WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 119, 23 May 1942, Page 6

WANGANUI JOCKEY CLUB

s MEETING AT MARTON 6 3 ACCEPTANCES DI E MONDAY 1 Judging by the fields handicapped () for the opening day of the Wanganui o Jockey Club’s winter meeting, to be 0 held on the Marton racecourse on Saturday, May 20, and Saturday, June 6, the fixture is going to be fully as suc2 cessful as those which have preceded 2 it on the same course. Acceptances " are due to close at 8 p.m. next Mono day. 0 Feature event on the opening day ii are the Wanganui Steeplechase-, estabo lished in 1875, and the Connolly Handio cap, as well as the Duke of Gloucester 0 Cup, the premier Dominion event for j] amateur riders. Last year, when the 0 meeting was held at Awapuni on Max 31 and June 2, the first day totalisatoi turnover was £25,407, and last Saturday’s experience at Hawera, wher 1 more than £28.000 was handled, suggests that the Wanganui total will bi ; satisfactory. j Particulars of train arrangement: j 2 and cheap excursion fares are adver 8 tised in this issue. ? OWNED WELCOME NUGGET 7 DEATH OF MR. JOHN GRAY 7 The death of Mr. John Gray, whe 7 collapsed in his room/ in Regen' 7 Street. Hawera, occurred suddenly or 7 Thursday. Mr. Gray followed the ‘ dental profession for about 45 years, and was a well-known resident o Hawera. He was associated with racing io more than 40 years, was a prominent steward of ’the Egmont Racing Clui 1 for 40 years, and was acting-presiden during the late Sir R. Nolan’s absence during the Great War. afterwards being elected president, a Dositior which he occupied until 1933. He was up till the time of his death a member of the Taranaki District, comI mittee. Mr. Gray was interested in the ownership of several horses years ago Welcome Nugget and Little Turk being among them. Interested in breed ing. he owned conjointly with Mr. W j Bailey, the imported horse Bisogne who left valuable stock in the district i He is survived by his widow, lw< 1 married daughters and three sons, twe of whom are serving in the armec _ forces overseas.