WANGANAUI RACES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 209, 20 September 1860, Page 2

WANGANAUI RACES.

;v«r ' i.i.j 13 th and 14/A December , 1860.

STEWARDS. Major Traffokd. Major Cooper. John Nixon, Esq. Dltf aTTJKEr- "■ - 7 - Mr.,W., S; Hussei.l. ,

JUDGE.

- Dr. Gibson

• 'IcLERK bT THE COURSE. Samuel Dkighton, Esq.

1 Hirsxday.

.Plate of £SO (or more if-sub-scribed), added to, a'Sw'eepstakes ofJBS Cseach, P. P., open' to all horses foaled in tlie colony, and that have' never run for'public money previous to the ensuing-racing season31yrs. bldj :v ßst. Tib.; 4' yrs. 9st/ 7.1 b;, .5 lOst., 6 yrs. and aged lOst.- 41b. Heats, mile and-a-lialf; second horse., to receivejßlO out of the stakes.. No person allowed to enter a horse without he/is a subscriber of at least; one guinea to this Plate. . % Scurry Stakes of£ . added to. a sweepstakes of one guinea. each, p.p, Heats,, one mile and a-half. Catch weights. ;3 '. 'Ladies' Purse of £ , added to a sweepstakes of £2 2s. each, and a valuable Whip given by Mrs. Armstrong, open to all horses. 3 yrs. old, lOst. 41b., 4 yrs. list. 41b., 5 yrs. list. 101 b., 6 yrs. and aged, J2st Heats, 2 miles, second horse to save his stakes. 4. Stock-horse Race o£<£ y added to a sweepstakes of j£l each, for Stock-horses hona.fide the property of Stock-owners in the districts of Wanganui and . sangitikei, that have Been regylarly ridden after stock fpr at least 12 months before the date of entrance, and that are not entered for anyrace of the present meeting. Weights same ad for. Wan: gamii Stakes, post entrances, single event, two miles.

SECOND ; DAY.

1. Hurdle Race of £ ' , added to a sweepstakes of £2 2s, each, p. p. 3. yrs. Sst/,-; 4 yrs, lOst, 5 yrs. lOst. 71b., .6 yeafs and aged lOst. lOlbs. Heats 2 miles, over six hufdles 4ft. high. Second horse to save, bis .staked The winner of the Produce or Ladies’ Purse to carry 4lb. extra. 2. Wanganui Stakes of £ , added to a, sweepstakes of £3 3s. each, open to, all, horses. 3 yrs. old 9st., 4 yrs. old lOst., 5. ,yrs'. lOst. 71b., 6 yrs. old arid aged lOst. 101 b. /Pinners • and thoroughbred horses to carry . 41b. extra. He ats 2 ’ miles, second horse to, ~save Jiis staked.. • ■ ■ '- 'Q.: irelier StaKes or £ , entrance £1 Is. each, top weight.l4st. Open to all horses, second-horse to save his stake, post entrance, ■heata one mile.- .

4; Consolation Stakes, of- JB , entrance JBl' l s."each,for all horses that have run and ; aiots'w6ri*a 'race u duririg;this meeting, £bst entrances, weights to ■ be handicapped by the ••'stewards, single event, once round the course . and a distance- ;

Mares and geldings to beallowed 41bs. All jockeys to appear in proper costume.

The following rules and regulations will be strictly adhered .to : .

" D There shall be a distance post for each race. . •'

2. Any person entering a horse, must be a subscriber of £1 Is, to; the jßace Fund.

3,. Notice 4s to ,the Sewards of. I all Snatches, that may be wished to be ruji be* any of the Faces. • :' [ 4. Nb,.per,son ,\y'ill be .permitted ,to gallop or ( rhie pn the. course during,the"J?ace days. -; Ajldogs. found on the course will be'd®. atroyed. 6. The Faces, will,commence punctually at U o’clock; half-an-bour allowed between each Heat and Race.

. 7.-. All. applications for. Booths to be made to the who will point out the sites and regulate the scalV of charges for the occupation , ,<?f, jhe ground.’.... . . ■ • ' ‘ B.'. The Rules of, the Wellington Jockey ;Cl»b..wiil’be stjiptly'adhered t0.,,'

. Entrances for the Produce Plate to be made in/ writing to , the Stewards, at the , York •ifotel, on or before Thursday, 29th . November, at 10 o’clock, p.m.jAll Entries for the . remaining. Traces to close at the Commercial - Jftotel on the H>th T , December, at, TO o’.Cl.ock, p.m. ' !’-• i'. All 'disputes tp be referred to the; Stewards, ‘ whose, decision, will be. final; 1 ’ " Subscriptions will be received at. the Oriental Bank Corporation. ■ .... N.8.-r-Tlie Race days have been phanged to the second week in December, on account Supreme Coart sitting at Wellington during the first week. , ! ' By Ordpr of' the /Stewards, .. .. - ■■■'fUbn.’iSeq. and Treasurer. Wanganui,. Sept. 20j 1860 j •