TE AROHA'S GAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 227, 24 September 1940, Page 12

TE AROHA'S GAIN.

POVERTY BAT ILL-WIND. RACING AND THE WORLD WAR. GISBORXE, this day. Permits for two of the six days' racing allotted to the Poverty Bay Turf Club have beee transferred to the Te Anoha Jockey Club, which will continue to use the dates until such time as the Gisbornc Club's deficit is'liquidated, together with a debt to guarantors in connection with the Park course. This decision means that Poverty Bay will only have five days' racing annually, including the Hunt Club's one-day fixture.

'The above information was given by the president, Mr. F. Tolerfcon, to the annual meeting of the Poverty Bay Club. He added that the new arrangelhent enabled the club to carry on without increased difficulty until the railway reached Gwborne, when the club could draw outside horses and patronage. Mr. Tolerton said the difficulties in the way of racing imposed by the war were considerable, but he saw no reason for the club to feel despondent. Some critics believed racing should be abandoned during the remainder of the war, but when the efforts which were being made at Home to keep the sport going were consfriered, jt seemed that they would be poor sports to let the game down in this country. Racing clubs bad an obligation to keep the sport going, especially in view of the interest taken in it by many men now serving abroad with the forces. The club passed a resolution drawing the attention of the Minister of Internal Affairs to the difficulties of country racine clubs and suggesting that clubs with a da»br totaleatop turnover not exceeding £1000 be granted 1 per cent rebate. The Wairoa Racing Club, at its annual meeting passed a similar resolution, the prwident, Mr. A. G. Nolan, saying that ?S ty - had a A wayß been experienced in lWwl m g f" ,ng , any differentiation . metr opolitan clubs. fWpr»n h l opinion that the Racing SXT 08 ."T* realise that country whnl Ve tO aasieted t0 «>me degree while the war is on, adding that count™ clubs probably did morS for racing throughout the whole of the co,mtr y Than metropolitan c]ube.-(Pres s Assn )