THAMES JOCKEY CLUB

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13936, 15 July 1919, Page 3

THAMES JOCKEY CLUB

I THE ANNUAL MEETING. TJxe annual meeting; of the Thaima Jockey Club was held test evening .th© President, Mr Alibert Bruce, puesiding. Tlh.e Co'UQimi'titlee's report wa. road a« follows: lt> The- receipts froim all sources foi lX the year were .£7,421 19s 2d, and ilit IS expenditure £6,238 3s 7d. the ftnaa jj ok! ye«aa' started with <a dr. balance " of £2,254 2 a _lod and ended with a reduction of itifiis aimouinib to £1000 7s -3d- Tho amount paid awiary in J" , ataskeis wae £1,1350, and in Govern,"menjt tiaxaitiioni £2,264 7s 9d (it is ''only xight to say, however, that <A 'thiiio sum the reciervfeiris of dividends on the- totatisatoir paid £1,050 15s'. ,leiaiving tiho direct taxation on, the !Club ait? £1,233 12s 9d). The euur of : £440 16s 8d was expended itu the purchase of Hand and course improve - ■i mente. : The alterations of our days of ra«o----i inig from Christinas tot March, w&fei in | aill respects highly " satisfactory, the " .totalii&aitor •■ receipts being 1 almost [ doubled ; we- had 1 in previous years retained the old days partly from sep itiiimeiiit and iin> a belief that we were ,' helping 1 ouir fjei'Bocw ibawnßimeini by .■holding apoairs tfhwt woiuld briny in. a I large tOjUmbea- - of people and retiaiin ' ouir otwni people ait. hoitnie. In., this cimi- , nectiom it will be well to (poanifc oiut i that th«3i restwaitiioni of days daituig 1 from February Ist wasi th© rteMult oi combination. Ttio Coumtry Riacan^ Club's Associaifciei/i had, through a isittrong 1 deputatiioai, seouired from' itihe Minister of Internal AflFaiirjg 'a pronnrise •to- restore the suspended daya ait the clotsa of tihe war, bo when 1 the axmdsi tiioa was agireed upon the Assaaiar tion a-eaniinded: tihe Minister of has pii'Omisie afiid on the persistent efioiritisi en the patio of th« Assoodaitio'D., and tihe ; influeniae of the Hon- Mr HeaTieg (a .' life meimiber) restoirQttiion. was ga"'anted. This deciisiom wais as good as 1 abofufi £1000' -to our oluib. The hearty tfliamkg of thei oluib 'aa*ei due fb the Asisocdlatiioni and tho Hon. Mr Hei'raieis for their senrvices, aiiid tlie committties, reoonnmenid thati saim© be ooiiiveyed to tthem. I Tho imptrt)(ve!tnen!bs to the opiuirsie t were stmiail t© what they have been, in former years, bednig confined itw enlargnjag, the totalieaitor hotusie, vienitii- ■ kiting the loose botxeis, and pfroviddng ' up-to-date oonivendeniceis ati the back 'of the grandsfeind. During the ctuir- ' sent year tihei following imipirovements : are oonitempliaitied: The erecttdota .of : loose iboxes on. a site off the presenih oncilosure, afi horse o^wnerisi will not use the; presenib looise boxes, eioTitien.dinjy ijhaiti tiheiilr 1 horsesi: geit' unduly 1 exoilted by the exercise ■.galloping,.; an up-tioi-daites weighing 1, macibin'e ;• the en/I^l^em)einit of the 'jockeys' room; i the dfiecitdon of a trainers' and jdtikeys' '•■ stand o,urf:«ide of thei bi-rdoage. ; •;■ j The retiuntt fifcuii our stock of isheep j was vieay good tMs ye.'ur, the wwl sold foir £110 8s sd. and the increase £134 19s T a tortlal rfe.tu.nn of £245 7s Sd'fwMii .abooitl 50 acres of land. I In accordance with the rules six : memibea's! retire and thei, me'mibeus • hiaive the righto tio fijl thedr pilaaesi; i the retiring 1 mem>bers being; eligiible i offer tiheimiselveis for re-elecitiioti. I In oonclutsiotnj the ConMndtt!;© coci.