CROMWELL JOCKEY CLUB.

Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 116, 30 January 1872, Page 5

CROMWELL JOCKEY CLUB.

A general meeting of the members of this j Club was held in the Town-hall on Thursday | evening, 25th inst. Present: Messrs Dagg [(president), Colclough, Logan, Marsh, Tayi lor, Pierce, Kidd, Sansom, Jolly, Harding, Dawkins, Matthews, and Mac Nab (secretary). Minutes of two previous meetings were ! read and confirmed. Account? amounting to £27 18s were laid on the table, to he settled when the outstandi ing subscriptions (about £35) shall have been collected. The Treasurer (Mr Jolly) reported having paid £3O on account of sundry liabilities incurred prior to the late race meeting. On the motion of Mr Dawkins, seconded by Mr Kidd, it was resolved,— That Mr W. Shanly be refunded the sum of £4 4s overpaid on account of Messrs W. Stavely & Co.'s j subscription for 1870. It was proposed by Mr Dawkins, seconded by Mr Logan, and agreed to, —That the Midsummer Race Meeting of 1872, and all subsequent annual race meetings under the auspices of this Club, be held on the last Thursday and Friday in the month of December. The President stated that he had given j some attention to the question of the advisa- | bility of amalgamating with the Duns tan i Jockey Club, and had arrived at the conclusion that the scheme would not work. An amalgamation of the Clubs, and the holding of races at Cromwell and the Dunstan alj ternately, would just have this result,—that the Dunstan people would only support their own meeting, and the people of Cromwell would subscribe only for the races held here. He therefore strongly recommended every member of the Club to oppose any amalgamation. Several other gentlemen present supported the view taken by the President. Mr Colclough mentioned the desirability of offering some direct encouragement to the breeders of thoroughbred horses, which he considered would be best accomplished by announcing an annual event to be called the " Sires' Produce Stakes," open to three-year-olds bred in the Province ; the amount offered by the Club to be augmented by sweepstakes contributed by the owners of thoroughbred sires. This suggestion was favourably entertained, and it was agreed that the subject should be j discussed at a future meeting. Tlie President drew attention to the aclj visability of establishing an annual race for three-year-old horses carryini; equal weights, j —something akin to the English Derby. After some discussion on the subject, Mr Pierce proposed,—That, the sum of £SO ! be given by this Club, added to a sweepstake j of £5 5s each, for three-year-olds, the race to | be called the " Cromwell Derby" ; the entrances, £3 3s each, to be made by the Ist of October ; the entries to carry weight for age, and the distance to be a mile and a half. This was seconded by Mr Sansom, and was adopted. A vote of thanks was accorded to the gentlemen who acted as stewards at the late race I meeting, for the efficient manner in which ! they had performed their onerous duties. II The customary compliment to the Chairj man concluded the meeting.

WARDEN'S COURT, CROMWELL. —o — Thursday, January 25. ■(Before Vincent Pi/tce, AV/., Judge and Warden.) TRADING WITHOUT A BUSINESS LICRN3E. Jesse Alley, of the All Nations Hotel, Oarrickton, was charged by Sergeant Oassels with carrying on business without a business license. The hearing of the information was adjourned for a fortnight. APPLICATION'S. 90 days' for an alluvial claim in Smith's Gully, (cause, want of water): granted.—F. Shambrook anil 17 others (United Bannockburn Company), 60 days for a quartz claim on the Carriok Range (to complete tunnel): granted.—John Lange, 60 days' for an alluvial claim in Pipeclay Gully, (cause, want of water): granted. Tail-Race. —John Hayes and another were granted a certificate for a tail-race, 450 yards in length, from their claim, situate quarter of a mile west of Cromwell. Water-Races.— J. Gartshore and live others, two sluice-heads, from a point ten chains west of commencement of Nil Desperandum Co.'s race, Pipeclay Gully : to be granted on payment of fees (sa. for each sluice-head) as provided by section 22 of the Amended Regulations, in addition to the usual fee of 2s. 6J. for registration.— W. Green and two others, one sluice-head from head of Adams's Gully and of a b-ancb gully : granted on same condition.—R. Sherrin (fur the Golden Gate Company), four sluice-heads from Smith's Gully, at the point agreed upon by the Nil Desperandum and Golden Gate Companies : granted a3 above.—John Hayes and another, five sluice-heads from applicants' registered dam : adjourned for fourteen days.—Wm. Smalley and three others, two sluice-heads from Pipeclay Gully, north of Royal Standard claim : granted as above.—Arch. Sutherland, four sluice-heads from Commissioner's Creek, Nevis : granted as above.—Samuel Roskrudge and two others, two sluice-heads from Pipeclay Gully : objected to by Ckadwick and party, and refuse I.—An adjourned application regarding the Alta Company's race was struck out for non-appearance of the legal manager. Quartz Prospecting Claim. —J. T. H. Brown ; and eleven others applied for a prospecting claim j adjoining the ground formerly granted them at | the head of Adams's Gully, and for cancellation !of former certificate. Application granted, and I former certificate cancelled. | Gold Mining Lease.—The application of the j Colclough Quartz Mining Company, Registered, for a lease of ten acres at their present workings, was adjourned until Bth February. Agricultural Lease.—Tho application of John M'ljean was adjourned for fourteen days.