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special advertisements. - /* .. The .. Gisborne Sheepfarmers F.M. & M. Co. Ltd. GENERAL MERCHANTS AGENTS FOR BURD.VZZO PATENT PINCERS. For Bloodless Castration of Horses. Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Etc. IT IS: SIMPLE. CONVENIENT. CERTAIN. RAPID. HUMANE. SAFE. ECONOMICAL. It Avoids Screw Worihs Worries to Farmers. Castration can ho Performed all the year round in Blow-fly infested Districts. It Brings Home £1 Extra Profit per Head in Slaughtered Stock. P.O. BOX 12. Telephones 140, 209 all Department# 141 Hardware and Grocery direct RACING OLUB. Annual Hack Meeting. To be Held on MATITI RACECOURSE, RUATORIA, THURSDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY 1928 Officers.—Patron: Hon. K. S. Williams, Esq., M.P. President: A. B. Williams, Esq. Vice-presidents: Messrs. R. H. Wieksteed, J. H. McNeil, J. J. Spratt. Committee: Messrs. J. H. Taplin, H. G. Burnett, A. W. Kirk, R. W. Ford, I. C. S. Dalgairns, 11. Mahuika, F. Barry. Stewards: J. Arnold, H. Boyce. A. Dever, W. R. Grey, J. F. Hills, C. K. Williams, W. McClutchie, M. Ngatn, W. McMenamen, J. D. Fenn, E. Moeke, R. U Neels, J. M. Reedy, A. Tuekwell, G. A. Runeiman, C. R. Williams, C. Scanned, R. Kemp, R. Walker, M. O’Sullivan, 0. 'l'. Williams. Starter: R. Smith, Esq. Handicapper: A. Tuekwell. Timekeepers: J. M. Reedy and R. McNeil. Clerk of Seales: J. D. Fenn. Clerk of Course: M. O'Sullivan.

FIRST RACE TO START AT 11.30. A.M. 1— MAIDEN SCURRY, of £55. Second horse to receive £lO, third horso £5 from stake. Weight b stone. Winner on Flat at any time barred. Nomination 20/-, acceptance 10/-. Five furlongs. 2 RUATORIA FLYING HANDICAP, of £BO. Second horse to receive £lb, third horse £5 from stake. Nomination 20/-, acceptance 20/-. Six furlongs. 3 TK PUNI MEMORIAL SWEEPSTAKE, of £2 each, with £3O added. Second horse to receive £lO and third horse £5 from stake. Minimum weight 8 stone For horses that have never won a stake exceeding £SO at time ol nomination. Distance six furlongs. The horse must have been owned and trained, and remain in the district from November sth immediately prior to the race unless by special permit. District includes the Counties of Uawa, Waiapu and Matakaoa. 4 WAIAPU STAKES HANDICAP, of £IOO. Second horse to receive £ls, third horso £5 from stake Distance one mile and a-quarter. Nomination 30/-. acceptance 30/-. 5 TUPAHOA HACK WELTER HANDICAP, of £55. Second horse to receive £lO, third horse £5 from stake. Minimum weight 9 stone. Distance about 6£ furlongs. Nomination 20/-, acceptance 10/-. O—COUNTIES HANDICAP, of £7O Second horse to receive £lO and third horse £5 from stake. For horses that have never won a race to the value of £IOO to the winner at the time of starting. The, horse must have been owned and trained, and remain in the district from November sth immediately prior to the race, unless by special permit. District includes the districts of Uawa, .Waiapu and Matakaoa. Distance 1 mile and a distance. 8 stone minimum. Nomination 20/-, acceptance 20/-. 7—FAREWELL HANDICAP, of £7O. Second horse to receive £lO, third horse £5 from stake. Distance about 6-1 furlongs. Nomination 20/-, acceptance 20/-% Nominations for all events close with tlie Secretary at Ruatoria, oif WEDNESDAY, Bth February, 1928, at 8 p.m., and must contain full particulars of age, pedigree, sex and color. name of trainer (if any), colors and amount of nomination money. All winners after the declaration of weights may be re-handicapped. All nominations by telegram must be confirmed in writing forthwith, under penalty of a fine of £2, as per Rule V., part XV., Rules of Racing. Weights declared on Thursday, 16th February, 192 S (night of Tolaga Bay Races). Acceptances close with the Secretary at Ruatoria, on Saturday, 18th February, 1928, at 8 p.m. PART XV., Rule 13:—“By the entering of a horse every person having or subsequently acquiring au interest in such horse shall ho deemed thereby to undertake neither directly nor indirectly to make any wdger with a bookmaker in Connection with such horse or any other horse in the race in which Buch horse is so entered. Each entry shall contain or if it do not contain shall be conclusively assumed to contain such an undertaking breach whereof shall be deemed a corrupt practice of tbe turf within the meaning of Part XXXII. of these Rules/’ . ■W. H. O. JOHNSTON, Hon. Secretary.' Approved by Hawke’s Bay District ■ Committee, 7/10/27. —H. S. Moss, , Stecrst-siy* ,