HOKITIKA ANNUAL RACES.

West Coast Times, Issue 702, 24 December 1867, Page 3

HOKITIKA ANNUAL RACES.

The stewrrds met last evening, at the Empire Hotel, for the puroosc of receiv'ng entries for the for Jicom u<* ibices, to be held on the 30th and 31st December. FIEST DAY. Jlriai. Stakes, of 40 sots., open to all horses "^\.he properly prior to the 9th November of any bonafide resident in Westland. Weight forage. One mile and a distance. Entrance 4 soys. Mr Donald Cameron's eh m Mooting Bird, aged. Mr John L. Smith's g in Regalia, 4 j .-s. Mr B. Homan's b m Stella, 6 yrs. ! Mr Gh Harrison's eh m Eed Rose, 4 yrs Mr Gh Harrison's br g Kohler, nged. HoKirrKA. Town PiiAtb, of 100 sots, .open to all horses. Weight for ago. Two miles. Entrance 10 eovs. Mr Donald Cameron's eh m Mocking B-'^d, aged. Mr J. Trimble's eh g Golden Cloud, aged. Mr G-. Harrison's br g Holder, aged. Packers' Purse, 30 soys. He its : for packers' horses only, that must be proved to be regularly packed on any part of the West Coast for not less than three months prior to tho meeting. Welter weight for age. Three-quarters of a mile. Entrance 3 soys. Mr C. Mullen's r g Butcher Boy, aged. Mr Hugh Cassidey's g g Archer, aged. Mr R. Foley's br m Maid of the Shpimon, 4 yrs. SE2UQHJ Bace, of 50 soys, open to all horses, under following conditions :—lf: — If entered, not to be sold ;to carry 71bs penalty ; if to be sold, for L6O ; weight for age ; for LSO, allowed 71bs ; for L<l3, allowed 141bs ; for L3O, allowed 211bs ; for L2O, allowed 28 lbs ; one-mile-and-a-half. The winner to be sold by auction immediately after the race. Any surplus over upset price to go to the funds. Entrance 5 soys. Mr J. L. Smith's g m Regalia, 4 yrs. Mr John Day's b g Native, aged. Mr J. Homan's b m Stella, 6 yrs. Mr Gh Harrison's eh m Eed Eose, 4 yrs. Hubble Bace, of 70 soys, open to all horses. Weight for age. Two miles, over such hurdles as the stewards may determine. Entrance 7 aovs. Mr James Day's b g Native, aged. Mr T. JL Christian's eh g Shamrock, 5 yr3. Mr A. Dyson's br g Brown Stout, aged. Mr Harrison's br g Merrimac, aged. Mr Edgar's br m Blink Bonny, aged. SECOND DAY. Westland Cotjktt Handicap, of 200 sots, open to all horses, two miles and and a distance. Nomination, with 3 soys only, to be made on night of. general entry. Handicap weights will be made and declared at the Empire Hotel, at 9 p.m. on the first day of running, so a3 to allow the stewards an opportunity of rating the merits of the horses during the same day's running. Mr Donald Cameron's eh in Mocking Bird, aged Mr J. Trimble's eh g Golden Cloud, aged. Mr GK Harrison's eh m Eed Eose, 4 yrs. Mr Gh Harrison's br g Kohler, aged. Trotting Distance Handicap, of 30 soys, open to all horses, welter weight for age. Three miles. Entrance, 3 sots. Mr S. Garforth's br m Gentle Annie, aged. Mr W. Morrison's b g Banker, aged. Mr E. Clarke's br in Collie, aged. Mr D. Cameron's eh in Katie Darling, 4 yrs. Ladies' Pttese, of 50 soys, open to all horses. G-entlemen riders. Welter weights. One mile and a-Lnlf. Entrance, 5 soys. Mr D. Cameron's eh m Mocking Bii-d, aged. Mr J. Smith's eh g Golden Cloud, aged. Mr J. Jones' br g Gabbla, aged. r Mr G\ Harrison's br g Kohler. aged. Butchees' PtrasE. of 30 soys. Heats. For

horses the hona fide property previous to the 9th November, of retail butchers on the West Coast. Distance, three quarters of a mile. "Weight for age. Entrance, S soys. Mr J. Lovell's g g Waimea, aged. Mr J. C. Payne's br g Piper, 4 yrs. Mr C. Mullen's rg Butcher Boy, aged. HuDDiE Handicap, of 100 sots, open to all horses. Three miles. Nominations, with 3 boys, to be made on night of entry. Weights to be made and declared on night of first day's rmmiHg, as fov Weslland County Handicap, ami acceptance, of 7 soys, also under same conditions as Westland County Handicap. Mr J. Day's b g Kalive, aged. Mr T. K. Christian's eh g Shamrock, 5 yrs. Mr A. Dyson's br g Brown Stout, aged. Mr B. Evans, eh m Janet, aged. Mr G-. Harrison's br g Merriaiac, aged.

The Christchurch entries have not yet arrived.