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Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11901, 26 May 1899, Page 6

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COURSING. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. SYDNEY, May 25. At the New South Wales Coursing Meeting, the Oaks Stakes was won by Corinthe, with' Beeline runner-up. In the Derby, Booty walked over in the final. THE WAIPAWA MEETING. [Pee Pbess Association.] NAPIER. May 25. The weather was fine but threatening lor the Waipawa yesterday. The totalisator receipts amounted to £2544. Results:—Hack Hurdle Race —Gorse. Dividend—£4 ss. Hack Race—Coolgardie. Dividend—£l 14s. Waipawa Handicap—Daphne. Dividend—£s 12s. Stewards’ Hack Race —Lady Lome. Dividend —£2 14s. Welter Handicap—Qoolgardie. Dividend—£2 4s. Hack Flying Race—Lady Lome. Dividend—£2 4a Flying Race—Castashore. Dividend—£l 14s. WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB. WANGANUI, May 25. The weather for .the second day of the Wanganui Jockey Club’s Meeting was cold and drizzly, but there was a good attendance, and the racing was interesting. The sum of £5770 was passed through the totalisator, constituting a total ,of £12,676 for the meeting. Results:— WINTER OATS HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. One mile and a half. 24 Mr F. Tilley’s br g.Return, by Prodigal—Talagalla, 6yrs, 7at (Daniels) 1 172 Mr W. Davies’s b m Leda, aged, Bst 4lb (W. Holmes) 2 76 Mr T. S. Bristol’s b g Light, aged, 9st (Price) 3 126 Rubin Bst Blb, 223 Toa 7st 81b, 29 Taplow 7st 41b, 15 The Hempie 6st 71b and 84 Bona Fide Bst 9lb also started. Won by a. length. Time—2min 50sec. Dividend—£2B ss. SECOND HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of 100 sovs. About two miles. 417 Mr J. W. Proctor’s b m Marina, by Sou’-wester —Barbelle, aged, lOst 61b (Amott) 1 186 Mr D, Scott’s b g Hangfire, Syrs, 9st 12lb (F- Cochrane) 2 78 Mr R. Naim’s ch g Tataramoa, aged, 9st 3lb ' (Moore) 3 112 Nipapu 9st 7lb and 79 Naybom 9st also started. Won easily by four lengths, Hangfire a similar distance in front of Tataramoa. Time —3min 59sec. Dividend—£l 17s. GRAND STAND STEEPLECHASE, of 120 sovs. About two miles and a half. 168 Mr J. T. Blake’s b m Tally-ho, by Forerunner, aged, 9st 101 b (Redmond) 1 242 Mr P. E. Dover’s b m Muscatel, aged, list Blb (P. Johnston) 2 61 Mr R. Connop’s b g Barbarossa, aged, 9at 91b (Amott) 3 306 Whangaroa list slb, 41 Highlander lOst 61b, 44 Waterahot 9st Blb, 97 Hilda 11. 9st 7lb and 92 Cloister 9st 7lb also started. Won by a length, Barbarossa an indifferent third. Time—smin 25sec. Dividend—£s Is. HUNTERS’ HURDLE HANDICAP, of 50 sovs. About two miles. 76 Mr A. Ellis’s c g Stilts, by Sou’wester—Ahua mare, 6yrs, list slb (D. Christie) 1 151 Mr A. Ellis’s ch g Mangama.hu, Syrs, list 7lb / (Atwood) 2 64 Mr T. Scott’s c g' Robin Hood, 6yrs, list slb (T. B. Yallance) 3 18 Electro list 51b, 41 WhakawaJlOst 12lb, 34 Bonfire list, 9 Queen Mat list, 6 Joan lOst 7lb and 34 Nea lOst 71b also Started. Won by half a length, Robin Hood a bad third. Time —4min lOaec. Dividend—£6 6s. SECOND HACK HURDLE. RACE, of 60 sovs. One mile and a half.' 258, Mr W. Best’s b g Frost, by Foulshot, aged, 9st 91b (Galbraith) 1 52 Mr A. Lynch’s b g Silver Ray, 4yrs, 9St (A. Lynch) 2 218 Mr H. Hannah’s ch g Woolloomooloo, Syrs, 12st 191 b . (Cochrane) 3 17 The Fox 9st and 28 Lightning 9st also started. Won easily. Time—3min 3sec. Dividend —£2. FINAL STEEPLECHASE HANDICAP, of 70' sovs. About two miles. 