THE CAMBRIDGE RAGES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2088, 24 November 1885, Page 2

THE CAMBRIDGE RAGES.

fl KOM V (.OHUI SPONMIPNT.] Tiik coiu|>.u.»ti\o failure of Fndiy's lace* at Cirnbiidsre nni-t connnci 1 tho Cmi budge Jockey Club tint if they vvwh to in ike then i ices popul ir they must take immediate steps to refill o a nioic convenient coin-,0 nearer, to the town and nciiLM to the railway. At Faiday's meeting nothing «.^ wanting; on the part of the stow-mN and the secretary to rnsnic success ami a sati^f ictoiy diy s spoit, but it w w evident that to secure a good attendance theie was something requuing their attention m the matter of lailw ly accommodation. Lr-ivmg the question of site out of coiiMdeiatmn, the i.uhv ly tuiangenimit do » (lt seem to suit, and that the railway may contubnte to the success of the laces, it is evident that .some special arrangement must also be made in this lespucr. But, of coiiise, the question of Mtemustfii-t be attended to, and mimedi itely. There .11 etw <> site> under consideration, one on Mr Allwill's pn.peity juijoming the Hautapu station, and the other on the town belt adjoining Mi Taylors piopeity. It m undi'i stood that the domain bo.vtd would be willing to give the u»e of the reel cation icsei\o on the Victoiii road, and I believe Mr laylm \> wilhnp to allow the course to be laid <>« thioiifih one of his paddocks. People who aie in favour of this site contend that it would obviate the necessity of having to duve on to the com si*, and the public would thin "avo coach faie, hoi-<e 01 buggy line, and also theadmi-sion money charged f.n lior-,1-., buggies &c. The only objection made to thf> i-> tliat the club to have good fields -.iu-t give good pnzes, and to 1)b able to give good piizcs they must be .ible to sell their pnvilegos woll, and the gate-, con-tituto an important item. The fict is undeniable that the cost of getting to the course, and the heavy charge for going on to it when you get there his had agieitdeil to do with keeping people away. But leaving everything el*e aMde, we cannot be blind to the fact that the smiting 'iphit is rapidly on the decline m Waikato. The people do not aeem so fond of the turf a-, they used to be, or if they aie, bud times has a- good deal to do with keeping them at home. At one time a Waikato raco meeting attiacted people fiom all parts, but now races seem to have almost completely lo^t their attraction, and people prefer staying at home tiying to make money instead of going to laces and loMllg it. .