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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4825, 1 December 1902, Page 3

MANAWATU RACING ■ CLUB. PALMERSTON NORTH. SUMMER MEETING. CHRISTMAS, 1902. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. DECEMBER 26tb and 27th. PROGRAMME: FIRST DAY. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26ih, 1902. I.—TELEGRAPH STAKES HANDICAP, of 110 sovs.; second horse to receive 20 sovs. out of stakes. Six furlongs. Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance, 2 sovs. Start at 12.15 p.m. 2.—FIRST HANDICAP HURDLES, of 120 sovs.; second horse to receive 20 sovs. out of stakes. Over eight flights of hurdles.- Two miles. Nomination. 1 sov.; acceptance, 2 sovs. 3.—MANAWATU CUP HANDICAP, of 400 sovs.; second horse to receive 50 sovs. and the third horse 25 sovs. out of stakes. One and a half miles. Nomination. 1 sov.; acceptance, 3 sovs. Final payment at scales, 5 sovs, 4.—FIRST HANDICAP HACK HURDLES, of 60 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of slakes. One and three-quarter miles. Nomination. 1 sov,: acceptance. 1 sov. 5. —MAIDEN HACK, of 40 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of stakes. For three-year-olds and upwards that have never won a race, and that have never started in other limn hack or hunter races. 1 Three-year-olds, 7st 71b; four-year-olds and upwards, Bst 2ib; mares allowed 51b; geldings, 31b. Entrance. 1 sov. Seven furlongs. 6.—GRANDSTAND HANDICAP, of 110 sovs.; second horse to receive 20 sovs. out of stakes. One mile. Nomination. 1 sov.; acceptance, 2 sovs. 7.—HACK FLAT HANDICAP, of 50 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of stakes. One mile. Nomination. 1 sov.; acceptance, 1 sov. B.—NURSERY HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. ; second horse to receive 15 sovs. out of stakes. For two and three-year-olds. Five furlongs. Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance, 2 sovs. SECOND DAY. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 27th, 1902. 1. SUMMER HANDICAP, of 100 sovs.; second horse to receive 20 sovs. out of stakes. Six furlongs.-: Nomination. 1 sov.; acceptance, 2 sovs. Start at 12.15 p.m. 2. HACK FLYING HANDICAP, of 60 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of stakes. Six furlongs. Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance, 1 sov, 3. SECOND HANDICAP HURDLES, of 100 sovs.; second .borse to receive 15. sovs. out of stakes. Over seven flights of hurdles. One and three-quarter miles- Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance. 2 sovs. 4. PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, of. 300 sovs.; second horse to receive 35 sovs. and the third horse 15 sovs. out of ■ stakes. About on© and a quarter .miles. Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance, 1 * 5 sovs. S—SECOND HANDICAP HACK HURDLES, of 50 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of stakes. One and a half miles. Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance. 1 sov. 6. JUVENILE STAKES HANDICAP, of 100 sovs.; second hors© to receive 35 sovs. out of stakes. For two and , three-year-olds. Five furlongs. Nomination. 1 sov.; acceptance. 2 povs. 7. —CHRISTMAS HACK HANDICAP, of 50 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs, out of stakes. One mile and a distance. Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance. 1 sov. 8. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of 100 sovs.; second horse to receive 10 sovs. out of stakes. Once round (nearly a mile). Nomination, 1 sov.; acceptance, 1 sov. NOMINATIONS. WEIGHTS AND ACCEPTANCES. NOMINATIONS for all Races and Entries for Maiden Hack close with the Secretary, at his Office, Palmerston North, on Thursday, December 4th, 1902, at 10 'p.m. WEIGHTS for First Day will be declared on or about December 12th, 1902. ACCEPTANCES for First Day close with the Secretary, at his Office, Palmerston North, on Monday, December 15th, 1902, at 10 p.m. WEIGHTS for Second Day will be declared on the night of the First Day's Races, about 8.45 p.m., at Club's Office. ACCEPTANCES for Second Day close with the Secretary, at his Office, Palmerston North, on Friday, December 26th, 1902, at 10 p.m. PENALTIES. Flat Races. The winner of any flat race after • declaration of weights to carry a penalty of 301 b., and of every additional race a further penalty of Clbr Horses handicapped at Bst 101 b or over to carry only half the above penalties. Hurdles.—The winner of any hurdle race after declaration of weights to carry a penalty of -10 lb.. and for every additional race 71b- extra. J. M. JOHNSTON. Secretary. Approved in accordance with Rules of Racing, October Ist, 1902 F. MOFFAT, Secretary Wanganui Jockey Club. jf* OY A i.- MAIL COACHES. FOXTON-SHANNON LINE OF COACHES. S. COLE Proprietor. Coaches leave Poston twice daily—s.3o a.m. and 3.45 p.m.—to connect with the Mail Trains from Wellington and Palmerston North, arriving at Shannon. Coaches leave Shannon Lr Foxton at 10.30 a-m. and 8.15 p.m. . 263