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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 329, 1 December 1864, Page 3

PEOG-EAMME OF THE TAtTBAI&A KACEP, JIO be Run ou the 13th of DECEMBER, JS64. Stettakds : Captain Light, 68tli Regiment; Captain Fraaer, Ist Waikato Kegt.; Mf. Daly; Mr. Rice; Lieut. Warburton, R.E.; Mr. Bliss. Fihst Race. Trial Stakes, of 15 sovs. with a sweepstakes of 2 sovs. added; 1 \ miles. Auckland Jockey Club welter weights for age. Second Race. The Matapihi Cup, of 5 sovs. ; free and post entrance ; 1 mile. Horses to be owned and ridden m by .Maoris. Tniun Race. The Tauranga Steeplechase, of 20 sovs., -with a sweepstakes of 20 sovs. added ; over 2 miles of a fair hunting country. Auckland Jockey Club welter weights for age. Fottktii Race. Pony Race, for all horses under 14 hands, of 10 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 305.; 1 mile ; 10 stone. Fifth Race. The Storekeeper's Cup, of 25 both., added to a tweepstakes of 3 sovs ; 3 miles ; welter weights for age. The winner of the Trial Stakes to carry 71bs extra. Sixth Rack. The Wairoa Handicap Steeplechase, of not less than 20 sovs., with a sweepstakes of 3 sots, lialf-fbrfeit, to be handicapped by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint. Seventh Race. The To Papa Steeplechase, of 5 sovs. ; tlie horses to be ridden and owned by Maoris; 1 mile; catch weights. Eiohtii Race. The Forced Handicap, of 10 per cent, on the value of winnings ; 10 sovs. added, to be handicapped by the Stewards or whom tliey may appoint; beaten horses may enter on payment of 1 eov., to be added to the fund. No person can nominate or run a horse which is not the bona Jide property of a subscriber of £2 to the sports, and who is not himself a subscriber to that amount. The decisions of the Stewards will be final. Sealed entrances, with colors of the riders and entrance money to be made to the Secretary at the Custom House before C p.m., on the 7th of December, 1864. Any person gallopping his horse over the flat or steeplechase course alter the above mentioned time, will be disqualified from ruining at the meeting. All jockeys to ride in the colors named, or be fined £1 by the Stewards. Auckland Jockey Club Rules will be observed, and Market Harborough for stceplccliasing. (Signed) J. "WARBURTON, Hon. Secretary PROGRAMME OF TIIE TAURANGA REGATTA, TO COME OFF ON DECEMBER 12,1864. Patrons: Colonel H. H. Greer, Commanding the District. Lieut.-Colonel Harrington, Ist Waikato Militia. ' Stewards •. Capt. Skene, Ist W.M. I Ensign Home, 4th W.M. Capt. Sellars. I Mr. McMillan. Umpire : Ist Race. For Whalebcats pulling six oars; open to all. First prize, £10; second prize, £5. Third boat saves it stakes in the event of foui boats starting. If only Ihree start, the second saves it stakes, and no second prize. Distance, three miles. Entrance, £1. 2nd Race. For all Boats pulling four oars, either steer oai or rudder ; but no backing up in wlialeboatbuilt boats. Open to all. First prize, £8 ; second prize, £4. Same conditions t-.s first race as regards the numbei of boats starting. Distance also the same. Entrance, 15s. 3hd Race. For Open Eailir g Boats under thirty feet keel. First prize, £10 ; second prize, £5. Same conditions. Distance three miles. Entrance, £1. 4th Race. For "War Canoes (fcga "Waka Taua.) First prize, £15; second prize, £7 10s. Same conditions as others as to number starting. Entrance, £1. sth Race. For Second-class Canoes (Waka Tiwai.) First prize, £10 ; second prize, ss. Same conditions. Entrance, 10s. 6th Race. A Sweepstakes for a Duck Hunt. Entrance sa. RULES. Ist. Each boat is to keep its truo and straight course during every part of a race, and the Umpire shall be solo judge of the course. 2nd. If the Umpire be unable to decide which boat has committed a foul, the raco shall bo rowed oyei again. . , 3rd. It is the province of the Lmpire, when appealed to, but not before, to decide a foul, and the boats decided by him to have committed a foul, shall be distanced. . . 4th. The decision of the Umpire shall in all cases be final, and any competitor refusing to abide there:uy shall be distanced. . oth. The decision of the Committee with regard to the designation of boats, and all othor matters, except those referred to in the preceding Rule*, shall : final. RULES FOR SAILING BOATS. Ist. A boat on the port tack shall give wa> to one the starboard tack. 2nd. A boat sailing free to give way to one close 3rd. Two boats close hauled on the same tack standing in to the shore, should the leeward boat find it absolutely necessary to tack to prevent going ashore, and has not room to do so, without fouling the windward boat, it must hail the latter to that etiect, and the windward boat must either taei herselt oi nass to leeward of the other. All the names and entries of crews and boats to be sent to Captain SKENE, Ist Waikato Militia, before the day of 1804. ANNOUNCEMENT. MR. F. LAST begs to announce his arrival in Auckland from the Australian Colonies, ami tint it is his intention to commence his practice as SURGEON DENTIST at the rooms above Mr Smallfield's Fancy Repository, Queen-street, a tew doors below the new Union Bank, and trusts from his long experience iu his profession, both in Londor and the Colonies, to meet with a share of public patronage. . . Artificial Teeth mado on the newest principle. Teeth extracted, scaled, and stopped. Hours l'rom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. October 1, 864.