62 Mr D. Thurston’s b g Sir Athol, by Torpedo—Lady Athol, aged, . 9st 71b , (Amott) 1 160 Mr Measena’s b g Venture, aged, 9st 7lb (Hands) 2 66 Mr C. E. Major’s b g Faugh-a-Ballagh, 6vrs, Bst 71b (O’Connell) 3 165* The Friar list 12lb, 79 Barbarossa lOst 7lh, 259 Bradshaw lOst and 109 Hangfire 9st 101 b also started. ■ Won easily by four lengths, Faugh-a-Bal-lagh a bad third. Time—4min 22 2-ssec. DiviSECOND HACK FLAT HANDICAP, of 50 sovs. One mile. 389 Mr F.' Watson’s ch g Dartmoor, by St Leger—-Lvrelinus, 4yrs, Bst 10lb (W. Holmes) 1 68 Mr T. S. Bristol’s b g Whitney, 4yrs, 7st 91b (Price) 2 245 Mr J. A. Goodman’s b f Cora Linn, 3yrs, 7st 13lb (J. Woods) 3 194 Southerly Buster Sat lllb, 30 The Bugler 7at 7lb, 16 Kai-iwi Lad 7si 7lb and 147 Cannonade 7at 71b also started. Won by a length. Time—lmin 52sec. Dividend—£2 10s. WAIRARAPA GUN CLUB. MASTERTON, Mav 25. At the Wairarapa Gun Chib’s £IOO Meeting twenty-three competed. Messrs H. Richardson, S. Chalmers and M’Kersev tied on onn nomination, and Mr Ecdes (Blenheim) . on two nominations. They agreed to divide. The latter took £3O, and the others £ls each. In firing oft’ for the balance Eccles was again successful. OTAKI-MAORI RACING CLUB. WELLINGTON, May 25. At the Otaki races on Wednesday the weather was wet, and (ho course heavy, but there was a largo attendance. TRIAL HURDLE RACE, of 50 sovs; one mile and a half—Rodara 1. Dividend—£2 7s. MAIDEN PLATE, of 50 ?ovs; six furlongs —Gipsy Queen 1 , 'ivid°" f k—£1 6s. (.(.•;t'FAWA CUP, of 125 sovs; one' mile and three furlongs-r-Tuka.pa, 7st lllb, 1; Pistol Grip, Bst 131 b, 2; Stockade, 7st 12lb, 3. Dividend —£3 11s. BIRTHDAY HURDLE RACE, of 70 sovs;

ono mile and three-quarters—Black Dust, lOst, 1; Rimlock, 9st, 2; Thrush, 9st I3lb, 3. Dividend—£4 11s. ■ CHAMPION STAKES," of 55 sovs; one mile —Pistol Grip 1, Gobo 2, Dcrringcote 3.; Dividend—£l 10s. WELTER HANDICAP, of 55 sovs; seven furlongs—Cavendish, 9st 31b, 1. Dividend —£2 19s. ' FLYING HANDICAP, of 60 sovs; sis furlongs—Cornea, 7st 9lb, 1 ; Tukapa, Bst 121 b, 2; Ngatahuia, Bst 81b, 3. Dividend —£5 Is. SECOND DAY. OHAU HANDICAP—Rata 1, Derringcote ?, Sentry 3. Dividend—£4 18s. - ■ HURDLE RACE—Omnia 1, Puanga 2, Rongotea 3. Dividend—£2B. A protest against the winner was dismissed. OTAKI HANDICAP—PistoI Grip 1, Gobo 2, Dcrringcotto 3. Dividend —£10 4s. STEWARDS’ WELTER ‘ HANDICAP—, Agent-General 1, Cavendish 2, In the Swim 3. Dividend—£42 3s. WINTER OATS HANDICAP— Tukapu 1, Rata 2, Heart Whist 3. Dividend—£2 Is. RAILWAY PLATE—Sentry 1, Ngatahuia 2, Christmas Eve 3. Dividend —£3 9s. FINAL SCURRY HANDlCAP—Somnolent I, Howeka 2, Punawai' 3. Dividend —£1 14a, DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB. DUNEDIN, May 25. ■ The weather was cold and disagreeable for the second day of the Dunedin Jockey Club’s May Meeting. A good deal of rain fell during last night, but the morning broke line. The ram again set in, however, shortly after two