next year for that purpose, then we Bhould no longer depend on the London money market. Loans for public bul'dlng should be wiped out at onoe. He knew of no more imprudent finance than borrowing for wooden buildings, which in twenty five or thirty years would not represent capital at all. After expressing his regret that some who claimed to be true colonists were continually denouncing the country, Sir Robert Trent on to say that he hoped to carry the Representation BUI next session. The Bill would provide for the periodical adjustment of the elec torates in aooordanoe with the results of the census. The representation would be based upon population. He was will ing to allow an advantage of 500 or 1000 to scattered country disfr'cts. but was opposed to single electorates, and hoped that in the new Representation Bill, the cities and some of the suburban districts would be welded together. This would giro minorities a fair chance of repre sentation. In conclusion, Sir Robert said the outlooK at present was most favorable for the oolony. Things were on the turn, and if settlers were true to themselves, and would exercise private and publio economy, and a policy of self-reliance, he had no doubt that the outlook was now as bright ai it had ever been in the past, A vote of confidence was oarried by acclamation.

THE GAIN CASE.

The evidenoe led In this oase after we wait to press yesterday was a repetition of that given in the lower Court.

Dunkdin, January 26

Stnbba, re-called, B»ld he was at Woodlands on January 26 and 27. He did not give Cain champagne; he gava hfm brandy, but it made him Bick im mediately he took it. It was no eooner In his mouih than it was out. It was weak brandy; He was told by the Doctora that only brandy was to ba given. Hall was in the room three times but only stayed a few minutes. He was positive Cain was aiok after taking whisky, but not after champagne. Any number of persons might have been in the aick room without hla knowledge.

Kaye who nursed Gain, said Hall was a daily visitor after the new year. He never stayed in the sick room wh'le Hatl was there as be understood Hall had business with the Captain. He jibbed on taking his cough mixture several tlmeß, saying it was nasty. He was sick after taking brandy or whisky repeatedly. There was scarcely a night he was not sick three or four times, perhaps more, but the lickneaa did not last long.

As the witness was describing the posi tion of Gain's body just before death, Mr Hftffgitt interjected a remark that he Stiffened himself.

MrDenniftton accused the prosecutor of putting words into the witness's mouth, arad said his oondnct waß objectionable;

Mr Haggitt: This is intolerable. The Jnage said the witness's attitude represented stiffness Mr Haggitt's ob servation wm legitimate. The witness said he meant stiffening.' Witness remembered giving Jackson champagne. It was taken from the bottle nsed for Cain. He took some one day himielf and felt squeamish and sick •fterwarda. He had never bean like it before or since.

The evidence this afternoon referred lo the sale of poisons. While Mr Gnna was trader exanrnation, Mr Haggitt asked him quwtaons relating to tho tale of poißOu in June last.

Mi Chapman objected, but tho judge said they dearly cime within his yester doy'i rnling and allowed the examination to proceed .

Mrs Oetler deposed to being present at. Woodlands one day in the early part of December when Hall pourad Gain oat Borne liquor from the cupboard. It had the effect of malting him so Bick . that he at ooce had to leave the room. The change was very sadden. It was Cain unexpectedly refusing to take whisky that oauspd Hall to go to the cupboard. O*in was in great pain when Hall spoke about the iootors giving him something to alle viate the pain. She never heard Gain express such a wish. She thought he wanted veiy mcch to live, Cain oonld hardly see. Mr Wakefield and several other wit nesses are to be called for the defence. It Is now doubtful if the oaae will be con cluded this week.

TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

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AN ATTACK.

Aden, January 24

News has been received from Somauli that the Abyssinian forces attacked and completely routed the Ameer of Harar's troops. They then occupied the town of Harar. The Ameer, however, escaped.

THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.

Washington, January 24.

In the Senate to-day a bill was passed empowering the President to take measures for the protection of American fishermen. In the debate on the question several speakers made violent attacks on the British Govern ment, and threatened war with Eng- Und if tbe seizure of American fishing vessels by the Canadian Government were continued.

London, January 24

ENGLAND AND BELGIUM.

England's treaty obligations with Belgium are at present occasioning anxiety.

