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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 4

Notices.

MATAMATA ANNUAL RACES AND ATHLETIC SPORTS. To be hold at Matamata on Saturday, December 26, 1885. PROGRAMME: Horse Races (( otninencc at 1 p.m. prompt.) Ji'Dor : i<\ Dibble. HvNIIICAri'KK : Mi R. Kiikwood. 1. ALLCOMERS HANDICAP HURDLE, £0 ; second hoise to save stakes. Distance, 2 miles, over eight flights of hurdles. Kntrancc, 3s ; acceptance, (h. 2. DIS TRIG I 1I 1 AND RAILWAY (T.V. and R.) HANDICAP, £4; bccoihl horse to save stakes. Distance, 1 \ miles. Entrance, 2s ; acceptance, 4s. 3. ALL COMERS MATAMATA HANDICAP, £1S ; second horse to save .stakes. Distance, 2 miles. Entrance, 10s ; acceptance, ISs. 4. DIsTIUCr AN D RAIL WA Y (T.V. and R.) HANDICAP HURDLES, £3; second horse to save stakes. Distance, 2 miles, over eight (lights of hurdles. Entianco, 2n 6d ; acceptance, .Is. 5. ALL-COMERS RAILWAY PLATE HANDICAP, £8; second horse to save stakes. Distance, l\ miles Entrance, is ; acceptance, Bs. -» 6. MAIDEN STEEPLECHASE, £-V Weight for age. Second horse to save stakes. Distance, 1^ miles. Entrance, 3s ; acceptance, ."is. 7. MAORI RACE, £3 ; --ccond horse to save its stakes. Catch weights. Horses to be owned and ridden by Maorm. Distance, 1^ miles. (Post entry.) Entrance, fis. 8. CONSOLATION HANDICAP, £3; entrance fees added. Second horse to save liih stakes. Open to all horses beaten during tlie meeting. Distance, 1 mile. Entrance, ss.

Athletic Sports. (Commence at 10 a.m. prompt ) JI'IKIHS : J. Tcngue and D. Kallon. llAM'irwpMis : D. Skelly and 11. McClelland. 1. DIsTKH'T AND R\H.\\AV(T. Y. it X.) IlANbli VP HrKDMs— £1 ; 2nd, fis Distance 200 \anK over four (lights of hurdles. Entiance 2s. 2. Au.Com Mis' Hwi icap — €1 ; 2nd, ,"h. Distance, 100) da. Knti.uice, 2s. 3. An. CoMiits 1 llandk vr llniiniN--C 2; 2nd, 10<. Distance 220 yds, over si\ flight* of hurdles. Entianue, \*. 4. A i.i- Com His' II \Niiicvp— C 2 ; 2nd, 10-. Distance, UOjds. Entrance, 4s. . r ». District ani> Raii.w \\ (T Y. nml II.) Ki.vt Handic a I' — £1 ; 2nd, ."R DihUhuo, 2J()\ils Eutiance, 2-,. G Am. Comi us' ll indicap— C3; 2nd, £1. Distance, half .i-nule. Eu tr inee, ;)■». Win H.iivmiow ll\rt (Ulindfold)— £l : Distance, lOOvds. Post entry, Is. Tni or Wak (M.itunata v. Ra-lway T.V. ami Jt)-CI. Free.

RUfeES AND CONDITIONS.

All Horse Races to be run in colonis (a scarf, band or cap being suflicieut), which must be declared at time of entry. In the Athletic Sporti the usual rules will be strictly adhered to, and three competitors to start or no race. All entries for the foot races to be accompanied by tlie entrance money, and sent in to tho Secretary on or befoie .") p.m. on the 21st December ne\t Handicaps will be declared on the giound. Horse Rnces Nos 2 and 1, and Foot Races Nos. 1 and T>, arc confined to subhcribeis living within the Matamata Road Hoard District, or working en the T.V. and Kotorua Railway. Horses eutcicd lor the District Races must have been m the district and owned by or in charge of the persons cntciing them, for .it least three monthi immediately prior to the date foi closing the entries. Nominations for the first M\' Horse Races will be received by the handicapper, Mr R. Kiikwood, Kuk wood's Hotel, Cambridge, until S p.m. on Saturday, 12th December. Weights will be published in The Waikato Times on l.")th or 17th December. Acceptances and general entries to be in the hands of the Secretary by 3 p m. on the 21st December. Entrance fee to be forwarded with nomination, together with colour*, age, and pei formances of horses 1 hiee Horses to start in each lace or no race. No entry will be received for any of the raws except upon the further conditions : "That .ill disputes, claims and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by a majority of the committee piesent, or those whom they may appoint, 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 be accompanied by a deposit of £1, which will be forfeited to the racing funds should the committee consider the protest fuvolous or vexatious. Pri/es will be added to in proportion to the increase of funds. Refreshments piovidcd by Mr Frank Rose, of Oxford. All rnees will be run under the Auckland Kiicing ('lub ruhs. S. TUKNER WATEU HOUSE, Hon. See, Matnmali.

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