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Marlborough Express, Volume VII, Issue 460, 28 December 1872, Page 4

itottcos. GLORIOUS NEWS! GLORIOUS NEWS ! MARKS HAS ARRIVED! AND. IS SELLING Christmas & New Year’s DRAPERY, GROCERIES, &c,, <fec., <fec., At Extraordinary Prices ! VST ! RUSH TO THE POLL ! Old Council Chambers. 933 NEW YEAR’S SPORTS, TO BE HELD ON SEYMOUR SQUARE, ON Wednesday, January Ist, 18T3. Judge: His Worship, G. Henderson, Esq. Manager : Mr Connal . Treas,: Mr Litchfield Chairman: Mr Johnson | Sec. : Mr Falconer, Committee; McLauculan Gorrie Withers Penney J. Macaulay Pukkiss P R 0 G R A M M E : 1. Trotting Race.— From Mr W. Jeffries fence, Ren wick New Road, to Mr Murphy’s stable. Ist prize, £6; 2nd prize, £2; 3rd prize, £l. Entrance, To start at 9 a.m. sharp. 2. Foot Race. —200 yards, open to all. Prize, sweepstakes with £1 added. Entrance, 2s 6d. 3. Sack Race, (Handicap).— lso yards. Entrance, 2s 6d. Ist prize, 10s. ; second to save his stake. 4. Vaulting with the Pole. —Entrance, ss. Ist prize, £2 ; 2nd prize, £l. 5. Foot Race.—loo yards, for boys under 15. Entrance, 2s. 6d. Ist prize, £l. 6. Running High Leap.—lst prize, £1; 2nd prize, 10s. Entrance, 2s 6d. 7. Smoking Race. 2s Cd. Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd prize, 10s. 8. stilt Raceground, own stilts. Entrance, 2s 6d. Ist prize, 10s ; second to save his stake. 9. Hurdle Foot Race.— Course from Highstreet to Alfred-street. 6 hurdles, 3ft 6in high. Entrance, 2s 6d. Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd prize, 10s.

1. Steeple Chase.— Four Hurdles, 3 times round the course. Prize, sweepstakes, with £3 added ; second to save his stake. Entrance, 10s. 2. Foot Race.—loo yards backwards. Entrance, 2s 6d. Prize, 10s. 3. Throwing Cricket Ball.— Three throws. Entrance, 2s 6d. Prize, 10s. 4. Tournament. —Entrance, 2s 6d; Ist prize, £1 ; 2nd prize, 10s. 5. Abyssinian Race.—Three times round the ground. Entrance, ss. Ist prize, £3 ; 2nd prize, £l. G. Rutting the Stone, (Weight Mbs).— Entrance, 2s 6d. Ist prize, 10s; 2nd prize, ss. 7. Foot Race.— l mile; four to start, or no race,' Entrance,’ ss. Prize, £2; 2nd prize, £l. 8. Foot Race. —IOO yards, for boys under eight years. Entrance, free. Ist prize, 10s ; 2nd prize, ss. 9. Tilting at the Ring.—lst prize, £3 ; 2nd prize, £2. Entrance, ss. Three courses. Scrambles for Boys, &c. Aunt SallyAll Entries to be paid on the ground. Admission to Grand Stand—Adults, Is j Children under twelve, 6d. The Sports will commence in Seymour Square at 10 o’clock sharp. Any person riding over the hurdles, or tilting on the Course previous to cither event, will be disqualified from competing. Unless there'are three competitors enter, no prize will be given in any case. Unless four entries, there will be no second prize. ' The decision of the J udge to be final in all cases. Competitors for tilting to go at a hand-gallop. *,.« The Settling Day will be on the Monday following, January 6th, at 8 p.m., at Penney’s Hotel. AY, Falconkk, SOI If op. fj}c p.