LONDON MARKETS.

Consols have fallen ioo 1 /^. The market rate of discount is 3^, or ify below the Bank rate. Colonial Government securities are unchanged. Adelaide wheat is 38s, and Adelaide flour 275. New Zealand wheat, lower qualities, 345 ; best qualities, 38s.

AUSTRALIAN.

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MELBOURNE MARKETS.

Me^bour^e, January 25. The IVJanager of the National gage and Agency Company reports as follows i — Local markets— Wheat, 3s iod to 3s 1 id. Prices barely main tained. Barley steady, at 3s 9d to 4s 3d. No material change in oats— feed sorts, if anything, slightly weaker, at 2s od to 3s. The demand for mill ing sorts very irregular, 3s to 3s id. •New Zealand oats under bond slow of sale, at 2s id to 2s $d.

('Received January 26th. noon/)

A NEW POLICY.

Sydney, January 2G

Parliament was dissolved 10-day. Sir H. Parkes has issued an electoral address, which deals with the policy of the Government more in detail than his speech to the House; He stated that the revenue from Customs duty will be reduced under a tariff more limited than in former years, and the ports of the colony will be virtually thrown ppen \o the tiviliecd wild*

CRICKET.

VICTORIA v NEW SOTTH WALES,

[rbuxer's tbleorams— copyright ] Sydney, January 25. The Intercolonial cricket match was returned to-day. New Sonth Wales resumed their innings »nd were all out for 89 ; Garrett 28.

The visitors, in their aeoond innings, made 68 runs, thus lenving the Home team 40 to win the match.

When the stamps were drawn for the day, the Home team bad lost two wickets for 19 runs.

TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.

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Inquest. Chbistohukoh, January 26.

At the inqu at in Sohourvup this morn- Ing, Dr Thomas deposed that the deceased suffered very much from liver disease*. No sips of poison could be deteoted. Other witnesses stated that be had been very unwell lately and much depressed by the hot weather. Ho purchased ohloral on Monday, but no trace of the bottle oan be found. A verdict of death from natural oauses probably acceleated by an overdose of chloral was returned. Committed for Trial. Stephen Waleh and Michael Sheenan ware oommitted for trial to-d*y for robbing a drunken man of clothes and money. A Refusal and its Penalty' G. H, Ell, son of George Waldook Ell, whose caße has been before the Supreme Court ia various forme* for several months, was to-day committed to gaol for refusing to anawer a question at the Official Assignee's examination.

Salvationist Disturbance.

Timaku, January 25,

The Salvationists ousod a disturbance here last evening. The captain and the band paraded and harangued in front of three hotels, and some persons inside responded by beating dinner gongs, sounding fog horns, and ringing huge bells. These sounds, together with the cries of the mob, the mosio of^he band, etc., caused a fearful din. The captain refused to move on, and held the ground at pleasure. An information will be laid.

Faith-Healing. A notable case of healing through faith has just transpired. One Oiozier, a farmer at Pleasant Point, had been a sufferer from sciatica f<<r years, and was in Timaru Hospital whence he was dis charged as incurable. He had been a oripple for two years. He was persuaded by hla wife to attend the ministration of the Rev. Mr Dowie, with the result of a complete restoration of the use of his limbs. The man is now actually walking freely. This information is absolutely reliable.

Dunedfn Fire.

Ponjsdin, January 26

There is now a report current tbat some men working at the fire are still m'ssing.

VILLAGE SETTLEMENT IN AUCKLAND,

(New Zealand Herald, January 17 )

