SHIPPING. STEAM TO DUNEDIN. ssa rpHE Union Steam Ship Company's Steamer S A M S 0 N, Captain Edits. Will Sail for Dunedin AY, MAY 17, at 10 a.m. Passengers by train for Breakwater at 10.30. For freight or passage, apply to H. AITKEN, <!7 Agent. STEAM TO DUNEDIN. -J. , rpHE s. s. MAT A U X Captain Uequhart, \TtmWaYswill leave for Dunedin on 'ZAiMWfcST -pyrrrrw, may Mr, at 10 a.lll. >V V:J'tU For freighter passage apply to] j ANDERSON AND CO. i;<; (Late Anderson and Mowat). RACING. EI DST 0 N AN NUAL RACES. R TO TAIvE PLACE AT EEIDSTON ON MAY 24TH (QUEEN'S BIRTHDAY). Stkwakd.s : Messrs. H. H. Coggins, W. Swanson, J. flooley, W. H. Eonayne, M. Sherwin, W/. Macfarlane, J. Bee, T. H. je Brown, W.yfßee. JfDCK: Coggins. ST.vktkk : / CI.KItK oi£ Covf.SE : : Mr. M. Sherwin. / ~~ Majdk& Plate of 15 sovs (at half-past eleven o'clock), for all horses that have never won puhlie money of any kind (matches and haclt races excepted). Distance, twice round the course ; weight for age. Entry, £1 Is.
Selling'.HiitOLE Race, of 20 sovs (at a quarter-past twelve o'clock). Distance, twice round-ilie course ; over nine liiglits of hurdles ; tlife-n'iimer to be sold for 25 sovereigns any sntplus to go the race funds. Weight for a%p. Entry, £1 10s., with a sweep of £l, t\ go to second horse. 5 Rkidston Handicap, of sovs (at half-past one o'clock), with a sweepstake of £1 Is., to go to the second liqirse. Distance, three times round the course ; entry, £2 2s. Chekoot SciriitY, of Jzo (at a quarter-past two). Distance, /nee round; no weight under ten stone jyfteach rider to start with a lighted cigar in/his mouth, and hand the same cigar—still alight—to the Glerk of the Course finish of the race ; any vider failing p> do so, his horse shall he decl.'ired distanced. Entry, 10s. G'd., post entry. - IiODsTON" C't?" (at three o'clock). A handicap of 20 with a sweepstake of £1 Is. each, to the second horse. Distance, twice round c'ourse; the winner of the Keidston Handicap to carry a penalty of seven pounds. lEatjty, £1 10s. Selling Hack Rags, (at a quarter to four o'clock). The wmner to he sold for 10 sovereigns immediately after the race ; any surplus to go to tli& race funds. Distance, once round; cat®h weights; entry, £1 Is.; post entry. Consolation" Handicap, of l(f sovs. (at halfpast four o'clock), for horses beaten during the meeting. Disi&nce f oiicexojind; post entry. / First Race to Startfat Half-past Eleven o'clock Sharp. RULES AN& REGULATIONS. Nominations for the Reidston Handicap and Reidston Cup must be sent in, in sealed covers, addressed to the' Secretary at the Medora Hotel, Reidston, containing qualification and nominations —together with the name, age, and colour of the horses, and colours of the riders, not later thjiii May 13. Weights to appear in The Evening Mail of May 13. / No person to enter a horsed unless a subscriber of at least £1 Is. the race fund; and no person to noininatepmless both owner and nominator are subscribers of that amount. Night of general enCry, Saturday, 20th May. / All entries to be inifeealed covers (containing name, age, and colbur of horse, and colours of rider), and to the Secretary for the Reidston Races, \t the Medora Hotel, Reidston. % The North Otago Turf Club rides will be strictly adhered to, unless specified. . No entries will l>e accepted but .ujkm. th«t express conditions thstjthe. eliall, ik all cases, be final, aedfrtiia wlucih there shall be no appeal.- «• THtee horses r to start in- each racg or «nly iibjKjaSi £ ft,' '" ' Sales Commission- for tlii&k. ft ■ • ts.-c-■' <• ■ able to be Boots Accounfet-C&llected. Address^So®cra;j£tSy Messrs. and Hickey,
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 20, 15 May 1876, Page 3
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612Page 3 Advertisements Column 4 Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 20, 15 May 1876, Page 3
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