Cromwell Jockey Club’s Centennial Meeting

Lake County Mail, Issue 40, 10 March 1948, Page 5

Cromwell Jockey Club’s Centennial Meeting

The annual meeting of the above lub was held on Friday and Saturday, ie sth and titli inst. Rain fell in the early part of Friday mrning and continued until 10 a.m. fter which the weather cleared and ie vluWs programme was cdrricd out nder perfect conditions. The first day’s racing was up to the sual high standard of meetings held y this club and although the fields >r the first day were not large the uality of the running was very good. On’ -the second day the fields were uch better and' two dividends were aid on each race. Mr Paterson, the starter, got his elds, away to a. good start on every •.easipn and is to be- commended on ic excellent manner in which he ifried out his duties. The attendance on the dirst day was at very good and this may be at•ibutcd to the weather and the rationtg of petrol. The totalisator handled ,5684 IDs as against £7258 for fhe irresponding day last year. Saturday dawned bright and clear id for about three hours before startig time visitors continued to stream to the town. With the increased ;tendance and the better fields the -talisator handled £10,415 which conitutos a record for any one day for e elul).

Wakatipu Ski Club Prepares for N.Z. Champs. A special meeting of the Wakatipu Ski Club was held in the Tourist Rooms on Tuesday, March 2, 1948, Captain G. A. Herbert presiding over Messrs Ensor, Jardine, Cochrane, G. and S. Lonsdale, Hansen, Reid-, Misses McDowall and Fuller and Mrs C. M. Tnglis, secretary. In connection with accommodation for competitors for the New Zealand Championships, the president advised that all hotels and 'boardinghouses had been approached and an excellent response had been received from them guaranteeing accommodation during the period of the championships. During a visit to Queenstown the Minister had been approached in conm cl ion with a road'into the town but he definitely stated that there would not be any road put in this season. The matter of catering on the ski fields had been gone into with Mr Wigley of the Mount Cook and Southern Lakes Tourist Co., Ltd., and he said that every effort would be made .to give satisfactory catering arrangements during the ski-ing season. • Mr Cochrane brought up the matter of sleeping accommodation at the club’s lint and it was eventually decided that six bunks be put in each end room at the lint; the charges to he 3s 6d per night for affiliated club members and as per night for non-affiliated members. Considerable discussion ensued regarding the installation of a telephone and after letters had been read from the War Assets Realisation Board and tin* postmaster, Queenstown, the secretary was instructed to write to the postmaster asking if it were • possible to have some sort of a telephone installed handy to the fields and which would not involve the club in too much expense. A booklet in connection with the New Zealand Championships which had been drawn up by Mr Cochrane and a subcommittee was unanimously approved by. all members present. It was decided that 3000 of these booklets be printed and that 1500 of them be sent to clubs in New Zealand, 1000 to the Tourist Department for distribution amongst various New Zealand agencies and 500 to be sent overseas.