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MANAWATU AND WEST COAST CALKDOBUN SOCIETY'S ANNUAL SPORTS. Sixth Annual Gathering will bo held at the Tl SPOUTS GROUND, Fitzberbert street, 1 *• PftlmerEton North, On EASTER MONDAY, April 12th, 1909. Start at 11.30. Over £2OO in Prizes. " PROGRAMME. PEDESTRIAN EVENTS. 150 yds Maiden Race: Ist £2, 2nd £1; Pi post enliy 2s 73yJsHoys'Race, under 16 years: Ist 15s, •iiidTs'Gd; post entry Is 120 yds Hurdle Handicap: Ist £2, 2nd £1; Homiiuiion lc, acceptance Is Grand Caledonian Handicap' of £2o; three distances, with points prize of £5 for competitor scoring rnoatpoints. Points to count 5,3, and 1-100 yds Caledonian Handicap, Ist £4,2 nd £2, 3rd £1; nomination '2s, acceptance 2s. 220 yds Caledonian Handicap, ht £4. 2nd £2, 3rd £1; . nomination 2s, acceptance 2s. 440 yds Caledonian Handicap, Ist £4,2 nd £2,3 rd £1; nomination 2s, acceptance 2s Half-mile Handicap: Ist £4,2 nd £llos 3rd 10s; nomination 2a, acceptances 2b One-mile Handicap. Ist £4,2 nd £llos, 120 yds Sheffield Handicap: Ist £7, 2nd £2,3 rd £1; nomination 4s, acceptance 3s Sack Race, for boys 16 years or under: Ist 15s, 2nd ss; post entry Is Girls' Race, under 16: 1 st 10s, 2nd ss:. entry free A „ ~ , Girls' Bace, undr 12 : Ist 10s, 2nd ss; 1 entry free ,„ . ~ ' Boys' Race, under 12: Ist 10s, 2nd ss; 8 150 yds Forced Handicap: Ist £2, 2nd £1; post entry, winners compulsory 3s, ( non-winners Is Standing High Jump : Ist £2, 2nd £l, Dost entry (acceptance) 2s Pole Vaulting; Ist £l, 2nd 10s, post High Jump Handicap; Ist £2, 2nd £l, i post entry 2s „ CYCLING EVENTS Two Miles Manawatu Wheel Race Handicap of £4s:lst £-10, 2nd £4, 3rd £1; nomination ss, acceptance os , One Mile Cycle Handicap; Ist £5, 2nd £2,3 rd £1; nomination % acceptance ds Half-mile Cycle Handicap; Ist £4, 2nd £2,3 rd £1; nomination 2s, acceptance 2s ' One Mile Maiden Bicycle Race; Ist U 103,2 nd £llos, 3rd trophy; nomination PIPE MUSIC AND DANCING. Maiden Bagpipo Music March, Start 12.15; Ist £2,2 nd £L Marches; Ist £3,2 nd £l,<Jrd 10* Strathspeys and Reels; Ist £3,2 nd £l, 3rd 10s. n „ J ,„ „,,. . Highland Dling; Ist £3,2 nd £, 3rd 10s Sword Dance; Ist £3,2 nd £l, 3rd 10s ' Highland Reel; Ist £3,2 nd £l,3rd 10s Sbeauntreus, must be danced in proper costume: Ist £3,2 nd £l'3rd 103 Sailor's Hornpipe; Ist £2,2 nd 10s Highland Fling, juveniles; Ist £l, 2nd 10s Highland Fling, under 12; Ist £l, 2nd 10s, 3rd 5s nT Highland Fling, special, 17 to 21 years; Ist £l,2nd Sword Dance, juveniles; Ist £l, 2nd 10s Highland Reel, juveniles; Ist £l,2nd lOs Best Dressed Highlander: H.L. Young s . gold medal . _. , Best Dressed Highlander, juveniles; D. Munro's gold medal GAMES. Tdssiug Caber; Ist £2,2 nd £1 Throwing Hammer, handicap; Ist £2, Q n 3 OT j Putting Shot, handicap; Ist £2,2 nd £1 Wrestling, Cumberland style, light weight list; Ist £4,2 nd £1 ■ Wreßtling, Cumberland style; Ist £&, ■' 2nfl £2 , T* « Wrestling, catch-as-c&tch-can; Ist ±5, 2nd £2 Nominations for running and cycling handicaps close with the secretary, Box 76, Palmerston North, on 29th March. Han- ■. , dicaps appear following week: acceptance on ground ■ may be re-handicapped A Challenge Cup, valued at £25, pre-'-genteel by members of the Palmerston /North Licensed Violuallers' Association, will be awarded to competitor scoring most points in Running, Jumping, Wrestling, Tossing Caber, Throwing Hammer, and Putting Shot. Cup to be won twice in succession, or three times at intervals. Points to count in open events only. A Challange Cup valued at £ls 15s, presented by Messrs Whyte & McKay, will be awarded for most points in Pipe Music. To ' be won twice in succession or three times at intervals n Red Bird Challenge Cup, presented by Palmerston Cycle and Motor Company, for competitor scoring most poiuts in Cycling Events. To be won twice in succession or three times at intervals. A gold medal accompanies this oup each year A Silver Cup, presented by Manawatu Auctioneering Company, for most points in Juvenile Dancing Gold Medal, presented by R. Lloyd, Lsq, for Juvenile Dancing A Gold Medal wiil be prtesentsdbyMr J. B. Gcrrard for most points in Dancing —adults. V , All nominations must be accompanied by requisite amount of fees, Any intending competitor ignoring this rule will not be handicapped. Stamps not accepted Sports will be conducted under rules of N.Z. Athletic Union Cycling events uuder rules of N.A League of Wheelmen Every intending competitor, in any handicap, must send with his entry full and definite particulars of his performances for the last two years, or last three perform- ' ances if competitor has not competed during last two years Competitors: There must be five competitor's or no first prize; six or no second prize; seven or no third prize . D, MUNRO, Secretary, Box 76, Palmerston North. ULIC SHANNON, Handicapper. Grand Scotch Concert in the evening by leading artists ' ' . •

V) BE PUBLISHED IN AUGUST, 1909. STONE'S WELLINGTON, HAWKE'S BAY, AND TAKANAKt And New Zealand Annual. 1909. Nineteenth ¥ear of Publication. Kdited by John Stone. .Deiuy Bvo size, containing 1250 pages, together with Numerous Maps, corrected to date, the whole handsomely bound in cLth, gilt lettered. PBICE: If ordered before publication, 12s 6d; after publication, 15s. STONE, SON & CO., LTD., Piinterß and Pnblisherß, Crawford and Jetty streets, Dunedin; and at 342 Lambton Quay, Wellington. London: H: J. King-Potter and Co., 56 Ludgate Hill. E.C.

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Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 679, 31 March 1909, Page 2

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Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 679, 31 March 1909, Page 2

Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 Manawatu Times, Volume LXV, Issue 679, 31 March 1909, Page 2

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