MASTERTON RACING CLUB

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10678, 26 July 1912, Page 3

MASTERTON RACING CLUB

j ANNUAL REPORT. i'Yillowing is' t.lio 'iMiiujal report 1:- [ be presented ut the annual meeiing <>; I th.' Ma«tortoii living Club f.n 'ihursday next:— j On account of the <li.s;r.\'!:rn;::: nr>mi tlu> racecourse, your Stewai <'••■> have ', found it 'iiow'Ssary to raiee another X'JOOO on the property at Opaki, th" 1 mortgage on which now .stands -it ' The sum of £°>,'G 7k Id was received from the 'insurance wmpauie's for los,Mist aimed .'by tiho Vhm on the- buil.d'cingg on the racecourse. A handsome now grands'tand, with cf/nerete foundatiorr-., lias now bee:; erected, havilng a frontage of .1:52 feet, wiiii .seating; capacity for .11';; peopl;', at a e/v-t ef iovcr £I2(K!. Th: ground floor 'is .dividell into la large pubilic tea and -dining rooir..s, stewards' dii on groom, ■indies' and gentlemen's oio.-k room -with lavatorhs at-itai-liod 1 , public liar an:! a k-itt hen wit.; a largo .range with hoi and cold water <!aid on, j A nunv totn&itor 'br.i:se In-'; he• i erected, and onc>-<rt' uY'-oj ■..!:•;. T'i:rnl;i!i: ,:.nd .Jones' latest ,: improved '2l her-.-e ■.silent total':satc>r .machines lias bee;; installed. | A new Stewards' stand is now in 'course of erection. The old grand - j ."tand has been ishiftert from the lawn I to .the out.vdc paddock, and c-'mverfe:! -into a tit.uid for the public. j. Large additions have boon nui-h- ---; to the cVi-todiau's- cottage, and I'-] new t loo.'-e boxes have 'been 'erected, making 'lO -boxes now on; the course. l which oompan.s favourably with any | -Olid) in New Z(-.!:-!:'iJ. 'Ten training '-hods 'ha.ve been croo od fur the use of .'.coal, trainers, a:u: Lj scraping s'heds have a&:0 been erected inl t.he ev.iddling paddock for th" convenience of traiuery on race days.

Apart from the mouey expended on new !buildings>, the puni of £2ll 7s ■ld has been expended on improvements to the course.

'The .sangJ';' day meeting held in Decem'bor showed a dc.'icit rnving to the amount paid to the Government (-C131) for tot abator tax. The a-utuivi 1 :!- meeting 'two days! proved very sati.daetory, showing ;; credit 'b.ilanoe of nearly £7OO. The amount pn:r;: to t'ho Government for totaiisator tax was -CGS2 ]7:. Oil.

During the year your stewards, thinking it ;idn:.u.ble to appoint a married couple resident on- the coui\-v called for fippl J .oata>ns fra- custodian which. resulted in W. McCbnkey being selected, who, since'his appointment. lias giv-Mi groat satisfaction, the tracks and appointments on the having been kept fm first class order. Mr Wi-ights'ou'ts lease of the racecourse having tcmnJ.'.ctcd on the ;M«t March, the stewards have decided t.; farm the land c demise! vos, and at prr.'sent have purchased *>hec>p, which a" grazing on the ra'ce course. The -Stewards regret to record, tie .loss s.u-st.'iined by tlie G'.r.b en tin dcatli c,f Mr C. A. Pcwnall,. a late Vice-President of tlie CM)/ Mr W. .Piatt, who hnr> 'ben a Steward Tor a number cf yean.', lias decided not to seek TC-clect'Vn, as -n St-evi arcl, a* liis business requires lus cA'teiidnmce away froitn Mastertcn. Thirteen .meetings of tlie Stewardr.' were hold during the year, and the following shows the .attc-ndianices:— i''. E. -Dorset 12, D. sleLaeh!an 12, A ..). ■Welch 12, G. H. Yates 12. W. Cc:.n. : 11, J. loi'KS I]. C. F.' Valluicc 1! 'O C r '° o V~' v w > J- - K'" w \*- Bui"i8, J. B. Mccdie• S. ,T. TVliitUikoi- ~ A. Reside 7, W. Iflatt 4. The annual 1 .meet.i.ng A\"ill be held :i: Mixirray's Hall. Queen Street, on 'lMun-sday, Ist August, 1912, at p.m., when tlie members will ire call'-.:! upon to elect the usual officials f'-r ■tlie vear.