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Otago Witness, Volume 21, Issue 2277, 21 October 1897, Page 31

Weights of the Metropolitan Club will be strictly adhered to. The trotting races will be run under the rules of the South Island Trotting Association. JFive per cent, will be deducted from all Btakes for expenses. No protest will be received unless the sum of two sovereigns is deposited with the Secretary, to be forfeited if the saiuo be considered frivolous. N.B.— Thisnile will be strictly enforced. The winner of any handicap race of the value of 20sovs or over after the declaration of the weights to carry 71b extra. Correct jockey costume insisted upon. A fine of two sovereigns may be enforced for coming to scales or riding in wrong colours. J. T. GWYNNE. Hon. Secretary. Postal Addrtss : Box 14, P. 0., Paimerston. ipi UNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB. SPRING MEETING 1897. ENTRIES for the following events are DUE by 10 p m. on Saturday, October 23, 1897. First Day. Soy. Spring Hurdle Handicap, 1003ovs. Two miles and a distance 1 Maiden Two-year-old Handicap, 70sovs. Four furlongs 1 St. Kilda Welter Handicap, llOsovs. One mile „ ... 1 Second Day. : Criterion Stakes Handicap, lOOsovs. Five ; furlonga (two-year-olds only) 1 Ranfurly Handicap, lOOsovs. Six furlongs... 1 ! Spring Handicap, lOOsovs. One mile 1 Tahuna High-weight Handicap, lOOsovs. Seven furlongs 1 Musselburgh Plate, lOOsovs. Four furlonga (w.f.a.) 2 Third Dai. Pacific Hurdle Handicap, 80sovs. One mile and a-balf 1 Glasgow Plate, 175'ovs. Five furlongs ... 1 Grand Stand Handicap, 100<sovs. Seven furlongs 1 Nursery Handicap, 75sovs. Four furlongs (two-year-olds only) 1 SYDNEY JAMRS, 210 Secretaiy. CIEEN in every Farm house in Otago, South>3 land, and South Canterbury —rThe Otago Witness is to be found in out-of-the-way spots where no other paper is ever seen. /CIRCULATION 9800 Each Issue.— The V^ Otago Witness has the Largest Circulation of any weekly paper in the Colony. 2s