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Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2254, 18 December 1886, Page 3

Notices.

OTOROHANGA ANNUAL RACES TO BE HELD ON New Year's Day, 1887.

(First Race to start at 12 o'clock sharp.)

PROGRAMME : MAIDEN HURDLE RACE of £7 10s. Over six nights of hurdles, 3ft. 6in. high. For horses that have never won a Hurdle Race. Distance, 1£ miles. Entrance, 15s. Weight, 9st 71b. MAIDEN FLAT RACE of £6. For horses that have never won a race. Distance, 1£ miles. Entrance, 12s. Weights : 3yrs., Bst 31b ; 4yrs., 9st ; 5, 6, and aged, 9st 3lb. PONY RACE of £5, for ponies 14£ hands high and under. Distance, 1 mile. Entrance, 10s. Catch weights. ONE MILE HANDICAP of £10. Nomination, 7s 6d ; acceptance, 12a 6d. Distance, 1 mile. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of £15 for allcomers. Over 8 nights of hurdles, 3ft. 6in. high. Nomination, 10s ; acceptance, 20s. Distance, 2 miles. SETTLER'S RACE, of £8, for horses the bona fide property of settler's residing within a radius of ten miles. Distance, 1^ miles. Entrance, 16s. Weight, Bst! SELLING HACK RACE, of £5. Winner to be sold for £10. Surplus if any to go to the race funds. Distance 1 mile. Entrance, 10s. Weight, lost. OTOROHANGA CUP HANDICAP, of £20. Distance 2 miles. Nomination, 15s. Acceptance, 2os. CONSOLATION HANDICAP, of £5. for beaten horses Distance, 1 mile. Nomination, 5s ; Acceptance, ss.

RULES.

Three horses to start or no race. All protests to be sent in in writing to the Secretary fifteen minutes after race. Accompanied with 10s. 6d. same to be forfeited to the race funds if protest be not sustained. Decision of Stewards to be final Second horse to save stakes in each event except Pony and Selling Hack Race. Qualification fee 10s 6d. Nominations for all handicaps, with necessary cash, to be made with the secretary at Olorohanga, or J. W. Ellis Esq., Kihikihi, on or before 8 p.m. on Thursday, the 23rd inst. Acceptances not later than 12 a.m. on day of races. All other events post entries. Weights to appear in The WviKATjP Times on Tuesday, 28th inst. There will be a dance in the hall in the evening, to commence at 8 o'clock. Good accomodation for visitors. Wm. SEARANCKE, Hon. Sec.

]%/T ATAMATA RACING CLUB. (Registered uuder Auckland Racing Club.) RACE MEETING. Tuesday, December 2Sth, 1886. PROGRMME. (First Race to start at 1 p.m., prompt.) Judge— Mr F. Dibble. Handicaffebs— Messrs W. Carr and J. AUwell. 1. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of 12sovs. ; second liorße to receive 2-jovs. from stakes. Distance 2 miles ; over eight flights ot hurdles about 3ft Gin high. Entrance 6s ; acceptance, 12<*. 2. MAIDEN PLATE, of Gsovs. ; second horse to receive lsov. from stakes. Open to all horses that have never won an advertised race at time of entry. Weight for age. Distance, li miles. Entrance, 3a ; acceptance, (is. 3. MATAMATA R. C. HANDICAP, of 24sovs, ; second horse to receive 4sovs from stakes. Distance 2 miles. Entrance, 12s ; Acceptance, 245. 4. DISTRICT HURDLE RACE, of Gsovs. ; second horse to receive lsov. from stakes. Distance 2 miles, over 8 flights of hurdles, about 3ft. 6in. high.— Entrance, 3s ; acceptance, 6s. 5. RAILWAY PLATE, of 14sovs. ; second horse to receive £2 10s from stakes- Distance, l\ miles. Entrance, 7s ; acceptance, 14s. 6. STEEPLECHASE, of Bsovs. ; second horse to receive £1 10s from stakes. Distance about 2£ miles. Entrance, 4s ; acceptance, Bs. 7. DISTRICT HANDICAP, of 7sovs. ; second horse to receive 30s from stakes. Distance, 1 ), miles. Entrance, 4s ; acceptance, 7s. . CONSOLATION HANDICAP, of 3sovs. Open to all horses beaten during the meeting. Distance, 1 mile. Entrance, ss.

RULES AND CONDITIONS. Nominations with fees, name, age, pedigree of horses, names of owners and colours of riders to be sent to Mr W. Carr, Cambridge, or the Secretary, Matamata, not later than 8 p.m. on THURSDAY, December 9th. Weights will be published in The Waikato Times on or about the 14th December. Acceptances and general entries to be in by 8 p.m. on FRIDAY, the 2lst December. The "District" shall include all the country within a radius of 8 miles round the Matamata railway station, aud all horses entered for the District races must have been in the district and owned by or in charge of the persons in whose names they are entered for at least three months immediately prior to date of entry. All other races open to Allcomers. , All Races to be run in colours, and three horses to start or no race. All disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing to be decided by a majority of the Stewards present or those whom they may appoint, and their decision shall be final. Protests must be made in v, riting and given to the Secretary, accompanied by a deposit of £1, within 20 mioutos from the conclusion of the race disputed, such deposit to be forfeited to the racing fund should the Stewards consider the protest frivolous or vexatious. Five per centum will be deducted from the winnings in Nos. 1, 3, and 5 races, where the winners are not members of the Matamata Racing Club, such moneys deducted to go to the racing funds. Auckland Racing Club rules will be adhered to.

NoticeAn excursion train will leave Hamilton for the racecourse at 9.50 a.m. on the day of the races, calling at all intermediate stations and connecting at Ruakura with the 9.15 a.m. ordinary train from Cam bridge, and at Mornnsville with the 8.20 ordinary train from Te Aroha, arriving at Matamata at 11.45 a.m., leaving again on the return journey at 5.25 p.m., and connecting with the afternoon trains for Te Aroha and Cambridge. Saturday return fares will be charged. This will give the public a splendid opportunity tor a run into the country, a view of the picturesque scenery of the Thames Valley, the new and thiiving settlement of Waharoa, the Wairiri Waterfall, and the celebrated Hot 60011158 of Matamata. Tha Te Aroha Brass Band will be iv attendance. Luncheon and all kinds of refreshments supplied on the course in his usual magnificent stylo by that Prince of Caterers, Frank Rose, of Oxford, I. HOPKINS, Secretary Matamata Racing Club,