WANGANUI RACES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 217, 15 November 1860, Page 2

WANGANUI RACES.

13 th and 14?/i December , 1860. STEWARDS. ' - Major Trafford. Major Cooper. John Nixon, Esq. Pr. Tuke. W. S. Russell, Esq. *■. JUDGE.’ _ . Pr. .Gipson.- - iJ . : , CLERK OP THE COURSE. Samuel Deighton, Esq."

• 4- - FIRST DAY. ‘ 1.: Produce Plate of £SO, (or more if subscribed) added .to a Sweep Stake of ' £5 Cs. each, PP., open to all horses foaled in the . colony, and that have never run for public money previous to the ensuing racing season. ; 3 yrs. old, Bst. 71b., 4 yrs. 9st. 71b., 5 yrs. 30st., G yrs. and aged lOst. 41b. Heats, mile and-a-half; second horse to receive £lO out.of the stakes. No .person allowed ,to enter a horse without he is a subscriber of at least one guinea to this Plate. 2. Scurry Stakes of £ , added to a : sweepstakes.; of‘one guinea each, p.p.-V Heats, one mile and a-half. r Catch weights. 3. Ladies' Purse of £ ; , added to a sweepstakes of £2 2s. each, open to all : horses.: 3 yrs. old, lOst. 41b., -4 yrs. list. 41b., 5 yrs';ll st.'l 01 b. ,6 yrs.Tanld aged, 12st. 'Heats, 2 miles, second horse to save his stakes. Stock-horse Race of £ . , added to a sweepstakes of £1 each, for Stock -horses bona fide the property .of Stock-owners in the districts of Wanganui and ifongitikei, that have been regularly ridden after stock for. at least 12 months before the date of entrance, „ apd .that are not entered ~ for any race of the " present meeting. Weights same as for Wanganui Stakes, post entrances, single event, . two miles. . ' ,v> SECOND DAY. '■ -I.; Hurdlej Race of £ ■ , Julded,, to a Bweepstakes of. £2 2s, each, p. p. 3 yrs. 9st., 4 yrs. lOst., 5 yrs. lOst. 71b., 6 years cind aged lOst. lOlbs. Heats 2 miles, over six hurdles 4ft. high. Second horse to save his stakes. The winner of the Produce or Ladies”. Purse to carry 41b. extra. 2. Wanganui Stakes . of £ , added to a Bweepstakes of £3 Bs. each, open to. all horses. 3 yrs. old 9st., 4 yrs. old lOst., 5 : yrs.. lOot- vm . a rrs. old and aged lOst. 101 b. ffinners and thoroughbred liorsco- Co- -nerv 4\b. extra, /feats 2 miles, second horse to ' save his stakes. y 3, Welter Stakes of £ , entrance £1 Is. each, top weight l4st. Open to all horses, second, horse to save his stake, post entrance, heats one mile. 4 . Consolation Stakes of £- , entrance Is. each, for all horses that have run and not won a race during this meeting. Post entrances, weights to. be. handicapped by the . stewards, single event, once round the course and a distance.

"Mares and geldings to. be allowed 41bs. All jockeys to appear in proper costume. The following rules and regulations will be strictly adhered to': 1. There shall be a distance post for each race. , : ‘ 2., Any person entering a. horse must be a subscriber of <£l Is. to the Ro.ce Fund. 3. Notice is to be given to the Stewards of •all 'Matches that may be wished, to be run between any of the Faces.. 4. No person- will'be permitted; to gallop or ride on the course during the.Jiace days. 5 A.ll dogs found on the course will be de stroyed. •• ~ 6. The. Races will commence punctually at 11 o’Clock; half-an-hour allowed between each Heat and Race 7. All applications for Booths to be made to the. Stewards, who will point out the sites a,ndj regulate the scale of charges for the occupation j of. the ground. ! • 8. The Rules of, the Wellington Jockey Club will be strictly adhered to. Entrances for the Produce- Plate to be made in writing to the Stewards, at the York Hotel, on or before Thursday, 29th November, at 10 o’clock, p.m. All Entries for the remaining 72aces to close at the Commercial Hotel on the I.oth December, at 10 o’Clpck, p.m. All disputes to be referred, to the Stewards, whose decision will be final. Subscriptions will be received at the Oriental Bank Corporation. By Order of the Stewards,, HENRY STOKES,. Hon. Sec . and. Treasurer. N.B.—The Race days have been changed to the second week in December, on account of the Supreme Coart sitting at Wellington during the first week. Wanganui, ' Sept. 20, 1860,. /,'