STIPENDIARY STEWARDS.
• 4 ■ THEIR POWERS. (Speaking at the meeting of tiio Wellington Racing Club last evening the president (Mr. J. B. Harcourt) said: "There is .no other sport in the country that'lias such a hold upon the community and that is so generally enjoyed as racing, and it behoves those in charge to see that an ollicient judicial control is exercised, and the sport kept clean. As you aro aware/ wo have now had experience of stipendiary stewards. Wo have been fortunate in the class of men obtained, and the result of tlio experiment, so far as it has gone, has met with general approval." Mr. .Harcourt's remarks gave rise (at a. later stage) to some comment by Mr. J. J. M'Gratli on stipendiary stewards. In loading lip to tlio question, Mr. M'Gratli said that ho had formerly thought that tho stipendiary stewards had control of tho racing, but, Horn something ho had recently heard, he was not now sure on the point. He then went on to refer to tho last race meeting at 'i'rontham, and said that anyone who was out thero and did not see certain things was either biassed or did not know much about racing. He wanted. to know if the Racing Club stewards were responsible for these tilings passing unnoticed, or was it tlie stipendiary stewards who were responsible? If the latter were tlio case, then tlio money spent on stipendiary stewards was wasted. And if, as ho liad heard, tho stipendiary stewards could only make recommendations to tho racing club stewards, their office was unnecessary. Mr. A. E. Whyte, tho club's secretary, explained that tlio stipendiary stewards could call a meeting of stewards to inquire into any happening, but could only make recommendations. Mr. M'Gratli: Did they make any recommendations at tho last meeting? Mr. Whyto replied that they had .made recommendations at every meeting of the club, and tlio recommendations had always been given effect to. Mr. M'Gratli said that in that case they had bettor .have a .cliango.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1866, 27 September 1913, Page 7
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337STIPENDIARY STEWARDS. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1866, 27 September 1913, Page 7
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