RACING NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVIII, Issue 203, 31 August 1897, Page 3

RACING NEWS.

BOOKMAKERS ON THE RACE-

COURSE,

(BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.)

Christohurch, this day. In tho Supreme Court yesterday in bhe case Proffitb v. Parker and another, in which £500 damages was sued for on the ground of plaintiffs removal from the grandstand enclosure on bhe Riccarfcon racecourse, Mr Justice Denniston gave judgment, in the course of which ho said, " Whether the tsrustees, or the club under delegation from the trustees, have power to make regulations excluding any class of the public from tho course ie a question I do nob feel called upon to decide in these proceedings. All I determine is thab neither o\ them have so far done bo. The plaintiff wentupon the couree avowedly merely to assert his rights on behalf of his class bo enter and remain there. The assault waa merely a formal and technical one. In such a case ha is entitled only bo nominal damages. I certify bfeat bhe case was a proper one to bring in the Supreme Court*, and I havo certified on the statement of claim that the action waa brought to try a right other than a mere right to recover damages in bhe acbion." Judgment was given for the plaintiff for £2, and costs as per scale for disbursement and witnesses' expenses.