WANGANUI RACES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 250, 29 August 1861, Page 2

WANGANUI RACES.

7ih and Bth November, 1801 .

STEWABDS. Major Trafford, Major Logan, 57th Regt. (.'apt. Rlewett, 65th /fegt. C'apt. Panikll, . I'r, .Gibson, . John Cameron, Esq. COMMITTER. W. Watt, Esq., : Major Trafford, James Alexander, Esq. Capt,. Magrath, T>r. Gibson,' Lieut. Lewis, 65th Regt. J. 7’rkw'eee, Esq. JUDGE. . -John Cameron, Esq. , L CLERK OE THE COURSE. • Samuel Leighton, Esq.

. FIRST DAY. 1. Produce Plate of £SO, (or more if Subscribed) • added to a Sweep stakes of £5 ss. each, I’P., open to.all horses foaled in the colony, and that have never ran for Public money previous to the ensuing racing season. 3 yrs. old, Bst. Tib., .4 yrs. 9st. 7 IK, 5 yrs. ] Ost., 6 yrs. and aged 10st. 4ib. Heats;, mile and-a-half; second horse to receive £lO "out of the stakes. v No person allowed to enter a horse without lie is a subscriber of at least one guinea to this Plate. • 2 Scurry Slakes of £ ' , added to a sweepstakes of one guinea each, p.p. Heats, one xniUL and a-half. Catch weights. '3/ Ladies' Purse of £■ , added to a sweepstakes of £2 2s. each,, open to . all horses. 3 yrs. old, lOst. 4ib., 4 yrs. list. 41b., 5 vrs. list. 101 b.. G yrs. and aged, 12st.j Heats, 2 miles, second horse to save his stakes. 4 . Stock horse Race of £ , added to a sweepstakes of £1 eaeh, for Stock-horses bona fide the property of Stock-owners in the districts of Wanganui and Rangitikei, that have been regularly ridden after,, stock for at least 12 months before the date of entrance, and that,are not entered for any race of the present meeting. Weights same as for Wan* ganui Stakes, post entrances, single event,, two'miles. .... SECOND DAY 1. Ilurdle Race of £ , added to a stveepstakes of £2 2s. each, p. p. 3 yrs.: 9s£., 4 yrs. lOst, 5 yrs. JOst. 71b.,'-6 years and aged lOst. 101b5,.: Heats 2 miles, over six hurdles 4ft. high. Second horse to save hi? stakes. The winner of the Produce or Ladies’ Purse to carry 41b. extra. '2. JVar,ganui Slakes of ■£ - , addecLto a sw'eepstakes of £3' 3s. each, open ; to‘ all horses. 3 yrs. old 9st., 4 yrs. old 105 t.,. 5 yrs. lOst. 71b., 6 yrs. old and age'dlOst. 10!b. /Pinners and thoroughbred horses to. carry 41b. extra. Heats two’miles,:second horse to! save his stakes;. ...... .. . I 3. Maori Race, entrance lOsV, open'to all 1 Horses bona Jide the property of natives, and , that have not run for tiny previous race of the meeting. Six horses to start or no race=; native riders. 4. Consolation Stakes of £ , entrance £1 Is..each, for all horses that have run and not won a race during this meeting. Post entrances, weights to lie handicapped by the stewards, single.event, once round the course and a distance. , Mares and geldings to be allowed 4 lbs. jockeys to appear in proper costume.

, T'he following rules anti regulations will be strictly adhered to : 1. There shall be a distance post for each race.

2. Any person entering a horse mmt be a subscriber of '£l' I s., to the Race Fund.

, 3.Notice is to be given to the Stewards of all Matches that may be wished to be run between any of the Races. 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 he destroyed. ', . C. The 'Races will commence punctually at 11 o’clock; half-an-hour allowed between each Heat and Race.

7. AW applications for Booths to be made to the Comniittee, who will point out the sites and regulate the scale 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, A'tewards, at the /Tangariui Hotel, on or before Thursday, 10th October, at 10 o’clock, p.m. AW entries for the .remaining Races to close at the Rutland Hotel on Monday, 4th November, at. 10 o’clock, p.m. "All disputes, to be referred to the Stewards, whose decision will be final. Subscriptions will be received at the Oriental Bank Corporation.'

Maiden Plate. of £ ,to be run in Nov. 1862, added "to a subscription of 5 guineas each for all 4,year,-phis foaled in the Colony. Weights 9st.’ 7lbs. one event, two mjles. Subscribers to declare on the 4th November, 1861, to the 7?uce Committee at the Rutland Hotel, before 10 o’clock, p. in, after which no subscription Will be taken. Horses t# be named and subscriptions paid on or before the 10th October, 1862 i • * * ; Bs Order of the Stewards, 7/ENRY STOKES, ' . Hon. See and Treasurer. Aug. 3,1351.