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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8306, 8 December 1906, Page 1

TOY LAND. SEE THE 'XMAS TREE in the New Exchange Buildinga. A Grand Display of Toys, etc., all Travellers' Samples. SANTA. GLAUS GIVES PRESENTS TO ALL. Maurlceville Sportts. THE % Twenty-sixth Annual Gathering will bo held on those picturesque grounds known as the Horseshoe Bend, two minutes walk from the Mauriceville railway station on Boxing Day, December 2Gth. Programme includes ' Guessing Competitions, Quoits Match, Running, Jumping, Horse Jump, Horse Trot, Ladies and Childrcns Events, • Etc., Etc, Etc. Mauriceville Handicap, £2l. One Mile Handicap, £7. Half Milo Handicap, £7. Erass Band in attendance! Send to Secretary foi programme. CH AS. BROOKS, T Secro tary. The Coming Sports OF THE WAIRAR.fi PA CALEDONIAN SOCIETY. TUESDAY, JANUARY Ift, 1907. ASTERTON PARK OVAL. M £244 in Prizes and 13 Gold Medals. ENTRIES for all Handicap Raceß, including Flat Eaoes, Cycle, Quoits, Bushfellijg, Chopping, Hewing and Sawing Competitions, and Two-men Maiden Sawing Competition, close on SATURDAY, December Btb, 1906. at 8 p.m. ACCEPTANCES on THURSDAY, December 20th. 1906, at 9 p.m. Pees must accompany Nominations and Acceptances. Entries for other event 3 received on ground. Special Attractions* Bagpipe Music, Highland Dances, Bicycle, Hurdle and Flat Races, Hewing, Burhfelling, and b'awing Competitions, Wrestling and .Jumping. Quoits Competition under rules of Wairarapa Quoits Clubs' Association. Wood chopping Events under the rules of tbe N.Z, Axemen's Association. Cycle Events run under the League of New Zealand Wheelmen rules. • All other events conducted under rules of the N.Z. Athletic Union. GRAND SCOTCH 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. Lower valley jockey club ACCEPTANCES. ACCEPTANCES for First Day and ENTRIES for Maiden Hack Race and tha Hack Scurry close wiih the Secretary, at Martinborougb, on SATURDAY, 15th December. The Telegraph and Telephone Offices close at 5 p.m. T.F; EVANS, Secretary. Telephone No. 14. w AJRARAPA RACING CLUB (Reg. SUMMER MEETING. TAUHERENIKAU RACECOURSE. JANUARY Ist and 2nd, 1907; PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY.—I. Maiden Hack, of 100 sovs, second 10 sova, third 5 sovs, w.f a. for 3-year-olda and upwards, 5 furlongs; entrance 30s. 2. Tuhitarata Handicap, of 125 sovs, second 10 sovs, third 5 sovs, 6 furlongs; nom. 20s, acc. 40s. 3. Rimutaka Hack Handicap, of 100 sovs, second 10 sovs, third 5 sovs, one mile and a distance; nom. 20s, aec 30s. 4. Nursebt Handicap, of 130 sovs, second '2O sovs, third 5 sovs, for 2-year-olds, 4 furlongs; nom. 20s, acc. 40s. 5. Waibahapa Cup, a handicap of 350 sots, second 30 sovs, third 20 sovs, miles; nom. 20s, aoo. 100s. 6. Pukio Hack Handicap, of ICO eovb, second 15 sovs, third 5 eovs, 6 furlongs; nom, 20s, acc. 30s. 7. Reynolds Welteb Handicap, of 115 sovs, second 10 sovs, third 5 sovs, minimum weight Bst, 7 furlongs; nom. 255, acc. 40b. 8. Mokai . Hack Welter Handicap, of 100 sovs, second 10 sovs, third 5 sovs, minimum weight Bst 51b, 7 furlongs; nom. 20s, acc. 30s. SECOND DAY.—I. Juvenile Handicap. of 120 sovs, second 15 sovs, third 5 sovs, for 2 and 3-year olds, 5 furlongs; nom. 20s, acc. 40s. 2. Tawaha Hack Handicap, of 100 sovs, second 15 sovs, third 5 sovs, 7 furlongs; nom. 20s, acc. 30s. 3. Racing Ulub Handicap, of 225 sovs, second 20 sovs, third 5 sovs, one mile and a distance: nom. 20s, acc. 80s. 4. Whabefapa Hack Welteb Handicap, of 100 bovs, second 15 sovb, third 5 sovs, minimum weight - Set, 1 mile; nom. 20s, acc. 30s. 5. Ruamahunga Hack Handicap, of 100 sovs, second # 10 sovs, third 5 bovs, 5 furlongs; nom.' 20s, acc. 30s. 6. Russell Welteb Handicap, of 125 sovs, seoond 20 bovs, third 5 sovs, minimum weight 7st 71b, 7 furlongs; nom. 20s; acc. 40s. 7. Fibtnoa Hack Handicap, of 100 sovs, second 15 sovs, third 5 sovs, 6 furlongs; nom. 20s, acc. 303. Bawiri Handicap, of 100 sovs, second 10 sovs, third 5 sovs, 5 furlongs; nom. 20s, acc. 3Js. Penalties.—The winner of any flat race after the declination of weights to carry 71bs extra," a further 51ba for every additional race won. Winners in the Wairarapa Cup and Nursery Handicap may be re-handicapped. No penalty to be incurred in open races for wins in hick events. Nominations (and entries for Maiden Haok) close Saturday, December Bth, at 8 p.m. Weights declared about December 18th. Acceptances close Saturday, December 22nd, at 8 p.m. , E. A. LAERY, Secretary, Featherston.