H.B.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 54, 1 August 1885, Page 3

H.B.J.C. SPRING MEETING.

The full' programme of. this meetings has been issued. Six events are setdoivn for- the first day,, with a v total r df -added money of soys.i the :princijile event heing- the : 'Bay^ GtuneaS, iof 250 soys.^6r'which 49 nbiiifea|i6tos:^6re, received. The>e jare alsc>. ; s.ix'eveinte ' ijn' the- second day» with? a total /q£7addi?d money of £560, the chief .prize;b^ing: the Spring Handicap »jpf ,M 0&. Noininatiohs for the latter close on Aup-ust^lSth,, and also for the Flying "handicap of i-125,-^---the others "later on/ ■:'-

At the general meeting qf theiWanganui Jockey Club the annual report was " presented, from" winch it appears that" the indebtedness of the club was reduced from -£591^ £188 during -the yeaf; ; The amount paid m stakes was ±"2046. The receiptt at the gate were £1034 last season, as against £1178 m 1884. ; The privileges sold for £1796, as against £1768 'm 1884. It was resolved to appoint a: paid secretary, m lieu of a honorary secretary, and Mr F. R. Jackson was elected to the *post. Tliatgentleman has acted 'as honorary secretary fortenye'ars.

press association;) . . .< . Timaku, Friday,' ; The South Canterbury Coursing Club's f|nal meeting of tlieseason wks held yesterday on the Pareora estate. The trials with few exceptions, were splendid and long qhes'. Mr Gemmel's Gipsy Maid' won the President's Cup, Mr Thomson's Scotland Yet being runner up. The Puppy Stakes were divided by Mr^Wyllie's Lass o'Gowne's and Mr J. Macpherson's Manuka. .'