Nebraska advertiser., 1858-04-29
PORTER'S SPIRIT
FREE GIFT DISTRIBUTION


The proprieIors CT 'Porter's Spirit of the Times. " will
in July next, make a free distribution OF 81 600 among
their Yearly Subscribers whose yearly subscription
shall have three months to run, after the date of dis
tribution. For convenience, as well as te add interest
to the Gift, the distribution will be governed by the re-
suit Of the great race that Is ODE run in England on the
18th Of July next, known as race for the GoOdwOod Cup.
This contest is under the special patronage Of te
Duke of Richmond, and is one of the most princeIy of
the English racing year. II was the meeting selected
lastyear for the memorable debut OF the American horses
on the English Turf; and it is more than probable that
PrioTess and other American horses will, On the ap-
preaching occasion, appear in it again.
As there will probably be thirty or forty horses en-
tered, and some fourteen or fifteen to start, we propose
to distribute the $1,000 as follows:
First, we will confer 4 Free Gift Of $500 in cash, on
the Subscriber who, in the distribution shall obtain the
name Of the winning horse. To the subscriber holding
the name Of the second horse, a free gift Of 500; and
TO the subscriber who holds the name Of the third
horse, a free gift Of 500.
Among hose who held the names Of the remaining
horses which started, other than the first three, We will
distribute a free gift Of 500 in equal parts; and among
those who hold the names of horses which were entered
and did not start, we will distribute in like manner the
remaining 500; SO that there will be in all 81 600 in
cash divided among about so gifts.
The distribution of the names of the horses among ouI
subscribers will he effected by putting them into a glass
ballot box, and taking thencefOoth simultaneously with
the number Of the receipt Of each yearly subscriber a:
found upon our books. The horse thus drawn will, o.
course, become the chosen competitor for the victory L
the Yearly Subscribers, and each subscriber, will know
if he has drawn a horse, by the duplicate number of hi
receipt, which we will forward him in advance from Ou
/ bbNh-s
The distribution of the herses' names will take place
on the evening Of Saturday, the 24th of July, at gu
onice $40 Broadway, New York. on which occasion VI
shall also distribute the names Of the same horses in an
other but entirely separate, Free Gift to Agents
Of Five Hundred Dollars, among those Of our re
| tail Agents who have been in the habit of selling ten o.
more copies Of our paper regularly, for eight weeks pre-
vious TO such distribution; and for every extra ten cop
les each Retail Agent or Newsman may sell, he shall
have an additional share in the Distribution.
We take this mode Of rewarding our subscribers an
Aids, in preference 70 employing Travelling Agents
choosing rather thus to give what we would pay away j
such expenses and commissions, to the Subscriber him
self. by this means. the subscriber receives for the usua
subscription price, not only his paper for the year, but
large sum in cash in the shape Of d very novel and inter
esting gratuity.
The subscription price Of POrter's Spirit is So a year
PostDasters and others who furnish ten yearly subscri
bers. will in addition to their premiums, be entitled {
one share for the Agents Gift.
It is our present intention to continue this system {
to free distributions during the following and each sue
ceeding year; the first to be decided by the EPSON DER
BY Of 1859, to be run in the early Spring land for whc
two American horses are already entered and the 9th
ers by the ST. LEGER,, the annual grea
meeting Of Englnnd Tor the Fall. As in both these las
named meetings there are always about two hundre
~-me racers entered, the interest that will al
tend the distributor Of the competitors among th
readers Of our paper may easily be conceived.
For the present year, in consequence of the close az
preach Of the Derby, we have chosen for convenience
The great race for the Goodwood Cup.
p. S The distribution will take place publicly, undo
the superintendent CT a Committee of Subscribers al
Newsagents.