H.B. JOCKEY CLUB.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4292, 30 April 1885, Page 2

H.B. JOCKEY CLUB.

The annual meeting of the 11.8. Jockoy Club was held this morning ;it 11 o'clock. Present:—Captain liussell (in the chair), Messrs Sntton, Wellwood, Danvers, Shrimpton, Cornford, Colemaii, J. Heslop senr., I'obsoi), Allan McLean, Gilpin, Burke, M. K. Miller, Douglas, Arch. McLean, Hoadley, C. D Kennedy, J V. Brown, Bishop, Cooper, Lloyd, McVay, Colledge, J. Martin, J. &idey, W, Dennett, G. P. Donnelly, Cotterill, Swan, Kiiottlcs, A. L. Cotterill, Ellis, Roulstone, Tanner, Cohen, Bα If our, Curlilc, P. S. McLean, and Gorman. IUJI'OIiT AND BALANCE-SHEET. Were road as follows: — In laving before you the annual statement of receipts and expenditure, your committee have to congratulate you on the continued prosperity of tho club. The receipts for the year, exclusive of £G9G 5s brought forward from the previous season, have amounted to £0,99-1 8s Gd, .showing an increase of £1,403 5s 4dover last year The liberal jjolicy of the club, in making fees from owners as low as possible, has, no doubt, contributed largely to the continued success of the meetings. ' The expenditure during tho same time has amounted to £6,639 oh 'Jd, including £4,' JOG os paid away in stakes, being an increase of nearly one thousand pounds over tlip stakes last season. Your committee have much pleasure in reporting that tho negotiations for the purchase of tho freehold of the Hastings racecourse are completed, with tho exception of tho necessary legal documents being signed, and in view of this desirable result your committee have made considerable permanent improvements, including fencing the straight on both sides with palisade fencing, erecting substantial entrance gates, fencing the north boundary with a six-foot iron fence, planting and fencing the western boundary, levelling and top-dressing and sowing down a chain wide training gallop, erecting necessary jmblic conveniences, building cook-house and numerous minor alterations and improvements. Your Committee have also accepted a tender for building p. new jockey-room, secretary's office, tot.ilisal.or house, and telegraph office, and this building is now in course of erection, the saddling paddock has been levelled and sown down, and the crossing at Marketstreet entrance has been filled in to the full width of the street.

Your committee beg to tender their thanks to Mr Richardson for gratuitously auditing the accounts, and to Mr Hoadley for gratuitously conducting the auction sales of tho club, also to Mr A. T. Danvers and Mr W. A. Beecroft for the use of their paddocks at the Steeplechase meeting in June last.

Statement of Receipts and Expenditure from 29th April, 1884, to 30th April, ISSS. RECEIPTS. 1884. £ s. d. Balance at Bank .. .. G96 5 0 Steeplechase Meeting— Nominations, &o. .. . ■ 320 0 0 Booths, Cards, &c 01 0 0 Totalisator 23S 16 0 Gates IG9 5 3 Grandstand 153 11 6 Second Stand 35 IS 0 Spring Meeting— Nomina! ions, &.c. .. .. 3SS 0 0 Booths, Cards, &c 158 0 0 Totalisator 630 15 0 Gates 327 10 0 GrandStand 242 15 0 Second Stand 42 2 G Boxing Day Meeting— Nominations, itc. .. .. lid 0 0 Booths. Cards, &c Go 10 0 Totalisator 271 1 0 Gates 206 0 9 Grand Stand 102 0 10 Second Stand .. .. . . 30 10 0 ISSS. Autumn Meeting— Nominations, &c. .. .. 598 0 0 Booths, Cards, &o 22S 15 0 Totalisator .. .. .. 874 G 3 Gates 427 IS G Grand Stand.. .. .. 304 0 0 Second Stand .. ~ 58 7 G Members'subscriptions .. -JSS 17 0 Training Fees .. .. .. 56 8 0 Accounts owing last year ~ 114 G 0 i Registration of Colors.. .. 3 3 0 Hawke's Bay Guineas, ISB6 — Nominations .. .. 52 0 0 Hawke's Bay St. Leger, 188G 1G 0 0 Hawke's Bay St. Legor, 1882 20 0 0 Interest on Fixed Deposit Receipts SG 5 0 Rent Account, Grazing .. 90 0 0 Exchange 0 G G £7,G90 13 7 Less owing by Railway .. 149 9 0 £7,541 5 7 EXrEXDITUBE. 188-1. _ £ s. d. Fixed Deposit Receipt.. ~ 750 0 0 Steeplechase Meeting— Stakes .. ' .. .. C 77 0 0 Gatekeepers and Expenses of Course .. .. .. 57 9 0 Building Walls, Fences, &c. 43 G 0 Band 13 120 Spring MeetingStakes 92G 5 9 Gatekeepers and Expenses of Course 94 15 0 Band 27 4 0 Boxing Day Meeting— Stakes " 560 10 0 Gatekeepers and Expenses of Course .. .. ~ 40 12 G Band 13 4 0 1885. Autumn Meeting— Stakes .'" .. .. 2,042 10 0 Gatekeepers and Expenses of Course 110 5 0 Band... .. .. .. 27 12 0 April 30. —Accounts owing from last year— Rent of course, A. &P. Society .. .. ~ 125 0 0 Rent of offices .. .. 30 0 0 Caretaker .. .. .. 20 0 0 Dishonored cheques .. .. G 1 0 New rules, printing .. .. 10 0 0 Furniture .. .. ~ 10 8 7 Rent 350 0 0 Printing and advertising .. 147 7 8 Repairs to course and training track .. .. .. 60 4 0 Caretaker ~ .. ~ 76 lo io Improvements .. .. .. 882 3 5 Refund to members (admission to course) .. .. .. 10 G 0 Sundries 23 12 I Secretary 150 0 Handicapper .. .. ~ 95 0 0 Exchange .. .. .. 2 2 S Fixed deposit receipt .. .. GS 5 0 Balance at Bank .. .. 83 14 10 £7,541 5 7 Statement of Assets and Liabilities, 30th April, 18S5. LIABILITIES. £ d a Purchase of Property from Agricultural and Pastoral Society 7,300 0 0 Surplusol'AssetsoTerLiabilities 3,572 11 0 £10,922 11 5 ASSETS. £ s d Bank of New Zealand, fixed deposits I,Bls 5 0 Bank of Now Zealand, at credit account S3 14 10 General Government railway, owing 149 8 0 Library books . . .. ~ 20 0 0 Plant and furniture .. .. 59 5 1 Improvements, 1883 and 18S4 559 15 1 i> 18S5 .. .. 882 3 5 Freehold racecourse, as per contra 7,350 0 0 £10,922 11 5 The Chairman moved that tho annual report as read bo adopted. Mr Sutton seconded the motion, and in doing so he asked why the totalisator returns for the last meeting gave £574 Gs 3d. He thought tho time had come when the Ciub should pay sixpences. On one race at that meetinir £50 profit was given by tho odd money, as tenpenco was tho amount which should have been paid, calculating the return exactly. He would like to know if the proprietors of the machine got the odd money.

