GREY JOCKEY CLUB

Grey River Argus, 27 August 1912, Page 5

GREY JOCKEY CLUB

THE' ,AN I NUAL">.MEET'ING. The members of the club held their; annual meeting last evening .at the Albion (Hotel. ..Barely^ -half .the number were- present that .attended: (last^year.. , Mr M. ; Hannani the: chairmAn of vthe ; club presided.. . ■ : ... ■/■ ; . • After the minutes of the, preydous year's meeting were-read and ...confirmed, therxepbrt and -.balancei-sheet ;• were taken -as read, .the report hayihg been published : in..-'- the Argus a few days ago. '•■.■■ ;The Chairman then Reviewed the doings of ;the : clvb 1 for the year, s explaining, how unfprtfuriate thei* had. been througih 'bad' weatheri which 'upset their racing arrangements and entailed a good . deal of unexpected but unavoidable expense: Otherwise, they would have been able to. submit a : more satisfactory balance-sheet. The loss on the whole year was 12s, which, all circumstances .considered, w;as realy not bad.' The receipts of the Spring Meeting showed a loss of I .£564 as compared with the receipts of the Autumn • Meeting. -Mr Han -Van I showed how, unfortunate the cjub.liad ■been in . having to ; deal with in* 1 eas- 1 ed "expenditure out of greatly decreased receipts from all sources. .He..referred to the arrangement .made with Mr Julick Shannon for^handicapping, as Mr Henrys ..could attend On one day only; The remuneration .is the same as was "allowed- locally/arid there was no doubt as to Mr.Shannon's.competency' for the work, as he may be regarded as Mr Henrys' 'understudy in , ihandicappmg. Mr jiarinan also explained, in connection with the bal-ance-sheet, that the levy, of the Sports ■Protection- League cost the club while the stand extension cost £30. The los s - on- the- ball : was £2 5 . , Hn d it not been for. the adverse cirnnnstances that: would, doubtless have been s,elf-suppbrtinj2f. .: The Irepbft,.and1 repbft,.and balance-sheet were tfhen received and adopted 1 . " The Chairman, then, refer red tn the fact that Mr Doogan, the handicapper last .year, had promised to' forego his payment for his services iv that capacity 'before has death becaube-vof the misfortunes of the club. - But: under the painful, circumstances the clut> declined to take -.advantage of that promise .and gave the. full' amount, to Mr Dogan's widow: He also explained that the committee had recommended that Mr W. A. Yarralli who had for years acted as treasurer, and had always been a zealous member of the club, be elected a life member. The meeting, unanimously confirmed the of the •committee. > The Chairman then touched on a -few other points mentioned in the report': -' On the motion of Mr Heaphy, seconded by Mr Run die, it was resolved that- a ball' : be held at the 'proper date,' which was carried unanimously. . .:■..• The iChairman then stated that a? the men ibers of the had been all re-nominated, with' no other candidates, . he declared, them -duly elected. . ' • ■ : ' ; ■ Messrs H. F. Doogan and G. T, Moss were re-elected auditors., ' On the motion of Mr Coates, seconded by .Mr W. Claughesy in complimentary .terms, . the Chairman was elected President of the : club with great acclamation. "■■"". ■■■ Mr Hannan gracefully acknowledged the compliment, though he failed to ■see much difference between tthe position of chairman and president.. Mr Cadzow gave ."The Way we had in the Army" in his best style. . . On the motion, of Mr Cbates, and carried ' with enthusiasm; it : was enthusiastically re'sojyed to instruct the secretary 'Yd convey the best wishes of the .clivb.for ,the restoration to healtJi of Mr Edssenhard : and l 'hoping. ;to: '.'. see him at the October meeting: ; "'•'./• Theft followed "The Exile ; of Erin-" by Mr Cadzow; . ..-.; \", „-..:'. ■■ V ;/^v Song and toast .followed - during the remainder of what 'was. a, most harmonious and enjoyable evening, host Dunphy's .assistants , lookdng after the comforts of the; company, from AVihich a good , many and; wellr known^faces:were>absent.v ■/'■ . '■■ ,