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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 167, 5 October 1893, Page 1

RACING PROGRAMMES yY UCKLAND Racing club. From and after the Ist August 1893, a fee of ss. per month will he charged on all horses using, working, or training on the Ellerslie Racecourse. The caretaker, Ruddy, is empowered to collect the same, which must be paid on the first Monday of each month. By Order of the Committee, WM. PERCIVAL, August 15, 1893. Secretary. RACING CLUB. The following New Rules, passed as under by the Conference held in November, 1892, came into force on the Ist August, 1893. Trainers, Jockeys and apprentices must make application at once. RULE 167 a. 1. The Metropolitan Jockey Clubs shall issue annual licenses to trainers, jockeys, and apprentices. Only holders of such licenses shall be qualified to train or ride under the “ The Rules of Racing,” except that an apprentice may for one month after the date of his first mount in public ride races without holding a license. “ Apprentice ” shall mean any lad employed in a training stable who has not previously ridden in public. 2. The fee payable for a trainer’s license shall be two pounds, for a jockey’s license one pound, and for an apprentice’s license ten shillings. 3. On application for a license the applicant shall forward to the Secretary of the Metropolitan Club of the district in which he resides the necessary fee, together with his full name and address. Such application shall be dealt with by the Committee as they may deem fit. The Committee may also suspend or cancel any license, and any person whose license has oeen withdrawn or suspended on the ground of misconduct or of the infringement of the “Rules of Racing” shall not be allowed in any weighing-room, stand or enclosure during the time his suspension is in force. 4. All licenses issued shall be immediately published .in the “ Official Calendar.” 5. All licenses shall expire on the 31st July in each year. 6. An owner, or trainer, or both, who shall knowingly employ an unlicensed jockey, shall be fined any sum not exceeding twenty pounds each. WM. PERCIVAL, Secretary. Yy’.ANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB. SPRING MEETING. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19th and 20th, 1893. FIRST DAY—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19. 1. 12 noon.—Spring Handicap of 50 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stake. Nomination, 1 sov ; Acceptance, 1 sov. One mile and a distance. 2. 12 45 p.m.—First Handicap Hurdle Race of 100 sovs; second horse 15 sovs from the stake. Over eight flights of hurdles 3ft 6in in height. Nomination, 1 sov : Acceptance, 2sovs. About two miles and a distance. 3. 1.30 p.m. — First Handicap Hack Hurdle Race of 30 sovs; second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stake. Nomination, 10s ; Acceptance, 10s. (Vide definition of hacks). One mile and a quarter, over five flights of hurdles 3ft 6in in height. 4. 2.30 p m.—Wanganui Derby of 200 sovs, added to a sweepstake of 10 sovs each for starters ; second horse co receive 50 sovs from the stakes. Colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies and geldings, Bst 51b. Closed with 44 nominations. Acceptance, 4sovs, and 5 sovs at the post. One mile and a half. 5. 3.15 p.m.—Trial Stakes of 40 sovs; second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stakes. For three-year-olds and upwards that have never won a race over the value of £5O at time of entry. Weight for age. Entrance, 2 sovs. One mile and a quarter. 6. 4 p.m.—First Handicap Hack Race of 40 sovs; second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stakes. Weights not less than 7st 71b. Nomination, 1 sov; Acceptance, 10s. (Vide definition of hacks). One mile. 7. 4.45 p.m. —Flying Handicap of 50 sovs ; second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stakes. Winner of Spring Handicap or Derby to carry a penalty of 51b (not cumulative). Nomination, 1 sov; Acceptance, 1 sov. Three-quarters of a mile. SECOND DAY—FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1. 12 noon.—Owen Stakes Handicap of 50 sovs; second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stakes. Nomination, 1 sov; Acceptance, 1 sov. One mile. I 2. 12.45 p.m. —Second Handicap Hurdle Race of 80 sovs; second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stakes. Nomination, 1 sov; Acceptance, 2 sovs. One mile and three quarters, over seven flights of hurdles 3ft 6in in height. 3. 1.30 p.m.—Second Handicap Hack Hurdle Race of 30 sovs; second horse to receive 5 sovs from the stakes. Nomination, 10s; Acceptance, 10s. (Vide definition 'of hacks). One mile and a distance, over four flights of hurdles 3ft 6in in height. 4. 2.30 p.m.—Wanganui Stakes Handicap of 175 sovs ; second horse to receive 25 sovs from the stakes. Winner of Owen Stakes to carry a penalty of 51b. Nomination, 1 sov; Acceptance, 4 sovs. One mile and a half. 5. 3.15 p.m.—Second Handicap Hack Race of 30 sovs; second horse to receive 5 soys from the stakes. Minimum weight, 7st 71b. Nomination, 10s; Acceptance, 10s. (Vide definition of hacks). Three-quarters of a mile. ... . 6. 4 p.m.—Marangai Stakes Handicap of 50 sovs ; second horse to receive 10 sovs from the stakes. Winner of ,Owen Stakes to carry a penalty of 51b, winner of Wanganui Stakes to carry a penalty of 71b (not cumulative). Nomination, 1 sov; Acceptance, 1 sov. Three quarters of a mile. For cont inuation of Racing Programmes see next page.