Tbe village settlement scheme has •scored another marked Buccesa in the number of applicants for the Herekino block, and In the interesting fact that over two hundred people will leave for the Bite of that new settlement on Tuesday. In fact, this latest phase of the movement bears seme resemblance lo "a tuih," when *ve consider the celerity with which thin settlement has been organised, for application was imde fur the block only on the sth instant, It was pezotted on the 6th, applications were received and allo' ment made on the 14th, and on the 19th, or within the space of a fortnight, over two hundred men, women, and childron will be on the site of their future home steads. Nothing could more strikingly show the want that there was for some such bold and liberal eoheme of settle ment on the one hand, and on the other the absolute rupture of the fetters of red tape and sealing wax with which Mr Ballanoe has met this demand for homea. That there will be failures and disappoint ments among the throng of those wbo are hastening thus to make homes in the country is only what may be expected in the nature of things ; but that great good will reault to many, and that the welfare of the community will be promoted Is beyend queßtioc Already complaints have been uttered through the Press with reference to inconveniences, for they cannot be called hardships, which have been encountered by some of the Bottlers who have seized tho opportunities pre sented to them But in justice to the aet'lers ft ia right to say that the grumblers are a very small number, and that the great bulk of them are buckling to their work with a will, instead of oiling further to Jupiter to help them, are putting their own shoul ders to the weel. At the same time it will of course be the dnty of those administering the system to see that every lnconvience that is removable Is removed, and the Intended visit of Mr Ballance himself will no doubt do more than any amount of despatches to make the system i work smoothly Mr Ballance rightly feila that by aeeing for himself what is required, and by hearing from the lips of the settlers themselves what can be done to best promote their welfare, and by insisting that every promise held oat Is rigidly fulfilled to the rettlera he will be doing that "?hloh will beat extend its acceptability among the population of the colony, The village settlement scheme hai so far met with much popularity. It haß in It the elements that seem neceß ■ary to sucoe&B. It remains now to safeguard it, so that no honest and indus trious family shall be able to point to a single inttaace in which they have been misled, so that if disappointment or failure come to any, It may be untnle takeably peen that tho fault was not in the system, but in the lack of pereever ance, o* in the general unfitnoaa of the individual settler himself.

HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CODLIN MOTH.

A Gallfornian paper to hand by the mail gives a brief account of some im portant experiments made with the objoot of combating the ravages of the codlia moth. For two years the State Entomologist at Illinois (Professor Forbes) has been conducting experiments in apple orohards with arsenical pokena, and shows that an average of at leash 70 per cent of apples now destroyed or injured by tbe codlln moth and all other insects may be saved to ripening by one or two sprayings with Paris green mae'e in early spring while tho fruit is not larger than a hszal nub. Observations and analysis have shown that there is not the slightest danger to the oonsuraer of the fruit from poisoning the trees thus early in the eeason, when the apples are very small. Experiments show, however, that late poisoning is dangerous, and farther more, is without effect on the codlin moth. Paris green was found most effective. Experiments were made nnder widely varying conditions during two successive years and on two varieties of fruit. It is estimated the general use of tho spraying method will effeot a saving to the State of Illinois, in the increased value of the apple orop, of £300,000 a year. The paper from which we have quoted esertu that \he orohardlsts about Los Gntos (California) have, daring the pa»t twelve or eigf teen months, experimented with lolations of Paris green or London purple, and both have been found very effeotive In putting » stop to the ravages of thereto, V

SPORTING.

DUNEDIN CUP.

DujSBDiN, January 26.

Nelson has been completely knocked about in the betting. Yesterday from 5 or 6 to 1 he was speedily driven back to 100 to 8 ; at times even 100 to 5 was on offer. Towards the evening he became firmer, and nothing over 100 to 10 was obtainable. The hostile movement is due to an impression that ho will bo sent to Australia.

WARLIKE INDICATIONS.

