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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2229, 21 October 1886, Page 3

. Notices. .

aPORTS MEETING. To be held on the Waipa Racing Clubs Course Te Awamutu. WEDNESDAY, 3rd NOV. 1886. Stewards : Messrs J. B. Whyte, M.H.R., E. Lake, M.H.R. W. Taylor, F. A. WhiUker, W. S. Rutherford, J. Taylor, J. P Fraser, Grice, Barton, Allwilf, W. Bond, F. R. Claude, J. M, Carpenter, C. Matthias, J. TurnbuU, T. W. Weatherill, R. Bruce, E. Dickey, J. H. Scott. Judge : Major Jackson. Handicappers for horse races. Messrs WTaylor and W. Bond. Starters :• Mr Storey for horse races, and McNicol foot races. Clerk of Scales : Mr Bertram. Clerks of Course : Messrs D. McNicol and S. Bond. B. VV. Roche, Hon. Sec. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of \ lOsovs. Distance, l^milea ; Over! 6 flights of hurdles 3ft 6in high. Nomination, 10s. Acceptance, 10s. MAORI HURDLE RACE, of seovs. Distance, l^miles ; Over 6 flights of hurdles 3ft 6in high. Post Entry, ss. Horses to be owned and ridden by Maoris. MAIDEN PLATE, of ssovs. Distance, l^rniles. Entrance 10s for horses that have never won public money. Weights : 2yrs, sst I2lbs ; 3yra 7st 121bs ; 4yrs, Ost ; 5 6 and aged, Oat 31bs. , SELLING HACK RACE, of lOsovs. Distance once rouud course. Weight not lees than lOst. Winner to be sold for lOsovs ; Surplus, it any, to go to sports fund. Post entry lsov. LIQUIDATION CUP HANDICAP, for Silver Cup, presented by Mr McLemon, Hamilton, with ssovs added. Distance, 2 miles: Nominations, 10s. Acceptance 10s. JUMPING MATCH, 10 leaps, the last I to be a water jump. Ist prize, suit j of clothes, prcseuted by Mr Murchie, Auckland ; 2nd prize, lsov. Post entry, 10s. SETTLERS' HACK RACK, of £5. Weight, 12 stone up. To be ridden by settlers or settlers' sons. Post entrance, 10s each. Once round course.

SPORTS.

OBSTACLE RACE, 200 yards. Ist prize, 15s; 2nd prize, ss. Entrance, 2s 6d. TUG OF WAR. 15 troopers against 15 all-comers. Entrance, Is. RUNNING HIGH JUMP. Ist prize, 15a ; 2nd prize, ss. Entrance, 2s Gd. WRESTLING MATCH, border style. Ist prize, 20s ; 2ud prize, 10s. Entrance, 2s 6d. HANDICAP FOOT RACE, 200 yards. Ist prize, 20s ; 2nd prize, ss. Entrance, 2s 6d. HANDICAP FOOT HURDLE RACE, 300 yards, over G hut dies, 3ft. Gin. high. Ist prize, a suit of clothes, presented by Mr J. W. Bridgman, Te Awamutu ; 2nd prize, 10s. Entrance, ss. SADDLING RACE, open to all comers, Distance, once round course. Prize, a saddle presented by Mr Teasdale, Te Awamutu. Horses to be picketed out. On sound of bugle, horses to be saddled anol ridden off; on arrival at a pole 50 yards from the winning-post, riders to dismount, unsaddle, carry the saddle and lead horses past the winning post. Girths to be either double, or single girth with two buckles. Entrance, ss. CIGAR AND UMBRELLA RACE. Distance, once round course. Horses to be ridden without saddles. Competitors to provide cigars, and umbrellas not less than three feet in diameter. Competitors to stand at starting point, dismounted, umbrellas closed, and cigar unlighted. At sound of bugle, cigar to be lighted, umbrella opened, competitor to mount and nde away. Cigar to be alight and umbrella open on passing winning-post, otherwise rider to be disqualified. First prize, 20s ; 2nd prize, 10s. Entrance, 3s.

Sports to commence at 12 noon. First horse race at 12.30, other horse races at intervals of three-quarters of an hour. Foot sports will be run off between the horse races. No entries will be received except upon the condition that all protests and disputes arising shall be settled by the stewards, or whom they may appoint. All protests in connection with any of the horse races to be accompanied with a deposit of 1 soy., and for foot races ss, such deposits to be forfeited should the protest be deemed frivolous or vexatious. Entries for foot and other sports to be made with Mr Gresham on the ground. All entries and acceptances must be accompanied with the necessary cash. Nominations for Hurdle and Cup Handicaps with name., age, colour and sex of horse, and colours of ruler to be sent to the secretary at Te Awamutu, on Thursday 21st October. Weights to appear in The Waikato Times, of Saturday 23rd iust. Acceptances close on Tuesday 2Gth with the Secretary. Any jockey riding in colours other than those entered, will be fined 1 soy. Owners are warned that if their horses are not at the post in proper time the race will be liable to be started without them. R. W. ROCHE, Hon. Sec. Sports Committee.

IMPOUNDING NOTICE. IMPOUNDED at AlexandraOne Creamy Entire Pony ; no visible brands, black points, by Mr Arthur S. Ormsby, of Kopua, King Country. If not claimed and expenses paid, to be soM on Saturday, 23rd October, 1886, at twelve o'clock noon. T. J. SAGE, Poundkeeper. Alexandra, 19th October, ISSG.

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