FEILDING JOCKEY CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume V, Issue 211, 9 August 1894, Page 6

FEILDING JOCKEY CLUB.

The annual meeting of the Feilding Jockey Club was held at the Feilding Hotel on Thursday evening, July 26. There was a good attendance of members, and Mr F. Y. Lethbridge occupied the chair. The retiring committee’s report was read as follows: —* £ In presenting the annual statement of receipts and expenditure for the past season your committee regret that they have not quite such a satisfactory report as was laid before you at last annual meeting. The statement shows a deficiency on the year’s transactions of some £26, mainly caused by extra expenditure on improvements, a falling off of receipts from the totalisator at the autumn meeting, and through having the pay the Government tax for the first time on totalisator receipts out of the ordinary 10 per cent, commission, and in a smaller measure through a falling off in receipt from members’ subscriptions. The amount paid to Government for tax amounted to £165 gs 4d, which, under the old system, would have formed part of the club’s revenue. The falling off in the totalisator receipts at the Easter meeting was £1374, representing a loss to the club of over £lOO. The failing off was caused mainly through the fact of Easter falling unusually early in the year, and consequently coming close on the heels of Wanganui, Hawke’s Bay, and other principal meetings, and in a minor degree to the second day of the meeting being wet. Notwithstanding these drawbacks the position of the club is highly satisfactory, for after having paid for all improvements, and materially increasing the stakes,’ there still remains a sum of £2OO which is on fixed deposit at the Bank of New Zealand. The assets of the club in the shape of fees, etc., are quite sufficient to meet the small overdraft of £l9. Another item of expenditure in this year’s statement which will not occur again is for paddock bell and jockey scales, £l4, and extra rent paid to Mr Turner of £6 for closing the course for several months last spring after it had been top dressed. Your committee have made an effort to raise the money required to purchase the course outright, and have not been able to do so, the margin not being considered sufficient. In view of the restrictions in the use of the totalisator which is likely to be brought about by Sir R. Stout’s Bill, it will be for you to decide as to whether or not the stakes shall be reduced, but your committee do not consider it will be necessary to do so for the coming year at any rate. (Signed) W. A. L. Bailey, chairman of committee.”

Statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ending July 31, 1894: —Receipts : Balance on July 31, 1893, £7 10s 8d ; gates, lawn, and grandstand, publican’s booth, cards, etc., £665 ; totalisator receipts, £lOOl 10s 6d ; members’ subscriptions, £SO is; entries, nominations, acceptance fees, £526 15s; protest fee forfeited, £2; training fees, £4 13s; cheque dishonored, £5 ; bank interest on fixed deposit, £9; balance, £l9 is id; total, £2290 us 3d. - Expenditure : To amount of stakes paid, £ISBO ; Government tax totalisator, £165 9s 4d ; rent of course, £49 15s gd ; advertising and printing, £lOl 14s yd; labour on course and training track, £lO7 4s sd ; band, two meetings, £2O ; salaries, £l3l ; commission on sale privileges, £l9 5s xod ; luncheons, stewards and visitors, £SO 1 os; jockeys scales and bell, £l4 10s; extra rent, £6; repairs, £4 12s 7d ; legal expenses, £b os 8d; fire insurance, £5 ss; clerk of course (clothing), £4 ; petty cash, £7 19s 7d ; hire of flags, £1 10s; ladies’ room attendant, £1 ; carting and bank interest, £1 15s 2d ; telegraph department, £3 17s 4d; Millard (compensation). £1 18s; valuation fee, £2 2s ; dishonored cheque, £5.; total, £2290 us 3d. The report and balance sheet was adopted, on the motion of Mr Sandilands, seconded by Mr W. Bailey. The election of officers resulted as

follows: —President, Mr F. Y. Leth bridge: vice-president, Mr William L. Bailey; judge, Mr W. H. Hartgill; treasurer, Mr E. J. Allan ; clerk of the scales, Mr O. Cooper ; handicapper, M r T. E. Henry; timekeeper, Mt J. Scott; starter; Mr E. Woods; clerk of course, Mr Edwards ; committee, Messrs W. A. L Bailey, H. Bastings, Saunders, San dilands, Jackman, Sherwill, Taylor, Haybittle, Gosling, Light, Cooper ; stewards, Messrs Sherwill, Sandilands, