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New Zealand Times, Volume XLI, Issue 6957, 8 September 1883, Page 4

Sweeps Fidelity company’s programme os the MELBOURNE CUP. 150 Horses and 60 Bonds. Race on 6th November. Close between 20lh and 31st October. Three divisions according to quantity applied FOR DP TO CLOSING DATE. (First ... ... £6OO Second 300 Third 200 On Starters (about £32 each) ... 7"0 £4OOO- Non-Starters (about £l2 each) 1480 20 Bonds (£2O each)... ... 400 20 Bonds (£lO each)... ... 200 h2O Bonds (£6 each) ... ... 120 On £SOOO On £6OOO £4OOO ("First ... ... £BOO ] Second... ... 400 Third 300 Starters (about £36 each) ... 800 ■{ Non Starters (about £l3 each) 1680 120 Bonds (£3U each) .. ... 600 120 Bonds (£ls each)... ... 300 L2O Bonds (£6 each) ... ... 120 £SOOO ('First... ... .. ... £IOOO I Second .. ... ... 600 1 Third ... ... 100 J Starters (about £45 each) ... 1000 ] Non-Starters (about £l6 each) 2000 1 20 Bonds (£32 each) ... 640 |2O Bonds (£l7 each) ... 340 (.20 Bonds (£6 each)... ... 120 £6OOO There will be Four Separate Drawings for Each Ticket, viz., One Drawing for the Race, and Three Separate Drawings for the 60 Bonds. Programmes —£1 each, and two 2d stamps Cheques (with Is exchange) to be payable only to aNo or to Bearer. P.O. Orders payable to Fidelity Co. only. If half-notes, send by separate posts. Registered Letters or Telegrams not accepted. Address only to “ Fidelity Company, care of Alfred A. Cameron’s Box No. 251, Dunedin. APPLY EARLY. 689

.■jy|'E LBOU BN E CUP, 18S3. Adam Bede will this year hold a aeries of Consultations on the above event, Two Thousand Subscribers at £1 each, to be divided as follows It is partioularlyrequestedthat early application for shares will be made, as each list will be drawn soon as filled, Results will he forwarded to subscribers immediately after drawing, and the next list proceeded with. Any subscriber drawing a horse in any list will be allowed, if he so desires it, to invest in the following list any sum not exceeding £4 without remitting any further cash, this amount to be ultimately deducted from prize money. It will be observed that these lists will average one prize in about 14 tickets, instead of one in 50, as in the larger lists of previous years. Application By letter only, enclosing two stamps, with exchange on cheques, or by money order, bank notes, or drafts. Registered letters or telegrams will not on any account be received. If bank notes are sent, please use two envelopes, one sealed and placed inside the other. P.O. Orders preferred when procurable. SSST No. 2 NOW OPEN. TSS Address—ADAM BEDE, care of H. N. Abbott, Box No. 2, Post Office, Auckland. 859 POH AAA TO be DISTRIBUTED on the MELBOURNE OOP, 1883, to be run on November 6th. ALL PRIZES 1 NO BLANKS ! “ The Melbodrnb Turf Glob ” desire to inform the Sporting Public that they have made arrangements for holding a Mammoth Sweep on the forthcoming Melbourne Cup, which for Novelty, Pidelity, and Advantage has no equal in Australia. Capital, £20,000, in 20,000 Shares of £1 each. 8 Prizes, £250 £2OOO 10 „ 200 2000 20 „ 100 2000 Total ... £15,000 First Horse ... £3OOO Second Horse 1000 Third Horse... 1000 Starters Divide 1000 Non-starters „ 1000 4 Prizes £SOO 2000 The remaining £SOOO will be employed by the Club in making a book on the Cup and other races—that is, laying and taking the odds by a new system, the success of which has been practically proved. It is ertimated that the profits accruing from this source will range from £SOOO to £15,000, the whole of will; h, both capital and profits, will be equally divided amongst Subscribers who were unsuccessful drawing either a Horse or a Prize in the Mammoth Sweep, Each Subscriber will be sure of obtaining a Prize, be it large or small. The Promoters of the M.T.C. are wellknown sporting gentlemen, and guarantee the above to be a boaa fide affair in every particular. Ten per cent, commission deducted from all winnings. Drawing to take place on Oct28lh. Results posted immediately after. Subcribers who wish to be present will please notify us in time. Add 3d for reply and re. suit. Address—THOMAS BENTLEY, Secretaiy, M.T.C., Melbourne. 289 La mascottb consultations on MBTKOPOLITAN STAKES AND MELBOURNE CUP. To be run at Randwick, Tuesday, Sept. 4th, i Metropolitan Stakes, 5000 Shares at 10s., £2500. First Horse £SOO Second „ ... 250 Third „ ... ... ... 125 Starters 150 Non-starters ... 200 One Prize Gift ... ... 200 Two ~ ~ £IOO ... 200 Four „ „ 50 ... 200 Six „ „ 25 ... 150 Ten „ „ 20 ... 200 45 „ 5 ... 225 £2500 175 Prizes. Melbourne Cup, 10,000 Shares at 10s each First Horse ... ... £2OOO Second „ ... ... 1000 Third „ 500 Starters ... ... 200 Non-starters ... ... 300 One Prize Gift 400 One „ „ 200 Two „ „ £SO 100 Four „ „ 25 100 Five „ „ 20 100 Ten „ „ 10 100 175 Prizes. £SOOO Application by letter only, addressed “ La Mascotte,” care D. Lindo, Box 723, G.P.0., Sydney, and at Eastway’s Hotel, Castlereaghstreet, Sydney. P.S.—Applicants will please state for which event, 326

Lola monies GRAND CONSULTATION ON THE MELBOURNE AND NEW ZEALAND CUPS, 1883. Of 10,000 Members at 10s each. Ist Prize, 1000 sovereigns ; 2nd Prize, 1000 half-sovereigns ; 3rd Prize, 1000 crowns. In Each Cup. Melbourne Cub Distribution. Ist Horse ... £IOOO 2nd Horae ... £SOO 3rd Horse ... £250 3tarters(divided) £4OO Non-starters (divided) ... £550 New Zealand Cup Distribution. Ist Horse ... £IOOO 2nd Horse ... £SOO 3rd Horse ... £250 Starters(divided) £IBO Non-starters (divided) ... £370 £2700 £2300 Grand Total, Five Thousand Pounds. Each ticket has two chances, and can draw the 6rst horse in each event. Drawing under supervision of Committee of Shareholders. Apply by letter. Please forward Post Office Orders when convenient ; it is safer than sending notes, being equal to registration. Cheques must be marked correct by bank, and have Is added for exchange when from country. Two stamps for reply and result. Circulars containing full particulars, and forms for applying for tickets, sent free to any address on application. Will close on or before sth November next. Address— LOLA MONTES, Care of Mr A. Moss, Box 347, Post Office, Dunedin. 325 Two Thousand Pounds for 10s.

Q PEKING NOTICE. H. E. WAKCUP (Late Foreman for ?. Stone) Bega to inform hia old Customers and the public generally that he haa OPENED ON LAMBTON-QTTAY, A few door below Claik’a Drapery Establishment. 959