PONY RACING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 90, 9 January 1908, Page 7

PONY RACING.

. CLUB FORMED IN WELLINGTON.' ' FIRST MEETING ON FEBRUARY 22. '"A. club, to bo-known as; tho ..Wellington Pony 'and. Galloway Racing Club, which has been 1 -among•• this "expected arrivals" for som'o weeks past, -was ' definitely formed in Wellington" yesterday, when it was also deci<jed . that tli<£" first "meeting "should ,bo held on February-22 :poxt. Tlio club has secured a right'orer ;a block; of land adjoining tlio southern boundary of. " Wonderland" at Noiih, and "already a sis-furlong track is. in course of proparationJ Tho company,- which, doing things well, has* given authority for tlio erection of a grand stand (to be situated on tho west side, of tho course) that will seat 1000 persons. Tho programme for tho inaugural meeting will consist,of. six races, for which there will bo;,allobatcs £160'-in'prize money, tho largest, Btako to Ijo £40. ~ .. Therb-Tfijrbe.no totalisator.on the course, but bookmakers will bo allowed admission on payment Of. a fee not yet, decided upon. The "Miramar flat is particularly adapted for'racecourse'purposes. The site of the now coursi is sheltered from tho prevailing winds —thfe trying north-wester—and the outlook is -upon . green hills and pretty homesteads that resemble Dresden China against a greentinted'"wall. The old - residents thought .it wasf'a good spot for ocjuine speed trials, and there'are many still aiivo who can remember, the old'.racecourse that was situated 'to . the south'of tho site of tlio new one, and how all "Wellington, nsod to'ride, drive, ory.".tramp it on .Shank's pony" across the sands to. what was .then known .as Crawford's. Peninsula— years'; and years, before 'Miramar . was or/dreamt of as a;place-of residence.;.

: An- Explanatory, Note.—-Thq, woi'd ." galloway," included;' in .the-name ofi-thWabove racing olub,; is of- Scottish, ; origin, jan'd-.signU' fies! a horso not more than fourteen hands high.