TINWALD RACING CLUB

ANNUAL MEETING

TUESDAY, JANUARY IST, 1889. President— Mr D. McLean, Vice-Presidents— Messrs J. C. N. Grigg, and C. M. Strachey. Judge— Mr M. Stitt. Stewards— Messrs J. jberg, G. James, H. Fowler, M. Scott, C. Jephson, and F. Lewis. Star er— Mr David Thomas. Treasurer— Mr M, Scott. Han diEapperr— The Committee. Clerk of the Coarse— Mr B. Hanks. Clerk of the Scales— Mr R: B.Jeft. First Race to start at 12.30 p.m.

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS.

I. HANDICAP HtfRDLI RACfi, of 80 IOVS { aomination, los ; acceptance, ios. The »econd horse to receive % soys out of the stikeJ Ov«r six flights of hurdles, about jft. 4in. high. One mile and a half «. Maidih Plate of 15 sots ; entrance, 15s. The second hcrse to receive aj jots out of th« stake. Weight for age. One mile 3. TtNWALD Cup, of 30 boys ; nomination, - 1 6O» ; acceptance, 10s: The second horse to receive 5 soys out of th« stake. One mile and a half ? 4. Handtcaf Time Trot, of 20 soys ; nomi nation ic* ; acceptance, ios. The second hors« to receive 3 soys out of the stake. Weight not less than lost. Pull and go. About three miles ti WILTBS. Hakdicap, of is iovs ; nomi nation, 198 ; no acceptance. The second horse to receive 9 soys out of the stake. On* mild & Filing Handicap, of 15 soys ; nomina tion, ios; acceptance, ss. The second horse to receive 3} soys out of the stakei The winner of Tinwald C»p to carry 7lbi fert&lty. Six furlongs 9, KoVEL RACK, of 20 soys. Winner to b< sold by auction, and the whole of th« proceeds to go to the funds of the Club, Post entry. Weight Bst up. Six fur longs S. Consolation Handicap, of 10 soys entrance, ios: Six furlongs 9, Hurry Scurry (if time permit s), for al entrance money j entrance, ios. Fo • horses that have never won public money Catch weights. Half-mile^

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

1. The meeting will be held under the rules of racing. 2. No entry will be received except on the conditions that all claims, disputes, and objec tions, arising out of the racing, shall be decided by the Stewards, or whom they may appoint Tjieir decision on all points connee'ed with the carrying out of this programme, to be final. j." The races are open to any horse, cora« moDly resident m the district from the Ist October, 1888, to the date of meeting, and owned by a person who has resided m the district for the same period. 4. The district above mentioned is bounded on the north by the Selwyn River, and on the south by the Opihi River. 5. Five per cent, will be deducted from the gross of all moneys payable m accordance with this programme, for tbe expenses of the course, 6. All nomination and acceptance fees to t* the funds of the Club, 7. Trotting Race.— Horses must trot to the ■atisfaction of a Referee.

NOMINATIONS

Nominations for Hurdles, Tinwald Cap, Trot, Flying Handicap and Welter Handicap, ' accompanied by fee, name, age, description and performances of horse, and colors of rider, must b* m the hands of the Secretary at Scott's Hotel, Tinwald, not later than 9 p.mi on SATURDAY, December 15th, 188

WEIGHTS

Weights will be posted about 7.30 p.m. on the 27th December, and will be published on the aßth. Post cards with weights will be posted to all nominators o noises

ACCEPTANCES

Acceptances for Handicaps and nominations tm Maiden Plate must be m the hand; of the Secretary, at Scott b Hotel, Tinwald, not later fj*«« a t>.m. aoth December 1888 91EPHEN CLARK, " Hon Sec.

