WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1933, 16 December 1913, Page 14

WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB.

\ IUGICOuIM D 1 IL\l Nwi-Zealaiidus noied for its pretty. ■ raepcoiirses. but tlioro nro low nune so attractive to. tlio general - public as. th;it : ot- ■ ■ ilio'.«/- mosnoious t \\ niinamn lecl t\ Ihi i i fi „ 1 t i -i < f ■.lYsiiisamu noes Imp!; to 10-lb, wlienrllit; 111:1 Jen-- nortion . ol tho pollination ron■sistcii.ot Hcr/Alajost-vs- imperial troops:: 11 « 11 crs d (l 10 t Us \ 1 ml : ■{ ; .)iv -1 onu ol and &-uine or 'earlier . stocpiwlmsw, 111 njiic-li .• Hie ■jocKevsisiverc "'fllhcors ami moil, ct t.lic were prohabiv as eiijo.Ystlilo as anv- that are-, hold today. 11 thvj 1a 1 1101 tl cll ic Uo<. 111 tli -icii)„ .stock.-..Uiev inul it ill the ioekoys. Old ■Mr. 1 John Pnwson. nno of tho oldest re-sidents:-tens a rather good story of a ; steeplechase ■ run lat Aramoiio ill-.tho lite \1 ci tic niidm tei or 41 10ili' '(I!oyal Irish) Hogmioiit. .a ■ German named Bun:emaiiii,..rodc one.-, ol .■.fhesiiioimts. -J- think' he.ilellvoft. 'at

every fence/' said Mr. Pawson, "but the horse waited patiently oii each occasion for him to remount, and being a horso with a good turn of speed oil the flat managed to get ahead as they approached tho last fence. On this occasion tho horse baulked at the jump, but over went tho bandmaster. As ho cleared t'no last fence first- he excitedly claimed tho race, but was ruled out as his horse did not follow himl" Tlio first properly organised race meeting was held in 1848 011 tho flat, that is now partly tho eemctory aiul partly the Recreation Ground. As long as trie lepfiments were in tho district tho sport ilourished, but after they left the interest faded, and a period of inanition ensued. In 1874 the old club was reconstructed and under the guiding hand of Mr. Freeman R. Jackson (tho secretary) the club flourished exceedingly-!; That gentleman retained oflice until 1003, and it was his brains and initiative that- worn responsible for. most, of tho forward movements' niado by tin? club.' The course is olio of the best in. the conn try—it is

.of thtflafcst arid most approved saucer formation, twhieh, inaki:s- !or good rac- : ;iiig|andftaß)y Its ] groinid.i":arr- laid. oiit.< with an artistic 'ifyof iori£th6£.bonjitil'ulThoro =.amidst- 1 . >»ii(S*s littld^.lakos»iuetl S>'by •* rustic!-1 ■hridi£cs,?niulS;:,ra(!ofuily ''enlivened by *ii'\ 'i-i!i!i>etioii: ; othorl ?\v«'ter pheasants and (other birds- add - new tiio ■ piihlicgrandstand" 1 iias : Hieeii extended, so that .it now provides seating accommodation for nearly-7000 pcoploj house is as' gflnd 'as' anytmrig. of • tlicr»kind in ■ the country.jv '. - I