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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8302, 4 December 1906, Page 1

MaufMcevilla Sports, IHE Twentj-sixth Annual Gathering J will bo beld on those picturesque grounds known ns the Horseshoe Bend, two minutes walk from the Mauncevillo railway, station on Boxing Day, December 2Gth. Programme includes Gurssine Competitions, Quoits Match, I'unmng-, Jumpinc, HorEe Jump, Horse Trot; Vadios and Childrcns Events, Etc., Etc., Etc. Mauviceville Handicap, £2l, One Mils Handicap, £7. Half Mile Handicap, £7. Ernsa Band in attendance. Send to Secretary'foi programme. CHAS. BROOKS, . Secretary. The Coming Sports OF TIIK CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. TUESDAY, JANUARY l=t, 1907. ttyTASTEETON PAEK OVAL. 55244-in Prizes and 13 Gold Medals. ENTRIES for all Handioap Eaces, including Flat Eaces, Cycle, Quoits, Bushfeliiag, Chopping, Hewing and Sawing Competitions, and Two-men Maiden Sawing Competition, close on SATUEDAY, December Bth, 1906. at 8 p.m. ACCEPTANCES on THUBSDAY, December 20th, 1906, at 9 p.m. Pees must accompany Nominations and Acceptances. Entries for other events received on ground. Special Attractions. Bhgpipe Music, Highland Dances, Bicycle, Hurdle and Flat Eaces, Hewing, Bu«hfeU;ng, and Sawing Competitions, Wrestling and Jumping. - Quoits Competition under rules of Wairarapn Quoits Clubs' Association. Wood-cboppinc; Events under the rules of the N.Z. Axemen's Association. I Cycle Events run under the League of New Zealand Wheelmen rules. All other evonts conducted under rules of the N.Z. Athletic Union. - OBAND SC6TCH CONCERT in TOWN HALL, SAME EVENING, at 8 o'clock. Full programme can be seen at this Office, or obtainable on application to JOHN B. EMMETT, Secretary, Masterton. SHHURST TJOHANGIN.VTJACING ANNUAL'MEETING. To be held on the ASHHURST RACECOURSE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2 8ih 1906.

PROGRAMME.! . TRIAL HURDLE HANDICAP, of 100 sovs I second horse to receive 20 sovs and the third horse 10 sovs from the stake, Over 6 flights oi hurdles 3ft 6in high. Open to horses that have never won a hurdle race at time of start- . ing. Nom 1 sov„ ace 30/- ij miles. 2. FLYING HACK HANDICAP of 100 sovs: second horse to leceive i 5 sovs, and third horse 10 sovs from the stake. Nom li sov, ace 2 sovs. 6 furlongs. 8. ASHHURST GUINEAS of 100 guineas; second horse to receive 20 guineas, and the third horse 10 sovs from the stake. For jjpr l :- sent 3-year olds that are not nominated for other than hack races at time of entry and have not won a race of over 40 sovs at time of starting, hack and hunter races e'xeepted. Colts Bst lolb; Allies and geldings Bst 51b. The winner of any race to carry a penalty of 7lb, two or more races lolb. Final payment of ais on nightof general entry 1906, Closed with 5o nominations. 1 mile. 4. ASHHURST CUP, (Open). A handicap of 500 sovs; second horse to receive 70 sovs, and the third horse 36 aovs from I the stake. Nom 1 sov, ace 4 sovs. 1} miles. 5. MANAWATU GORGE HACK HANDICAP of 100 sovs; second horse to receive i 5 sovs,. and the third horse ,10 sovs from the stake, Nom 1 sov, ace 2 sovs. 7 fuilongs 6. MAIDEN HACK SCURRY of 100 soys; second horse to receive i 5 soys, and the third horse Io sovs from tne stake. For 3-year-olds and upwards that have never won a race at time of starting and have never started in other than hack or. hunter races. Weight ost. Entrance £2 10s. 5 furlongs. 7. POHANGINA HANDICAP, (Open), of 3OC sovs; second horse to receive 5o sovs, and th third horse 25 sovs fiom the stake. Nom sov, ace 3 sovs. 6 furlongs; 8. KOMAKO WELTER HACK? HANDICAP, of 100 sovs; second horse to receive 16 sovs, and the third horse 10 ssvs from the stake. Minimum weight Bst 51b. Nom 1 scv, ace 2 sovs. z^mile. Stakes paid in full. No race eas than ids sovs. Total amount of stakes 1406 sovs. No third money less than iO sovs. NOMINATIONS.WEIGHTS 1& ACCEPTANCES. Nominations for all races and. entries for the Maiden Scurry, also Guineas' payments close with the Secretary, Ashhurst, on Saturday, December Ist, at 9 p.m. Handicaps will be declared on or about December tOth. ' Acceptances close on Friday, December 14th, lat 9 p.m. The necessaiy fee must accompany each len try, and the names of horses must be registered with the Racing Conference; ASHHURST GUINEAS, 1907. The second payment of 10s 6d due night of general entry Saturday, December Ist, 1906. ASHHURST GUINEAS, igoß. Nominations will be received on or Jbefore Thursday, January 24th, 1907, for, the Ashhurst Hack Guineas, of too Guineas, second horse to receive 20 Guineas and the third horse 10 Guineas from the stake. For. the present yearlings that are not nominated for other than hack races at time of entry and have not won a race of over 40 sovs at time of starting, hack and hunter races excepted. Colts Bst iolb; Fillies and Geldings Bst Sib, The winner of any race to carry a penalty ol 7lb; two or more races iolb. To be run on the Ashhurst Racecourse in December, Igoß. Nomination 10s 6d, a second payment of 10 6d on night of general entiy, 1907, and a final payment of 21s on night of general entry, 1907.. Distance 1 mile. Nomination papers on application to the Secretary. A. W. TRASS, Secretary, Approved in accordance! with the Rules of Racing—October 3rd, 1906. F\ MOFFATT, Secretary,Wanganui Jockey Club, GEORGE HERON. BAIN MERCHANT, GROCER, AND GENERAL STOREKEEPER Chapel and Hall Streets MASTERTON.