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Grey River Argus, Volume XXI, Issue 2363, 7 March 1876, Page 3

Sporting. ALBION AUTUMN SWEEP, No. 8." SYDNEY GOLD CUP, The last great Handicap Race of the Season. A Sweepstake of £25 each, with £350 added money. To be run at Randwick, New South Wales, on April 20, 1876. 1500 MEMBERS ... ... ... £1 EACH. ; rr . . FORTX-ONE PRIZES^ _ j;' 1 iFirst Horse(Seveninfte£nths) ...'£7.60> y 0 Q Second Horse (Three-fifteenths) 300 0 0 Third Horse (One-fifteenth) ... 100 0 0 Starters, to be divided amongst, (Two-fifteenths) ..... .. 200 0 0 ■Non-starters, to be divided, I amongst (Two-fifteenths) ... 200 0 0 . The DRAWINGS will, take^place.^at l the ALBION HOTEL, GREYMOUTH, on .TUESDAY, APRIL 11, 1876, on the plan of the London and Glasgow Art Unions, under the superintendence of a Committee ;of responsible gentlemen and . r subacribers present; and the result published, ia the local papers on the following day, also in the Weekly Argus. Tickets may be obtained from the Treasurer, Richard J. Tonks, Albion Hotel, Greymouth. ... ' _ Subscribers residing at a distance are particularly requested to make an early application to prevent disappointment. j Please cross all cheques, with exchange addedif Post "OfficejOrders preferable"'./;" >, -" !• TicketSfmayrbe obtained fronl^MryJ. jD. ', ;Pinkerton, Star HotielfAhaura ; Price, contractor, Nelson Creek; Mr S. Haisty, : Union Hotel, No Town ; Mr Parfitt, No Town ; Mr S. Dawson, Dawson's Hotel, Reefton; Mr M'Kechnie's, Maori Creek. RICHARD >1 ': Treasurer. r^REYMOUTH JOCKEY CLUB. \JT ; i ; r ;,-;.. >yj_i_\. '■■■. >)■ ...L o-ii ' AUTUMN ANNUAL MEETING. ; ■";•■■'■ :■■..■:■:■■■'!■.} -,■ ■, ■;■■ \g .■ j/Q oj .OvVi.,--FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, 17th and 18th March. : Stewards- - W. F. Strike : A. R. Guinness ; F. W..Lahman : 'v^ T. W. Hungerford John Walton. ; Jude:e— Hon. H. H. Lahman. ' Treasurer— Mr W. F. Strike. Starter — Mr James Hamilton. ' Clerk of r Course--Mr W:. Wbolfe. -' ; < Clerk of Scales— Mr Kerr, .; . Secretary— >,Mr : JamesvPayne.. -, <:' j , : ', FIRST DAY— FRIDAY, MARCH 17. Trial Stakes, of 25 soys ; 1-4 miles ; weight for age ; winner of a stake of £40 to carry 51bs extra, of £50 71b extra,, and of £100 or over 141 b extra ; entrance, 2 soys. Hack Race, of £10; 1 mile heats; minimum weight, 9st ; entrance, 1 soy ; post entries. Greymouth Jockey Club Handicap, of 80 soys, with acceptances added ; second horse to receive 10 soys from the stake ; nominations, with 2 soys, will be received up to 8 o'clock on night of general entry ; handicap to be declared on night of 13 h March, and acceptances, with 4 soys, received up to S o'clock on night of 16th March; distance, 2£ miles. Hurdle Race Handicap, of 30 soys ; If miles ; nominations, . £1 . 10s ; accep- ' tances, £2; dates of nominations, declaration of weights, and acceptances same as in Jockey Club Handicap. ;, ; Railway Stakes Handicap, of 35 soys ; If miles; nominations, 2-rSovs.; tance, 2 soys ; nominations, declaration, and acceptances as in Jockey Club Handicap. '<.. SECOND DAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 18. Gold-fields' Handicap, of 70 soys ; second horae to receive 5 soys from the ;stake ; ; 2 miles; nominations, 2'-sovs; : accep- ' tances, 3 soys ; nominations, with 2 soys, received _up to 8 o'clock on night of ;. ; general entry; declaration of weights made on night of 17th March at 9 o'clock, and acceptances received up to 11 p.m. same evening. Hack Race Handicap, of 15 soys; 1J miles;entrance, £1 ; post entries. Borouqh^Handicapj -ofj SQ.&PVB-, If- miles;nominations, 2 soys; acceptance's, 3 soys ; dates of nominations, declaration of weights, and acceptances same as in Gold-fields Handicap. Hurdle Race Handicap, of 30 soys ; ijmiles ; nominations, 1 soy ; accep- ! -'.tanceis) 2 soys ; dates of nominations,';; declaration of weights, 'and acceptances" as in Gold-fields Handicap. _ ............ Novel Race, 30 soys ; 2 miles ; weight'for age ; nominations, 2 soys ; post entries ; the winner of the race to b<s sold, and the entire proceeds realised by the sale to go, to ..the funds of the. Jockey Club ; nominations will be received up to 8 o'clock of the : evening 6f — MVch. Consolation Handicap, of 20 soys; 1£ miles ; open to all beaten horses that, have run and qualified at this meeting ; entrance, 1 soy ; post entries. : " 7 '" r" v ' t> ' c ;.'■ s. ' '';""' : :u " 7'; ' l ; ' Night l of general entry Vl'st March<-fdr-Trial States, Jockey Club Handicap, Railway Stakes, Hurdle Handicaps, Goldfield Handicap, and Borough Handicap. Hurdle horses to. jump eight - T flights ; height of samernbt f t6;ex"ceed 3ft S.iii; x • J5 M All nominations and acceptances must be sent; ! addressed > to' l ttieiSecretary,' Albion' i Hotel, Greymouth. All stakes paid less 5 per cent. Three horses must be nominated for each race, or the public money will be withheld. The races will be run under the "Grey-. 1 mouth Jockey Club Rules. No entry will be received unless upon the distinct understanding that the decision of the stewards, or whoever they may appoint, shall, ia all cases, be final, and all law proceedings barred. All entries for the Hack -Raceare(tto tie made subject to the approval of the Stewards./" r All . ) entries^nd. ? acceptance^must.,.be , writing, V'ip^lcif^ng ag^and^nescriptipn jpf ? c horse,' and cbidfs"bf 'rider,; and enclosing the' requisite money. All horses must le ridden in,colors. ,-y ; ,-*- i -- ; - All parties entering a horse T must pay'thei sum of £2 2s to the Race Fund, in order to qualify themselves, entries for the Novel and Mack Kaces only being excepted. JAMES PAYNE, Secretary;