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TELE AttfIBUKTOJS GUARDIAN. PRTDAY DECEMBER 28.1883



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D. Thomas* [HAVE for sale—Tf j^on Threshing Plant with New Jombine, Clayton ktd Shtttleworth ; best m the District ; ill the latest improvements. I HAVE FOR SALE— Several very 'eeirable Farms, including Borne of the eat Wakanui land. I HAVE FO3 SALE— Foreter Combine Elevator cheap I HAVE FOR BALE— Robey Combine Anglo Iron Fr.imo ; nearly new ; only threshed 48,000 Bushels, hrico £100. "~D. THOMAS, Aahburtoa. | I . i T AM A OABH BOYER OF EYEGEASS IN ANY QUANTITY. D. THOMAB, Ashburtoo, FOE SALE PRIVATELY— QA A 4 and 6 tooth M»xino EWES QAA 2 tooth Merino MIXED O\J\J SEXEB P\d Cl Fnllmonth Mersno WETHEBB AAA Fat 4 and 6 tooth Ist Crosa OUU EWEB Q AA 2 tooth Ist Cross WITHERS OUv Good one». Af\f\ 2 tooth Ist Cross EWES. Good oneß. £>AA 2 tooth Ist CrOBB MIXED DV/U SEXES D. THOMAB, Ashburton. Wool. Wool. Wool. I AM prepared to ta»ko Libersl Cash Advaooeß on the growing dips of Wool Placed In my hands for eale or ehipmen either In Aohborton, Ohrlatohuroh, or any other Market. Wool Packs and every requisite on Sale at loweot prices, If no Sale effeotedjno ConimUilon or Charges made* First aale early In November. D, THOMAS, ■ ! 10 112 Ashburton* D, Thomas, (Late of Matboic, Cox and Uo.\ A UOTIONEEB^AND^INSURANO d. and ESTATE AGENT, VALUATOR, WOOL AND GRAIN BROKER, ASHBUETGN. Loans negotiated, Weekly Saleii of Live Stock, Tlnwald an Ashborton alternately Fortnightly Saloa of Bheepeklns, Fat. Bides, etc., on FRIDAYS Sales of Wool throughout the Season Grain Bought and Sold on Commission Clearing rialeo aa per arrangement AGENT FOB— Mataon and Co., Ohriatobnrqh Mercantile Finance Oo.,Chrlstohnroh Colonial Investment Company, Dunedin National Mortgage Oo t , Obrtstohuroh Booth 1 , Maodonald and Co., Ohrlitoharoh Morton and White's Sheep Dip Sbokeye Reaper and Binder London and Lancashire Insnranpe Cd Vraham's Foot Rot Composition! 6 D, THOMAS, Aohbarton. LONDON AND LANCASHIRE FIRE IWSURANCB COMPANY, i r HAVE been appointed Agent for the \ above Company, and am now pro- tared to take Kisks on Buildings, Stock Crops ait Qurrent ratep» D.THOMAS, Aihbufton?



