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New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 335, 8 December 1864, Page 8

OP THK TATIEANG-A EACB;S,^ ,'rjl D be Bnnon th3th of DEC EM BER, 1864 Stewards : Light, 68tli Regiment; Captain Fraser, Ist Wa>kato Kfgt. ; Mr. Daly; Mr. Rico 5 Lieut. Warburton, K.E.; Mr. Bliss. Fiust KACE. Trial Stakes, of 1$ sovs. with a swecpßtakes of 2 sots. added ; 1 j miles. Auckland Jockey Club welter weights for age. Second Pace. The Matapihi Cup, of 5 sots. ; free and post entrance ; 1 mile. Horses to be owned and ridden by Maoris. Tnnui Rack. The Tcuranga 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. Fopbth Rich. !Pony Race, for all horses under 14 hands, of 10 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 30b. ; 1 mile; 10 stone. Fifth Racjb. The Storekeeper's Cup, of 25 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 3 sots ; 3 miles ; welter weights for age. The wmner of the Trial Stakes to carry 71bs extra. Sixth Rack. The Wairoa Handicap Steeplechase, of not less than 20 sots., with a sweepstakes of 3 sovs, half-forfeit, to be handicapped by tho Stowards, or whom tlicy may appoint. Skventh Race. The Te Papa Steeplechase, of 5 sovs. ; the horses to be ridden and owned by Maoris ; 1 mile; catch weights. Eighth Rack. The Forced Handicap, of 10 per cent, on the value of winnings ; 10 sots, added, to be handicapped by the Stewards or whom they may appoint; beaten horses may enter on paymeut of 1 eov., to be added to tho fund. No person can nominate or run a horse which is not the bona fide property of a subscriber of £2 to the sports, and who is not himself a subscriber to that am unt. 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 6 p.m., on tho 7th of December, 1864. Any person gallopping his horse OTer the flat or steeplechase course alter the above mentioned time, vrill be disqualified from rill ning 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 steeplechasing. (Signed) J. WARBURTON, Hon. Secretary. •\ _ ..

PBOGRAMME OP TUB tatieanga eegatta, TO COME OEF ON DECEMBER 12,1864. Patbons: Colonel H. H. Greer, Commanding the T>istrict. Lieut.-Colonel Harrington, Ist Waikuto Militia. Stewards : C&pt. Skene, Ist "W.M. j > nsign XTornc, 4til "W AT Capt. Sellars, J Mr. McMillan. UMPIRE : Ist Hack. For WTialeboata pulling sis oars; open to all. First prize, £10 ; second prize, £5. Tliird boat saves it stakes in the event of four boats starting. If only three start, the second Bavea it stakes, and no second prize. Distance, three miles. -Entrance, £1. 2ND Back. For all Boats pulling four oar», either steer oar or rudder ; but no backing up in whaloboatbuilt boats. Open to all. First prize, £8; second prize, £4. Same conditions as first race as regards the number of boats starting. Distance also the same. .Entrance, 15s. 3rd Back. For Open Sailing Boats under thirty feet keel. First prize, £10 ; second prize, £5. Same conditions. Distance three miles. Entrance, £1. 4th Back. For "War Canoes (i*ga "Waka Taua.) First prize, £15; second prize, £7 10s. Same conditions as others as to number starting. Entrance, £1. sth Back. For Second-class Canoes (Waka Tiwai.) First prize, £10 ; second prize, ss. Same conditions. Entrance, 10s. 6th Bace. A Sweepstakes for a Duck Hunt. Entranoe ss. B U L E 8. Ist. Each boat is to keep its true and straight course during every part of a race, and the Umpiio shall be sole judge of the course. 2nd. If the Umpire bo unablo to decide which boat has committed a foul, the race shall be rowed over again. 3rd. It is t}»* province of the Umpire, when appealed to, hut not before, to decide a foul, and the boats decided by him to have committed a foul, shall bo distanced. 4 th. The decision of _the Umpire shall in all cases be final, and any competitor refusing to abide thereby shall be distanced. sth. The decision of the Committee with regard to the designation of boats, and all other matters, except those referred to in the preceding Bulai, shall ) final. RULES FOR SAILING BOATS. Ist. A boat on the port tack shall give way to one the starboard tack. 2nd. A boat sailing free to give way to ono close hauled. 3rd., Two boats close hauled on the same tack standing in to the shore, should the leeward boat find it abselutoty necessary to tack to prevent going ashore, and lias not room to do 60, without fouling tlio -windward boat, it must hail the latter to that effect, and the windward boat must either tack herself or pass to leeward of the other. All the names and entries of crews and boats to be sect to Captain SKENE, Ist Waikato Militia, before the dny of 1864. "JR OYAL OAK" HOTEL, . .. (Corner of Chapel and Cook-3triete). PBECK begs to inform hs friends and the public • generally, that having made extensive additions to his premises lie is now prepared tooifer Firstclass accommodation to Settlers, Boarders, and others, who .will find his Table and quality of "VVinet, SpfritH', Sic., equal to any Hotel in Auckland. Charges Moderate. PETEB BECK!. November 28th 1644.