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]STew Ad.vertißem.eM.ta. CANTERBURY FESTIVAL WEEK. QRAND OPENING OF THE RAILWAY. KOHLER'S GARDENS. TUESDAY EVENING, A GRAND BALL, COMMENCING AT 9 O'CLOCK. WED N E S D A Y, MUSIC HALL, GLOUCESTER STREET, SUBSCRIPTION BALL. THUBSD AY, MUSIC HALL, GLOUCESTER STREET. GRAND TRADEMEN'S BALL, Under the management of a Committee of Thirty Gentlemen. FRIDAY, MUSIC HALL, GLOUCESTER STREET, Grand Vocal and Instrumental PROMENADE CONCERT AND DANCING. SATURDAY, MUSIC HALL, GLOUCESTER STREET, NIGHT FOR THE MILLION. Grand Vocal and Instrumental PROMENADE CONCERT AND DANCING. The Music Hall will be decorated with Chinese Lamps, &c., regardless of expense, and remain during the entire week, by the kind permission of Messrs. Holmes and Richardson. • . -f ■' For further particulars see Bills and Programmes. 6011 JOCKEY CLUB NOTICE. THE General Annual Meeting will be held at the Jockey Club Rooms,. White Hart, on. Saturday Dec. 5, at 2 p.m. ■ <-; • ■■■■' ■ Business—To elect new members, and two new committee-men; also stewards for the ensuing meetinc. - HENRY P. LANCE, 6023 Hon. Sec. C.J.C. pANTERBURY RACES, 1864. FIRST, DAY, . Tuesday, January 19. MAIDEN STAKES.—£6 each, h.f., with £100 added. 1J miles. For all horses that have never won a sweepstakes or a plate previous to starting. 2 years, sst 2lbs ; 3 years, 7st 7lbs; 4 years, Bst 71bs; 5 years arid aged, Bst lllbs. The second horse to receive £20 out of the stakes; LOTTERY PLATE.—£3, with £30 added. Heats: |of a mile. 2 years old, 7st; 3 yrs, Bst lOlbs; 4 years, 9st 4lbs; 5 years and aged, 9st 6lbs. The winner of the Maiden Stakes 3lbs extra. CANTERBURY CUP.—£SO, added to a sweepstakes of £5 each. If miles. C.J.C. weights forage, viz.,—2 years old, 6st lOlbs; 3 years, Bst 9ibs; 4 years, 9st 13lbs; 5 years, lOst 7lbs; 6 years nnd aged, lOst lOlbs. Winners in 1862 or 1863, of any race of the value of £50, to carry 3lbs extra; of £100, 71bs extra. MATCH. —£100, h.f. If miles. Mr. Wakefield's gr. f. Creep Mouse, 3 years, 7st 71bsj against Major T. W. White's ch. f. Peri, 3 years, 7st 711)9. CUP.—Value £100, given in 1859, by the then owners of Joe Miller, Skeleton, Manchester, and Prince Charlie. 1J miles, Bst lOlbs. ••• HACK STAKES.—£I each, £5 added. 1 mile. 1 event. Open to all horses that have never been entered for the Canterbury races, exclusive of hack and scurry, or won public money. Catch weights. Post entries, SECOND DAY; Wednesday, January 20. GRAND STAND PLATE.—Handicap of £50. £3 entrance. 1 mile. Weights to be declared at the Judge's chair, at 4.30 on the previous day. DERBY STAKES.—£IO each, wih £100 added, for 3 year olds. 1£ miles, Bst lOlbs. Mares and geldings allowed 51bs. (Fourteen subscribers.) Closed. TYRO STAKES.—£3 each, with £30 added. 1J miles. Conditions the same as the Criterion Stakes. LADIES' PURSE. —£ , added to a sweepstakes of 10 per cent. 2£ miles. Gentlemen riders. 3 yrs, Bst. 13lbs ; 4 yrs, lOst. 3lbs ; 5 yrS, lOst lllbs; 6 yrs and aged, list. The winner of any stake in 1862 or 1863, of the value of £100, to carry slbs extra; or two such races, or of one of the value of £150, to carry 91bs extra. MATCH.—£IOO, h.f. 1£ miles. Maiden Plate weights. Mr. T. W. White's ch. f. Peri, 3 years, 7st 7lbs, against Messrs. G. and H. Lee's b f Joan of Arc, 4 years, Bst 71bs. MR. ANGUS'S PRIZE of Saddle, Bridle, and Martingale, with a sweepstakes of £1 each. Qualification for entry same as in the Hack Stakes. Half-mile heats. Catch weights. Post entries. THIRD DAY, Thursday, January 21. THE PEER CUP.—Value 100 guineas. Given by E. J Wakefield, Esq., on its conditions. Distance 2 miles. Weight, Bst 9lbs. Closed. METROPOLITAN PLATE.—Handicap of £50. £3 entrance. 1J miles. Weights to be declared after the Ladies' Plate has been run for. QUEEN'S PLATE.—£IOO for all ages, entrance £5 each. 3 miles. C.J.C. weights. MATCH.—IOO guineas, h. f., l£ miles. Major T. W. White's br. h. Coriantum, Bst 101b, against Mr. F. G. P. Leach's r. g. Viscount, Bst 10lb, THE FORCED HANDICAP—of £10 each for winners of £100 or over. £5 each for others. 1 mile. Compulsory to all winners, optional to losers. SELLING STAKES,—£2 each, with £25 added, miles. C.J.C. plate weights. The winner to be sold for £100. If entered to be sold for £90, allowed 51bs; if for £80, 14lbs; if for £70, 211bs; if for £60, 28lbs; and if for £50, 35lbs. The winner to be sold by public auction immediately after the race, and the surplus, if any, to go to the fund. Entries to close on Wednesday, 20th instant, at 4 o'clock. CONSOLATION STAKES—Handicap. £2 each, £25 added, for beaten horses. 1 mile. In all races not otherwise specified the allowance is 3lbs for mares and geldings. Entries for all races not otherwise specified to close on Thursday, January 14, at 2 p.m. No entries will be valid unless accompanied by the necessary amount in cash. Winners to pay 5 per cent of their winnings towards expenses of the course. The Stewards, or whom they may appoint, to handicap. The decision of the Stewards in all disputes to be final. By order of the C. J.C. Committee. 6022 CRICKET. ALBION v. RANGIORA. A GRAND MATCH will be played on Thursday next, on Latimer Square, Christchurch, be-, tween two Elevens selected from the above clubs. Wickets pitched at 10 o'clock. Refreshments may be had on the ground. By order of the Committee, G. TURNER, €021 Hon. Sec.