SturT . TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON, IN THE BAEAIA, METHVEN & ASHBURTON DISTRICTS. THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION, Liverpool, years old, by King of Clubs, dam Idalia onus, £3 3s Season ; groomage fee, 5s LIVERPOOL will bo at Bcoti'a Stables, ABhburton, on WEDNESDAY Nights. For further partloalara applj to WILLIAM KEBR, 10*20 Proprietor. South Bakaia. rrO STAND THIS SEASON AT 1 METHVEN, and will travel the Aahbnrton, Ohertaey,and RakaU Dlatrlcti THE THOROUGHBRED STALLION Hunnington. For Pedigree see Oardi. Terms : For Season, £2 10s ; payable by promlafory note, due the let January, 1889. Guaraatoa, £3 10a, payable lat July, 1889; Groomage, 6a, attlctly payable at lime of f.rst aervlce. For two or more mareß, the property of one owner, allowance will be made. Any mare sold or exchanging haads to be paid for. Paddocklng, 2s per week. Every care but no responsibility, For furrher particulars apply at Methven Livery Stablen, or to the Proprietor. G. H. ALLISON, 9*169 Methven. TO TRAVEL THE LONGBEAOH A&D ASEBURTON DISTRICTSj The Clydesdale Entire, Young Major. YOUNG MAJOR is by Major, who was imported to Tasmania from England by R. Q. Kermode, Esq. He took first prize at the Royal Society's Fhow m England, and also many firßt prizeß m Tasmania. YOUNG MAJOR was bred by Mr Jamea Stark, his dam being Smiler, imported from Tasmania, where Bhe was a first prize-taker, and her progeny gained many award8 t Tebms : Season, £2 ; guarantee, £3 10s j groomage fee 6s, payable at first servioe. CHARLES DAWSON, 9*141 Waterton. TO TRAVEL THIS SEASON IN THE MAYFIELD, MOUNT SOMEBS, AND ALFORD FOREST DISTRICTS. The pure-bred Clydesdale Entire, Auchmore, 3 years old, bred by Alex. Campbell, .Taieri, His sire Ib that celebrated Stallion, Lord Salisbury, imported from Scotland, for 1500 guineas. Hia dam Jens, bred \y the late John Nimmo, Taieri, from an Sported mare. Auchmore took second prize as a 2-year-old m 1886 at Dunedin (how. Tbiihs : Season, £3 payable Ist January 1889; guarantee, £4 4a ; groomage fee, so '; payable firßt service. Three or four mares «b per nrrangement, GIDEON SCOTT, 10*24 Proprietor. TO STAND THE SEABON AT GROVE FARM, TINWALD, THE THOROUGHBRED HOB9B, Perkin Warbeck 11. By Perkin Warbeck (Imp), dam Miss Kate (imp), tbe dam of Antelope and Sultan. Tor fall Pedigree see Cards. PERKIN WARBEOK 11. has splendid action, posseßßes great strength, is as handsome as they are made, and is a horse calculated to throw a most valuable class of racing or other stock. An examination of his Pedigree will enow that he possesses a double strain of the celebrated Adventurer blood, and is one of the very best bred animals m the Southern Hemisphere. The sons of New- minster have, as a family, been more successful at the Rtud than any family of modern days, and with the exception of Hermit, who is now standing m England at 200 guineas, Adventurer, the grandsiro of Porkin Warbeok II has produced the most winners of them all. For further particulars apply, EDWABD GATEB, 9*157 Grove Farm, Tinwald. TO STAND THIB SEASON, at Netherby Farm, Aehburton, and travel the District, the Thoroughbred btalllon Johnny Faulkner. Pedigree: By St, Albana, out of Im- pudence, by Peter Witklne, out of Pru« ienoe, by Jersey, out of Black Sail, by Vanderer, ont of Fairy (imp), Terms: £10 10a for thoroughbred mares; £5 6s for half-bred mares Qroomage fee, ss. Also, the Thoroughbred Stallion < Rouser, By Messenger, out of Kate O'Sbftne, Will stand at Netherby Farm, and travel the dlatricts of ■Aihbutton, M^hven, Wakanni. Ghertsep Rakda, and Wlnßlow. Tetma, £3 10s ; guarantee, £5 ss. Beaton, Ist January, 1889. Goara itoe, Ist July, 1880. , fSftod English g:aee paddocks at 2b 4 Every tare but no rtijoi BJLlli < """V, ARKEY



