NELSON JOCKEY CLUB'S MEETING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 131, 26 February 1908, Page 9

NELSON JOCKEY CLUB'S MEETING.

: The_ annual meeting of the Nelson Jockey Club is to bo held on April'l and 2, the week following- the JJasterton and Taranaki meetings.,:, The .fixture,.- an old-established one, is very popular with owners and:trainers, .who; on. account of tho hospitality of tho Nel son; people,' havo becomo accustomed toj'look- upon the-imeoting as .a pleasant holiday rather tlidn; a business ,trip. In; years gofte'-by tho.-meoting used to. attract tljo beat rfallopbrs. in 1 .. Now Zealand, and a glanco at Kio Turf. Register 'will• show that | Spade !(guinea: woii the 'Nelson Cup a'few months bfter' his\. : victory - in the New Zealand . Cup. .In'rccent,; years,'• however, the company: has .not' been quite; as. select; and there is always a. chance'of .picking up a couple of tho handicaps with-'a: goodi second-rater. -This season, the Club is-distributing nearly a thousand pounds'; in- stalccs,-and all classes -aro catered; for .in/the'prbgrammo. Five, events aro set asidcj'for .'hacks,: .J;wo,' for hack i.hurdlevs, four", for trotting'horses, and thefo aro fivo open-races r -qn: ; ,the'.list. -,A good; deal of attention,: has i.beeu" paid- 'to tho racing track, and, it.Js.--;expected;,that with (a little; rain hetiveen now..and April the going will he in nice ordori ; .; Nominations for;-all eveivts' closo m'th,. the' Secretary, .Mr.,. John Glen, .at 9 p.m. on March 9. - Telegraphed entries should bo'confirmed by...letter. 4