WANGANUI RAGES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 5, Issue 267, 7 November 1861, Page 2

WANGANUI RAGES.

7th and Qth November, _i-861X ■ ; 7 •• ••• ’STEWARDS. '*'rf 'v- _V/ ■ ' BcEWfiTTi 6sth Tfegt. ■ '• ; / CapT. PANiEfii;, ‘ * u Gibs6n, ?,%?/**]■* : , ‘ *' "X- . '"' : ' T ’«'• W. WATT, j?SQ,.i . X ; ~ ; Major Trafforp/' - - -..' -James. ' X>R. GIBSON, '/ • "'yi\ 0 L^eut., 6E»tjme|;t. "’ 5 : ' . J. TrweeE, Es<£ * “f*? 5 -*. ' r ' . !W : . John . : CLERK OP Samuel Deighton, Ji’gQt -:

•... ; FIRST BAX/ - : : 1 Produce Plate ot' £bQ{ (or 'mbre- if to ,r - ;Swebp v of £5.55. eapIXPP.; open to allj-hpfse&ftatedXo the colony; anil that I/ave never run fw Public jponey previous to, the ensuing racing season. ■Si yrs: old, Bst. 71b., 4 yrs,'-Bst'; Tffiip 5 f v yrs. 105 t.,; 6 yrs;' and' mile and-a-iuitf; second borsft3?o- i£l© j out of- -the stakes. . Nor. .to, enter a horse without he is a>si}]b?c r Ht% °f a.t least one guinea to this Plate.- 5.r,,; fu;yj '2 Scurry Stakes oi &. ; a sweepstakes of one guinea each} p.p; ‘ .-Heats, one mile: and a half;Catch heights,.. r .*.. 3. Ladies’: Pui‘se ot ■£ . . , , ; added to a sweepstakes otr£2 2s. eacj? i( .. open. to all horses. . 3 yrs. old, lOst. ■ 41b,, 4, yrs. l ist. 41b., 5 yrs. list. lolb.. 6 yrs. and,aged, 12st. Heats, 2. miles, second horse, to-saye his stakes. 4. Stock-horse Race -of j>,~ J added, to a sweepstakes of j£l each, for- .Stock-horses bona fide the property of Stock,-pwnere, 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 Wanganui - Stakes, post entrances,, .single event, two miles. - - , . w

SECOND DAY-’ 1. Hurdle Race 'ot £ '-. i added to a sweepstakes of £2r 2s. each, p. p. 3 yrs. 9st., 4 yrs. lOst, 5 yrs. 10st. : 71b., 6 years and aged lOst. lOlbs. milesy over six hurdles 4ft.- high. Second' H6rse to save his stakes. The winner of : the Produce or. Ladies’Purse to.cavry'4lb. extra. 2. 'Wanganui Stakes of «£ ' y added to a sweepstakes of £3 3s. eachy ;! - open • to all horses.; 3 3’ts. old 9st., 4 yrs; old lOst., 5 yrs. lOst. 71b., f> yrs, old and aged lOst. 101 b. dinners and thoroughbred -horses . to carry 41b. extra; Heats two miles,-second horse to save liis stakes. ' ' 3. 'Maori Race , entrance 7 <lOs;v open to all Horses bdna fide the property of natives, amithat have not run for any previous race of the meeting. ; Six'horsOsH© Statrt‘Or no racO ; native riders. -- 'X. h.hi 4 : Consolation Stakes dt £ X' I *' entrance • Jgl Is. each,' for all horses thatliave run and' not \von a/race during- tjns f Post entrances, weights’ to , be. haiKltcapped by the stewards, single event, once rouud^the'course and a. .distance. ; X. ...• r Mares and geldings to be allowed 4 lbs. appear uip^ctpiVCogtUEUC. The fullowiing. rules and regulations will be strictly adhered fo : 1. There shall be a distance post for each race., ' . , "'‘J.,.. ~ 2. Any person entering'aTiprse, must he a subscriber of Is. to the BaceJFuhd. :• 3. Notice is to be given to the A'tewards' of all Matches that may be wished to be„ruh hetweeu any of the Paces. ’ , ; 4. person will bo permitted to gallop 'or' ride on the course during tho Kace days. ‘5. All dogs found on the'course will 1-e destroyed., . ' . , v'’ 6. Tlie Traces commence punctually at 11 o’clock; half-an-hour allovved between each Heat aml Ti'ace.- lT:

7. AW applications for Bo’oths t6 ; be ma(le : to the Committee, .who .'•'\^iff- 3e p‘omt sites and regulate the scale for the occupation of the ground. d • 8. The Rules of the Wellingfon Jockey Club will be strictly adhered 'tOi : “- • v Entrances for the Product'. Plate to be made in writing to tlie at- the /Tangamii 7/otel;; on or before ,MThursday, 1 Oth : October, at 10 o'clock} 1 ; entries for the remaining Race 4 to close at the» Rutland Hotel On Moiiday. at 10 o’clock, p.m. a, l i. All disputes to be referred tb UiO Stewards, whose decision will be final. 1 ■ . . . Subscriptions will be received atttie Oriental Bauk Corporation. . ; ‘ 'ffiatden Plate of £. •;1:862, added to,a subscription of} "guineas each, for all 4 year olds foajle'd inTtheHolony. Weights 9st. 7 lbs. one eVenj^L'two .miles. Subscribers -to decla’re’jQn the 4th^November,. 1801, ,to tlie /iace.Xfipihniittee; at tile; .Rutland Hotel, before:lO o’clock} ’ in,’ after Which. 119 subscription^will' J>e 'jfajceril Horses to be named an cl, subscriptions id -on' or before the I.oth, ls62rX , " i 4 .. By Order ;of.the Stewards, ;X ; ' 7/ENKY ST&IyES, : : . . Hon.'&ec and Treasurer. Aug. 8,1861.