o’clock, and several showers fell. The attendance was limited, but those who braved the discomforts were evidently bent bn speculation, as the sum of £3091 was put through the totalisator, making a total of £7965 10s for the meeting, or £934- more than was handled last year. Mr Piper was again successful with starting, and in the Provincial Handicap, started in front of the stand, he was applauded. There ivere three falls in the Hurdles, but none resulted seriously. The following are details of the racing; ST CLAIR WELTER HANDICAP, of 70 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stake. Seven furlongs. 93J Messrs Ellis Bros.’ b g Abercrombie, by Abercom—Gymkhana, 3yrs, Bst lib ■ (M’Comb) 1 51J Mr J. R. M’Kenzie’s b m Red Banner, 4yrs, Bst 61b (Rae) 2 974 Mr D. O’Brien’s br c Peerage, 3yrs, Bst 91b (M’Leer) 3 53 Vandyke 9st 41b, 69s Nihilist 9st and 15 Refugee Bst 2lb also started. Abercrombie got away with the lead; and Rod Banner, Vandyke and Refugee hung at the post. Abercrombie led into the straight, with Peerage and Red Banner next. Well inside the distance Red Banner passed Peerage, but could not overhaul Abercrombie, who won easily by a length. Tima—lmin 42sec. Dividends—lnside £3 11s, outside £1 18s. SECOND HURDLE HANDICAP, of 70 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stake. One mile and a half. 734 Mr G. Hardwick’s b g Windermere, by Perkin Warbeck ll.—Lady Wyndham, 6yrs, 10st 7lb (Owner) 1 45 Mr G. Smith’s br g St Hiko, 6yrs, Oat Tib (M’Grath) 2 351 Mr J. Biggin’s b g Waikaia, 6yrs, 10st 101 b (Cotton) 3 6 Pioneer 9st 41b, 147 Glenore lOst 9lb and Lobo lOst 31b (bracketed), 3 Nat 9at 2115 (car. 9st 11b) and 11 Talune 9st also started. Nat, St Hiko, Windermere and Waikaia were first away, in that order. At the first hurdle Lobo fell. Passing the stand the order stated was maintained, while Talune was tailing off, and passing the turn wa.s pulled up. Once in the bade stretch, St Hiko took the lead, while Windermere passed Nat. At the next hurdle Pioneer and Glenore came down. St Hiko led into the straight, with Windermere handy, and Waikaia next, but in the run home Windermere had all the best of it, and won fairly easily by a length from St Hiko, with Waikaia several lengths away third. Nat was the only other horse to finish. Time—3min 23sec. Dividends—£3 9s and £2 10s. PROVINCIAL HANDICAP, of 150 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stake. Ope mile and a quarter. 121 Messrs Ellis Bros.’ ch g Jupiter, by St Clair—Evening Star, 4yrs, 7st 2lb (Duncan) 1 223 Mr J. A. M’Ginness’s hr g Maremma, aged, Bst (T. Buddioombe) 2 54 Mr D. O’Brien’s b c Malatua, 3yrs, 7st 51b (H. Telford) 3 156 Skirmisher Bst 81b, 43J Double Event Bst 61b, 25 Clinker 6st 7lb and 21 Glenelg 6st 7lb also started. It was not till a furlong had,been covered that Clinker’s colours showed in front, with Jupiter and Maremmfl, next, and the rest, with the exception of Glenelg, bunched. Along the back stretch, the only 'alteration was that Maremma and Jupiter twice changed positions. At the three-furlong post, first Jupiter and then Maremma got on terms with Clinker. Maremma was first into -the straight, and a great struggle followed. Jupiter stuck to the task gamely, and twenty yards from the post got in front, and, going on, won by three lengths: Malatua, who had passed Clinker at the distance, finished a length behind. Clinker was fourth and Skirmisher fifth. Time—2min 26sec. Dividends—£4 14s and £2 Bs. NOVEL HANDICAP, of 50 sovs, winner to bo sold with engagements, the whole of the proceeds to go to the funds. Six furlongs. 