THE FOXTON RACING CLUB.

Manawatu Herald, Volume II, Issue 279, 13 August 1889, Page 2

THE FOXTON RACING CLUB.

The Honorary Secretary of the Foxton ;, Bacing Club bat conrteouely hwjdy<*iU». jthe following circular which he ha* 'freely w from the President of the .Crpmwjeß. CluK, and which will be considered' ftt lirtr 'Wit meeting: — y , : Cromwell, ISJh July, 18$ C. To the Secretary Jockey Club, Foxtop, I have thelionbr to lrifoVm yovt that theCromwell Jockey Clnb,. in. consequence, ot . ; the Hul« . ■;• adopted by. jthe- Jftftppplitan Clubs last, .year.,.- recently . requested , the t Dunedin Jockey! Club, to relax, in. their In-, stance, the. rule whereby it is. required .that Clubs* holding two meetinga in one year" must give anaverage of at.lwst" £200 per diem in stakes.; As reason* in, support of this request, it was urg«jd on Jfehalf of the said<Ckib,(l). Ttyit \t WA*£n W^^ ll^ . Club; na\ing been in^ejaFteiiee w* »** •» years ; (2) Triat the CAtti had been' in the " habit of holding a Sgring race-meeting Of v ohe day, and a Summer arkce 1 E^sin^, Of twd days, at which the aggjr«sate WIjWM A of stakes given waa £485 ; • (3) fii« ih«w meetings were bonttJUle, Held i?r legitimate' sport and not, for profit ;. (4) That ti»e Club could not afford to give the required £GOO and, were the Rule not relaxed, the t,onaequence would be that the ' Spring "meeting, could ttr»t beheld. Notwithstanding tl«sse . reasonH, a reply jwas raSeived from \he Dunedin Jockey Club to the effect, that, while regretting their" inability . to. Ao B 6 . •• they coul* : noti grant 1 the deeired&oaijpssion. At the annual moeting of the clubla; ta^njbers,' this Wffwal was-refi^and^flMitkjo^ discussed,, whefr it was v^nan^ousty tei ■ solved that it was advisable thai pret'lnre should be brought .Sob'eaV upprf the <Me1»0-; politan Club* by all up-country $}qb» iwfcj&Bfc interest said rules afi'ect, witir tys^v&w t,p removing the prohibitive., restriction* imposed on old establishi««V |ejptHnale' **&•- meetings It was alflc- .Solved that such pressure should take tIK". fpHa of f ignited protest by. all country C\ubs, holding two or more meetings in one 1 year, to be addressed to the Metropolitan club exercising jurisdiction in the particu''* 1 " l° c »Hty in which the protesting Club 0r C>^ n '*.*3P situated. And it was further reSv' l \ v^d tern in additi n to such protest, there «k lou |y P* added an intimation i; ttiaj ..the 4 - p'rov* ei *«>s.. . Cluba'xriA' be prepared, -in thettf*ent v > hi . • , defirirte-wftwidio agree, fe^alfe* tllejr I,""* 6 * being received frpmth^J^etrvpoli^GjlA "^ to form; a; Uni^.whjcH^wouM name B«v "• ' ing Laws and Bufe9.of its own, ana'wmcK would reserve 'to itself the right! fo''d&qualify all'hdrafes running 'fttsny meeting of any nfthe Metropolitan Clubs. ; j. With the view of giving, eh'ect. to, Jtjje; above resolutions.. I would respectfully) re* quest that you will.'ir/' an early date, bring this circular before your Club for consideration, and in the event of your Club agreeing to aefc. a* suggested, IwonW jfeel obliged ■ '. if you would sign the enclosed protest in j duplicate, foi'warding the ovi«inal to yonr controlling Metropolitan Club, and the duplicate to me. Jno i^a . you should not agree to co-operate win. is. I should still be pleased to hear fi-iJiiVyou. •;■'; In conclusion, I would' [joint 'out Jhfct the action of- the M^jnf^Utan CluDftfflrstly, in arbitrarily ije)ua)iding.that .count. ! try Clubs shall; submit their prograinniCT j to them to be passed; and subsequently ! framing the Restrictive 'rules;' whtohjWf now seek to set aside, ojearly«» indicate disposition on their part to c^tralisp nut* ing, and give to the. larger towns £ tnoflopoly thereof. It should- be borne in mind that if the country, CHih's bontlnae ' fcj submit to the present Rules, further restrictions are almost certain to follow, tint kny agitation that Jmrfy sirise against >th« use of the totalisutor _gt any time, will bt made to operate against the smaller CttiDi by the larger influential Metropolitan'' emeß. These latter 7 w lUd ; Ba*crince the ijap^tror Clubs to save theninelyed.. \ii^ oaj^ r therefore; by taking » firm Ht»r<4 , n .'°Vi'*W* we pan hope to compel thie' Metrojioh'ras •• •: Clubs to study our Interests si'dn by M*< „ > with their own. If the country Ohitaj mtfe forced inia'fdrmlng a -UnjcMi, >h«y: would" in point pf nußiUers.&nd ■iufluence, be a ' ' much more powerful body than even the combined Metropolitan Clubs, This fact ■ ■ is one not likely to be overlooked by them. !■ > ( ) rj : .. While bringing these suggestions und^ ' ' your notice, I .wpuJi^esirertd^jinp^ega^mpfl,' you the fact that,,tn«. ;^tt)mvfell Clvd 1 \nk". ■' no desire to sever itself ! or beoome the ' means of. separating the country Clubs from the' Metrdpofitur Clubs, ;pr<}tWj that reasonable, rales be 'fratny^^, tpl - latter. On the contrary, thj^ §hib U quite, prepared, and indeed anxio.tre to" .apHe , loyally by their decisions, and^'giv^ aajr. - reasonable power of veto, tftfculate^ Jf check illegitimate racing. ;A^ the same' tim«, my Olnb considers, that^ Wittl the present rules are altered, .so as to leal* .... legitimate bonajidt sport unrestricted to a reasonable extent, some action, such as has been above suggested, is imperative. Commending our proposed course of action to;y«fur) Qlpb's favogra>le^ MRMlffr I ; ajn>^ 'j , ■:" . . •.. . v . Your Obedient Servant,---1 '■- ■•■ . ."■•■'■ h^ci*m^^ PresidentC^oinwelWw»k«y'Cftib.