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West Coast Times, Issue 377, 7 December 1866, Page 3

Sporting 1 . ' THE FIRST ANNUAL HOKITIKA RACES Will be run on MONDAY, December 31st; TUESDAY, January Ist ; and WEDNESDAY"', January 2nd, Over a good circular Course, in an open grass paddock which has been specially and carefully cleared, on the property of B. Clapcott, Esq., just across the Hokitika River, and scarcely twenty minutes distance from town. • STEWAItnS. G.S. SaIe, W.C.C. G.G.Fitzgerald,R.M. i M. Cassius, M.P.C. G. Ilungerford B. Clapcott J. Jones J. R. Carey B. Osborne J. J. Bartlett G. Harrison A.Dyson 11. J. Ilausen S. Garforth J. Trenery 11. Mace R. Reeves J. P. Klein 1). Lynch C. P. Edwards ■ J. Dean. TREASURER. I>. Osborne. JUDGr. STARTED. Holies Knox S. Cook. Programme. FIRST DAY.— MONDAY. Trial Stakes of 30 eovs, open to all horses the property of any bona fide residents •in Westland. Weight for age. One mile and a distance. Entrance 3 soys. Packers Purse, of 30 soys. Heats. For Packers horses only, and that must be be proved to have regularly packed, on any part of the West Coast, for not less than one month since the Ist of July. Welter weight for age. Three-quarters of a mile. Entrance 3 soys. Butchers Purse, of 30 soys, for horses the bona fide property of any West Coast cattle dealers or butchers. Weight for age. One mile and a half. Entrance 3 soys. Hokitika Plate, of 50 soys, with a sweep of 5 soys each added. Open to all horses. Weight for age. Two miles. Entrance 2 soys. "Hurdle Race, of 50 soys. Welter weight for age. Open to all horses. One mile and a half. Entrance 5 soys.

SECOND DAY.— TUESDAY. j Selling Race, of 40 sovd. Open to all | horses under the following conditions: \ — If entered not to be sold, to carry 71bs j penalty ; if to be sold for £60, weight . for age ; for £50, allowed 71bs ; for £40, allowed 141bs; for £30, allowed 21 lbs; for £20, allowed 28lbs. One mile and a half. The winner to be sold by auction after the race, and any balance over the upset price to go to the unds. Entrance 4 soys. The Local Platd, of 25 soys, for horses the bona fide property of parties resident and carrying on business now and previous to the Ist December — in the Hokitika District, viz., Ross Town, South, and Teremakau, North. The winner of any race on the first day to carry 6lbs penalty, and, if running second, 3lbs. Weight for age. Heats — one mile and a distance. Entrance, £2 10s. Trotting Race, of 30 soys, for Westland horses only thut have been this side the range previous to December Ist. No weight under list. Three miles. (Distance handicap.) Entrance, £'3, The Corixthiax Cup (a silver goblet, value 25 guineas, presented by J. J. Bartlett, Esq.), with a sweep of 5 soys each added. Open to all horses ; but every horse must qualify by being first ridden clear over a hurdle in front of the Grand Stand once in three attempts. Gentlenipn riders, to be approved by the Stewards. Welter weight for age. One mile and a distance. District Hurdle Race, of 30 soys. Open to Westland hcrses only, as for the Trial Stakes. No weight under lOst Tibs. Twice round. Heats— over eight flights of hurdles, about 3ft Gin high. Entrance, £3. THIRD DAY.— WEDNESDAY. The Westlasd Handicap, oi 100 soys. Open to all horses Two miles and a distance. Nominations, with 2 soys only, to be made on the night of general entry. The handicap weights will be made and declared at the Empire Hotel, at 9 p.m. on the second day of running, so as to allowthc Stewards an opportunity of rating the merits of the horses during the previous days' running. Acceptance, with 6 soys, must be given to the Clerk of the Course, at the Empire Hotel, by 11 p.m. the same evening. The New Year's Gift, of 30 soys, open only to horses the property of, and to be ridden by, bona tide diggers on tho West Coast. No winner of any previous race at this meeting allowed to start; but, if entered, his money to be returned. No weight under list. About one mile. Heats— without dismounting. Entrance £1. The Pack Saddle ScußßY,_of 20 soys, and a new pack saddle for the second horse. ! Qualification same a3 fcr Packers Purse. The hor&es to be ridden in pack saddles, i by packers only, and to carry not- less than 12st, except the winner of the Packers' Purse, who will have a penalty of 7lbs. Once round and a distance. Heats, without dismounting. Entrance, £2. Hurdle Handicap, of 50 soys. Open to all horses. Two miles, over 16 flights of ! hurdles. Nominations, with 2 soys, oh ' the night of general entry ; weights to ! be made and declared on the evening of the second day's running, as for the Westland Handicap ; and acceptances, 3 soys, also uncicr same conditions as Westland Handicap. (N.B.— This is not a Sweepstakes J Consolation* Punsu (Handicap), of 20 soys, for all horses that have not won during the meeting. One mile. Entrance 2 soys. WEIGHTS FOB AGE. 6 yrs and aged lOst 4lbs 5 yrs lOst 4 yrs 9st 71bs 3 yrs 7st 9lbs WBI/TKB. 6 yrs and aged 12st 71bs 5 yrs 12st 4 yrs list 41bs 3 yrs ...lOst 41bs REGULATIONS. The rules of the Canterbury Jockey Club will be enforced, unless when otherwise specified. Mares and geldings allowed 3lbs, but no maiden allowance. All entries and nominations to be handed to the Stewards, at Osborne's Empire Hotel, previous to 9 p.m. on Friday, December 29th. \ All entries must be in writing, specifying age and description of horse, and colors of rider ; and contain the requisite entrance money. All horses must he ridden in colors. In all, or any disputes, the decision of the Stewards to" be final.