ELLINGTON T>ACTNG i^LUB. SUMMER MEETING, 1895. TUESDAY, JANUARY 22nd (ANNIVERSARY DAY), .' AND THURSDAY, JANUARY 24th. Judge : G. 11. Scales. Treasurer : John Maginnity. Handicapper : J. O. Evett. Starter : A. Young. Clerk-of-the-Scales : John Wilkins. Stewards : James Ames, W. E. Bidwill, J. Duncan, F. Franklyn, J. B. Harcourt, G. H. Harbroe, and C.'P. Skerrett. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Anniversary Handicap, of 100 sovs ; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. One mile. Nursery Handicap* of 100 sovs; second horse 15 sovs from the stake. For two-year-olds. Six furlongs. Wellington Cup, a Piece of Plate of the value of 100 sovs, with 400 sovs added; second horse 40 sovs, and the third horse 20 sovs, from the stakes. After the declaration of the weights for this race, the winner of any Handicap Flat Race of the value of 100 sovs may be re-hahdi-capped, and made to carry such additional weight as the Handicapper may impose. (Closed with 56 nominations). One mile and a half. Hurdle Handicap, of 80 sovs ; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. Two miles. Welter Handicap, of 100 sovs ; second horse 15 sovs from the stakes. Minimum weight, Bst 71b. One mile and a quarter. First Hack Handicap, of 75 sovs; second horse 15 sovs from the stakes. One mile and a furlong. Disposal Stakes Handicap, of 50 s=ovs. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race, the whole of the proceeds to go to the fund. Five furlongs. Telegraph Handicap, of 100 sovs ; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. The winner of any previous race the same day to carry 71b extra. Three-quar-ters of a mile.
SECOND DAY. January Handicap, of 100 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. One mile and a furlong-. Hurdle Handicap, of 70 sovs ; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. One mile and three-quarters. Wellington Racing Club Handicap, of 200 sovs; second horse 20 sovs, and the third horse 10 sovs from the stakes. The winner of the January Handicap to carry 71b extra. (Closed with 57 nominations.) One mile and a quarter. Juvenile Handicap, of 80 sovs; second horse 10 sovs, and the third horse 5 sovs from the stakes. For two-year-olds. Five furlong's. Second Welter Handicap, of 80 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. Minimum weight, 9st. One mile. Second Hack Handicap, of 60 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. One mile. Metropolitan Handicap, of 100 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stakes. The winner of the January Handicap or the Wellington Racing Handicap to carry 101 b extra, or of both those races 1-l<lb extra. Three-quarters of a mile. Farewell Handicap, of GO sovs; second horse 10 sovs, and the third horse 5 sovs from the stakes. Nominations 1 spv. Weights will be declared immediately after the Second Welter Handicap is run. Acceptance, 1 sov, at the scales, within ten minutes after the Metropolitan Handicap, the winner of the latter race to carry 71b extra, One mile and a distance. DATES OF NOMINATIONS, WEIGHTS AND ACCEPTANCES.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 4th. (General Entry Night.) Nominations for Anniversary Handicap, Nursery Handicap, Hurdle Handicaps (both days), Welter Handicap, Hack Handicaps (both days), Disposal Stakes Handicap, Telegraph Handicap, January Handicap, Juvenile Handicap, Second Welter Handicap, Metropolitan Handicap, Farewell Handicap, l«,?8ov each. TUESDAY, JANUARY Bth. Weights declared for the First Day's Handicaps. MONDAY, JANUARY 14th. Acceptances for Anniversary Handicap and Nursery Handicap, 2 sovs; Wellington Cup, 3 sovs; Hurdle Handicap (first day), Welter Handicap, Hack Handicap (first day), 2 sovs; Disposal Stakes Handicap, nil ; Telegraph Handicap, 2*sovs. FRIDAY, JANUARY 18th. Final Payment Wellington Cup, 5 sovs. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23kd. Weights for - Second Day's Handicaps declared about noon. Acceptances to be made before 9 o'clock the same night. H. M. LYON, Secretary. Club HoteL Wellington. N.B. —Definition of a Hack:—A Hack is a horse that has never won an advertised race at any time, hack and hunter races excepted, and is not or has not been nominated in any race other than hack or hunter races at the same meeting,
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1191, 28 December 1894, Page 24
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