Day after day the clouds gather in Europe, and little by little intelligence comes to hand which presages an early outbreak of the storm. Piecing to gether the omiuous scraps of news which reach us from different directions, it is impossible to arrive at any other conclusion than that in more quarters than one hostilities are imminent. The enormous preparations of Russia, the immense efforts which she is makir>g to complete her military railway East ward, as well as her active interfer ence in the affairs of Bulgaria, all point to the anticipation on hee part that ia the attempted fulfilment of her designs she will find the Lion in her path; while the recent utterances of Lord Salisbury and Count Kalnoky as plainly indicate the probability or Eng land and Austria standing shoulder to shoulder. Emphasis is given to the latter by the fact that Sir Drummond Wolfe, who has just been despatched on a special embassy to Stamboul (doubtless in view of the peculiar atti tude recently assumed by the Porte) has instructions to call at Vienna en route. While these significant movements are taking place in one direction, the situation as between France and Ger many is still moie ominous. On the one hand we read of large purchases of timber by the French authorities on the frontier of Alsace — no doubt, as the North German Gazette asserts, with the object of building huts for troops, the explanation of the French that the timber is wanted for the Paris Exhibi tion being obviously altogether " too thin" — while on the oiher, it is announced from Berlin, that in conse quence of the large purchases of horses for military purposes by the Government, it is proposed to prohibit the exporta tion of horses from Germany. What this means is evidently readily compre hended in the chief cities of Europe, as it is said to have produced a marked depression on the Continental bourses. France is equally on the alert in the same direction, the Govern ment having purchased many thousand remounts in Denmark, Mecklenberg, and Westphalia, and preparations being actively in progress for frontier camps. Indeed it becomes day by day increas ingly apparent that as between France and Germany matters have reached a state of tension which cannot long be maintained, and that the impending struggle cannot long be postponed. But France is threatened with danger from anotherquarter also,ltaly'sattitude towards her being regarded as menac ing, and it may, we think, be taken for granted that war between France and Germany would be the signal for an attempt on the part of Italy to recover Savoy. In such case, France, unaidefl by any other Power, would be seriously overmatched, and the triumph of the Germano-Italian alliance might be re garded as an ultimate certainty. But would France be left alone in the struggle ? At present it looks as though she would, but it is impossible to predict how it may suit Russia to play her cards, and it is even yet possible that Russia and France may be found in active aliiance. In that case the greatest war that Europe has ever seen will be witnessed — one whose results must bear an important part in the history of Empires. The situation is fraught with the most tre mendous potentialities, and cannot but be watched even at this distance from the theatre of action with the most absorbing interest.

THE BARRIER MURDER TRIAL.

The trial of Caffrey and Penn has resulted, as every dispassionate reader of the evidence adduced in the Great Barrier Murder case, must have an-

ticipated it would, in a verdict of " Guilty " against both prisoners ; indeed, the evidence was so clear as to the deed, and its perpetrators, that at first it seemed very surprising that the jury should have had any difficulty whatever in arriving at a unanimous verdicr. Counsel for Caffrey admitted the guilt of Penn, and counsel for Penn admitted the guilt of Caffrey, and as where two persons are engaged in such an unlawful enterprise as that of abduc tion by force of arms, and murder is committed by one of them, both are, in the eyes of the law, equally guilty of that murder, it was a matter of com plete indifference as to which fired the fatal shot. It would naturally be sup posed that in such a case the jury would need but the very briefest con sultation to ascertain that they had all arrived at one and the same conclu sion, but the fact to the surprise of the public was otherwise. The explanation is, now to hand, and proves to be that one of the jurors stood out for a long time against a verdict of guilty as against both prisoners, on the ground that " they ought not to hang two rnen for one m,urder." He was evidently convinced that both were equally guilty, inasmuch as he is said to have proposed that lots should be drawn as to which of the two should, by the verdict, be brought under sentence of death, and which, in pur suance of his novel theory, should be let off. It is a foriuanate thing that he was at length persuaded to accept the rea sonable view that if the prisoners were equally guilty they should be equally treated, or, at the least, there would have had to be a discharge of the jury and a fresh trial. The circumstances above stated may also account for the recommendation to mercy, which, as it seems to us, without the smallest shadow of justification, accompanied the verdict, as it may have been, and probably was, a concession by the other eleven to the obstinate and obtuse juror above referred to. *

The land which will maintain twenty common-bred cowa will maintain twenty well-bred ones ; and. the anuaal proQfa from the latter will bo considerably moire tbftnfroig%(ovmqiv < « .

NOTES FOR FARMERS.

