Sporting. J> AGING £JLUB. SPRING MEETING, THFBSDAY AND FRIDAY, Decembex- yth and 10th, 1836, President, E. G Wright, ; Vice-Pred-I dent, J. Grigg ; Judge. Matthew r,t t; [ Stewards, H. Frif ■■ lander, " !'■ Ivn shire, J C N «lrigg, K. Fried! n'«er, | W. C Walker, Drs I’oss ai'd Leahy; | D, Thomas ; Clerk o th« Scales, M. Fm-dlander ; Clerk of the Course, A Pewson ; Handicappers, F. Cotton, C. C. Fooka, M. Stitt and Dr Leahy First race to start at 1 p m. FIRST DAY. Counts’ Hurdle Race, of 30 sovs; over six flights of hurdles, about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 6 sovs from the stake. mile. District horses only. 2. Welter Handicap, of 45 sovs ; nom nation, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1J sov minimum weight, lOat. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake For horses that have never won more than 25 sovs in one event on the flat. 2 miles. 3. Ashburton Cup Handicap, of 12 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance 3 sovs. Second horse to receive 10 sovs from thestake. li mile. 4. County Plate Handicap, of 40 sovs. nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. 1| mile. District horses only. 5. Post Stakes, of 15 sovs; catch weights; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the County Plate is run. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race for 15 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. 1 mile. 6. Spring Handicap, of 50 sovs ; nomination, 1 sov ; J sov. f mile.
SECOND DAY. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 50 sovs ; over eight flights of hardies, about 3ft Gin high ; nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance, 2 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. 2 miles. Racing Club Handicap, of 100 sots nomination, 1 sov ; acceptance 3 sovs Second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stake lj mile. Ladies’ Purse, of 25 sovs ; welter weights for age. Gentlemen riders. Entrance, 1 sovs. 1 i mile. District horses only. Totalisator Stakes, of 15 sovs; minimum weight, Bst; nomination 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Ladies Purse is run. The winner to be sold immediatelv after the race for 10 sovs, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club A mile. Flying Handicap, of 40 sovs ; nomination, I sov ; acceptance, 1 sov. Second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. A mile. Consolation 'Handicap, of 20 sovs; nomination, 1 sov, to be made to the Secretary immediately after the Flying Handicap is run ; acceptance, free, to be notified to the Secretary within 10 minutes of declaration of weights. 1 mile.
BOLES AND HKGULATIONS. 1 No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint ; their decision on all points connected with carrying oat this programme to be final. 2. A district horse ahull mean any horse that has been commot-ly resident in the district lying between the rivers Selwyn and Waitaki from Joly Ist 1886, and up to the da’e cf the forthcoming meeting and owned by a person who has resided In the said distr’ct doting the same period. 3. Five per cen' will be deducted from the gross of all moneys payable in. accordance with this programme for expenses of the course. 4. All nominations and acceptances go to the funds cf the Club. NOMINATIONS. All nominations to be accompanied by fees, name, age and description of horse, and colors of rider, and in the hsnds of the Secretary (address— -Ashburton) not later than 9 p.m. on Monday November 1 1886. WEIGHTS. Weights for the first day’s handicaps will be declared on Thursday December 2 1886. Weights for the second day’s handicaps will be declared at 9 o’clock on the evening of the first day’s racing. ACCEPTANCES. * Acceptances for the first d*y’a handicaps must be made to the Secretary not later than 9 p.m. on Monday, December 6 1886. acceptances for the second day’s handicaps at 9 o’clock on the evening of the first day’s racing. 0. 0. FOOKS, Secretary
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1363, 6 October 1886, Page 1
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