200 Mr F. Holmes’s b g Wedlock, by Chainshot—Adulation, aged, Bst 3lb (Cotton) 1 30 Mr C. Clarke’s br m Lakeiield, syrs, 6st 121 b (Duncan) 2 17 Mr M. Hanley’s ch m Irish Girl. syrs, 7at 41b (O’Brien) 3 55i Stimulant 7st (car. 7st 31b), 57 Fretta 6st 10lb and 10 Maimoa 6sb 7lb also started. Maimoa cut out the running till entering the straight, when Wedlock was in front. Lakofield then beat Maimoa and passed Wedlock on sufferance. The latter came when askod, and won easily by a short half length. Time—lmin 12sec. Dividends—£l 12s and !Bs. The winner was bought in for £27. WAIRONGOA HANDICAP, of 100 sovs; second horse 10 sovs from the stake. Five furlongs. 177£ Mr J. Curran’s blk m Vanilla, by Vanguard—Lady’s Maid, aged. Bst 31b (L. King) 1 31 i Mr F. Doris’s h g Tiger Lily, 6yrs, 7st 321 b (car. Bst) (M’Comb) 2 i 61 Mr R. Brown’d Gitanella, 4yrs, 6st 121 b '(O’Brien) 3 33J Nihilist 7st 12lb, 145 Edelweiss 7st 7lb, SOfc Gladys 11. 7st slb, 575 Quickshot 11. 7st 4lb and 35 La Reine 7st 21b also started. Quickshot led for three furlongs, with Edelweiss at his quarters, and then the latter was in front. At the distance Vanilla, Tiger Lily and Nihilist closed up. ~ Tiger Lily went to the front, but Vanilla, coming with a game run, won by half a length. Time —lmin lOsec. Dividends—£2 18s and £1 11a.. SECOND HIGH-WEIGHT HACK HANDI- - CAP, of 30 sovs. Seven furlongs. 105 Mr H. Lunn’s hr h Vulcan, by Artillery—Fairymaid, 4yrs, Bst 91b (Ayers) 1 122 Mr E. Flynn’s blk or hr g Silvercrest, • syrs, Bst (L- King) 2 83 Mr S. Bishop's hr f Visionary, 3yrs, 7st 131 b (T. Buddioombe) 3 Visionary went to the front, but apparently stumbled, and then fell back. Vulcan fust beat Silvercrest by a length and a half. Time—lmin 44sec. Dividends—£3 2s and £l. FAREWELL HANDICAP, of 60 sovs; second horse 10 sovs and third horse 5 sovs from the stake. One mile. 39 Mr J. Tennant’s b g Glenelg, by Ike— Fmchantress, 4yrs, 7st (Duncan) 1 72J Mr F. Holmes’s ch g Hypnotist. 4yrs, Bst 11b (T. W. Cotton) 2 745 Mr H. Goodman’s b g Clinker, syrs, 7st ■ (Harding) 3 2515 Benzoin 7st lllb and 335 Britannia 6st 81b also started. At the home turn the field closfed un. Hypnotist led into the straight, followed by Britannia, Clinker and Glenelg. in that order. Half-way down the straight Glenelg, with a good run, assumed command, and holding his own, won by half a length, two lengths between Hypnotist and Clinker. Time —lmin 56sec. Dividends—£ll 5s and £1 183. ■ NORTH OTAGO JOCKEY CLUB. DUNEDIN, May 25. The following handicaps have been declared for the autumn meeting p£ the North Otago Jockey Club: AUTUMN HANDICAP HURDLE RACE, of 30 sovs; one mile and three»qua-rters— Dundee list 51b, Windermere list 31b, Glenore list, Jib lOst 9lb, Waikaia lOst 71b, St Hiko 9st 91b, Pioneer 9st 31b, Talune 9st. AUTUMN HANDICAP, of 70 sovs; one mile and 370 yards—Starshot 9st 41b, Skirmisher Bst 7lb, Maremma Bst 61b, Double Event Bat slb, Djiu Djin. Bst 31b, Jupiter 7st 13lb, Brisa 7st 121 b, Strathconan 7st 101 b, Proposal 7st 31b, Clinker 6st 9lb, Red Banner Gst -91 b, Refugee Gst 7!b, Blackpool 6st Tib. . HARVEST HANDICAP, .of-25 sovs; six furlongs—Benzoin, Bst 121 b, Crusader Bst 71b, My Lord 7st lllb, Victor 11. 