WAIRARAPA JOCKEY CLUB.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1431, 16 July 1883, Page 2

WAIRARAPA JOCKEY CLUB.

• , A general-meeting of the above club : was held ,at the ,White; Hart; Hotel, Carterton, on Saturday afternoon, About twenty members wore -present, the President (Mr J;; P.. Russell,) in thecMi:,'' r/.V"' : ■[,} After the confirmation of the minutes of .the.- previous meeting, Mr D, Donald's motion adjourned from last meeting,':'' That'inconsequence of the chib' during ;tlie> last three years having failed to attract as many of the 1 public, as frdm/ita financial position and influence fy :j)a<}ri a /.right to 'expect, actio;*, ,shoul4, be immediiitejy; taken, .either to maike tneapresent oonree ac-cessible-by rail.-vor to secure" one near the present railway line, oh; wliich ■•. to and carried u'naniiiip.usjyviiii! «.-! av. j Mr D(!Cl)oh'aid'|rop6sod and jMr B. Kimberley.secondedthat the following gentlemen be a committee, withj power to add to their number, to report in! four upon thejmeans of mafing the .present bourse accessible by rail':' or to 'secure • one near the present 1 railway'line, on which- to hold future l toeetings r N. IGrace, -J. ;C,i .Vallance. J. Ail Matthews,- P. I"/Tancred, •an;d''the mover.. Carried, j,,,;.!, The.Pi-esidenfc said he. would like [ to sayawordiof cautibni to i the 'course comi)]itj;e.e before-they' decided to shift; As'an'old member I 'qf'tlje ulu'b,. he could speak of. the great difficulties they hadjd.'cdnte'nd against in raisingthe moneyto majjefthe present bourse as conyenientias it js,, ■ If they adopted, a new one ia Grand! Stand andj other buildings would have to be erected which meant'aConsiderable outlay. He would suggest that those; who are' qf shifting, the, course," should say what they are prepared, to cgntri- ; bute towards the expense, [ Mr in proposing "That 'this' club pay the .trustee's '6f the Tauh'erenikau 'race .course the sum of £4o' ( fpr. the use'pf the course for the year 1883," pointed out the position the trustees: ;;were placed in | with respect -to the;' club, They j' had borrowed- £SOO to 1 protect and improve. t)ie course,; the annual "interest oh the amount being 440r''To J meet thjii they had only ,£ls a,,year for rent from the* lessee of ;the : grbund, and he thought the club shouldmake up the deficiency. The lease .of -the present tenant expir'ed'at the' eud'of the-year, when no doubt an increased rental would ie obtained, and;, ah;iagreement might', then, be satisfactorily entered iintp/.with'thV Clui) v !,.,,•,'.;• ~1 i v . 1 . ! , [,; i(/ i '' " '! ~Mr WvM Beetham Jsecondeo!. the motion. \ l '' '

AlpngdiSoussioriJensued in which several members .expressed dissatisfaction with the'existiiig anomalous state i: . of bodies!and ■ Hoped ! that if-tlie'ciurs'e' w'ai 'to be useU! would, be placed on a 'different ..footing.' The motion'-, p n n,' i''M6sVra' #. E Bifnhyi- JJ a Pdepii&fioh from) the. Pastoral Society, asked the meeting $ reconsider the motion that had been passed at the previous meeting, that the races should be held on the 9th

day':of-November. They urged that it wop be to the interest of both bodies TrW. f le * r - oven t 8 on successive days, in|laid;' it was the unanimous desire Society to work, in ;|armony 'with the Jockey Club. The President could not agree with the idea from a stockbwner's point 'of view. -It was essential that the stock should be taken home as soon asip.o'ssi-| ble after the Show, and if the drovers went to the races and were delayed, as was usuallyjhe case, it meant a great; lom to { the. .exMbitor.jL .He. thdt r Holding\ the w and Races be derogatory (to mer, -. ~-. ~. .*;.-.;,,,- ■, .-,;•■.

