TWELFTH MATCH.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 55, 4 March 1880, Page 2

TWELFTH MATCH.

200 ana 400 yards. Ten shots at each distance. Prizes— £B, £7, £6, £5, 2of £3, 3 of £2, 3 of £1.

Major Atkinson is pronounced by the Smth Canterbury Times "a whiskey warrior of the first degree," because "he has done more to bring whiskey and tobacco into thorough disrepute than any statesman of the nineteenth century, and if his name is not perpetuated in temperance bymn*books, anddrunkm bumpers of tea and lemonade at future temperance gatherings, the sin of ingratitude will be at the dopr" of a great, a good, and a glorious c'augfe." With referehcfe io £he inuis for the forthcoming Wanganui raced, the sporting contributor to the local Herald saya :— "Oa Saturday the indefatigable Secretary, Mr F. R. Jackson, informed me that he had receiTed and refused an offer of £500 for the gate alone, and later in the day I believe an offer of £300 was made but refused for iJie Stand. The Club hate reset-red these rights, and alsfcf the right of selling tickets for admission to the saddling paddock. The other privileges, not including $o. i booth, which was withdrawn at £40, realised the handsome sum of £359 15s. Whatever may be said for or against the Totalizator, the Club must thank the Yankee inventor of the idea, as the right to run two of these betting machines was sold, and helped to swell the grand total by £136, the one allowed inside the paddock bringing £85, and the one outside £51. As showing how much the bookmaking fraternity dread their existence, it may be as well to state that a commission from " the boys " was received by a well-known Boniface to go up as high as £60 for the one and £40 for the other. A telegram came on Saturday morning from one of these gentlemen with instructions) to go as high as £75 for the one allowed in the paddock. This amount was actually bid at the sale, and had it been knocked down ( there can be no doubt that no Totalizator would hare been run there. The Wanganui Jockey Club can always look for a source of revenue from the sale of these machines should they become legalised. Taking into consideration the amount derived from public subscriptions, the amount already received for entries and acceptances, members' subscriptions, the amount likely to be received at the gate, stand, paddock, and other sources, with the i money received for the other privileges, T have no hesitation in saying that notwithstanding the large sum spent in improvements, the Wangauui Jockey Club at the close of the approaching meeting will present a better balance sheet than it ever did before the monster thousand pounder was thought of."

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