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Waipawa Mail, Volume 2, Issue 133, 20 December 1879, Page 3

Race Meeting-*. A K A P A U ACES. NEW YEAR’S DAY, JANUARY 1, 1880. Hurdle Race, of sots.; two miles ; for all comers ; over 6 hurdles 3ft Gin high ; weight, list; entrance, 1 sov. Takapau Plate, of sovs ; two miles ; open only to Takapau district horses ; weight, 9st; entrance, 1 sov. Ladies’ Purse, of sovs ; one mile; open to all comers ; entrance, 1 sov. Pony Race, of sovs ; for ponies under 14 hands ; one mile ; entrance, 10s. Consolation Race (handicap), of sovs; one mile. No person can run a horse unless he is a subscriber of £1 to the race fund. Races to start at 11 o’clock sharp. Gate free. ATHLETIC SPORTS, to take place after the races— Maiden Race, 200 yards ; entrance, 2s 6d. Throwing Hammer; entrance, 2s 6d. Hop, Step, and Jump ; entrance, 2s 6d. Running High Jump ; entrance, 2s 6d, Step Dance ; entrance, 2s 6d. Catching Greasy Pig; entrance, 2s 6d. Boys’ Race. Quoit Match, 21 yards ; entrance, ss. A BALL will be held in the evening, JOHN WOODS, Secretary. QNGA QNGA ACES. The above races will be run on MONDAY. 29th DECEMBER, 1879, In a paddock opposite the Sandford Hotel. 1. Hurdle Race, of sovs ; two miles ; over G flights of hurdles 3ft Gin high ; weight, list; entrance, 1 sov. 2. Maiden Plate, of sovs ; one mile ; weight, 9st : for all horses that have never won public money ; entrance, 1 sov. 3. Onga Onga Handicap, of sovs ; one mile and a half ; open to all horses ; entrance, 1 sov. 4. District Race, of sovs ; one mile ; for all horses the bona fide property of persons residing in the Ruataniwha district for three months previous to date of races ; entrance, 1 sov. 5. Consolation Handicap, of sovs; for all beaten horses ; three-quarters of a mile ; entrance, 10s, First race to start at 12 o’clock sharp. Three horses to be entered for each race, or only half public money will be given. All disputes shall be settled by the stewards, whose decision shall be final. All persons entering a horse must subscribe 10s to race fund. Entries close on Friday, 2Gth inst. J. M, NEWMAN.

l*ul»lic Xoticex. QRENS 1 D E , LAND AND COMMISSION AGENT, DEBT COLLECTOR, &c. SERVANTS’ REGISTRY OFFICE. FURNITURE DEALER. FOR SALE. Several Town and Rural Sections. HOTEL TO LET, Together with Stock and Furniture. FOR SALE. Three-roomed House, well fitted up. Terms very easy. 40 Head Young Cattle. EXCELSIOR. THIS highly bred Bate’s Bull, two years old off, will be at the service of the Public, at Oakbourne at £lO 10s each cow, “ Excelsior” was purchased by his owner, at £3OO as a calf, and is acknowledged by competent judges to be the purest bred Bate’s Bull of his age in Hawke’s Bay. He is by Mr Ormond’s Bull, “ Cambridge Duke the 7th,” dam “ Gazelle,” imported by Mr Charles Canning, of Richmond, Nelson from E. Bowley Esq., ef Siddington, and repurchased by Mr J. D. Canning. She was directly descended from the Stock of the Rev. Berry, and the Gazelle family so re-nowm-d by Mr M‘Culloch’s late purchases for Victoria are directly descended from her, “ Excelsior” is a fine upstanding I Bull, and shows great substance and quality. Feed gratis for two months, after which 3s per week will be charged. Fees payable on removal of cows. Every care taken, but no responsibility incurred. For further particulars apply to JOHN DAVIS CANNING, Oakbourne, Wallingford, Proprietor. “THE MARQUIS OF CAMBRIDGE.” THIS magnificent and highly bred Bate’s Bull, two years old off, by Mr Ormond’s Bull “ Cambridge Duke the 7th,” descended directly from the far famed Bate’s “ Red Rose” tribe, and winner in his class at the late Hawke’s Bay Agricultural Show as a 2-year-old, beating the descendants of Prince Leonard, the “ Duchess of Camburgh,” and “ Fruitful Fanny,” and the progeny of Booth’s renowned “ Iron Duke,” with the produce of Bell’s “ Crown Prince,” will serve a limited number of Cows at Oakbourne. The dam of the “ Marquis of Cambridge” is “ Marchioness,” by “ Knight of the Crescent,” full brother to “ Crusader,” by Knight Templar (descended from Grand Duke), dam “ Dairy,” see N.Z. Herd Book. Dam of “ Marchioness” “ Milkmaid,” G.D. cream, imported by Archdeacon Hatfield of Otaki. Pedigree unimpeachable. Terms, £lO 10s each cow. Payable on removal. Feed gratis for two months, after which 3s per week will be charged. Every care taken but no responsibility incurred. For further particulars apply to JOHN DAVIS CANNING, Oakbourne, Wallingford, Proprietor,