Btnd, __^ CO STAFD THIS SEASON at Owner a Livery Ftablea. aud travel the tfetrtct,— THUi PUREBRED ENTIRE PONY, Aladdin. \y Prince Charming, imported from England, ont of Polly, imported from Vanganai by Mr J. Pago. | ALLADDIN took firat prizvin 1887 a /hrißtchurch Bhow for best pony, nnd >rivate prize f < r boßt pony by Prince charming ; also first prize at Rangiora m .887, the only three times ho waß shown; 3o ia 4 years old, a rich roan, stands 13 >anda high, end bred by that well-known weoder, 0. Dampier-Grosaley, Esq., langiora. For terms and particulars, apply G. F. SOOTTp Proprietor, LOjllSl Livery Stables ABhbnrton. TO STAND THIS SEASON. nnHB THOROUGHBRED STALLION Wizard, By King of Olube, dam Obnrm, both Imported. WIZARD Is half brother to Spade Guinea and Stonyhuret, and fall Brother to Charmer, and was bred by the Middle Park Stnd Company. He Is a betatiful whole-colored chestnut, and ■hows grand power and quality. For fall partlcalarß apply to Groo oharce. Somerset Stables. m In * Or 0. KEARNS, Proprietor, JO yi Aahbnrton. TO TRAVEL THIS BE&SON, IN THE METHVEN AND LAURISTf I DISTRICTS. THE CLYDESDALE EN r i. l "it. Diplomacy. Bred by John Grigg, Esq., of Long- beach. Diplomacy's sire is Lord Beacons- field, dam Pleasant by Prince Charlie. Terms : £3 season, guarantee, £4 lOe ; groomage fee, 5b ; payable first service. To bona <\dt owners of 6 mares, a liberal allowance given ; if 6 mares 1 allowed free. Mareß changing hands to be paid for bb season marea. For further particulars apply Groom m sharge, or DENNIS MoKENDRY, 10*21 Proprietor, Oalrnbrae. ■ " ' TO TRAVEL THE WHEATSTONE, WATERTON, WILLOW BY, WAKA- NUI, ASHTON, AND TINWALB DISTRICTS. The pure-bred Entire Colt, Vanquisher, 4 years old. Bire, Young Vanquishei (imp), dam, Tibbie, by Prince Royal. For full pedigree arid particulars of prizee see cards. Tekmß : Season, £3 ; payable Ist Jan. , 1889. Guaiantee, £5 ; payable let Sept, 1889. Groomage fee, 5s JOHN SMALL, 10*19 Proprietor, Wheatstone. TO TRAVEL THE WAKANUi, OHERTSEY and SURROUNDING DIS- TRICTS. THE PURERRED CLYDESDALE ENTIBE Conqueror. He la by Lord Salisbury (Imp;) dam Scotoh Annie (imp.) For full pedigree and prize list see cards. I Terms : Season, £3 ; guarantee, £4 4b, single marea ; or two mares or more, £4 each ; groomage, sa. For other terms »pply to groom m charge, or THOMAS LANGLEY, 10*62 Proprietor, Pro more. THE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE Blackwood Abdallah, WILL Stand this Season at Owner' 8 Stable, and travel the Ashbnrton County. Tsbms: Season, £3 10a j guarantee, £5 5a ; groomage fee, ss. THE CLYDESDALE ENTIRE COLT Johnny's Fancy, Bred by Mb James Gow, 0! Taleri, by Lord Salisbury, dam Pally 2nd, will Stand this Season at Owner's Stable, Lyndhurst, and travel the Methven and Alford Forest District, Tbems : Season £3 ; guarantee, £4 4s ; groomage fee, 6s. For farther particulars apply to groom obarge, or MAX. FRIEDLANDtfR, Proprietor. mO STAND THIS SEASON, OWNER'S FARM, WINOHMORE ROAD. THE THOROUGfI&RED ENTIRE Athlete Bred by Mb Sibbald, of Burkes Pass. ATHLETE m a bj'aotlful brown, and stands 15 hands 3 Inohea high. He ia by Detractor, dam Promised Laud, De- tractor 1b by the celebrated Tradacer, Promised Land by The Peer. For ex- tended pedigree see N,Z Stud Book, Also the well bed Entire Pony Black Prince by Mr Morrow's well-known Pony. <Goo 3 paddocks for mares if required. For Particulars and terma apply OOTAVIUS DIGBY, Proprietor, 10 WtL-9uL2sre Road, g. w. r yLOB & c o> General Auctioneers, Land and Estate Agents, 20, Collins Street, West, Melbourne, Are prepared' to undertake Sales of Free- hold Property, b ousehold Farniture, Mer- chandise, etc. Liberal advances made on goods for unreserved salo. Monthly lists of Property for sale, or to let, issued free. Loans negotiated, Absentees represented, Insurances effected, charges moderate, ettlementa prompt* Land Bales oon- «<«>tod f , , . 7 •>-; 4



