LATE RACING.

Auckland Star, Volume XLI, Issue 171, 21 July 1910, Page 2

LATE RACING.

THE C.J.C. NATIONAL HURDO-ES. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHTJRCH, this day. Outlander was scratched for the Grand National Hurdles at 9.40 a.m. to-day. THE AUCKLAND RACING CLUB. ANNUAL ___PORT. The annual report of .the Auckland Racing Cl—b, to be presented to "the ■_lem-hers at the annual general meeting on Monday, Ist August, is as follows: Your committee herewith present the annual statement of accounts to 30th June. 1010. by which it will be seen that the club has had another successful year. The amount given in stakes i last season amounted to £29,215, being an increase over the preceding year of £3930, but the liberal response of horse-owners fully justified this step, and the surplus on the vark>ns meetings was well up to that of the season :_>OS-9. muring the period under review nearly £3000 has been spent on improvements, amongst which may be mentioned the formation of a slope for patrons on the hUL a new wall on Mcrri—street, fining beyond the Derby stand, and numerous other conveniences for the outside public; while several new build—lgs have been erected, including _n extension of the free stand and Derby dining room; also new workshop, stables and motor shed After ■writing off the .whole of the improvements account (£297S 19/) and a large sum for depreciation of buildings, fencing, furniture and plant (£2576 IS/6), there remains an amount of £1607 2/2 to be carried to capital account ln the 1909 session of Parliament increased .taxation was imposed on racing clubs, -which first took effect at the Antrann _leeting, aud which will mean extra expense to this club, equal to from two to three thousand pounds per annum. It is with regret your com_rittee refer to a heavy death- ! roll of members, which contains, amongst others, the name of Mr A. Kohn, who for many years has been hon. timekeeper. The Hon. E. Mitchelson and Mr H. T. Gorrie being the only nominees for the offices of president and vice-president respectively will be declared duly elected. The following nominations have been received for the five vacant seats upon the conunittee: Messrs S. Bradley. F. Earl. O. .Nicholson, H. O. Nolan, G. W. S. Patterson (retiring members) and W. Davies. The balance-sheet for the year ending 30th June shows: Liabilities —Capital. £34,70S 1/; creditors secured. £5507: forfeits for classic races to come. £161; bad debts reserve fund, £290 9/: sundry creditors, £501 3/2; over- ' draft at Bank of New Zealand, £367 16/11; total, £44.541 10/1. Assets—Racecourse, £2S 100; Shortland-street property. £2000,' buildings i£9772 7/10. less 20 per cent written off £1954 7/10). £7SIS: members' stand, furniture and fittings (£5576 10/8. less 10 per cent written off £357 10/8). £501:): workshop, stables, cart-shed, etc.. £5i3: totalisator machines (£327. less 20 per cent written off £65), £262: sundry debtors. £7bl to/10; ■stock. £7 14/3: total. £44,541 10/1. Capital account—Dr. —June 30, 1910—To balance as per balance-sheet, £34.70S 1/. Cr.—July 1, 1909—8y balance. £33,100 18/10: June SO, 1910 by profit and loss account transfer for year ending June 30. 1910. £1607 2/2: total, £34,708 1/. The profit and loss is-Or.-To salaries secretary and office, £867 ld/o, handica'pper, £300; pension, £100: wages, i£S44 15/0; interest £506 12/S, insurance £tol 1/9 legal expenses £74 3/4. periodicals £2o 10/S, rates and taxes £626 9/7. printing and stationery £266 (5/4. advertising £438 17/, donations £142 10/, tan and sand £22S J/J, horse feed £129 16/4. gardening a<__mht, £SSS 17/2. repairs and maintenance £9oi l/o, charges _ccount £653 3/10-£SOSS 19/10; amount expended on Improvements, £29i8 19/- °0 per cent depreciation on buildings and' plant £2019 7/10, 10 per cent depreciation members' stand, furniture and fittings £557 10/8—£2576 18/6; balance transferred to capital account, £1607 2/2; total. £14.364 8/9. Cr. By members' subscriptions, _l'_b7 o/, fees, disqualifications removed, etc- £35. rent of course, etc. £95 16/4. track fees £2&31 15/ —£412 11/4; profits. Spring Meeting £21bo 16/6, Summer Meeting £7449 5/5, Autumn Meeting £741 19/4; Winter Meeting 11/2—£12,664 12/5; total, £14,364 8/9. NEW ZEALAND RACING CONFERENCE (By Telegraph. —Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Racing Conference opened to-day, Sii George Clifford (president) in the chair. The following dates for race meetings were ap proved, subject to certain exceptions an< amendments: —Horowhenua, date altered t< September 2 and 3; Lower Valley, Septembe: 22 and 23; Otaki. October 12 and 13; Wei lington. two days, from October 19 to 22 Taratahi-Carterton, to revert to Novombe 9 and 10; Dannevirke, November 16 and 17 Manawatu, summer, December 26 and 2' and the day prior to those dates; Masterton October 27 and 28, or any other dates, sut; ject to the approval of the president, li lieu of December 26 and 27; Welliugtor, January 21, 23, and 25, with the option o altering one of the dates; Manawatu. an tumu, April 3 and 4. The dates of th Hawke's Bay and Bgmont meetings remair but Egmont, if it considers clashing won! affect its meeting, is to be given the optio of selecting May 17 and IS, or other date to