7st 7lb, Neva 7st 61b, Constance 7st Mlb./Britjpmia 6st 71b, Little Tim 6st 9lb, Blackpool 6st Blb, Maimoa Cat 71b. ' NOVEL HANDICAP, of 25 sovs; five furlongs—Wedlock 9st 7lb, Magg Sat 9lb, Aidershot Bst 51b. Izal 7st 7lh, Pioneer 7st 51b, Little Tim Gst 9lb. FLYING HANDICAP, of 40 sovs; five furlongs—Double Event 9st 61b, Brisa 9st 21b, Vanilla %,t 12lb, The Orphan Bst lllb, Ben Farlev Bst 101 b, Vandyke' Sat 41b. Tiger Lily Bst 3lb, Hypnotist fist -2lb, Nihilist Bst, Edelweiss 7st 121 b, Benzoin 7st lllb, Grandshot 7st 01b, Gladys IL 7st 7lb, Quickshot 11. 7st 71b, Witchcraft 7si 41 b, Clinker 7st,

21b, Silvercrest 7st, Actor 6st 121 b, Lakefield 6st 101 b, Blunderbuss 6st 101 b, Britannia .. Gst 9lb,t Maimoa 6st -71 b. ■ t ‘ ELDERSLIE HANDICAP TROT, of . 30 sovs; two ; miles—General Tracy , scr, The Joker IsecV Bradlaugh 4sec, Three 1 Cheers 9spc, Phaeton 17sec, Joe Barnett 17sec, Fairy ISsoc,' Gopdvrind 19sec, Alice May 19sec, Medium And- 21sec, Lexington. 21aec, Mist, 27sec, Young Berlin SOsec, Jimmy 33sec, Mingo 33sec, Kai-Iwi 33sec, Bella Sosoc, Eoxalla 35sec, Southern Queen 35sec, Flower Girl 37sec, Mistake 37sec, Dawn 37aec. CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB.' The annual general meeting of the Canter- , bury Jockey Club was held in the rooms i yesterday afternoon. Mr G. G. Stead was in the chair, and there were about thirty i members present. | The annual report stated that the expen- \ diture had exceeded the receipts by £1095 15s 4d, the reason being that £1384 19s lid Had been spent on permanent improve--meats and on plant account. Under ordinary circumstances the revenue' would , have been sufficiently elastic to have met , this expenditure out of current receipts, but it had rained in ■torrents on the last day of the November meeting, with the result that the receipts were fully £IOOO less than might fairly have been expected. Notwithstanding this loss, the year’s receipts had been practically equal to those of the previous season, so that, had the weather been fine throughout, the club would doubtless have had a record year. Increased seating accommodation had been provided on the lawn, and money had been expended on a new water-supply, a semaphore and a cloak-room. During the coming year it was intended to make considerable alterations and additions to the ladies’ retiring room,. Early in the past year the Chairman, the Hon E. W. Parker, had, left New Zealand on a visit to England, aid as he had determined to remain permanently at Home he had resigned the position. The Hub rules bad been revised, and a few altertions had been made. The statement of receipts and expenditure was as follows : Receipts.