:..i! RAILWAY STAKES .of .30. soys. , Weight T for age. Distance, f, mile. En- ( ," • traricej £2. '". .' ' ' ' •."-" ;. ■ ■'. ' , ;: '.'NtAPIER HANDICAP of 2^o so^.' ,With= a : sweepstakes ' of 5 ' 'soys ( each ''added. ' ;  Second horse to receive 25 soys from the .?,' stakes.- Distance, If mile. Nomination, ', : ''2s6ys., addressed to the Secretary to be\ *,': left 'at the- Criterion Hotel.by Bp.m. ; on Saturday, 20th December.; Weights will - : tie. declared. on Saturday^ 17th Januaiy. ' Acraptomce with 8 soys on or before 'Saturday, 7th , February. Sweep on "■ ! night of ' general entry. " The winner^ •.! :of any handicap of the value ' of • !• \ 300 sbvs after '■■ the: declaration of the f;• weights to carry lOlbs extra; of the value.  of 200. soys,: 71bs extra;" of itheryalue of. : 100. soys, 51bs extra.: /Penalties not 3 accumulative. ; \ '. ' QORINTHIAN; CUP, value 40. soys. /, , Two miles., : Gentlemen riders. Horses to. be ' '. either owned or ridden by members of ; ;:. the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club. Welter - weights for age. Entrance, £2. '-,: ■'"•'< | ' HACK RACE of 10- sovsV, :■ ; Distiince, 1 mile. \ Catch weights. Open for -■ '■>> all hories that have. never! run,; in,a - 0 jveight-for-age or handicap race.," En- : ■ trance, £1. • • , • ;:„ •, ; ; ?■*.;'■ .. ; .'-; : '.. '■ .-. SECOND. DAY, '' V. -.'"'' ,T HiU R S D AY, 18th MARC H. handicap Hurdle race of 75 soys, With a sweepstakes of 5 soys each added. • Distance, about 2 miles. Entrance, 3 ;' soys. Weights to be published as soon '. as possible a^ ter night of general entry. Sweep to he left at Criterion Hotel, ad- dressed to the Secretary, before 8 p.m. on the evening of -first day's races. ■ ' HAWKE'S BAY PLATE, of 60 soys. ".•■■ Distance) 2 miles. Weight for age. ...En- ' • jtrahd'e; -£3. ■■ ■ '. ■.-■<<. .: ■•-.:■ PROVINCIAL PRODUCE. STAKES of i i ..[> ■;.>. .^,60 SOYS, • , ..'•-■:, ■ ii. Witli a sweepstakes of 3 soys each fpr atartera :. 