CALEDONIAN GROUNDS, DUNEDIN, SATURDAY. MARCH 10, 1898. ST. PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION SPORTS CARNIVAL
Uuder the Patronage of HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OP RANFURLY. All Cycling Races to be Run under League of New Zealand Wheelmen Rules. PROGRAMME OF EVENTS :
1. Hurling Match (No Entry) ... ... Valuable Cup 2. Wrestling— Cumberland Style (Entry 2s) ... £6 £2 £1 3. Half-Mile Bicycle Handicap, Cash (Entry 2s. Winners of Heats, UK) ... ... 2 1 4. Boys' Handicap Flat Race, under llloo yds.1 — 100 yds. (Entry, (id). Trophies ... ... 1 H)s os 5. Tug-o'-War — 10 men aside (Entry 10s a team) ... 10 50s 6. One Mile Bicycle Race, Amateur. Trophies. (Entry 2.-) ... ... ... 2 1 7. Irish Jig (Entry Is) ... ... ... 2 1 8. Hibernian Wheel Race, 2 Miles, Handicap (Etnry 10s; acceptance, 2s (kl. Winners of heals. 10.-) 20 5 2 and I 9. Putting the lGlb Ball (Entry 2s) ... ... 2 1 10. One Mile Handicap Walk, Open (Entry 2s) ... 3 2 ] 11. One and a Half Miles Ladies' Bracelet Bicycle Race (Entry, 2h (id ; acceptance, Is. Winners of heats, 10-) ... ... ... 1 2 1 12. Host Puck — Confined to Competitors in Hurling Teams. Trophy ... .., ... 1 13. 220 yds. Amateur Race (Entry Is). Trophies value ... ... ... ... 2 1 11. St. Patrick's Handicap of ... ... £17 5s Two Distances, 220 and 4 1 Oyds (Entry 3s. Ist, 2nd and 3rd in each distance receive £3, £2, and £1. Points to be given to Ist, 2nd and 3rd in each distance, winner of highest aggregate points to receive a Trophy, valued at £5 5s I,*. Wrestling — Iris-h Style, Collar and Elbow (Entry 2s. Ist and 2nd to receive Medals in addition to Prizes) ... ... .. G 2 1 1(1. One Mile Bicycle Handicap. Open (Entry. 2s ; acceptance. Is. Winners, of heats., Id) ... 3 2 1 17. Dancing Highland Fling, in Costume (Entry, Is) 2 1 18. Youth's Handicap Flat Race, under 1(5 — 220 yds (Entry, Gd). Trophies ... 1 ]0s 5s I.). Three Mile .Scratch Bicycle Rao~ (Entry, 2.s (id : acceptance. N). Pacing will be. permitted in this E\ent. ... ... ... 3 2 1 20. Half Mile Youth's Handicap Walk, under 1(5 Entry, Is. Trophies ... ... 2 1 10s 21. 440 yds. Amateur FLit P.ace (Eatry, U). Trophies 2 1 22. Multicycle Handicap Race (Entry, 2a2 a Gd per team) ... ... ... ... 3 2
Entries by Post received at any time by the Secretary, MR. HARRY McCORMACK, George street, Dunedin, or personally at the Society's Rooms, Tablet OiT ice, between the hours of 3 and 10 p.m. on the 12th March. The Secretary will be in attendance at the Tadlet Office on Wedncbdays and Saturdays from 7 till 'J p.m.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1898, Page 16
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428Page 16 Advertisements Column 1 New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1898, Page 16
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