MABTBBTON AND OPAKI JOCKEY CLUB MEETING, 1879. To bo held on the Opaki Course on j TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2nd and 3rd, President : E. G. Williams Judge : R, Welch. Starter : J?. Gray. Clerk op the Scaies : J. H. Harding. Clebks of the Course: W, lorns and Manihera, Stewards: A. W.Cave, Jas.Macara, H. Bannister, S. Chamberlain, 6. Dixon, T. Chamberlain, R. Campbell. Handicapper; James Macara. FIRST DAY.-DEOEMBER 2,1879. Maiden Plat?, of £25. 1} miles. Weighs for age. Entrance £2. todies' Purse, of £2O. 1 miles. Welter weights for age, Gentlemen riders.. Entrance £2, • , ■ Hack Race, of £lO. Once round the course, Not less than 10 stone. Entrance £l. Opaki Stakes Handicap, of £SO. 2| miles. Nomination £2, acceptance £2. Hack Race, of £ . Once round the course. Catch weights. Entrance 10s. SECOND DAY.-DEOEMBER 3,1879. Handicap Hurdle Race, of £25. 2 miles. Over 7 nights of darkened hurdles, 3ft Gin. Nomination £l, acceptance £l. Single event. Hack Hurdle. Race, of £lO. 1J miles. Single event. Not less than 10 stone. Entrance £i.. Produce Ru.ce, of £25. 1J miles. Weigh forage. Entranced. Hack Race, of £lO. Once round the course. Not less than 10 stone. Entrance £l. District Handicap, of £4O. 1J miles. Nomination £l, acceptance £2. Hack Race, of£ , Once round the course, Entrance 10s. Consolation Handicap, of £ls. Once round the course. Entrance £l. Post entrance. The saddling bell will ring at 11.30 each day; first race to start at 12 o'clock sharp. The winner of the Maiden to carry 61bs extra in the Produce liace. The District Race is open to all horses owned in the district at least six month previous to this Race Meeting. The Produce Race is for all horses bred and trained in the district and that have never started for an advertised race. In case of a protest, the same must be lodged with the Secretary within fifteen minutes after the race is run, with a deposit of £2; such deposit to-be forfeited if the f protest be found trivial or vexatious. 1 The winners of first day's hack races will _ not be allowed I o run for those on the second day; nor will the 'sinner of the £lO hack on either day be allowed to run for thft smaller catch weight hack race. No person will be allowed to enter a horse 5 unless he 1)8 a subscriber of at least £1 to P the Jockey Club fund. il No scratching of horses to be done except 1 it be through the Secretary. '> General en;ries to be made to the Pecietary at the Club Hotel, Masterton, between the hours of 7 and 9 o'clock on the evening of n Thursday, November 27th, previous to the if race meeting, Entries to be acco apanied ;e by the required amounts, also names and ir ages of horses and colors of riders, and no entries will be received after that night either ,y by letter or telegram, i. Weights for Opaki Stakes Handicap to be 3, declared at the Club Hotel on the Monday ?• evening previous to the meeting. s. Accentances for Opaki Stakes Handicap d close at 15 minutes after the Ladies' Purse ie is run. Weighti for the Hurdlo Race to be declared r, same night as the Opaki Stakes Handicap, 8, Acceptances for Hurdles to close on Tuesj- day evening, not later than 8 o'clock. Ie Acceptances for District Handicap will Id close 15 minutes after the weights are declared on the second day after the Produce Race is run. Nominations for Consolation Handicap to bo'made to the Secretary 15 minutes after - the District Handicap is run. Weights to be declared 15 minutes after the nominations „ have closed, and acceptances will close lfi w minutes after the weights have been de> clared. J, lORNS, 290 Hon. Sec. and Treas, RACES n . BOXING DAY, 26th DECEMBER, 1879 iiis* STEWARDS! . Mr G.Harris Mr E. E.Martin Mr R. Tilson Mr H. Gillies Mr A. B.Jackson Mr R. G. William Mr E. Buckridge Mr J. MoMaster Mr J. H. Tally. Judge : Wallace Smith.
Starters: J. McMaster and E. E. Martin Clerk of Scales: J. H. Tully.. HANWCATPEns: H. McMaster and J, Drummond, 1. Handicap Hurdle Race, of 20 sovs two miles; entrance, 20s. 2. Hack Hurdle Raee, of sovs; one mile and a distance; weights, lOst; entrance, 10s 6(1, 3. Maiden Vlate, of sovs; one and a half miles; entrance, 21s; weight for age, 4. Waiknga Stakes Handicap, of 30 sove; two miles; entrance, 425. 5. Sapling Stakes, of 20 sovs; for two-year olds; distance six furlongs; weights, colts 7st 101b, fillies 7st 51b; entrance 21s, 6. Hack Race of sovs; one and a half miles; 9st, entrance 10s 6d. 7. Sharer's Plate Handicap of sovs; one mile and a distance; entrance 21s. 8 Gonsoalion Handicap of sovs. one mile and a distance; entrance 21s. 9. Hack Race, if time permits of sovs; catchweights; the winner of previous hack race not allowed to start for this Nominations for the Waihenga Stakes, Sapling Stakes, and Hurkle Handicap must be sent in on or before the 15th November, under seal to the secretary. Nominations will not be entertained aftei that date. Handicaps will be declared on the night of general entry, 6th December, and entrances will close on the same evening, not later tha. 8 p.m., at the Waihenga Hotel. The Wairarapa Jockey Club liules mil be strictly adhered to, All horses entered for the above events must be bona fide proporty at the time of entry. All persons entering horses must be a subscriber of at least 21b to the race fund. JOHN MACAEA, 289 Hon. Sec. and Treas. SIU&A uiuurueuiet, ■— --o Featherston og Greytown. I storrelser pasende for kjoberen. Deels aaben svamp deels skovland, Kan erholdes paa afbbtaling og meget gode Vilkaar, hos Messers Joseph and Phillips, Dry Kiver Station, Lower Valley. 252
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 317, 17 November 1879, Page 3
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