Henry Zander. _ r HENRY ZANDER \ I BEG to intimate that I have now on hand n»y season's supply of BEST BINDING TWINE? (MANILA *Hd HEMP), which are open for inspection bow, and I b»ve great pleasure m stating that the qaality of it exceeds last year's, notwithstanding that it then aye GRATIFYING SATISFACTION to til who used it. Among the many I point out the following SPECIAL ADVANTAGES.— It is manufactured m the Colonies. ■ a. It is double-reel, and passes through the tension WITH the twist of the yam, not AGAINST it as m •ther twines. (We were the first to introduce this great improvement last year.) 3, It is wound perfectly even and firm, and runs 750 feet to th« pG»nd, and stands a strain of »ver itolbe. The Hemp Twine is 4-ply, and runs g8o(t to the pound, and is Also manufactured m the Colonies. As Hemp has and is still advancing, farmers will benefit by booking their orders aovr to save the extra rist I km still *fe* fcPAPBRS AND BINDERS CM the leadisg Bakers on hand, and shall b glad to book Orders for same. RBAPBR EXTRA 3 Always kept m Stock, and will be supplied to Farmers at any hour MIGHT tr DAY. A few second hand McCORMICK TWINE BINDERS on hand, guaranteed m good order. I have just landed ex " lonic," 20 tons best Boftßteel BINDING WIRK of the White- cross Brand (the favorite of th« Farmers), and it will be of great advantage to Farmers to give their orders EARLY, as th» QUALITY cannet be equalled. j • i S HAVE ALSO IN STOCK AND TO LAND, 50 Case* Castor Oil leo Drams Linseed Oil lap Drums Machine Oil (including Colta,- Olive and Sperm) 5 Casks Lubricating Oil it Coses Lard Oil «S Drums Tattoo Oil, red And black, rnady for sheep branding 10 Bate beet 5-ply Seaming Twint Hornsby's and Ransomc's Plough Shares Hay Rakes and Hay Forks Garden Tools of every description Chute and Glassware Electro-plated war* for Christmas presents General Station and Family Groceries Mauritius, China, and Queensland Sugars China, India, and Ceylon TqAi "Wines, Spirits, Alee, and Stout, etc., etc, etc. Being a direct Importer nf [all {theßabove> named Articlei, I am m a position to under*' 3ell any local Merchant, and can put Farmers, and Stationholders on as good a footing as any Wholesale House. HENRY ZANDER, General Merchant antpiporter. AGINTFOR SSSun Fire Insurance Company Canton Marino Insurance Cempany National Mutual Life| Association AiStralasbj



Eden George. t IDEN GEORGE'S GREAT DISCOVERT. EDEN GEORGE i bogu io inform th< ibhabitanto of Ashbur'on and iar- ronndfog districts that he has jusi discovered a MOST IMPORTANT PROCESS by which Photographs can be produced at ONB-FOUKTH USUAL COST, And that he has consequently reduced hii prices as under :— Carte de Visites, 6s per doe., old price 35s per doz. ; Oabinets, 10s per doz, ol< price, 50b per doz; Boudoirs, 15s pc: diz, old pries, 90s per doz; other bibbi proportionately reduced. Persons wbo were Photographed durinp toe Ashbarton visit can obtain extra eopiei « the above prices adding exohange and postage. Although the above prices are sc .--; extremely small the figest work is guaran- teed, as the PhotostMtken by tbe new process are vastly snperiov to those takei by the old one, and they are alsc permanent. At the above prices all Photos mnet b< prepaid for, as no ledger will be kept and oa no account will this rule be broken, • i> When visiting Obristohurch don't forgdl to visit Eden George's Vestibule where over 1500 excellent Photographs are to be sren without charge. Eden Geobge. tE% POPULAR PHOTOSRAPHEB



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