J SWEEPSTAKES. N MONDAY EVENINC AT THE POST OFFICE HOTEL, At 9 o'clock. > O O T H NO. RACE COURSE. Best Liquors and Counter Luncheon JAMES MILNE, (Albion Hotel), Proprietor. T>E-OPENING or the CASINO DE VENISE. DANCING EVERT EVENING. GREAT ATTRACTION. GRAND BAL MASQUE MONDAY EVENING. New Music. New Arrivals. New Dances. G. H. KING, Proprietor. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. CHRISTMAS SPORTS, ~18 SON' MINERS' REST HOTEL, Commencing on BOXING DAY, DECEMBER 27, With a Peizes. Quoit Match, 18 yards ... £lO 0 Entrance, 2s 6d, added. Foot race, 150 yards ... £1 0 0 Entrance, 2s 6d, added. Climing greasy pole ... £1 0 0 Tuesday, Dec. 28. Quoit match, 21 yards ... £1 0 0 Entrance, 2s 6d, added. Foot race, 250 yards ... £1 0 0 Entrance, 2s 6d, added. Quoit match, 12 yards ... £1 0 0 Entrance, 2s 6d, added. Wednesday, Dec. 29. Shooting match at fat ducks, the duck Do at fat goose ... the goose Do at fat turkey ... the turkey Entrance for each event, Is. Thttesday, Dec 30. Grand Volunteer Enfield rifle match, distance 150 and 200 yards; prize for each distance £2 0 0 FridaY) Dec. 31. Family and juvenile day, set apart specially for pic-nics and private matches. Satu&day, Jan. 1,1870. Grand tilting tournament, and other Caledonian games. Tilting, first prize ... £2 0 0 Do second do ... £1 0 0 Referees will be appointed on the ground. J. H. GIBSON. SOGRAMME OF WESTPORT TOWN SPORTS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1869. Managing- Committee:—Messrs T. Sheahan, J. Harris, Jas. Milne, C. Lempfert, and J. Hughes. 1 Prize. 2 Price 1. Flat race, 150 yards £3 £1 2. Putting the stone 211bs weight 3 1 3. Running high leap ... 3 1 4. Sack race 3 1 5. Vaulting with the pole 4 1 6. Running flat leap ... 3 1 7. Boys' race (for boys under 12 years of age) Free entry ... 1 10s 8. Standing high leap... 2 1 9. Hop, step, and jump 3 1 10. Standing flat leap ... 3 1 11. One mile race, handicap 5 2 12. Pig hunt Pig SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1870. Ip. 2p. 3p. 13. Wrestling(Cumber* land and Westmoreland £8 £2. 14. Swimming match... 8 3 1 15. Pig hunt ... Pig And other sports, if funds will admit. Entrance money, 5 per cent, on the amount of the first prize. Three entries* or no prizes given. JOHN HUGHES, Hon. Sec. T. SHEAHAN, Hon. Treasurer.
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Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 598, 25 December 1869, Page 3
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