MASTERTON RACING CLUB.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8185, 17 July 1906, Page 5

MASTERTON RACING CLUB.

STEWARDS' REPORT. The following is the report of the Stewards of the Masterton Racing Olub to be presented to the annual meeting of members on Wednesday, July 25th:—-TheStewards have much pleasure in presenting to you the annual report/and balance sheet. Commencing the season with a credit balance of £27 12s Bd, we finish the year with a debit balance of £145 }9s, occasioned by the expenditure in improvements. The profits for the whole season amount to about £740, out, of which a large amount has been spent in permanent improvements and the purchase of a totalisator. The stakes for the season were inoreased by £265, a new training trauk laid down and fenced at a cost of over £3OO, and in addition the whole of the racing track was top dressed at a oost of over £35, the totalisator house enlarged, and other necessary works effected. The raoing track is now in first-class order. In eooordance with the resolution of the members, the Stewards purchased from Messrs Turn bull and Jones, of Ohristohurob, one of the latest make of totalisators at a cost of £l9O, and same was worked by the Club's employees at both the meetings, with inoreased profit to the club and satisfaction to the sporting public. The new training track, which will be ready for the' coming season, will be much appreciated by trainers, as the present track has been found too small for the number of horses—over forty - that have been trained on it this seasou. The annual meeting will be held in the Foresters' Hall on Wednesday, July 25tb, 1906, wheu members will be called upon to elect the usual ofQoers for the year. Fourteen meetings of Stewards were held during the year, and the following shows the attendance:—J. Cress 13, D. Caselberg 13, A. J. Weloh ..13, C. A. Pownall 12, D. McLaohlan 12, W. lorns 11, W. Pl*tt 11, O. F. Vallauce 10, J. Maoara 10, A. G. Pilmer 9, W. Cooper 9, O. H. Smith 9, R. Buiok 7, J. lonia 7, W. D. Watson 7, Fred Bill 6, A. Reside 5. The following notioos of motion i will be considered [at the meeting:— Mr D. Casalberg will propose the ! following motion—"That the annual j meetings of the olub be held on the last Thursday in J'lly in «aoh year, instead of tbolast Wednesday." Mr C. A. Powuall will propoae the following motion—"That the Clerk of Scales be a paid official, instead of au eleoted officer of the club." Members are reminded that the following reaolutou was carried at the last annual meeting—"That in future the nominated officials of the club shall be eleoted by members present at the annual meeting, no voting papers to be issued exoept at the meeting."