SOUTH CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB.

Timaru Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 6067, 28 September 1894, Page 3

SOUTH CANTERBURY JOCKEY CLUB.

— »■ A special meeting of tho stewards of the South Canterbury Jockey Club was held last evening at the Grosrenor hotel, PresentMessrs T Tesohemaker (chairman), W Gunn, D Maolean, E B Guinness, W Pcieet, 0 Eiby, J Meikle, J Smith, D Mahoney, 0 N Orbell, H Gardner, J W White, Dr Lovegrove, and Dr Thomas. After reading minutes of the meeting of the stewards, held on September I7tb, Mr Guinness took exception to his remarks m reference to 'I Stewart's disqualification not beicg recorded m the minutes. It was resolved to aooede to Mr Guinness' request, and the minutes with this addition were oon. firmed. The chairman then stated that before pro* oeeding with the disqualification business he would wish the stewards to define the posi« tion of the president, vioe-preeident, and judge, who he took it were ex offitio members both of the stewards and committee, but strange to lay tbeir rules did not provide for this beiug the ease. Those whom he considered as the head ofßoials of the club bad no defined position, end he thought that would be a etraDge state of affaire if they really had no vote m the deliberation of the stewards and oommittee. The chairman then stated that the Canterbury Jookey Club rules did not apply to their oase as they had no president, tbeir obairman of committee holding a somewhat similar position to their praßident, and bo wbb an ex qfflcio member of the stewards. Mr 'leschemaker considered that the bead officers of this club should be m a similar position. He would now ask members to move the following motion :«• " That for the purpose of this and previous meetings that the president, vice-president, and judge, under the rules of the South Canterbury Jookey Club, not being clearly defined, it is now- resolved that they be ex offioio members of the committee and stewards of the club under Bnle 38 of the olub, and that their previoui actions bs con* firmed." After a lengthy discussion, the motion was osrried unanimously. The chairman then iaid that they would now go on to the matter for which they were called, namely, the disqualification of T Stewart for two months, a deoision which was carried by his casting vote. Thii vote could not be repealed ; their only course was to •pply to the Canterbury Jockey Club to repeal the diiqualifioatioa. He said on the first day of tho meeting that if Clarence won on the spoond. day there wou|d be & rqw\ Ms Muhoney said it was a most uncalled for remark that the chairman had made. Mr Tesphotnaker then continued and said, that he was quite justified m his remarks! He regretted having to do what he had done against T Stewart, as he had trained horses for him : m faot had wan the National for him. This showed that he was willing to do. a painful duty irrespective of any person. The proceeding at the meeting of tb,e 17, th, was most ipregular, as no notice had been given, and that business ehould not have been taken up. There was no fresh evidenoo brought forward at that meeting. A telegram was received from Mr B Cutts and some others asking for;»he removal of the disqualification. Now these were very trivial grounds to reverse a well considered resolution. It being shown that the 'proceedings had been irregular it was proposed by Mr Guinness and Beccnded by Mr McLean :— 1 That the rescinding of T Stowart'e disqualification by the stewards of the Bouth Canterbury Jookey Club on Sept 17th, was against the Eules of Racine, no steward* of a ! country olub having power to rescind a disqualification passed three days previously, we are therefore compelled to enforce the resolution against T 1 Stewart passed by the stewards on September 14th," Mr Gardcer moted, and Mr Mahoney seconded as an amendment t—" That as the matter has been taken up by the Canterbury Jockey Club, it be left m their hands to deal with." „ ..■ A very animated disousßion then took place. Mr Mahoney said that, really the v?hole affair should have bean bore carefqlly oon'ei^ered at the meeting of the stewards on the l^jth. If he had. voted the disqualification would never hdve been passed, but he bad backed Thorpe, and therefore did not vote. The Referee's remarks on the case were mogt fair and unbiassed. Dr Lovegrove, Mr Gardner, Mr Maolean and others having spoken, the voting resulted m the amendment being thrown ox\t by 7 votes to 5, and the motion parried by 1 to 5. The voting on the latter was, for— Messn Briest, Quinnesß, Orbell, White, Maolean, Stm'th and Thomas y against— Messrs Meikle, Mahoney, Gardner, Lovegrove and Riby. Mr Guon did not Vote either ytay. The secretary was instructed to furnish to the Canterbury Jookey Olub all the necessary papers and the resolution. The meeting th^n terminated,