- ---' g*atu!laitie the Club on its impiroved frnjancial poisiiitlions, and in every oibher respoct- All have worked cheerfully . for the good of tiie Chub, and the | Ckamirndttee take the oppoaitun'iitly of | conveying to thei staff thieir heiarby : thanks for itihe effioienit' mamniea? in wMch, they have, carried, out thelir' • daities during the year. i The report a&d balance sheet "wea'c l adlopitied. . .' . , '..■'•'" ; Meisssra F. Gibbons, R. Darroiw, JMoCornuick," J. Jothnßtone, F. Adanv soni, and E.. Whitehead ' were reelected memibei's of the Oonimdittee. 'A r'eocmimendlaltiion was mad© for the oonsideratiota of the • ConMndttee that- •& paid. paxifesisiionai judge and srtlaitier should be aippotinitied. actud-quairteris tor jockeys isihoxaLd be erecited near tho purposed site whereon loose boxes are to be erteeited and arrangemtenitsi miadfe foir catering for tlheimi. : . The President' 'Sfeuted that the sttaikeis 'a,t, 'the recenit meieting 1 had beeai inica-eiased by aboiuttr £600 and it Wag contemplated raising Theni to £3000 at, the next meeting!. -The statement onaive- muefc. Kaitusfacition. . A meeting of the Coimimtititee was held <at th© close of the anniial meeting, at which) th© officials for t/li e» year was choseia as followisi: Presi'dentt^, Mr Albert Bruce; Vioo-Prasn-denfc, Mr W. Price, Treasurer, Mr W. H. Bakec ; Timekeeper, Mi* A. sP. Buick: Handicap per, Mr 11. Wynyard; Clerk of Scales, Mr ,T. Johnstbnie:; Clerk of thio Coiuaisiei, Ma- Jas. MciCoa-mick; Stewards, Messrs AJjbeait ; Braco, W. Price, A. Rae, R. Darraiw, W. H. Baker, F. Adumsox!;, and F- G-ibibons. i Th© ExecnutffiVe Conianittee, oonisiist- ' inlff of Messrs thei President, R. D'arrciw, A. Rae, anid J. Johnstonel were ! linsittiiTcted to report' to> tihe next . meeting Avhait, iinprwenaenitis or aiteaia.- ---| tionfei weire required in t3ie 'iCLub's '■ businieiss. Inisititicitionisi were giLv'eni to ponnit miivniioaite wifth MessTfe lAisk and MaMema/min as to tihedr termi? for acting , as judge, and witth Mr O'Connor asik- ■ in^ his tea"msi for adtdng; as sltafrter. 1 A resoTuitiom was utiamimooi'sly oar- , ried in sdlon'ce, the mettnibers stlandr mg, conveying tihie sincere symipia^tihy of the club tk> Ming, Inlgjltisi and flamily i, in their bereQivemeinitL • In closing the meeting the President con^ra.tiulaitied tihe members, on the position/ .thlattl they had brought; lihe Club utpj itid.'their 1, 'assetla 1 ate pcr 1 balanoe

siheee -werte aßout £12,000. It made Tjim look back to Ac day ha was elected a miemibei' of Aha Oomimitdtee. The old club aib tliaib date did most own a bit of four by three timber and s the sibenvards' a^uom was a cow isihed, ' and the gnandatiaind was a fiaxiall ' roofed shed stuck up <mi a fem r six by ■^ sixes wdth a. few* boards cialled seaita. Vea-y differe>nit to the ■pvesenii Girder oit r thinigs, every convenience and tihe 3 land the pTOpert.y of the Club.