Attention ia bolcg given in England to raining cats to protect strawberry beds *nd other garden treasures from the voraclouß sparrow. The cats wear collars, and they a' e tethered by light and strong cords. The tathers are attached to comfortable cat houses which can be moved about from place to place as desirable. It la said thaV a thoroughly trained cat enjoys the life hugely. A German chemist has been experi menting on a mixture of cows' mlllc and goata 1 milk. Thiß mixture cannot be detected by the ordinary lactometer ; but, singularly enough, the presence of the goats' milk prevents cream from rising Cream doea not form on goats' milk ; and It appears to have the power, when mixed, of preventing It from rising on cows' milk. The presence of only 10 per cent, of tho former greatly reduces creaming. Fields which are already ted with sorrel should be ploughed os soon as possible in order to prevent seeding. In moEt cases excess of sorrel indlcatas a deficiency in lime or potash required for growing good clover. The application of these materials will eeoare a eloper ca'ch whose growth will smother the eorrel while yonng. Ic is thia effect of these alkaline manutea in causing clover growth rather than the direct effect of the alkali in correcting " Bourneaa " of the soil, which rids it of sorrel. A dressing of stable manure will sometimes have the same effect as lime or potaah, So also will gypsum, which is a compound of aulphlne aoid and lime. Accordicg to the Government return*, there are In Great Britain about 900,000 agricultural laborers, farm servant*, and cottagers ; about 1 In 59, namely, 17,302 having either a run on a farm for a cow, or land on which to keep a oow. On Lord Tolleraache'a Cheshire estate, chief!/ In pasture, there are 270 u three acres and a oow " tenants on 25,0C0 acrer, or one to about evary 91 acres. The plant ing of the 15,000,000 acreß of permanent grass with " cow ' tenants in this propor tion would require 150,000 allotments of "cow" capability. Are we about to see anything like such a cutting up of British grass land as this, and out of money found by local authorities? An American contemporary gives tho following as the cost of wheat growing in Michigan and some other western t>t»tes : Ploughing 7s 2d per aore, fitting 4s 6i, fertilisers purohaaed 3s 101, barnyard manure 33, seed 53 2d, drilling Is 6d. harvesting 03 3d, stacking 3s, thrashing 5s Bd, marketing 4?, Interest (7 per cent) 14i 6d, Insurance and taxes 2a 6d, repairs 3b OJ. When we deduct the value of the straw and ttife rental value of the dwel lings, £2 14a 2d is left as |the average coßt, and .his, divided by the average yield per aore, gives about 2i Gd as the average coat per bushel, which would leave a net profit of 36 per cent on the operation of producing a bushel of wheat. A German horticulturist reoommenda the following method of making a graßß bank :—For eaoh square rod to be planted half a pound of lawn grass seed Bhculd be taken »nd thoroughly mixed with aix oubio feet of good dry garden earth ard loam Thia should be placed in a tub, and liquid manure, diluted with about two-thirds of water, added and well stirred in, ao as to bring the whole to tbe consistency of mortar. The Blope must be c eaned and made perfectly smooth, and then well watered, after which the paste just mentioned should te applied with a trowel and made as even and thin &b poaeibie. Should it oraok from ex posure to the air, it must ba again watered and smoothed up day by day until the grass makes ita appearance, which will be in from tight to fourteen daya, when tho whole declivity will, it is aald, be soon covered with a cloae oarpat of green grasses. Thus Dr J. E. Taylor, the ecietttiat: Some very important Experiments have recently been made In " croseing" wheat. Thia indinpensible food-plant, in a at^te of nature, is usually self fertilised ; and it requires a very skilful operator to per form the delicate operation of cross breeding. Many years ago, a British wheatgrower, Mr Patrick Sheriff, export mented on the subje.ot of " sports ;" but he died before completing them. The French and Amerioan scientific farmers have gone la for crossing wheat, the latter especially ; and for some years, In England, Meisrn Carter, the well-known seedsmen, have been engaged In cross breeding various wheats from Indian and Persian kinds to European and American. In 1882 they were enabled to effeot twenty orosses ; and the issue eventually was the production of a variety which had thick set ears bearing awns whioh formed a serrated defence. This has been called "bird proof." Another orots-breed, havlcg the "Talvera" for one of Its parents, was cut last summer. A third successful croas ia one with very short straw. __________

