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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1717, 25 January 1905, Page 22

Persons who patronised the Wellington Racing dub’s meeting on Saturday las! had two causes for complaint. Some person had published and circulated an unofficial race-card, a considerable number of whicb were sold about the city and at the railway stations. This means that the enterprising persons who gave £l9O for the privilege of selling the “correct” card will he considerable losers. Owing to the club not having taken the precaution to have the matter contained in the racecard registered, as is done in Melbourne and Sydney, legal action cannot be taken in the matter. The card printed under the authority of the Racing Club is easily distinguished from the unauthorised book; it contains at the top of the cover the words “Official card,” while the secretary’s name is given on another part of the same page. The other matter which tended to minimise the pleasure of the day’s s iting was the inadequate supply of railway carriages provided. The department should make a special effort to cope with the holiday crowd which is likely to visit the Hutt Park to-day-