WANGANUI RACES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 218, 22 November 1860, Page 2

WANGANUI RACES.

13 th and 14 th December, 1860. STEWARDS. ' Ma-iqu , Trafeord, Major CoppEß. . John'Nixon, Esq: . Dr. Tuke. . W. S. Russell, Esq. - ju:dge. Dr. Gibson. . ■ CLERK or THE COURSE. Samuel Deighton, Esq. , FIRST DAY- ' 1 ■■ i. -produce Plate of £SO, (or more if ■ subscribed) added to a Sweep Stake of £s'. 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. - 8 yrs. old, Bst. 71b., 4 yrs. 9st. 71b., 5 yrs. TOst.ji 6 .yrs. .and aged- lOst. 41b. Heats, mile 1 add-a-half; second horse to receive £lO The */stakes. No person, allowed- to . center a horse without he is a subscriber of at .- least one guinea to this Plate. . , ■ Scurry e Stakes of £, , added to a sweepstakes of-one guinea each, p.p. Heats, ohe mile and a-half. Catch weights. 3. Ladies' -Purse of £. , added to a sweepstakes pf £2 2s. each, open to all horses. 3. yrs. old, lOst. 4!l>, 4 yrs. list.

41b., 5 yrs. list. 101 b., 6 yrs; ami aged, 12st Heats, 2 miles, second horse to save his stakes. .4. 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 TEanganui and : Rangitikei, that have been regularly ridden after stock for at least- 12 months before the date of and that are not entered for any race of the present ; meeting, sameaefor Wanganui Stakes, post entrances, single event, two miles, y. ■ /second day. ! 1. Hurdle Race .of £ ~ added to a sweepstakes of £2 2s. each, pi p. 3 yrs. 9stp 4 yrs. lOst., 5. yrs. lOst. 71b., 6 years and aged lOst. lOlbs, Heats 2 miles, oyer sik-diurdles - 4ft, high. 'Second ; horse to save his stakes. The winner of the Produce or Ladies’Purse to carry: 41b.-extra. 2. ' Wahgariui; Slakes of £ ; . added to.a sweepstakes of £3 3s. each, open to- all horses. 3 yrs. old 9st.,' 4 yrs. oldTost.,; -5 . yrs. lOst. 71b., 6 yrs. did and aged lOst. 101 b. dinners and thoroughbred horses to carry ' -41 b. extra, //eats 2 miles, ’second- ‘horseTo ’ save his stakes.

8. Welter Stakes of £ , entrance £1 Is. each,'fop weight l4st. Open to all horses, second horse to save his stake, post entrance, heats one mile.. A. Consolation Stakes of £ , entrance £l 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 tin da distance. , . Mares and geldings to be allowed 41bs. All jockeys to appear in proper costume. ' The following rules aiid regulations will be strictly adhered to : V ! ]. There shall be a - distance post for each race. ; •''• 2. Any person entering a horse must be a subscriber of <£l Is. to the Race Fund. 3. Notice is to be given to the Stewards of all Matches that may be wislfed to be run be- ; r tween.any of the Paces." .< v 4. No person will be permitted to gallop or ride on the course during the Race days. ' 5 All dogs found on the course will.be de stroyed. . ’ > 6; .The Paces will commence punctually at 11 o’Glock;. half-an-hour allowed between each Heat and Race ; 7. All applications for Booths to be made to the Stewards, Avho will point out the sites and regulate the seale of charges for the occupation 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 -21)ursday, 29th Novem.her; at 10 o’clock, p;m, All Entries for,the ’• remaining to. close at'* the Commercial Hotel oh the 10th December, at 10 o’Clock, , p.m. • ' AH disputes to be referred to. the Stewards, 'whose decieionwill.be final. Subscriptions will be received at the Orien- . tal Bank Corporation. -By Order, of the -Stewards, • • t ■ : " HENRY STOKES,, , Mon. Sec and 'Treasurer, - N.8.-«-The''Race days have been changed • to the-second week in December, on account, of the Supreme Court sitting at Wellington; during the first wcek> !; Wanganui, ; Sept. 20, 1860,-