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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9241, 19 December 1888, Page 8

Sporting;! RACING CLUB. SUMMER MEETING, BOXING DAY, NEW YEAR'S DAY, AND 2nd JANUARY, 1889. FIRST DAY, TRIAL STAKES of OOsovs, one mile. GREAT NORTHERN FOAL STAKES of SOObovs, six furlongs. AUCKLAND CUP of BOOsovs, two miles. HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of lOOsovs, two two miles and a-quarter. RAILWAY HANDICAP of 70sovs, threequarteis of a mile. SELLING RACE of SOsovs, one mile. CHRISTMAS HANDICAP of lOOsovs, one mile and a quarter. SECOND DAY. NEW YEAR'S HANDICAP HURDLE RACE of bOsovs, two miles. NEWMARKET HANDICAP of lOOsovs, six furlongs. MIDSUMMER HANDICAP of lOOsovs, five furlongs. GREAT NORTHERN DERBY of 750sovs, one mile and a-lialf. SELLING STAKES of 60sovs, one mile. AUCKLAND RACING CLUB HANDICAP of 250sovs, one mile and a-lialf. MAIDEN PLATE HANDICAP of 80sovs, second horse to receive lOsovs out of the stakes. Nomination lsov and acceptance 2sovs each, to go to tho funds. For all horses that have never won a race of OOsovs in value. One mile. THIRD DAY. GRANDSTAND HANDICAP of lOOsovs, one mile and a-half. NURSERY HANDICAP of 80sovs, six furlongs. AUCKLAND PLATE of lOOsovs, one mile and a half. AUCKLAND STEEPLECHASE of 250sovs, three miles and a-lialf. SELLING STAKES of OOsovs, six furlongs. NOVEL STAKES of SOsovs, one mile. VICTORIA HANDICAP of 80sovs, one mile. GENERAL ENTRIES CLOSE ON FRIDAY NEXT, THE 14TH INST. LADIES AND CHILDREN ADMITTED TO THE COURSE FREE. WM. PERCIVAL, Secretary A.R.C. Aquatics. TV, nVTEW SOUTH WALES JJSi NATIONAL REGATTA. JANUARY 20, 1888. YACHT RACE. THE ONE HUNDRED YEARS' CHALLENGE CUP, value £500, presented by the Parliament of New South Wales. Terms of Challenge: To be sailed for on the 20th January, 1889, and succeeding National Regattas. To be won twice by the same yacht. Time, by rating. Course: Flying start between the starter's boat and Blue's Point, thence to and round Shark Island, back to and round boat off Goat Island, thence round a boat off Long Reef, thence round a boat off Long Bay, and back to flagship. Length of course, about 43 miles. PHILIP H. SULLIVAN, Hon. Sec., 01, Castlereagh-street, Sydney. New Zealand and Foreign Travel. fJIHOS, QOOK AND gON, TOURIST AND GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS. Issue Coupons at Special Reduced Fares to Foreign Tourists over the New Zealand Railways. Agents for all the principal lines of Steamers and Railways throughout tho wold. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. BOOK'S iiHEAP EXCURSIONS ! BOOK'S tHEAP Excursions .' TO HOT LAKES AND BACK via TAURANGA ! HOT LAKES/ KTS ftD 1 available for 3 weeks, HOT LAKES W « " / from Dec. 21 to Jan. 12. AUCKLAND TO HOT LAKES) VIA TAURANGA AND RE- [ OK OS TURN AND HOTEL COUPON ( «-> v) FOR SIX DAYS .J AUCKLAND TO HOT LAKES. VIA TAURANGA AND RE- -t ati TURN, six Hotel Coupons, J- +(j 10 0 Waiotapu Valley, Lunch, I Guide's Fee, and Tolls .. J THE SAME, with Trips to Tiki-) tore and Whukarewarewa in ad- ' OS £*D dition, including all Guide and (cw • O \J Toll Fees .. .. .. ..) THE SAME, including Wairoa byj_£y j^gS THE SAME, including Rotomahana_£?Q "1 QS and Tarawera J cvt/ J-O EXCURSIONS START WITH S.S. CLANSMAN ON 21st DECEMBER THE CHEAPEST EXCURSIONS IN NEW ZEALAND. All information and Tickets to be obtained ONLY from THOS. COOK & SON, 4, VICTORIA ARCADE, AUCKLAND. Publications. JUST PUBLISHED: " OUR KIN ACROSS THE SEA." BY J. C. FIRTII, With a Preface by J. A. FROUDE. PRICE, 6S. Postage, lOd. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Mr. Firth, in 'Our Kin Across the Sea,' gives many interesting facts, and points out, without colour or favour, where our American cousin is wrong and where he is right. It is a book to be read and well thought over."—European Mail. " Mr. Firth's Iwok is well worth reading, both on this side of the Atlantic and on the other."—Pall Mall Gazette. "In ' Our Kin Across the Sea' Mr. Firth has honestly striven to do justice to the people and institutions of the United States."—Field. " These opinions and reminiscences of the United States in "Our Kin Across tho Sea" are of a peculiar value."—Dundee Courier. OHAMPTALOUP AND £JOOPER, 76, QUEEN-STREET, AUCKLAND. ■—BonPMMMwinßMMniMMM—————————— QRION ! ORION ! QRION ! IF YOU WANT GOOD COOKING, COMFORT, ECONOMY, USE SHACKLOCK'S PATENT ORION COOKING RANGES. Also, Fitted with Auxiliary Wood Burner, FROM £3 10 S. Samples on view at the Office of the Agent. ANDREW J. ENTRICAN, CUSTOM-STREET. CHOICE WINES, SPIRITS, AND LIQUEURS. MANN & CO., BONDED STORES, TAURANGA, Having a larger Stock than they require for their local trade offer Choicest Qualities, their own DIRECT IMPORTS, In quantities not less than one dozen bottles or two gallons bulk, at WHOLESALE PRICES. Freight paid to Auckland. Full particulars on application. RUMMER JQ RINK! TUCKER'S PERSIAN SHERBET, Makes an Effervescing, Cooling, Refreshing Drink Al for Picnics, Excursions, &c. Easy to carry, pleasant when you get there 1 A Shilling Tin makes about 30 good drinks. IN SIXPENNY AND SHILLING TINS. Ask for muCKER'S gHERBET! j