The Chairman said at the last meeting- the odd money was divided, the club receiving , seven-tenths of the .surplus money.

The report and balance-sheet were adopted.

The Chairman moved that the committee arc authorised to appoint three members of the club to act as trustees in whom the property of the club shall vest, ami who shall execute the proposed mortgage to the A. and P. Society.

Mr Sutton seconded the motion. ELECTION OF OI'FICE-ISEAItEES.

Tlio following , gentlemen were elected: — President, Captain Eas.scll; Treasurer, Mill. U. Eurke; Committee, Messrs Bishop, Coleman, Douglas, Lang, Allan McLean, Shrimpton, J. N. Williams, Winter, and Conroy; Messrs Cornford and Cotterill acting , as scrutineers. PRIVILEGES. Mr Sntton thought the time had arrived when some concessions should bo gaanted to members. He thought the time had como when a member's ticket should admit two ladies' with him to the course. If he was in order lie would move to that effect. Mr Brown seconded the motion. The Chairman ruled that the motion could not be put as fourteen days' notice had not been given. Mr Sutton said if the meeting were unanimous tho motion could bo put by consent, lie would modify his motion that one lady instead of two should be admitted free to tho privileges of the club. The Chairman said it would bo dangerous to allow such a precedent, and he would therefore decline to put it. Mr Sutton said ho would have given notice had he not understood that the late committee had proposed dealing- with the question. Ho gave notice of motion on the subject, and that a special meeting be called for the iirst week in June to consider the subject. l>l r Swan moved and Mr Sutton seconded, "That the Committee he instructed to consider as to i,hc advisability of causing totalisalor dividends to be calculated to the minimum of .sixpence." The motion was carried. Mr A. W. L. Cotterill hoped that some reform would be introduced into the railway management before the next meeting took place. At the last races ho had to pay a second time to get back to "town through having a totalisator dividend to get on the last race, and the train leaving too sharp. He would movo that the eommitieo interview tho Government so (hat those attending could return by miv train. Tho Chairman said tho traffic manager sfiitod on the last occasion every available oarriage was pressed into tho service. Mr Oarlile said excursionists should bo able to return by any train. Mr Knowles said there had been more red-tape on the lust occasion than previously. Mr Eurke thought if they got a return I ticket they should be allowed to return by I any train. The motion was carried as follows:— That the committee be requested to try and

make arrangements for better railway accommodation than was provided at tho Autumn Meeting, particularly in the matter of return from the course.

Mr McVay suggested that two more stiles should be put up at the railway entrance to the course.

Mr Sutton moved a vote of thanks to those who had so successfully managed the affairs of the club last year.

Tho motion was carried, and the proceedings terminated.