—Balance, April 30, 1898, £223 19s 6d. Subscriptions—Members, 1897-98, £5 ss; Members, 1838-99, £728; General, 1898-99, £163; total £3Ol ss. Nominations, Acceptances, etc. —Entries, etc., £4063; Forfeits for future events, £32—£4101. Race Receipts— Grand stand and entrances, £4691 12s 3d; C.J.C. railway fares to course, £437 19s £5123 11s 3d. Privileges—Booths, £760 13s lOd; Race cards, £650 7s 4d—£l4ll Is 2d. Totalisator Account, £8146 14s 9d, Soiling races, £6B; training fees, £162 4s 6d; general fines, £3; rent of reserve, £l3l 9s; Interest Account, £134 5s sd; sale of Rules of Racing, 5s 6d; balance due to bank, £857 14s; unpresented cheques, £2O 16s 8d —£878 10s 8d; less cash in hand, £8 14s lOd—£B69 15s 10d—• £21,288 11s lid. Expenditure.—Stakes paid, £15,215. Salaries —Secretary £450, handicapper £250, clerk £6o, custodian £l2O. Attendance at meetings—Men at gates, band, judge, starter, etc., £791 3s lid;' Racecourse Maintenance Account —£484 2s 7d; advertising and printing—£24l 15s 8d; Grand National Meeting—Christchurch Hunt Club £302 7s 4d; totalisator account—Government tax £1299 13 s 2d; Totalisator Plant, Ac-, count—£97 18s. Permanent improvements— Cloak-room £231 2s 4d, painting £7l 8s 4cl, new five furlongs £4O 10s Gi, road £S6 I P?’ timber and labour £32 16s lid—£4l2 8s Id* Furniture and Plant Account—Seats and chairs £302 5s 6d, new pump, tanks and reticulation £3BB 19s 7d, semaphore £lB6 18s 3d, tearoom plant £77 18s 6d, sundries £l6 105—£372 11s 10d. C.J.C. railway—Maintenance £a2 4 a . Reserve Account —New rules, etc., £49 19s. Distressed Jockevs’ Fund—Ambulance cart £ll. Racecourse Plant Account—£37 19s 3d, Office furniture £7; stationery ±1 8s 3d. General Expenses Account— Mr Tabart £lO5, rent £7O, telephone and P.O. box £25 10s, rates and taxes £39 10s 6d, Secretary’s guarantee £lO, Jockey Club Ball Account £25 16a, postages, telegrams and exchange £2B 10s 7d, office c^nin S 0 8s ’ flags and ribbon £2O 3s Gd, gas and cc«l 3 £3 9s 2dT ambulance £7 13s, insurance £8 3s, iurt Register £lO 10s, New Zealand C °|' ferenco £9, cabs, carting, etc., £9 103 Gd, library £7 15s 7d, sundry accounts £2l OS 6Q £412 0s 4d—£21,288 lls lid. „ . The Chairman moved the adoption oi the report and balance-sheet. He said that in 1896 the club had distributed the sum of £11,988 Is in stakes, in 1897 £15,110, m 1898 £15,205, and in 1899 £15,215, the progress of the club in recent year? could be judged from those figures. . the club had held races on nine days* durmg the past season, and bad paid away an average of £1690 per day in stakes, whin was between £4OO and £SOO per day more than the net average amountgxveni by any other club in the colony. Then, j£°> Jj® Canterbury Jockey Club was almost the om. metropolitan club that did not make dw 5 per cent deduction from the advertise! stakes, an item that was appreciated by owners, bub was generally overlooked b> the public. He was strongly of opinion time had arrived when this question of deduction from the advertised stakes should be dealt with by the Conference. In the early days, when race meetings, were managed by honorary officers, and a clubs chief °source of revenue ■ was the subscription paid by members, the rcduction was justifiable enough. But now that dtabs drew large revenues from the totalisator, from gate-money, and from entrance fees, the need for the reduction of stakes had passed away. From the