AKAROA COUNTY RACING CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8729, 27 February 1894, Page 5

AKAROA COUNTY RACING CLUB'S ANNUAL MEETING.

The following handicaps have been declared for the above meeting:— HvlNDicap Hurdles, of £25. One mile and a half—Ju»tiee list 12lb, Erin-go-Bragii lOab Sib, Balqulther 10*t 51b, Ivanhoe 9st 13ib, Much Ado 9sc 71b, Veto 9st 71b, Hero 9-st. '

Peninsula Cup, of £50. Ooe mile and a half—Voaengang 9st 13lb, Foresight 9st, Frivolity Bst lib, Dunoon 7*t 10lb, The Winchman 7%t 61b. Token 7st 41b, New Headford 7st 3ib, Springston 7st.

FlyikKx Handicap, of £30; six furlongs. Vogsngang 10at 3lb, Foresight 9st 4'b, Carronade Bst 101b, Dunoon -Ssb Hb, The Winchman 7at 111b, Token 7st lHb, Much Ado 7sb 71b, Balqulther 7st 71b, Frenchy 7<»b Elb, Koromiko 6sb 131b, Jack Frost 6st 71b, Mistletoe 6st 71b. District Welter, of £30; one mile.— Carronade lOit 9ib, Springsfon 9st 111b, Tomato 9at 6ib, Hero Bab 10!b, Lilly Sac 71b. Jade Frost 8-it 7lb, Napoleon Sat 71b. The Handicapper, Mr J. Cresswell, writes as follows :—" Mr Holmes informed mc that he nominated Token aud not Ivanhoe for Cup and Flying. His wire to the Sacretarv read as follows:—'Nominate Ivaiiftbe Hurdles, Token C'-o and Flying." Mr Holmes wired to t'.ic b .cretary about it, but I h.tve not received auy instructions from him, so I have added Token's weight in case you have heard from the Secretary."

Acceptances ore due to-day for the Hawkes Bay Cup and Railway Stakes. Nominations must also be made for a number of handicap*- to be ruu at the H.B.J.C.'s Autumu Meeting. Weights for the Waimate Meeting are dm* to be disclosed to-day. Final payments are due by nine o'clock this evening for the Wanganui Cop.

A Hokitika telegram states that highly aatiiafactory nominations were received last evening for the Easter race meeting— sixteen for the Trial Stakes, nine for the Citizens' Purse, aud six for the Hurdles.