TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 271, 17 November 1887, Page 5

TAKAPUNA JOCKEY CLUB.

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A LIVELY MEETING,

jgjjffi has been a good deal of comment in town respecting the action of the Taka. pans jockey Club in entering into an arBBgement with the Devenport Ferry Company for the exclusive right of conveyto'ticket holders for the race mectty'to be held at North Shore on SaturL the 26th inst. It appears that this .•L on of the disposal of privileges Lried'up at an ordinary meeting of the Minis held on Tuesday evening last, irifrom inquiries we have made we learn tb'tfc the proceedings were of a very ijM character. There were present: Haera E. W. Alison, (presiding), Hedley, Fraser, Steward, O'Neill, Wells, fi» treasurer and secretary. On the mention re dispoanl of privileges at Sβ November meeting being raised a limstion was made that this matter might ray well be arranged between the Club and WftTOnporfc Steam Ferry Company. It IB pointed out that there had been a ltdiotion of fares made in connection ;ntb the Auckland racecourse in _ con™wt!e of the dulness of the times, nd that it would be advisable for Uβ Takapuna Jockey Club to adopt a simikr course.,:, A proposal was submit/ -A by lir J. Mays, seconded by Mr Well;*, xo the 4|t"Thatif arrangements can be made lilt the" Devonport Ferry Company by tfeh' a through ticket (including boat !pi and entrance to the racecourse) ail be arranged at Is, such offer should 'it accepted." It was stated that the Dwwpprt' Terry Company would pub fcfcetloMers on the ground for Is per J^,'and pay the Club 3d per head, thus ttfaSniiig 4d'on each ticket sold This tolild give the public entrance to the i i&ie for Is per head 'astead of Is 6d, as loratrlv. ' iMr Rowley moved, and Mr Pitts wwded, "That the privileges be sub- : utted to auction in the usual mariner," Mil .objected strongly to the Devonport * Cpipainy being granted a monopoly. A yery heated discussion ensued, in tiich no secret was made of the intention ■. ndtflect of the resolution, viz, to give fclie Monport.'Company a monopoly of ihe 'taffiein connection with the races of the udnsionof the North .Shoir; Ferry C'ompwy. The supporters of the resolution wged the ominis of tho Devon, P«t Company on the Club on fiegrqunds thatithad contributed annually Ui i of from £10 to £20 towards the Club tie, aiid that certain erentlemen inteeted in the opposition company had •athe Dast been unfriendly towards the The Chairman (MrAlison), who took Prthtlie dißcussion,|issaid to have stated «if the Club did not come to terms with wDeronport Ferry Company he would fiercise hie right to prevent the steeple«ebeing run over a certain paddock, not Waded in the lease held by the Jockey W'v This, iof . course, would be '.Krions objection, and it was ad--J«W that the steeplechase could Woe,run in the event of Mr Allison Jtyfogcut any such threat. We underWtfiat'Mr Alison denies having made "*;of the words alleged,- and another "reum of the assertion is that lie pointed W that as the Club had had the use « wiie paddock free of charge for many i®* and as the ownera had lost several consequence of insisting that ™Übli should resen-e the right to run the it, the request now made : -Wwalf,pf the Devonport Ferry Company "y carry some weight. «c qnestion was eventually submitted, m the voting was equal, five on each Wei l,* 6 9! iairman K ave nis ca sfc | n ? motion in favour of arranging ««8 with the Dovonport Ferry Comikj!^,, 9 Rowley and Fraser protested HI j . aefcl »od of procedure, and at ""Med in their resignations.