last balance-sheet it, would be seen that the club subsidised the. Hunt Clubs to the extent of £502 7s 4d. Tlie' average subsidy paid to Hunt Clubs during the past seven years was £269 2s 9d, and the committee had come to the decision that it would be advisaWe to fe a limit. It had therefore been decided to vote the sum of £250 a year in fufcur ®’ ° be divided in the proportion of three-tilths to the Christchurch Hunt Club and onefifth each to the Brackenfield and Timaru Clubs. Although the subsidy was a dram on the club’s resources, the committee considered that its payment was in the mterests of racing. Tire cllub’s funds had suffered in the past through the invasion at race meetings of bookmakers who laid totahsar "fS, The trustees M. thereto, adopted a new set of by-laws, giving in creased powers to the club, and stringent measures would be taken, at meetings to exclude this undesirable element. With regard to the coming year the Programme Committee had arranged for three days’ racing at the Grand National meeting, and although this was m the nature of an experiment, there was little doubt that it would be . successful. It was intended to put in a hob water-supply for the outside public, and to make additions to the ladies’ rooms. He could not conclude without making reference to the great loss sustained by the club through the resignation from office of the Hon E. W. Parker, who had been chairman for seven years, and whose services had been extremely valuable. , Mr A. Boyle seconded the motion, which was carried. , . The following officers were elected for tne ensuing: year:—St/Gwo-rcis, Ivlessrs A. " Knight, G. F. Martin, B. M. Morten F. H. Pyhe, B. Heaton Rhodes, D. Rutherford, J. Studholme, T. Teschemaker and C. Hood Williams, Sir G. Clifford and the Hon L. Walker; committee, Messro. I. Bassett, A. Boyle, P. Campbell, U. b. Martin, R. M. Morten, G. J- F. F H. Pyne, J. B. Reid, J. B. Studholme, . R D Thomas, C. F. Todbunter and C. , Hood^’Williams’ and Sir G. Clifford. i The following new members were elected: Messrs L. Acland, R. A. Cbaffey, W. S. Cobham, H. G. W. Gray, T. H. Lance, C. K. Meredith-Kave, C. T. Newton, H. F. Nicholl, T. N. Wardrop, J. H. B. Williams and C. P. C. Wilson. The Chairman referred to the practice of numbering the ballot papers sent out to members, which had been adopted in connection with the elecrion of stewards and committee. He explained that such a course was necessary in case a second scrutiny should be demanded, and to keep a check on the voting. The-method of counting the votes, however, made it impossible for the voting to be made known. It was decided + hat the ballot papers for the election of officers should be numbered and initialled by the Secretary and gummed down, and that no duplicate ballot papers should be issued. On the motion of Mr R. M. Morten it , was decided to place on record the club’s appreciation of the services rendered by the late Chairman, the Xlc-n E. W. Parker, . Votes of thanks were accorded to the . auditor and the scrutineers. j A special general meeting of the club ,j was then held, wbw.-the rules-as amended i

by the committee were adopted, and the meeting closed with a vote of thanks .to theChairman. : .