THE ASHBURTON GUARDIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1887



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ASHBUUTON TRADESMEN EACING CLUB. MEETING TO BE HELD ON THB ASHBURTON B4.OECOUR3B ON THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1887. FOR lIBT7JKT HOBBES ONLY. President— Mr W O Walker, M.H.R. Vico-Prffident— Mr J. IveFS, M H.R. JnJge— Mi- W. J. Steward. M.H.B. ■ Etewjbds: Mr L. Marfcey I Mr E. Gates Mr A. Hani ion | Mr O. J. Keate Mr R, M. Cuthbertaon. Starter — Dr Leahv. Handicapper — Mr T. Quill. Olerk of tbe Saolea — Mr J. O. Dnncnn, Olerk of tho Conrse — Mr George Soott. PROGRAMME. 1. COUNTY HURDLE RACE, a handicap of 20 bovsj Bscond horso to save his stake. H mile, over six fl : ghts of hnrdles, about 3ft Gin high. Nomination, 10s ; accept- ance, 10s. 2. HANDICAP TIME TROT of 20 aovs ; second horso to receive £5 from the stake. Three mile3. Nomination, 10a ; accept- arc, 10a. Conditions — pull and eo 3 ASHBURTON PLATE HANDICAP of 35 BOTB ; second horse to receivn 6 sovs frcm the stake. U mile. Nomination, 20a j arcortance, 1631 4. SELLING HACK RACE of 10 sovs. No weight under lOst. -J mile. Winner to bo Eold for 16 bovb, any f urplv s to go to the f untie Nomination, 10a. 5. FLYING HANDICAP of 25 sova : Becond horse to receive £5 from stake. Nomina- tion, ISsjaccootarco, 103. Three-quarter mile. Winner of (ha ABhburton Plate Handicap to carry 71b j.ennlty. 6. NOVEL RACE HANDICAP of 25 bovb. One mile. Nomination, 153; acceptance 10s. Winner to be sold immediately after the raee, tho whole of the proceeds to so tc the funds of the Club. 7. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 10 eova for all beaten horses during the meeting! One mile. Nominations, 10a ; acceptance free. ' 8. HURRY SCURRY, a Sweepstakes of 10* each. Post entry any time of the day Catch weight. • RULTtS AND REGULATIONS. The definition of a district horse shall be all 'horses that have been commonly resident in the country lying between the south bank of the Selwyn and tho north bank of the Waitaki from December 81, 1886, and up to tbe date of the forthcoming meeting, and owned by a person who ha3 resided in the district above defined during tbe same period. General Rnlca of ths Ashburton TraCestmn'e ' Bacincf Club and Pacing Bules of the Canter- bury Jockey Clnb Btrictly ndhored to. Five per cent, will be deducted from the grogs cf all moneys payab'e in accordance with this programme for expenses of the conrse; All disputes, claimß, an 1 objections arising out 0/ the lacing shall be decided by the Stcra'ds, or whom they may appoint, their decision in all po'nta connected with the carrying ont of this programme to be linal ; nnd entru? will only be received su> jack to these conditions. All roniinat ions and acceptances go to the fanda of tb/i Club. All entri'B and nomina'iona to be accom- ' panled by entranca fees, name and age of the hor?e, and colors of the rider and in the handa • of the Secretary, addreßßed to Whittle's Hotel, ■ not later than 9 p.m on Tuesday, the Bth day February. 1887. Weights will bo declared and ' published in octside papers on tho morning of I Friday, February 18th, 1887 ; and acceptances ( for the races to be paid to the Fecretary, as ' above, not later than 9 pm. on S turday the ( 2Gth day of Febnnry, 1887. , WALTER B. MUfrS, Secretary. ] ASHBURTON RACING CLUBT ! autumn~m:eeting. j mHURSDAY & T^RIDAY, APRIL 2lßt & 22nd, 1887* j Pre«ident— E. G. Wrighi. ( Tice-Pre?ident— John Giigg. ) Judge— Matthew Etitt. Sri wards : H. Friedlandor j Wi C Walker W. B. Donshire R. McOwen J. C. N. Grfge | Dr Leahy R. Friedlander. Treasurer— Darid Th^mns, Cleik of the Scales— T. E. Upton. Clerk of the Conrse— A. Hewßon. Handicappers— Tho Committee. Starter — Dr Leahy. FinsT Race on Each Dat to Etart at 12,30 p M. FIRST DAY. 1. DISTRICT HURDLE RACE of 20 bovb j over eix nights of hurdleß, about 3ft Gin high. Nomination, 16s; acceptance, lOa* - lfc mile. District horses only. 2. ABHBURTON AUTUMN HANDICAP of 60 aovs. Nomination, Ibov: acceptance, lfcpov. Ismile. 