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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 652, 2 December 1908, Page 5

VINCENT: JOCKEY CLUB. JLaAnunl' ; R«o« - B£e© To be held In Matakanui Park Res JANUARY lac & 2nd, 1909. , .. SIRST DAY. - 1. -MAIDEN HANDICAP of £3O; seeimd horse fed receive £2 10s from the stakes. Seven furlongs. For all horses that have not won a race exceeding £2O advertised value. Nomination 12s 6d; acceptance 7s6d„ To start at 12 noon. 2.-VINCBNT TROTTING STAKES. H'cap (District) of 30sovs., second horse' to receive 3sovs and third horse 2sovs from the stakes. Nine furlongs. All horses nominated for this race must have been owned and trained in Vincent, Lake, Tuapeka or Maniototo Counties at least 3 months prior to date of race meeting. Nomination 20s, acceptance 10s. To start at 12.45 p.m. 3.--SPOTTIS' HANDICAP of 20sovs; Second horse to receive 2sovs from the stakes. Six furlongs. Open to horses that have never won an advertised'race - of over £4O value since December 31st, 1906, prior to date of nomination. Nomi* nation 12s 6d, acceptance 7s 6d. To start at 1.30 pm. 4.-MATAKANUI HANDICAP of SOsovs, second horse to receive Ssovs and third horse 2sovs from the stakes. Seven farlongs. Nomination 255, acceptance 255. To start at 2.30 p.m.. S—NEW YEAR TROT of SOsovs; second horse to receive ssovs and third horse Ssovs from the stakes. One and a-half miles. Optional saddle or harness. No weight under list. Nomination 255» acceptance 25b. To start at 3.30 p.m. 6.-NEWTOWN HANDICAP of £2O; second horse to receive 2sovs from the stakes. One mile. Open "to horses that have not won an advertised race exceeding £4O value since December 31st, 1906 prior to date of nomination. Nomination 12s 6d, acceptance 7s 63. To start at. 4.15 p.m. • ■ '. - -' •. - -- -• 7.-OMAKAU DISTRICT HANDICAP of ! £22 10s j second horse to receive £2 10s from the stakes. Five furlongs. Lowest weight Bst. All horses nominated for . this race must have been owned and trained in Vincent, Maniototo, Lake or Tuapeka Counties at least three months prior to date of race meeting. Nomination 12s 6d, acceptance 10s, To start at 5 p.m. B.—OPHIR HANDICAp of 25sovs; second horse to receive £3 and third horse £2 from the stakes, Three quarters of a mile. Nomination 15a, acceptance 10s. To start at 6 p.m. SEOOND DAY. L—FIVE OAKS WELTER HANDICAP of £2O ; second horse to receive £2 from the stakes. Six furlongs. All horses , nominated for this race must have been owned and trained in Vincent, Maniototo, Lake, or Tuapeka Counties at least three months prior to date of race meeting. Lowest weight lOst, gentlemen riders, professional riders to carry sib extra, ■ Nomination 12s 6d, acceptance 7s 6d, To start at 12 noon. 2.—DISTRICT HANDICAP TIME TROT of 35sovs ; second horse to.-receive £5 ~ and third horse £2 from the stakes. Distance One mile and a-half. All horses nominated for this race must have been owned and trained in Vincent, Lake, Maniototo or Tuapeka Counties at least three months prior to date of race meeting. Nomination 20s, acceptance ,15s. To start at 12.45 p m. ''.'',' 3.—RAILWAY HANDICAP of £2O; second ; \ horse to receive £2 from the stakes. Six furlongs. Nomination 12s 6d, acceptance 7s 6d. To start at 1.30 p.m. ' 4.—VJ.C. HANDICAP of 40sovs; second :' horse to receive Ssovs and third horse Ssovs from the stakes. One mile. Nomination 20s, acceptance 20s. To start at ':' 230 p.m. S.—VALLEY HANDICAP of £22 10<; " second horse to receive £2 10s from the * stakes. Five furlongs. Nomination 12s 6d, • acceptance 10s. Open to all horses that ■ have not won ad advertised race exceeding • ' £4O value since December 31st, 1906, prior , to date of nomination.: To start at ' ■'. 330 p.m. ..'.,"•■:. . 6.—HANDICAP TIME TROT of 30sov«; second horse to receive: 3sovs and third horse 2sovs from the stakes. One mile. Nomination 20s, acceptance 10s. , To start at 4.15 p.m. ~-.••.' 7.—LAUDER HANDICAP of 25sovs second horse to receive 3sovs and third horse 2aovs from the stakes. Nomination, 15s, acceptance 10s. Six furlongs. To start at 5 p.m. ' B.T-FAREWELL HANDICAP of 20sovs; second horse to receive £2 10s from the stakes; Five furlongs. For all competing horses at the meeting. Weights wiJl be declared after the Lauder Handicap is - run.'': ■. Acceptances immediately after- '"'.'■. wards. Nomination 20s, acceptance free. To start at 6 p.m. :'-<^, NOMINATIONS AND ACCEPTANCES. Nominations for the New Year Trot, Matakanui Handicap and Vincent Trotting Stakes, Ophir, Vincent Jockey Club, Lauder and Omakau District Handicaps must be in , the secretary's bands not latefrTthan 0 p.m. on December 9th. ;0V ';; _ Nominations for the Maiden, Spottis, Newtown, Five Oaks. Welter, District Handicap Time Trot, and Farewell Handicap must be in the hands of the secretary , not later than 9 p.m. on December 31st ';' Handicaps for the New Year Trot and ~,, Matakanui Handicap will be on December 22nd. » ' 2, Handicaps for ■ the Ophir Handicap, Omakau District Handicap and Vincent Trotting Stakes and re-handicaps for the New Year Trot and Matakanui Handicap will be declared on December'29ih. Handicaps for the Maiden,' Spottis, and Newtown Handicaps will be declared at 10 p.m. on 31st December. , „ • All handicaps for the second, days races will be declared at 9 p.m. on Ist January, or as soon after as possible. , f Acceptances for the Maiden Handicap, Spottis Handicap, Matakanui Handicap, New Year Trot and Vincent Trotting Stakes ' Newtown, Omakau district and Ophir , Handicaps must be in the hands of the secretary by 10.30 p.m. on 31st December, 1908, •. f :,, Acceptances for all second day's handicaps must be in the secretary's hands 30 minutes after the haddicaps are declared. ' ."' ' T. DUUGAN ■ ■ Secretary, (Address) Matakanui. ; It may not ; be generally kinown that the vote for No-license in Tuapeka was much larger than former years, and that Nolicense was only 308 votes behind the necessary three-fifths majority. Altogether 4198 '- valid V6tes were recorded, and 2519 votes were required to be cast in order to make Tuapeka a "dry area," whereas the actual ,yot<j for No-license was 2211. In Tuapeka i in 1905 the vote for No-license was 1832, whilst that for Continuance was 2183. In Tuapeka) 1655 votes were cast for Continuance, and 1691 for No-license. The vote for Continuance in Tuapeka at the recent elections was 1947. These figures provide food for thought to both parties?:' • The present dry weather is having a bad effect on the local gardens, and the growth of plant life is at a standstill for want of rain., Farmers throughout the district arc also