Distanoe, 6 furlongs. •. 6- Maiden Soubby, of 10 soys. Minimum weight, 7st. Winnets at any time .barred. Post entranoe, Ibov. Dis- tance, 5 furlongs. 7. Publicans' Pobsb Handicap, of 50 soys ; seoond horse to receive 5 bovb from stake. The winner of any previous race the same day to carry 51b extra. Dis- ; .tanc'e, 5 furlongs. ' 8. Fabewell Hasdioap, of 25 sovb; " Becond horse to reoeive 6 bovb from the stake. Entrance, I boy ; to close at 8 '" p.m. night of first day's races. Handi- caps will be deol&red immediately, after the Publicans' Purse Handicap. Dis- tanoo, 7 furlongs. TU slakes will be paid tn full. Dates of Nominations and Acceptances and amounts to be forwarded. NOMINATIONS— FRIDAY, thb 18th JANUARY, 1900, at 9.30 p.m. With the Secretary, at Club Roam, Masonic Hotel, Gisborne, and A. T. Danvers, Hastings. Flying Handioap I 80^ FirstWdles } »»v TurangaStakes ~ J "ov PublioanB 1 Purse ... .» 1 «>v County Stakes - 1 «ov Sunderland Stakes ... — Ibov Second Hurdleß } s °v Stewards' Handicap ... .- 1 boy ACCEPTANCES - BATURD4Y, 18th FEBRUARY, 1900, at 9 30 p.m. Flying Handicap lj soy First Hurdles - I soy TurangaStakes 3 sovb V\ eights for Firßt Day's Raoes will be deolared Saturday, 9t,b February, 1901. Weights for Becond Day's Racea will be deolared at 8 p.m. Night of First Day's Races. • Acceptances for Second Day s Races— Sunderland Stakes 3 soys, Second Hurdles 1 boy, Stewards' Handicap 11 boys, and Publicans' Purse 14 50v— 9.30 p.m. Night of Firßt Day's Raoes. • J. H. AISLABIE, 361 Secretary. r~^i FVO STAND THIB I CL$, llk ,Jp£-f(\ MAKARAKA 1™ W yjji«"«il» (Currifigton's Stobles), The Pure-bred Clydesdale Stallion, BKTTER TIMES. BETTER TIMES Is ft handsome dapple brown! •tending 16.8, strong, compact, plentj of good bone Md h»§, thoroughly sound and active, with a good constltutiOD and quiet temper. The sire of Better Times la Bard Times, dam Polly, by Bxtlnm iher dam Mantle McCormack, by Vanquisher (tap); pSyby^oungPrlnceofWesOmps,damMad^, bred by Jhltland Bros. Hard primes gal nei first mize in& champion at Invorcargill in 1889, ana Erst »Jd ch^pion at Dunedln ExbiblUon Show in 1890. BetterTimea' dam Jcanie. by Lord Sabsbury (imp), fcrand-dam Scrtch Annie (imp£ Ti"™ : Single mare, £3 ; two or more the property ol one Swner, *SlO.. Mares will be padlocked iat M.kau. 