DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22717, 1 November 1935, Page 13

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB

The monthly meeting of the Dunediu Jockey Club, held yesterday, was attended by Messrs Hanlon (chairman), Hazlett, W.-J. Coughlan, J. A. Cook, C. N. Draper, W. F. Edmond, W. Garrett. B. S. Irwin, J. A. Mathewson, L. J. Potter, A. N. Smith, F. Tyson, Drs Batchelor and Ross. A statement of the recent spring meeting wag produced and considered very satisfactory. Satisfactory reports were received from the stipendiary steward and the gates superintendent. In connection with the summer meeting the Programme Committee was authorised to prepare a programme with liberty to increase the stakes between £2OO and £3OO. It was resolved to commence the racing at the summer meeting at 12 noon each day, with 38-minute interval between the races. Mr C. Gieseler was appointed starter for the season. . The chairman of the Works Committee reported that the painting of the outside buildings, the iron fencing, and the fencing round the course was well in hand and would be completed during the next month. t , . He also reported that the new drainage work was progressing favourably. The matter of repairs to the outside stand and south stand were held over. One new member was elected and other business of a routine nature transacted. The Programme Committee met subsequent to the meeting and framed the programme for the summer meeting, increasing the stakes from £2425 to £2655.