[ jMr (Bwjhanan pointed worked satisfactorily dbVn South. " " [-] The jPfesiclent called k|tentioii;tq the different" position's the,two,districts were placed it, Here, ;thejstock:Jiad |o]j)iß South the railway was convenient to 'the'stockowners;.;; :i - l ,"'','';' ! '', ''l'!, l '

' '^;. It!V a 's .ion-/"' b f ■.Mr,Buchanan, j.s.econ.de4r,by Bunny-jyThat a, resolution, passed, atthe' 'provious 'meeting ! ih'at" J the' Race Meeting bejheld : jon- November 1 9th %f reMiyed;; 1 '^ 11 ''''.' 1 ,;';'("''("',' il '!, , . I '' ! . ! ., i .'.J'. Resolved,' on the motion of Mr Buchanan, seconded by Mr N. GraceThat the Spring, Meeting be .held.on.

The following notice I ''of ;iV: m''ot(on was giyen for meeting -T-Proposed 7byJ Mr' P."" (|((/Tancred, (sc(ond ed Mr,. J v G,> firule'/ & , ,be \ rescinded, i and th at; oa'n • compete' 'iii. any race up to one mile in the spring, and one < mile and a, quarter in' th'e' &itumn.! i j\<l \<\j ''] I Rule i,' "No 'two-year-olds, shall, run in any handicap in which h'brsWbfi 'any other 'ages are engaged, nor shall and two-year-old race be for a longer longerjdistancethan,six;furlpngs."i:'") Eve gentlemen were proposed, for, and;elected as members ;6f.the Oliib:.■:.•.'. f'i ''.'■'■ The meeting then adjourned.;: (~, , . The'r-course", cbmmi'tteoi met subsequently, arid'decided to meet at' Featherston on August ,9th toparryout. the object for which > they were appbinl ted. : .',;'';;".,; ,- '.■;.;, /,'.

A . meeting of Stewards then .took place, Present—Messrs N. Grace (in the chair),, ,J., C, Yallance, ; P. F. Tancredand,B. Kimberley, ] . ', ','. Mr. Yallanoßi apologised for 'the absence of Mr Lowes. r . '. r ( The minutes' of the last meeting, held on the ,6th February last were read and confirmed. . ■

The consideration of the 1 spring.'pro* gramme was then proceeded with, and the following'agreed to, after a couple of hours' discussion, . ! ,

Spring Maiden Stakes, ;40' sovs;,' second horse, 5 sovs. ,1 mile' 1 and a distance. (Weight.for age, (.Entrance 2 SOVS, ;'■

; Handioap Steeplechasr, 80 sovs:, second horse, 10 sovs. Open, to all horses, To be run, on such course, as |he Stewards may appoint. Distance, about 2£ miles. Nomination,, 2 sovs. Acceptance, 2 sovs.

Spring Cup Handicap, 80 sovs, second horse, 10 sovs, 1| ; miles, Nomination,, ,1 sov.'J Acceptance; .3 sovs.

Hack Race, 10 sovs.., 1 ; mile. Catch weights. Entrance, i sov. :, Maiden Steeplechase, 40 sovs, Second horoe, siSovs.; About 2 miles,: Openjpiail'h'orses.thatjiavo never'won an advertised Steeplechase'; exceeding 20sovs. in,valuej.owner's stake included. : Entrance/2 sovs.:;;: !.••>•;■ Coonty, Plate, ■ iQO- soys.-( Second horse, 5 sovs. J: mile.;; Nomination, 1 sov. Acceptance, 2 sov, -.,, -, t

~ ,It;.was also respl\;e,d, <aa,follbws:—• '*,l!hat ithe.(secretary .thank; Mr H. Duddin'g for- the(uW 6f his'.pfeiddock for a','^teeplpbh'aspj^plVrse.v the disqualif|catibn(,oflJan'iel vMuliins, and the horse, Pathfinder:, (late : -Joker) by the Dunstan Raoirig'Gliib' b'e; endorsed by the- "VVairayapa 1 ; 'JooK;by, Club, the same having already, been endorsed by the I'Duiiedin Jflckey) Olub."- j" That the secretary' write ; to;the. Bay Jockey I '"Club, 1 ' 'Wpportiug their .resolution suggesting, the .formation of, a 1 New' Zealand "Racing i to be open to all clubs whose revenue was £IOOO ;per annum, believing such an : ,Association-:wpujd be (usefulA. "That the secretary \yritethe various', Racing Clubs'of the Island, as, to disq'ualifications' ; made by them, ; ahd ! for other information." ... ("'The m^tin(g\ , terrainai^, : ißp6n''rftei* 9, (O'clock pi1i1.(,,(('],;,.;';, ,V ~,,,;'■;.-,