the satisfaction of the president, for thi session only. South Canterbury is to b asked to select other dates for the autuni . meeting, to the satisfaction of the pres > dent. Ashburton is to be given the optio of changing the autumn dates to May 1 • and 18. : The Conference decided that the interpn tatiou of "winnings" be struck out'of th ' rules, and the following substituted: "Wii " nings mean and include any money or prizt 5 actually credited to a winning horse as Ti 1 ceivabie by his owner or any other persn . from any club or clubs for winning an ' advertised race or races in any counti r during the racing year." t The president, in his report said:—"Ti 3 national grief and universal iceling ( . disaster at the death of His Majesty Kir Edward VII. has vainly struggled to nr f adequate expression, and in our own confine p sphere, our strongest words can only hii at our deep sense of loss, and at our gral tude for the silent example which has i c i greatly -assisted in eunobling our sport. Ti 'f I standard of honour in every pursuit mv d necessarily be set by the average condu of those most conspicuously connected wi it. Higher-or lower, true or false, it w * vary —com time to time, as its tone is s t- by its leaders. Thus the debt we ot ~ to the owner of Persimmon aud Diamo! ' Jubilee is enormous for the stainless purity 7 of his long connection with the Turf. The i- history of racing will have much to say as j- to the fortune of his horses on the racecourse and at the stud, but it can never adequately gauge his influence in the clisl " couragenient of all meaner motives. This if Conference has laid its poor floral tribute , c at the feet of the Great Dead, and may his memory inspire us as sportsmen to dp, ,c each in his own small way, as he aid. Since !S last year we have lost one of our members- — Mr. R, E. Mcßae—whose presence we shall miss with sincere regret. In accordance with the rules, 1 have, with the required ■assent of the surviving representative of the Taranaki country clubs, nominated Mr. A. W. Budge to fill the vacancy thus created. The season has produced rather more than the usual number of appeals, but for the most part they do uot cail for special comment. A doubtful point as to the jurisdiction of Metropolitaii Committees will have to be made clear, and an amendment to the rules for that purpose has been drafted tor consideration. The committee to which you intrusted the rearrangement of conflicting racing colours has completed its intricate and rather delicate ed task. Last year it was a pleasure to record .n.; that greater precaution had been taken it _' I the issue-of jockeys' licenses, but iuves'i i gation reveals that the improvement iv tnis h e : respect was not maintained by the Metro UT, po.itau Clubs. The faliiug-off is ..!iscloset ~„ by the following figures:—jockeys licensee: / who had no rides, -BOS-09 25. 1909-10 56 " c one ride, 1908-09 25. 1903-10 43; two rides to j 11)08-09 2::. -JO9-10 29: three rides, 1908-OS to • 18, 1909-10 22: four rides, 1908-09 9. 1909-11 122! Nearly ail these licenses should have or i been refused, to the benefit alike of thi I applicants and <>i the meetings at whicl I such spurious jockeys congregate. A back I handed liberality of this sort only encour ages the unemployed and nnemployab'i I jockey to hang about racecourses until icl.e ! ness transmutes him iuto a tout and spiellfi .11. • and he becomes a disgrace to an active am ' " highly honourable profession. iv this i:ra lc " ueetion I may mention that the Eeefto of Jockey Club granted a temporary iicens c's to a rider for .one of its meetings, and tba j the Cromwell' Jockey Club issued an erne) . i-euey rider's certificate. 1 need hardly ad lis- tbat in both these cases it would have bee )lIS i the duty of- the stewards who granted til ,»,i : 'icenses' to disqualify of their own motio I horses so ridden. It may be well to reca •at I to your recollection the careful invest!g; re- : tions of the committee charged by you wit tbe tne duty of reporting upon the number c I days' racing, which showed no increase i IT y the number of totaLisa-tor meetings, durlr ton! a period in which the population of tt Ist- ! Dominion bad risen from 750,000 to an est j mated 950,000; so that, even allowing f< some additional days added to the largi !_)• I meetings, there has been no proportiona;

increase. There has been an actual decrease in the number of days' racing held by registered non-totalisator clubs, but the number of race meetings of __registered clubs, over which the Conference has no control, has increased, and tends further to do so. The committee might well characterise this state of affairs as unfortunate, the only reasons for the existence of an unregistered meeting being that it is unfit for registration, or that it desires to escape the restrictions which past experience has accumulated for the security of honest men. It cannot be too widely known that we art in no way responsible for —nregistered meetings, and that we have ever striven to protect the public against the abuses inherent to them." STTHE-JOL-RY STEWARD'S. The question of stipen—iary stewards was discussed at the Racing Conference to-day, and was eventually adjourned till next conference. *