SPORTING

Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1916, Page 5

SPORTING

STRATFORD RACING CLUR, The annual report of the SH.O. statist inter alia, that the attendance olttrf public and the gate receipts were cansiderably higher than those of any wart/ ous yew. The totalisator invertinW were £38,862, as compared with *BMOS for the preceding year. The accoimnoda. tion on the grandstand, people's stand. and in the totalisator house wa> fuJJyl. taxed. The race meeting account diacloses a net profit rtf XlOlO Os 4d a* compared with £1409 7s 6d for IMS, »* most satisfactory increase, although lh e stakes had been increased• 6y ■ £3s<s. A profit of £204 7s was made for the dub | by its thoroughly experienced and C&p.i able. Farm Committee, Messrs S. Pitt and A. Stewart. The ehih is greatly indebted to these- two members for their expert and untiring energy in this &*■ partment, Tim general account shows that th's cost of operating the club's general if.* fairs and property was £063 15s 2d M compared with £717 18s 2d in »16.. This, however, is more than accounted! toi by the work of ploughing, rt-fc>nning ' and grading, and re-sowing the- wide of the race track, costing approximately. £3OO, which was done from revenue. The! course has been greatly improved ty this work, and has been thoroughly roIM and sown with good grasses and manures, and will now compare favorably with any race-track in Taramki. In view or the fact that the commit-' tee has decided to give the whole of*the profits for the year to the patrifoo funds, no extensive building operations were carried out. Only those improve., merits which were considered absolutely , necessary were cflecte'. The bank overdraft, therefore, has not been utilised to the fullest liitdt ot £4OOO and stands at present at £2497 0s tld.