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NZ Truth, Issue 89, 2 March 1907, Page 3

The Stranger ; "My friend, do you drink?" Blobbs (haughtily) : "That s my business, ,' r sir." The Stranger ; "No doubt. But haven't you any other business?" Mr . Fi.- ; W,., Fitzpatrick; the wellknown: tuff commission agent and sport, of Hastings, has an advertisement in-.this issue. Frank is a' real good sport with a good record, and any : con\missions laid witb him are m trustworthy hands. ' ,' Thus an English exchange :-r "Sticsklets . for: dignity and exclusiveness m the 'Racing Calendar' will be ■astdnisfefed, ! and" . probably a. . bit shocked^at the issue of the first naim-. ber forj 1007 on a four-page cover devoted to trade advertisements. Nothing .of the kind has ever appeared In the » Calendar', before, and it is a very; ancient publication, dating ' back to 1?73. Until quite recent years it belonged, to its founder, the Weatherbys, but the Jockey Club own it now, and it is this fact which makes 'the new departure so interesting, for trade m all its .ramifications has always 'been taboo with this autocratic body. It is true Sir Blundel'l Maple was a representative of trade, but he was only elected to theclub on his. death bed. These advertisements, tan -a new source of reveStje tot the" Jockey Club, who. for years haye,, been wanting more money, iWith n-0' •ilapfaf ent riiearis bf>-i'aisiß'g it. Ex&*o oS. two or 'three occasions —such ! blithe Cesarwitch and Cambri'dKeslffir^days—if is difficult to get the'^-'mifil'fe'to'-'Visi't • m force. '.Frequently, the programme lacks attraction,' but, jf course, jf the., club have not. the money they cannot m^e-'ili otherwise: The thousands afcruing from these trade advertise^tchts: will come 'Hi' usetUli"v J Anri so + ; he Conservative Eon^lish 'Jockey Club -is not.vabo.ve i.maUin^; money m "a- manner which clas?bes Jpith legitimate newspaper^