TARANAKI ANNIVERSARY RACES.
.30th and 31st MARCH, 1854. BTEWARM — ]\fr. Imlay Mr, Cooper Mr. Rujhkad Mr. Mukch Mr. CuTi'it i,i) Mr, Ooreett Lieut, Jonei .JUDGES — Mr, J. UußSTHou'ij:, Mr. T. Siandisii. CLCtUC OF Tlin COURSE — Mi". Zlulkx. FIRST DAY, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, TRIAL STARRS of ,C 11 0 each, with £ added for 2 years old horses. Single event. Hnlf a milp and a distance. Weights Bst. lOlbs. Marcs and geldings allowed 3lbs. TARANAKI PLATE. £ for horses the bnnti fide property of Ftnopcan settleir. in the Province. Weight for nge. Kntianre £2 20. Once round nnd a dist ■riff. Heats, hecond horse to save his blake. NGAMOTU STAKES. £ for horses the property o/ and ridden by Al)origiiv>l natives. Catch weights. Entiance £\ 10. One mile. Head. Second liorse to receive £3 0 0 out of the entiances. LADIES PURSE. £ for nil horses, 'Gentlemen nders. Weight, 3 years, 0 st- 7lbs., 4 years, lOst. 711 v).. 5 ypats, list , G yeais and aged 1 1st. 7lbs. Entrance £2 1 o—One0 — One mile nnd a half. Single event. Second horse to save his stake. Winner of the Taranaki Plate not lo run.
SKCOND DAT. FRIDAY, MAKCH 31. TRADESMEN'S CUP. £ for all horses. Weight for age. Winner of the Tarannki Plate, Ng<imotu Stakes, or Ladies Purse to carry 7lbi extra. Jintrance, £2 2. One mile. Heats. NOATIAWA STAKES. Same as Ngamoti) Stakes. HURDLE RACE. £ for all hows. Weights same at Ladies Pimsp Entrance) £2 20. One mile and a hall. Six leaps, hurdles 3 feet (i inches. Sinpie tvont. Second hor^e to save his itake. CONSOLATION STAKES. A Handicap of £1 1 0 each, with £ added.-— For beaten horses, One mile and a hail. Single event. Post entrance. ' x^* Note — The blnnki will be filled up at a future date. Should the total subicriptions not exceed £100 one or more of the aboVo races will be struck out. The Ngnmotu and Ngatiawa Slakes arc conditions! on sufficient subscriptions froru the Natives.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 81, 15 February 1854, Page 2
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326TARANAKI ANNIVERSARY RACES. Taranaki Herald, Volume II, Issue 81, 15 February 1854, Page 2
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