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Newspaper
Northam Courier
Location
Northam, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
7
The document outlines an October 18 meeting with six furlong and open races. It lists three stakes divisions for horses that have not won advertised races, detailing nominal sums, acceptances, and weight handicaps for First Second and Third Class Plates. It includes hurdles for horses trained outside the Metropolitan and Goldfields Areas and notes weight adjustments for certain races.
The W A Turf Club sets closing date for horse nominations on October 6 1917 at 4 pm. Stray and Withnell Northam may accept concurrent nominations. Handicaps, weights, and acceptance details governed. penalties apply to non-scratched entrants. Registration and bookmaker fees noted by secretary I M Wroth.
Entry details for three class plates at York Jockey Club with six to seven furlongs races. Contains nomination and acceptance costs, handicaps, and prize sums across First Second and Third Class Plates. Also notes horses must be trained within 26 miles of Perth and Goldfields for one month prior to closing nominations.
Orders booked for eggs and chickens delivered in rotation. Brown Leghorns 265 egg strain White Orpingtons B I Reds Ruff Ducks Ta Gd setting. Chickens and ducklings counted 18 dozen particulars from G Meares Auburn Stud Poultry Yards Northam.
Red Cross Plate and Purse handicaps with six races over five and six furlongs. Prizes include Eaton s Gift and patriotic stakes. entries based on prior wins, with weight adjustments and local entrants from Goomalling area under stewarded handicaps. Open to horses and hacks meeting regional conditions and timeframes.
Under WA Turf Club rules nominations close Monday Oct 22 with Goomalling secretary or Northam Race Club secretary, weights to be declared around Oct 25. Hacks may be re handicapped and all nomination fees go to Red Cross funds. Open races exclude Patriotic and Doctors Handicap. bookmakers fees scale with standers.
Under the rules of the W A Turf Club the winner of any handicap flat race after weights are declared faces a two or more race penalty. The committee may reject nominations at any time without reason. Nominations close with York Secretary October 9 1917 and acceptances due October 17 1917. Weights declared about October 13 1917. Exempt Rules 29K and 45. V Brownlie Secretary.
Wake Bros. at the West End Wood and Coal Yards advertise Collie Coal for sale by track load ton or bay. Wood or coal delivered to any part of town. Satisfaction guaranteed amid wood scarcity in Northim.
Recruits urgently required in the ALF for service abroad. No vacancies in the Light Horse Artillery or Camel Corps. infantry men wanted in any number. For details apply to Organiser F. C. Smith Yorke Street.
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