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West Coast Times, Issue 391, 24 December 1866, Page 3

Sporting. TIIE FIRST ANNUAL HOKITIKA RACES Will be run on MONDAY, December 31st; TUESDAY, January Ist ; and WEDNESDAY, January 2nd, Over a good circular Course, in an open graas paddock which has heen specially and carefully cleared, on the property of B. Clapcott. Esq., just ncro.^s the Hokitika River, and scarcely twenty minutes distance from town. STEWARDS. G.S. SaIe.W.C.C. G.G Fitzgerald, BM. M. Cassius, M.P.C. G. Hungerford B. Clapcott J. Jones J. R. Carey B. Osborne J. J Bartlett G. Harrison A. Djson H. J. Hausen S. Garforth R. Reeves H. Miice D. Lynch | J. P. Klein J. Deau. C. B. Edwards t ! TREASURER. B. Osborne. JUDGE. BTABTER. Holies Knox S. Cook. Programme. FIRST DAY.— MONDAY. Trial Stakes of 30 soys, open to all horses the property of nny bona fide residents in Westland. Weight for age. One milt 1 and a distance. Entrance 3 soys. Packers Purse, of 30 soys. Heats. For Packers horses only, and that must be be proved to have regularly packed, on any part of the West Coast, for not less than one month since the Ist of July. Welter weight for age. Three-quarters of a mile. Entrance 3 soys. Butchers Purse, of 30 soys, for horses the bona fide property of any West Coast cattle dealers or butchers. Weight for aye. One mile and a half. Entrance 3 soys. Hokitika Plate, of 50 soys, with a sweep of 5 soys each added. Open to all horses. Weight for age. Two miles. Entrance 2 soys. Hurdle Race, of 50 soys. Weight for age. Open to all horses. One mile and a half. Entrance 5 soys.

SECOVI) DAY.— TUESDAY. Selling Race, of 40 soys. Open to all horses under the following conditions: — If entered not to be sold, to carry 71bs penalty ; if to be sold for £60, weight for age ; for £50, allowed 7lhs ; for £40, allowed Hlhs; for ,£3O, allowed 21lhs; for £20, allowed 28lus. One mile and a half. The winner to be sold hjjauction after the race, and any bahiTTce over the upset price to go to the unds. Entrance 4 soys. The Local Plate, of 25 soys, for horses the b>)iia fide property of parties resident and canning on business now and previous to the 1 t December — in the tL>kitika District, viz , Koss Town, South, and Ten-makau, North. The winner of any race ou the firt-t day to carry 61ns penalty, ami, if running second, 31 bs. Weight for age. Heat3 — one mile and a distance. Entrance, £2 10s. Trotting Race, of 30 soys, for Westland h uses only that have been this side the range previous to December Ist. No weight under list. Three mih's. (Distance handicap.) Entrance, £3, The Cobinthian Cup (a silver goblet, value 25^'uiiieas, presented by J. J.Bartletr, E>q.), witn a sweep of 5 soys each added. Open to all horses ; but every horse must qunlify hy being first ridden clear over a hurdle in front of the Grand Stand once in three attempts. Gentleman riders, to be approved by the Stewards Wi her weight for age. One mile and a distance. District Hurdle Race, of 30 soys. Open to Westland hi rses only, as for the Trial Stakes. No weight under lOst 7lbs. Twice round Hiats — over eight nights of hurdleß, about 3ft 6in high. Entrance, £3.

THIRD DAY— WEDNESDAY. The \\ estland Handicap, of 100 soys. Open to all horses Two miles and a distance. Nominations, with 2 soys only, to be made on th ■ night of general entry. v The handicap weights will be mailejuid declared at the Empire Hotel, at 9 p.m. on the second diy of running, so as to allow the Stewards an opportunity of rating ihe meiits of the horses during the previous days' running. Acceptance, with 6 soys, must be given to the Clerk of the Coim-e, at the Empire Hotel, by 11 p.m. ihe same evening. The New Year's Gift, of 30 soys, open only to hordes the property of, and to be ridden by, bona Hue diggers on the West Coast. No winner of any previous race at this meeting allowed to start ; but, if entered, his money to be returned. No weight umler list. About one mile. Hea'.s — without dismounting. Entrance £1., The Pack S\ddle Scurry, of 20 soys, and a new pack saddle for the second horse. Qualification same a3 f r Packers Purse. Tiie hordes to be rifldeti in pack ssiddles. by packers only, and to carry not less than 12st, except the winner of the Packers' Pursj, wiio will have a penalty of 71bs. Once round and a distance. Heats, without dismounting. Entrance, £2. Hurdle Handicap, oi 50 soys. Open to all horses. Two miles, over 16 flights of hurdles. Nominations, with 2 soys, on the night of general entry ; weights to be made and declared on the evening of the second day's running, as for the Westland Handicap; and accept '.nces, 3 soys, also unuer same conditions as Westland Handicap. (N.B.— This is not a Swi ep^takes .) Consolation Purse (Handicap), of 2f soys, tor all horses that have not won during the meeting. One mile. Entrance 2 &OVB. WEIGHTS TOR AGE. 6 yrs and aged ]Ost 4lbs 5 yrs lOst 4yrs 9st 71bs 3 yrs ' 7st 91bs WELTJ3B. 6 yrs and aged 12st 71bs 5 yrs 12st 4yrs list 41bs 3 yrs lOst 41bs REGULATIONS. The rules of the Canterbury Jockey Club vviil be enforced, unless when otherwise specified. Mares and geldings allowed 3lbs, but no maiden allowance. Ail entiies and nominations to be hand' (1 to the Stewards, at Ooborne's Empire Hotel, previous to 9 p.m. on Friday, December 28 h. All entries must be in writing, specifying age and description of horse, and colors ot rider ; and contain the requisite entrance money. All horses must he ridden in colors. In all, or any disputes, the. deci3km of the.Stewardt to be, uoe ; l t <