss. Distance 200 >ards, over four flights of hurdles. Entrance 2s. 2. All-Comers' Handicap— £l ; 2nd, ss. Dis'ui- ]'H)yds. Entrance, 2s. 3. AllComui* Has hicap Hurdles — £'2; 2nd, 10*. Distance 220 yds, over six flights of hurdles. Entrance. 4s. 4. All Comkrs' Handicap — £2; 2nd, 10*. Distance, 440 yds. Entrance, 4s. 5. District avd Railway (T Y. and R.) Flvt Handicap— £l ; 2nd, ss. Distance, 220>ds. Entrance, 2s. 6 All Com kr.V Handicap— £3 ; 2nd, £1. Distance, half-a-mile. Eutrance, ss. Wiihu-nvRROW Race (Blindfold) — £1 ; Distance, 100 yds. Post entry, Is. Ten or War (Mdtamatii v. Railway T.V. andß) -£ I. Free.

RULES AND CONDITIONS.

All Horse Races to be run in colours (a scarf, band or cap being sufficient), which must be declined at time of eutiy. In the Athletic Sports the usual rules will be. strictly adhered to, and three competitors to start or no race. All entnes for the foot races to be accompanied by the entrance money, and sent in to the Secretary on or before 5 pm. on the 21st December next. Handicaps will be declared on the ground. Horse Races Nos 2 and 4, and Foot Races Nos. 1 and 5, are confined to snbscribpis living witliin the Matamata Road Board District, or working en the T.V. and Rotorua Railway. Horses entered tor the District Races must have been in the district and owned by or in charge of the persons entering them, for at least threo months immediately prior to the date for closing the entries. Nominations for the first sir Horse Races will be received by the handicapper, Mr R. Kirkwood, Kirk wood's Hotel, Cambridge, until S p.m. on Saturday, 12th December. Weights will be published in The Waikato Tunes on 15th or 17th December. Acceptances and general entries to be in the hands of the Secretary by 5 p.m. on the 21st December. Entrance fee to be forwarded with nomination, Together with colours, age, and performances of horses. Three Horse 3 to start iv each race or no race. No entry will br received for any of the races except upon the further conditions : " That all disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by » majority of the committee present, or those whom they may nppoint, and their decision shall be final " All protests must be made in writing within twenty minutes from the conclusion of the race (disputed), and must bo accompanied by a deposit of £1, which will be forfeited to tho racing funds should the committee consider the protest frivolous or vexatious. Prizes w ill be added to in proportion to the incieasp of funds. Refreshments provided by Mr Frank Rose, of Oxford. All races will be run under the Auckland Racing Club rules. S. TURNER WATERHOUSE, Hon. Sec. Matamata.

■^ O T I C E. The undersigned has been appointed AGENT for the SALE of tho AUCKLAND FROZEN MEAT COMPANY'S MANURES at Auckland Prices, with freight added. JOHN KNOX, Hamilton Auction Mart.

/CAMBRIDGE JAM COMPANY. \J Meeting of Shareholders.

A MEETING, as above, will be held in the Oddfellow's Hall, Cambridge, on Thursday next, 4 p.m. Business : Receivo report from directors, and adoption of amended articles of association. A full attendance is requested. THOS. WELLS, Chairman.

EXCELSIOK FLOUR MILLS, Hamilton. KNOX ft R IDLER HAVE FOR H*.M5 Finest Silk-dressed Flour in 2001b. sacks and 1001b. and 501b. bags Sharps Bran and Fowls feed. Office : Hamilton Auction Mirt,