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Grey River Argus, Volume XXI, Issue 2365, 9 March 1876, Page 3

Sporting. 1 A LBION 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. „ . -FOJE^TY-ONE PRIZES,, .., . _ ; First Horse (Seven.fiftemths)-..; £700 6 0 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, amongst (Two-fifteenths) ... 200 0 0 The DRAWING will; take placV ?at : tie 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 -subscribers present; and the result published ialihei local papers on the following day, also in the Weekly Abgtjs. 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. Please cross all cheques, with exchange fPost Office Orders.;preferable. ?.-•.' . y Tickets' may.be obtained, [from— Mr Ji D. ~ P : inkerton, Star Hotel,* Ahaura }• Mr Priced 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. richaedj: ;tonks^ a. Treasurer. f^ REYMOUTH JOCKEY CLUB. >-^ :'-••■ ■''•'>"'•■.■ . ____.' : :■■■ -:':■ .(•:!:; .AUTUMN ANNUAL MEETING. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, ■ ■ ■• ; '■ i ! j k■ ■" •' 17th and 18th Maeoh. ' "'""' Stewards- - W. F. Strike A. R. Guinness F. W.*"Lahman "T.; W. Hungerford r John Walton. Juds;e— Hon. H. H. Lahman. Treasurer— Mr W. F. Strike. Starter— Mr James Hamilton. Clerk of Courae^Mr W; Woolfe; J ''■■'■ Clerk of Scales—Mr Kerr. • , ■• , :•• Secretary— -Mr? James Payne. ; : . > - ; FIRST DAY— FRIDAY, MARCH 17. Trial Stakes, of 25 soys ; 1^ 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"; entrSnce^ v i 2" soys. Hack Race, of £10; 1 mile heats; minimum weight, 9st; entrance, 1 soy; post entries. • Geeymouth Jockey Club Handicap, of 8.0 • 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 8 o'clock on night of 16th March; distance, 2^ mile 3. *; t -' Hurdle "Race Handicap, of 30 soys ; If miles ; nqminationsj £1- 10s; kecepV tances, £2; dates of nominations,' : '*de-" claration of weights, and acceptancessame as in Jockey Club Handicap.!! 0 Railway Stakes Handicap, of 35bovs; If miles ; nominations,:.^"is'oVsjj ;" acceptance, 2 sovs; nominations, declaration, and acceptances as in Jockey Handicap. _ •: - ■'• z '''■ '.' SECOND DAY-SATURDAY, MARCH 18. Gold-fields' Handicap, of 70 soys ; second horse to receive 5 soys. from the stake; 2 miles; nominations^" 2 soys f; acceptances, 3 soys ; nominations, with. 2 soys, leceived up to B o'clock^orChight 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 sovsjlj' miles;, entrance, £1 ; post entries. Borough; Handicap, /of ,50.spys ; ,l|f,mUes;; nominations, 2 soys ; acceptances, 3 soys ; dates of nominations, declaration of weights, and acceptances same as in Gold-fields Handicap, Hurdle Race Handicap, of 30 "soys ; I^miles ; nominations, 1 soy ; acceptances, 2 soys j date's : r 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 bs sold, and the entire proceeds realised by the sale r. tPcgo to : the funds of, the Jockey Club ; j: -! .nominations "will^b/ejreceived up to 8 *'' ' o'clock of th'eWenrhg of — Ma r ch. Consolation Handicap, of 20 soys; 1£ miles; open to all beaten houses that have run and qualified at this meeting ;' entrance, 1 soy j post entries. . ,'„ . ' R U" L' E .'s.V - ' . Night of general entry Ist March for Trial States, Jockey Club Handicap, Railway Stakes, Hurdle Handicaps, Goldfield Handicap, and Borough Handicap. Hurdle ho:ses to jump .. eight Bights; height of same-'not to'exceed 3ft 3in: i; ■ All nominations and acceptances must be sent, addressed ' to the ' Se'creWy, 'Albion Hotel, Greymouth. ■■ All stakes paid less 5 per cent. Three horses muse be nominated for each race, or the public money will be withheld. ; The races will be run under tKe !: Grey- i 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, in all cases, be final, and all law proceedings barred. . ' ... . , AM entries for the^Hack Race : are to be made subject to the approval of the Stewards. „ All .entries, and acceptances ~ must, be, in writing, ; specif yiric; age and jof horse, and colors of rider, and enclosing the requisite money. All horses must be ridden in colors;. / r ;?* •; All parties entering- a luise must pay thesum of £2 2s to the Kace Fund, in order to qualify themselves, entries for the Novel and Back Races only being excepted. JAMES PAYNE, Secretary.