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TTVUNEDIN AUTUMN MEETING. NOMINATIONS CLOSE ON MONDAY, MAY 28, at 9 p.m., For The Champagne Stakes, 1889. Six Furlongs. For two-year-olds. A sweepstake of lOsovs each, with 250sovs added. Colts, Bst lulb ; fillies and geldings, Bst 71b. The winner of the Welcome Stakes, Ohristchurch, or any race (not a handicap) of the advertised value of 200sovs (notwithstanding any rule to the contrary) to carry 71b extra; ;of two or more such races, 101b extra. The second horae to receive 50sovs from the stakes ; the .third horse to receive 25sovs from the stakes. Nomination, lsov; acceptance, dsovs on general entry night 1889,- and ssovs before 9 o'clock on the night before the race. Non-starters forfeit previous payments only. Will alose on Monday, May 28, 1888, at 9 p.m. limy -jVT O W R B A D V NEW ZEALAND TURF RECORD For 1886-7. Pbicb, 10s; Including Postagk, 10s 6v. Orders can be sent to MESSRS WHETHAM & CO., L2au Box 325, P. 0., Dunedin.

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Pumpkin, Roxburgh. -If a man runs two horses in one race he must run them both to win, the declaration being abolished. M. M., Dunedin.— Ben Battle, sire of Bendigo, ii standing in County Kildare, Ireland, at logs per mare. Xenophon's fee 1b 20gs ; he is standing in Yorkshire. Zoh, Nelson.— Snapshot's dam, Venture, won the Wanganui Steeplechase on the 24th May 1381. She ran in Mr Douglas* nomination, and was ridden by A. Keith, her weight being lOst lllb. The other starters were King Don (list 91b), wuo finished second ; Chandler (lOst 121b), third ; also Eclipse (Hit lib), Lone Hand (12st 71b), Grey Momus (list 121b), Lady Mary list 31b), Sunray (lOst 81b), O manuka (lOst 71b), and Paikarangaranga (lust lib). King Don was first favourite. Venture won easily by two lengths, doing the dtstauce in 7min sJsec. T. J., Waikouaiti.— The Yankee horse Iroquois was by Leamington out of Maggie B. 8., by Australian — Madelaine, by Boston— Kentucky's dam, by Glencoe. Maggie B. B. wai an American-bred mare, but Leamington was bred in England. Iroquois was not tbe first American, horse to make .the trip to England. That honour, I understand, belongs to Ten Broeck's colt Umpire, who crossed the Atlantic in July 1856. Trot out some more puzzlers ; you'll floor us presently. J. ML, Tapanui.— Mr Nos worthy. Header. Cromwell.— ln cutting at euchre not less than four cards are to be removed from the top, nor less than four cards left at the bottom,

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Otago Witness, Issue 1905, 25 May 1888, Page 23

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