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Patea Mail, Volume X, Issue 1316, 4 March 1885, Page 4

Racing. rjl AE A NAKI J OCKEY CLUBANNIVERSARY MEETING, 1885. FRIDAY, MARCH-27, AND SATURDAY, MARCH 28, President—Mr A Standish, Stewards— Messrs A Standish, O Samuel, W Hately E Humphreys, Dr O’Carroll, Captain Cornwell, Captain Mace. Jndge—Captain Messenger. Starter—Captain Mace. Clerk of the Scales—Mr E Humphries. Clerk of the Course—Mr C Messenger. Handicapper—Mr J 0 Evett. Totalisator Stewards—Messrs W Humphries and W L Newman. FIRST DAY. Taranaki Derby, 100 soys ; for 3-year-olds ; colts Bst 101b, fillies and geldings Bst 51b; acceptance 3sovs on the night of general entry ; distance 1$ miles. HANDICAP Steeplechase, 60 sovs ; nomination 1 sov, acceptance 3 sovs ; distance about 3 miles, over such country aa the Stewards may direct. Taranaki Jockey Club Handicap, 3001 sovs ; the second horse to receive 25 sovs, and third 10 sovs from the stakes ; nomination 2 sovs, acceptance 3 sovs, on Monday, 16th March, and a final payment of 5 sovs on the night before first day’s racing ; the winner of any handicap of 300 sovs after declaration of weights to carry 71bs, of 200 sovs 51bs, and of 100 sovs 31bs extra ; distance 2 miles. Scurry Stakes, 20 sovs; entrance 1 sov, to be made at the Judge’s box immediately after the T J C Handicap ; winner to be sold for 15 sovs, and any surplus to go to the fund; catch weights j distance 6 furlongs. Maiden Plate, 50 sovs; entrance 2 sovs, for 2-year-olds and upwards; weight for age ; open to all horses that have never won an advertised stake of over £25 ; distance one mile and a quarter. Handicap Time Trotting Race, 20 sovs; nomination 1 sov, acceptance 1 sov ; no weight under lOst ; nominators must forward an account of previous performances ; distance 3 miles. Plying Handicap, 75 sovs ; for 3-year-olds and upwards, the winner of the TJ C to carry 71bs penalty ; nomination 1 sov, acceptance 3 sovs; distance 6 furlongs.

SECOND DAY. Handicap Hurdles, 60 sovs; nomination 1 sov, acceptance 2sovs; nine jumps ; distance 2 miles. Selling Hack Hurdles, 30 sovs; entrance 1 sov; minimum weight 9st; post entry ; the winner to be sold by public auction and the proceeds to go to the funds; distance one mile and a distance. Autumn Handicap, 125 sovs; the second horse to receive 16 sovs from the stakes; nomination 2 sovs, acceptance, 3 sovs ; weights to be declared on the night of the first day’s races; acceptances at the White Hart Hotel at 10 am next morning; distance 1 £ miles. Nursery Handicap, 40 sovs; for 2-year-olds ; nomination 1 sov, acceptance 2 sovs ; weights to appear on the night of the - first day’s races; acceptances at 10 am at the White Heart Hotel next morning ; distance 6 furlongs. District Handicap, 50 sovs and a handsome Silver Cup valued at 15 guineas; nomination 2 sovs, acceptance 2 sovs; open to all horses owned for six months previous to date of entry by lona fide residents in the district. Boundaries: north to the Mokau River, south to the Whenuakura River; distance, 1 mile and a distance Novel Hack Race, 25 sovs; no weight under 9st; post entry; the winner to become the property of the Club, and to be sold immediately after the race distance, 1 mile Consolation Handicap, 30 sovs; nomination 1 sov, acceptance, 1 sov, to be in by 20 minutes after the declaration of the weights. JAMES PAUL, Hon Sec and Treasurer,

It is expected that railway communi cation between Wanganui and New Plymouth will be completed before the racing dates. £SOOO TO BE DISTRIBUTED £6OOO ON THE CHAMPION RACE, To be rnn in Melbourne on 7th March, 1885. MEMBERS, £1 EACH. ALL PRIZES! NO BLANKS! THE. SYDNEY JOCKEY TURF CLUB IN thanking numerous Clients for their support in previous Consultations on Racing Events, beg to inform the Sporting Public of New South Wales anil the adjoining Colonies, that they have made arrangements for holding a £SOOO CONSULTATION, All Prires ! ! No Blanks !! ! On the CHAMPION RACE, To bo ran in Melbourne on the 7th of March, 1885, When the following Prizes will be distributed : The remaining £ISOO will be invested by the Club in making a Book on the Autumn Meeting, 1885 : that is laying and taking the odds by a now system, the success of which has been practically proved. The members of the S.J.T. Club being well informed, and connected with the principal Trainers and Performances of their Horses, arc in a position to state that the £ISOO will realise a handsome profit, the whole of which will be divided amongst those Subscribers who were unsuccessful in drawing a Prize in the £3500 Distribution. There will be no blanks whatever. All subscribers are sure to obtain a Prize, the highest being £ISOO. To obtain better chances for investing surplus of £ISOO, early application necessary. Add exchange to cheques, and two stamps for reply and result. Letters containing cash should be registered. Drafts or P.O. Orders made payable to

JAMES WALLACE, Secretary S.T.J.C., Address • Box 784, G.P.0., Sydney, N.S.W. THE Proprietor would be glad if subscribers would report at the Office any irregularity in the delivery of the paper Every effort will be made to remedy such complaint