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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 83, 12 February 1879, Page 3

WAffiARAPA RACE MEETING. . . 18 79. Presidknt : J, E, Eiwscll, Esq, Judge ; R. Barton, Esq, Stewaiids : Messrs, J, Dnunmoud, N.Grace, H, M'Master, Wallace Smith, J. C. Valknee, H. S. Wardoll, E, A. S. Wyllie. Biahibr : Mr H, M'Master, Clerk or tub Scmies : Mr D. Donald. FIRST DAY.-THURSDAY, FEBi 13, Maiden Plate, 45 sods.—Entrance, 2 sovs.; ]-i miles; weight for age • second horse to save entrai.ee; for maidens at the time of entry; winner of any stake after time of entry of tho value of £25 to carry 31ba. extra, and of £SO Gibs, extra, Waimrapa Stakes, 100 sovs., added to a sweepstake of 5 sovs.—Entrance, 2 sovs. ; 3 miles; weight for age; sweepstake to bo ■ paid by noon of the day of race, Produce Stakes, 4.0 sovs:, added to a sweep stake of 2 sovs.—lJ miles; for horses bred and trained in the district that have never started prior to Ist Nov,, 1878; weightier age ; second horse to save stakes, Hack Rack, 10 sovs.— Entrance, 10s; once round; catch weights; post entry. Ladies' Purse, 35sous—Entrance, 2sovs,; 1 mile; welter weights for age; gentlemen riders, SECOND DAY,-FRIDAY, FEB. 14. Hurdle Handicap, 50 sovs.—Second horse to save his stakes; entrance. 1 sov,; acceptance, 2 sovs.; 2 miles and a distance ; over darkened hurdles, 3ft, 9in, high. Had Hurdle Race.— First horse to recoivo 15 sovs.; second horse, 3 sovs,; 1 milo and a distance; weight, lOst. Entrance, 10s. W. J. C. Handicap, 150 sovs,—Entrance, 2 sovs.; acceptance, 3 sovs,• 2 miles, Hack Sace, 10 sovs.— Entrance, 10s; onco round; post entry; weight, lOst. District Handicap, 50 sow.—Entrance, 1 sov,; acceptance, 2 sovs,; second horse to save his stakes; 1A miles; for horses owned in the district six months previous to entrance. Consolation Handicap, 20 sous.—Entrance, 1 sov, j 1 mile; horses to be named a quarter of an hour after tho District Eaco, and to be handicapped by the Stewards, or whom they may appoiut. REGULATIONS. The first saddling bell will ring at 11 a.m.; first race to start 11.30—sharp.. Eaccs to be run under tho Wairarapa Jockey Club Rules. General entries and nominations for Handicaps to bo made to the Secretary at tho Bising Sun Hotel, Groytown, between the hours of G and 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 riders, No entry will be 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 Eising Sun Hotel, Groytown. Acceptances for the Hurdle Handicap and WJ.O. Handicap to bo given to the Secretary on tho course before 5 p.m. on the first day of the races, and for the District Handicap a quarter of an hour after tho 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 names of their riders at least half-an-hour before the race, for tho approval of the Stewards. JNO. M, GIEDLESTONE, 13 Secretary Wairarapa Jockey Club

hrand drawing of prizes It on tub ART UNION PRINCIPLE. To bo hold at GEEYTOWN at 8 p.m. on FEBRUARY 13th, 1879, FIRST NIGHT OF THE WAIRARAPA RACES, When the following Prizes will lie drawn for, viz, :-•- £ s, D. 1. Valuable 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 i. Dickens's Works, complete in 8 Vols., handsomely bound in calf 12 12 0 5. Dante's Inferno, Dante's Purgatorio and Paradise in 2 Vols., English text by Gary, and illustrated by Gustavo Dore ~ .. 10 10 0 G. Carriage Clock in Leather case 5 5 0 7. Solid Nickel Silver Water Jug 4 17 0 £l5O 0 0 150 TICKETS AT £l. Tickets may lie obtained from EDWARD WYLLIE, 29 Mastcrton. WAIRARAPA AND EAST COAST PASTORAL AND. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. "DAM Tj! AI E , Will be held on the Show Grounds, CARTERTON, FEBRUARY 20, 1879. Entries, accompanied with the entranco fees, must be lodged with the Secretary on or before the Gth FEBRUARY, J879. That sufficient accommodation may be provided and catalogues prepared, when forwarding the entry the owner is requested to signify whether tho sheep arc tobc auctioned, and by whom, also whether they arc to be sold singly or in pairs of five and ten. All sheep must be on tho ground before 9 o'clock, and may be removed after .twelve o clock, ENTRANCE FEES :- First five Sheep ~ ~ Is per head. Over that number 6d ~ Members Free. WM STUART FOABES, Secretary. ROBERT GARDNER & 00.,WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IRONMONGERS, WELLINGTON. V prices will bear comparison with any other house in New Zealand, SPECIALITY. - Carpenters', Cabinetmakers', and Builders, Blacksmith's and Wheelwright's, Cooper's, Painter's, and Butcher's Tools and Requisites. .; House and Hotel Furnishing Ironmongery. -Electro-plated Ware, Lamp Ware, &c, everything, in fact, required by Mechanics, Farmers, Saw Millers, and for House Furnishing. Season's supply now opening. The largest yet imported, consisting of-GunsS breech & muzzle loading, Rifles and Carbirrf, Powder, Shot, Caps, Cartridges,'. Gv "'•'*■ Cartridge implements. - ROBT, GARDN Whoiesaib & RetA