WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

Otago Witness, Issue 2686, 6 September 1905, Page 57

WELLINGTON RACING CLUB.

'- „ - • . WELLINGTON, Jragust 31. At 'the stnnual .meeting of the Wellington i Racing -/dub" -this evening Jj£r J. B. Harcourt i (president) ' said the finances of the' club were very ; 'satisfactory. ,_ The gross receipts* were., ' £341.. -more ~-ta«n ,las*t year. The summer * meeting- was much' the- "beat the club ha.d ever. held. The club had made a good bargain "in getting the ' new course at Trentham for '£25,000: When "finished, the 'course would be '- one ofHhe' best in the eolonieE. Mr F. ,Turn- j bull, thought^ "the secretary and ."treasurer should- enter into "substantial *' bonds. Such I a. practice was 'always -desirable. f "What hap- - pened in Auckland the other day was proof of-*hat.--'MrT: K. Macdonald said *he next Racing -Conference would need to consider ' "on >vil" threatening' the future -of sport — j namely,'" the' increase ' of totalisator betting | owing to,; the' multiplication of small Unless-- tile 1 conterente . -toot\ »" ihnrr^stand j Parliament -would be .compelled '"to_.step 'in.'] - 'Then ,'ihV totaKsator "■vtould .be abolished and ■ clubs „ would, lose ,their, chief source of \ revenue. "V V , - _./ ~ , -„ . ,-"-.' i