CORRESPONDENCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 2, 3 January 1876, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

NELSON VERSUS WAKEFIELD RACE MEETING. , " To_?the-»Editob- .p v, 3B.E; ' Evening Maxjii*-' "•*--____' * ■_» J _i j ° t '- -_5 ' * "& .ft ■*■_ {0. Jin-t^finayifremaih ah)ropen question people to think as they please, whether, in"" the present state of affairs it is better to "neighborhood of Nelson^or byrunitingthe ;i Nelson and fWakeJleld Jockey- Clubs get up A a really goocl on^,- to which- fif st&lass. horses.? might be attracted; but the statement of «*• One of-the-Stewards of • the-Wf Si*J. -W? !«. ( cqnta|ned. in ' your , paper of -Friday, that . the Nelsop Jockey Club has; ;heen*4very badly managed for many yeara; past," is of another character. If the writer! means. that tbe . Nelson. ,Qlub,. Jor seyerdi: yeafsfipafet, did. riot _faise ? the.^saniefganfbfntof mpney as formerly, before death, andl removal of many»bf the most liberal resident: f supporters of facing reduced its funds, he is-, right ; but ' the "Waimea South Ciub has! * sijnilarl^ ,f ared,jand !shared { ji^.the otherwise ! altered condition * of' 't_(e ' prdVirice/ >:s^|hei means, that a compromise had to be madeSnth 1 joj&lb *Q% tfh . fi^claifipiants* ag^n§t] ither jtneetingj held fn Aprilf 1873/thrbugli theT Treasurer! sc °nding immediately after the races! witheut paymg over the stakes, he is equally c(o_Tept,|thp_:ghVl do gptrseg; ___^t__Ma^ro'of |*-- ( pf "JmismaruiigemenV'beyona.tbe ruistalce of 1 trtisli^g a man of then unblemished character J ahd of good business position, with a few. -hundr^d'ppunds fprt,wppr threeweeks. 3&ere, l.as anpthJer mis^feeJtnade {the Nelson! iJhckey^Club some live or six yeari ago, wliicli its.critiftjnight have had in mind. In the then difficulty of obtaining subscriptions the stewards, ,- in^ publishing their, .programme. ., stipulated t_^ey''vv6M > d'^ly I tie r^^ahswe&ljli' to : l 'tlte ft «W^flw*flP[_i'^ therp be a deficiency, a r pri? iatiS'fiMvLciym "Wotilfd ik lfe'ip;b& siib'mxtte'd 7 toV'aWd r t_uM -dhf fortunately proyed the. (^eV^^ith^ these exceptions, th e; r __l .-__ tlsW. ,staos"_i_,y e at^. £iys been -paid in,Nelson _is !f prp__vp'ti^ a_ ,%e aref ■tfbld.l__ey Hb.^been"' paldfalWEkefletdfl?^ liberality Pf |% W&ini^ SPtli''gTub: s severar year^ ag6^ih'c,bhtnb^tini^W''t^ tM"__el_|>ii Race Meetin'gj: i_f a of r^p^B , I 7 tgn_el_i , __^ft6 boast of. Thte proposal-^h^'f^elsbtf'sbbuM :fprego-its meetings at Stoke,. over one of thb prettiest and most perfect courses in thi f.bolony-^aJ. _^i6]dffthpia.at3Wal^ffeja on what can only by courtesy be. called a course for 3&% racing, ; wijl; scarcely, I jthirik, satisfy, the ** v*, ct"¥*' 4 *rV a VC- ! *^*_f^'*»^ '■ *^*i»**<«v*«<-«>t_*i(w?_!i»» JT * * pubhc. . If the -.advantages were reversed, ' thep^oposal^ightolain^cp^sidpratipn. i -,-.'-'" * "f' Ay'Taxaficbf/A/f ■ ■■]. H ' *A ff (- i ffl A -MeiSbeb. m •rpfinNjJ.Cr Nelson, January, 3; **■ '"^ L * v ' , l "*. |