3. FOAL STAKES of 1 bot each, with 15 aova added. For two-year-oPs bred, owned, and trained by »esidente ii the distiict defined by Rule 3. Coltß Bst 101b, fillies and geldings 83t 81b. Nomination, 103. The sweep to be paid by 0 p.m, on April 18th. Five furlongs. 4. HANDIOAPTIMETROT(in saddle) of 20 bovp.. Nomination, 103 ; acceptance, 10s. Weight not lobb than lOst. Break and turn, 3 nrlea. 5. FLYING HANDICAP of 25 sovs. Nomi- nation, I bov ; acceptance, 10a. 3-mlle. 6. POST STAKES of 10 aovs. Entrance, 10a, to be made to tbe Secretary imme- diately after the Fiying Handicap is run. Catch weights. J-milOj The winnei to be sold immediately after the race for 15 fcove, any surplus to go to the funds of the Club. SECOND DAY. 1. DISTRICT WELTER HANDICAP of 20 sovp. Nomination, 10s; acceptance, 103. Minimum weight, lOit. 1$ mile. District ho^es only. 2. GRAND STAND HANDICAP of -10 bovb. Nomination, 1 eovj acceptance, 1 bov. Seven fvrlonga. 3 HANDICAP TIME TROT (in saddle) of 15 bovb. Nomination, 103 ; acceptance, ss. Weight not less than lOst. Break and turn. Tvica ronnd tin couree. District hOrscs or.ly. d. HARVEST HANDICAP of 20 sova. Kominat on, 10a ; acceptance, IQ3: Dis- trict horses only. 1 mile, 5. BOYEL BACE of 15 rov*. Entrance, 103, to be mado to tlie Secretary immediately after tho Harvest Handicap jb inn. Catch weights. Five furlongs. The winner to bo sold immediately after the race, the < wliola of the proceeds to go to the funds o f tho Club. 6. CONSOLATION HANDICAP of 20 bovb. Nomination, 1 eov, to bo made immediately after tho Novel Rsce jb run j acceptance free, to be notified to the Secretary within ten minutes of tho declaration of weights. 1 mile, RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. The Meeting will be held under the Bulcs of Racing and Ashburton Bacing Club Rules. 2 No entry will be received except on the condition that all disputes, claims, and ob- jections arising out of the racing Bball bo decided by the Stewards or whom thoy may appoi t ; their decision on all points connected with tho carrying ont of tlrs programme to be final. 3. A district horee 6hall mean any korse ! tbat h^B been commonly resident ilie dis- trict between t h<* rivera SBhyy^ and Opiht from January 21, 1887, an^S, up, to the date of tiho forthcoming raeqtiijig, and owned by a, rersen who has Raided in tho said district c\nrsnc t^e : 01E116, period. i> Five per cent, will bp deduetrd from the gross of all nymeya payable in accordance wUh thjia pxogr «mmo for the expenses of the : course. tt. All nominations and acceptances to go to the funds of tho Club. 6. Trotting Races. Horses must trot fairly to the satisfaction of the Bef nrce. NOMINATIONS. ] AH nominations to be accompanied by 1 f6<j, name, age, and description of horse, otd colors of rider in the hands of th.e £$oretaxy (address — Asbburton) no later »han 9 p.m. on Monday, March 2L, l£sf. "WEIGHIS. Weights Jor ths first day's handicaps will be declared' on Wednesday, April 18L 188T. Weigflta for the second day 'a l\aud leaps will be deo'ared at 9 o'cl ck on the evening of the first day's racipg. AI&BPTANGESi : 4coepta,ncqs for the first day 1b handicaps «m-(t be made to the Secretary not later than 9. p.m. on Monday, April 18, 1887, Accept- ances for the second day's handicaps at 10 o'clock on the evening oi the first dart* racing. lU7 0, 0, FQQKB, Srattiiy,



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