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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 74, 1 February 1879, Page 3

WAIRAEAPA RAGE MEETING. " 18 7-9.-Frebidgxt : J. P. Kussell, Esq. Ji'dgb: E. Barton, Esq. Stewards : Mossrs. J. Dmmmond, N. Grace, H. M'Master, Wallace Smith, J. C. Vallance, 11. S. Wardell, E. A. S. Wyllie. Staeteb : Mr H. M 'Master, Clerk or tue Scales : Mr D. Donald. FIRST DAY.-THUESDAY, FEB. 13. Maiden Plale, 45 mm.—Entrance, 2 eovs.; 1J miles; weight for ago j second horse to save cntrauco; for maidens at the timo of entry ; winner of any stake after time of entry of tho value of £25 to carry 31k extra, and of £SO Dibs, extra. lVairarapa Stakes, 100 nova., added to a sweepstako of 5 eovs.—Entniuee, 2 sovs,; 3 miles; weight for age;. sweepstake to be paid by noon of tho day of race. Produce Sides, 40 sovs., added to a sweepstako of 2 sovs.— miles; for horses bred and trained in the district that have never started prior to Ist Nov., IS7B ; weight for ago; second horse to save stakes. Hack Had;, 10 ion.—Entrance 10a; once round; catch weights; post entry. Ladies' P tine, 35 sovs,— Entrance, 2 sovs.; 1 mile; welter weights for ago; gentlemen riders. SECOND DAY.-FEIDAY, FEB. 14. Hurdle Handicap, 50 sovs.—Second horse to save his stakes; entrance. 1 sov.; acceptance, 2 soys. ; 2 miles and a distance; over darkened hurdles, 3ft. 9iu, high. Hack Hurdle Race.—E'mi horse to receive 15 sovs.; second horse, 3 sovs. j 1 mile I and a distance; weight, lOst, Entrance. I 10s. Il r . /. 0. Handicap, 150 sovs.— Entrance. 2 sovs.; acceptance, 3 sovs.; 2 miles. llackllace, It) sovs.— Entranco, 10s; once round ; post entry ; weight, lOst, Diilrid Handicap, 50 low.—Entrance, 1 sov.; acceptance, 2 sovs. ; socond horse to save his stakes; 1J- miles; for horses owned in tho district six months previous to entrance. Consolation Handicap, 20 sow.—Entrance, 1 sov.; 1 mile; horses to be named a quarter of nn hour after the District Pace, and to bo handicapped by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint. REGULATIONS. The first saddling bell will ring at 11 a.m.; first race to start 11.30—sharp, llaees to be run uudor tho Wairarapa Jockey Club Utiles. Genoral entries and nominations forllandicaps to bo mndo to tho Secretary at tho Rising Sun Hotel, Grcytown, between the hours of (j aud 8 p.m. on Saturday, February Ist, 1879, or by letter bearing postmark of that or earlier date. All entries to be accompanied with names and ages of horses, and colors of ridors, ■ No entry will bo accepted unless accompanied with amount of entrance money. Weights for all Handicaps'will be declared on Saturday, Bth February, 1879, at 9 p.m., at the Rising Sun Hotel, Greytown. Acceptances for the Hurdle Handicap and W.J.C. Handicap to bo given to the Secretary on the course before 5 p.m. on the first day of the races, and for the District Handicap a quarter of an hour after the W.J.C. Handicap is run. The Ladies Purse will be confined strictly to gentleman riders, and in order to carry out this rule, owners of horses entered in this race will be required to furnish the Secretary with the mimes of their ridors at least half-aii-hourbeforo the race, for the approval of the Stowards, | JNO. M. GffiDLESTONE, 13 Secretary Wairarapa Jockey Club

I m& GREYTOWN HORTICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY.

milE SECOND SHOW of tlio above Society X will bo held in tlio TOWN HALL, GREYTOWN, WEDNESDAY, 12m I'EBBUARY. 1879. Programmes may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Members' Tickets, 10a each,' to admit families, to be bad from any member of the Committee or the Secretary. A. L. WEBSTER, '22 Secretary. nMND DRAWING OF PRIZES \T ON TflK ART UNION PRINCIPLE. To bo hold at GREYTOWN at 8 p.m. on ffiMUABY 13th, 1879, FIRST NIGHT OF THE WAIRARAPA RACES. When the following Prizes -will be drawn for, viz.:— £ s. i>. 1. Valuablo single-seated BUGGY with moveable hood, pole, shafts and lamps 70 0 0 2. Splendid HUNTING WATCH, independent centre-second, stopaction 30 0 0 3. Handsome Silver HUNTING STOP-WATCH, by Russell, of London 16 16 0 4. Dickens's Works, complete in 8 Vols., handsomely bound in calf 12 12 0 5. Dante's Inferno, Dante's Purgatorio and Paradiso in 2 Yols., English text by Gary, and illustrated by Gustavo l)orc ~ .. 10 10 0 G. Carriage Clock in Leather case 5 5 0 7. Solid Nickel Silver Water Jug 417 0 £l5O 0 0 150 TICKETS AT £l. Tickets may be obtained from EDWARD WYLLIE, 29 Masterton. WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY R" PAIR Will be held on the Show Grounds, CARTERTON, . FEBRUARY 20, 1879. Entries, accompanied with the entranco fees, must bo lodged with the Secretary on or beforo the Gth FEBRUARY, 3879. That sufficient accommodation may be provided and catalogues prepared, when forwarding the entry the owner is requested, to signify whether the sheep are to be auctioned, and by whom, also whether they are to be sold singly or in pairs of fire and ten. All sheep must be on the ground before 9 o'clock, and may be removed aftor twelve o elook. ENTRANCE FEES:First five Sheep .. .. is per head, Over that number Cd ~ • Members Free. WM STUiIIT FOivBES, . Secretary.