Sporting.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7902, 30 July 1904, Page 5

Sporting.

FeilcUiig Jockey ;C1 ab.

i! Z .twenty-fifth annual repo-V^o? the JTcildiag Jockey' Club states'Vhat; the, season just ended -'aas. been- undoubtedly the most successful, in ihe history of the , club, and downs a succession : O f good years with a' record that will .take a 'ot \?i Lvut-i ing. As foreshadowed, in tha.'Jast anmial rep.ort,, a ,;. pro^rauitno ; .\\ as. drawn with no race of less value than 100 ■ soys., and. it is believed the etab was the first in, New. Zealand •to- make the departure. The totaJ I amount ot stakes giycn for the seas.°* as £4320> an increase of All/0 on the previous year, and' more than double. the amount given m ,:.1901, while the totalizator re'^ilfnnn rC £47 '729- more than m excess of the previous year s turnover: Receipts .. from gates, nominations, acceptances, and privileges all show an increase. During the year £1600 has been expended m permanent improvements, and to meet further requirements it has been decided to. double the seating accommodation of. the grandstand" and a.so roo£ the upper portion of the storey. The outside stand is also to be' enlarged, and a terrace made in front of it. -The' principal items in the receipts were:—Privileges, spring meeting, £2345 11s lOd ; privileges, autumn meeting, .■C37S3 15s \)d; nominations, etc. £1787 16s ; total, £8706 8s Id. Expenditure, stakes, £4320 ; totalisator tax, £715 18s 8d; salaries, £482 17s 3d; advertising, etc., £210 5s 2d;. permanent improvement, £1604 7s; 5d ; balance in bank, £711 19s 3d Assets total £7762 19s 3d,, and liabilities • £23 ,18s 4d, leavingi a balance of £7734 5s lid.