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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 191, 25 February 1865, Page 4

WAKATIP JOCKEY CLl'B B A C E S, 1 To be held on the Course, FKANKTON, I ON WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, THE 16th and 17th MARCH, 1865. 0 Stewards : Messrs. Bradshaw Messrs TV. Clements Cochrane Bi idges Judge:—W. G. Rees, Esq. Clerk of the Course :—W. Pinkerton, Esq. Clerk of the Scales: —J. H. Horn, Esq. Starter :—D. Powell, Esq. Hon. Treasurer: —Geo. Clements, Esq. Hon. Secretary :—H. Manders, Esq. o FIRST DAY. First Race—l o'clock Sharp. MAIDEV PLATE—3O Sovs. Open to all maiden horses. One-and-a-half miles. One event. Entrance, 3 sovs. Second Race—2 o'clock. DISTRICT PLATE—7S Sovs. Open to all horses: three miles. Weights for age. Eutrance, £5 ss. Three entries or no race. Third Race—3 o'clock. HURDLE RACE—3O Sovs. Handicap. One mile-and-a-half heats; over eight flights of hurdles. Entrance, 2 sovs. Fourth Race—4 o'oclock. BUTCHER'S PURSE— Snvs. One mile heats. For district horses; to be ridden by butchers or slaughtermen. No horse to run which has won a public race of the value of £3O. TVelter weights. Entrance, £l Is. Three to start, or no race. Fifth Race—s o'clock. HACK RACE—IO Sovs. With 1 80v entrance added. One-and-a-half miles. Open to all untrained horses. SECOND DAY. First Race—l o'clock Sharp. LADIES' PURSE—3O Sovs. For district horses only. Gentlemen riders. One-and-a-half miles. One event. Welter weights. Entrance, 3 sovs. Second Race—l.3o o'clock. MINERS & PACKER'S PURSE— Sovs. For horses the bona-fide property of miners and packers who are residing in the district, and who have been working their horses two months previous to 16' h March, 1865. One-and-a-half mile heats. No less weight than -lOst lib. No professional jockey allowed to ride. Entrance, 2 sovs. Third Race—3 o'clock. WAKATIP JOCKEY CLUB HANDICAP, 100 Sovs. Two miles. Weights to be declared on the night of 16th March. Entrance, 5 sow. Fourth Race—3 30 o'clock. • STEEPLE CHASE—SO Sovs. Handicap. Distance, about four miles, and over 12 fences. Entrance, 3 sovs. Fifth Race—4.ls o'clock. SELLING STAKES—2O Sovs. One-and-a-half miles. Weights for age. If entered to be sold—For £IOO, allowed 121bs; for £75,181b8 ; for £SO, 25lbs ; for £25, 32lbs. The winner to be sold by auctiou immediately - after the race, and any surplus over the entered price to go to the funds. Entrance, 2 sovs. Stxth Race—s o'clock. CONSOLATION HANDICAP—4O Sovs. Two miles. Entrance, 3 sovs. \m mm liM In a future issue. Rules and Regulations. The Rules of the Otago Jockey Club will be strictly enforced. No person to enter or nominate a horse unless he be a subscriber of not less than three sovereigns to the finds. Moreover, no person to enter or nominate a horse not his bona-fide property unless the said subscription of three sovereigns be paid for the actual owner also, under forfeiture of any race such horse may win. The word " district" shall mean the boundary of the Wakatip district, as defined by the Goldfields Department. No entry will be received for any of the races except upon this condition—that all disputes, claims, and objections arising out of the racing, shall be decided by the Stewards, or a majority of them, whose decisions upon all points connected with the carrying out of the above programme shall be final. The words " district horse" shall mean horses that have been in the district from the 16th January, 1865. All entries to be sent in previous to 8 p.m. on 14th March, 1865, addressed to the Stewards at Powell's Family Hotel, Queensiown, in sealed envelopes, containing entrauce money, qualification money, full description and age of horse, and color to be worn by thr> rider, under penalty of two for iiLgkct oi twine. The winner of the Wakatip District Plate to cany 6lbs extra for any other race he may rutffor. . . - Jockey costume insisted upon. Dogs on the course will be destroyed. Five per cent, deducted from the gross amount of sll stakes, for expenses. 987