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Wanganui Herald, Volume IV, Issue 1112, 9 March 1871, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, loxn MARCH. Fancy Goods, Pocket and Table Cutlery, Tea and Table Spoons, &c. To Storekeepers, Hotel-keepers, Hawkers, and others. Mil A. BEAUCHAMP YJil ILL sell by auction, at his rooms, under instructions from the Importer, ON WEDNESDAY, 15th MARCH, At Eleven o'clock, THREE CASES FANCY GOODS, &c. Comprising—Ladies' work-boxes and dressing cases, hair brushes, combs, Meerschaum and other pipes, purses, match boxes, metallic memorandum books, tooth and vail brushes, draught and backgammon, boards, cribbage boxes, ladies' bags, pocket and table cutlery, &c, &c. Terms at sale. March 9, 1871. RANGITIKEI RACES. ON the Lower Rangitikci Race Course, to take place on FRIDAY, 17th March. STEWARDS. T. Fraser, C. Crocker, P. T. Richardson, J. Stevens, Dr. Hooper, R. Birch, L. Darnell, J. R. Cook. cnaiK op the scales. J. Stevens. SECRETARY. P. J. Richardson. STARTER. T. Fraser. CLERK OP THE COURSE. D. M'Konzie. First Race to start at Eleven o'clock. PROGRAMME. Hurdle Rack of £ — ; weights lOlbs less than welter weights; distance two miles; over 6 sets of hurdles ; 3ft 9iu high. ; entrance £1 ; open to all horses. 2. Produce Stakes of £ —Open to all horses that have never run for public money; distance one mile and a-half; entrance £2 ; weight for age. 3. Ladies Purse op £—Entrance £1; open to all horses ; distance one mile and a-half; Gentlemen riders ; Welter weights. 4. RAKGitncra Plate of £—Entrance, £2 ; open to all horses bred in the province of Wellington ; distance two miles and a-half; weight for age. 5: Flax Mill Purse op £ open to all horses, to be handicapped by the stewards • top weight list 71b ; distance two miles. 6. Tkotting Race of £ —Post entrance of ,£1 ; distance three miles, catch weights, 7. Consolation Stakes of £ £1. Open to all horses that have run at the present meeting, and not won; distance, one-and-a-half miles; weight for age. _ Entrance for the Produce and Rangitikci Plate, to take place at the Rangitikci Hotel, on Saturday, 13th March, and to close at 7 o'clock p.m. sharp. All entries to bo sealed, and addressed to the Secretary of the Race Meeting. AH entries for the other races to be made in like manner at the Handley Arms Hotel, Thursday, the 16th March, before 7 o'clock p.m. Any person entering a protest must do so-iu writing, accompanied by the sum of £1 , which will be forfeited if the protest prove frivolous. Three horses, the hona fide property of different owners, to start for each race, or no money will bo given. Jockeys to appear in Jockey costume, under a penalty-of ton shillings. No person allowed to run a horse unless a subscriber of £1 to the Race . Fund. The rules and regulations of the late Waucaaui Jockey Club will bo adhered to. The decision of the Stewards to be final. PENNINGTON J. RICHARDSON, Secretary, R.R.C. March 4, 1871.