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West Coast Times, Issue 383, 14 December 1866, Page 4

Sporting. 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. STEWARDS. G.S. SaIe.W.C.C. G.G. Fitzgerald, R.M. M. Cassius, M.P.C. G. Hungerford B. Clapcott J. Jones J. R. Carey B. Osborne J. J. Bartlett G. Harrison A. Dyson H. J. Hausen S. Garforth J. Trenery H. Mace X, Reeves J.P.Klein D. Lynch C. B. Edwards J. Dean. TREASURER. B. Osborne. JUDGE. STARTER. Holies Knox S. Cook. Programme. FIRST DAY.— MONDAY. Trial Stakes of 30 soys, 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, witli a sweep of 5 soys each added. Open to all horses. Weight for ago. Two miles. Entrance 2 soys. Hurdle Race, of 50 soys. Weight for age. Open to all horses. One mile and a half. Entrance 5 soys.

SECOND DAY.*— TUESDAY. Seim^g Race, of 40 soys. Open to all horses under the following conditions: — If entered not to be sold, to carry 71bs penalty ; if to be sold for £60, weight for age ; for £50, allowed 71bs ; for £40, allowed 141bs ; for £30, allowed 211bs ; 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 Plate, 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 61bs 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 that have been this side the range previous to December Ist. No weight under list. Three miles. (Distance handicap.) Entrance, £'3, The Corinthian 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. Gentlemen 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 horses only, as for the Trial Stakes. No weight under lOst 71bs. Twice round. Heats— over eight flights of hurdles, about 3ft 6in high. Entrance, £3. THIRD DAY.— WEDNESDAY. The Westlaxd Handicap, of 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 allow the Stewards an opportunity of rating the merits of the horses during the pre- % vious 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 fide diggers on the West Coast. No winner of any previous race at this meeting allowed to start 5 but, if entered, his money to be returned. No weight under Il3t. About one mile. Heats — without dismounting. Entrance .£l. The Pack Saddle Scuhry, of 20 soys, and a new pack saddle for the second horse. Qualification same as for Packers Purse. The horses to be ridden in pack saddles, by packers only, a:id 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. Hurdie Handicap, of 50 soys. Open to all horses. Two miles, over 16 flights of hurdles. Nominations, with 2 6ovs, on 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 under same conditions as Westland Handicap. (N.B.— This is not a Sweepstakes.^ Consolation Purse (Handicap), of 20 soys, for all horses that have not won during- the meeting. One mile. Entrance 2 soys. WEIGHTS FOB AGE. G yrs and aged lost 4lbs syrs lOat 4yrs 9st 71bs 3 yrs 7st 91bs WELTER. 6 yrs and aged I2st 71bs 5 yrs i2st . 4 yrs nntn s t 4lb s 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 28th.

All entries must be in writing, specifying age and description of horse, and colors of rider ; and contain the requisite entrance money. AH horses must be ridden in colors. In all, or any disputes, the decision" of the Stewards to be final.