Title: The Melbourne Advertiser, Port Phillip
Date: March 5th, 1838.
Accession Number: MS13486
Image Number: pp0030-003-0



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Races
At a meeting of subscribers
held athis day at Fawkners
Hotel Melbourne Port Phillip
the following arrangements
were made
First day
The Town Plate of 25 Sovrns
St lbs
3 years old 8-6
4 yrs old 9-0
5 yrs old 9-6
6 and aged 9-12
entrance one Pound
two mile Heats
Ladies Purse
of twenty Sovereigns
Gentlemen Riders
St lb
3 years old 9-12
4 yrs old - 10-5
5 yrs old - 11-10
6 yrs old - 12-0
Entrance one Pound
one mile and a distance Heats
Second day
Hunters stake of 15 Sovereigns
Gentlemen Riders - Heats - one
mile and a distance with 5
leaps 4 feet high. Catch Weight
Beaten Horses Stake of 10 Sovrg
Weight same as per Town Plate		 Post entry ten Shillings
one mile and a distance Heats
no Horses will be allowed to
enter unless the bona fide
property of a Subscriber of
two Pounds. -
All Horses to be entered
at Fawkners Hotel on the
5 March from 7 to ten oClock
P.M. Beaten Horses Post entry
Winning Horses will Pay one
Pound to the Clerk of the
Course for the use and Porter
age of the Scales and weights
Disputes if any will be
Settled by the Stewards on
the Course.
Stewards
W D G Wood & H Arthur Esqrs
Treasurer
Mr F Noddin
Clerk of the Course
Mr Morley
The Melbourne Race Club
will dine at Fawkners
Hotel on the last day of the
Races
Fawkners Hotel
February the 15th. 1838.

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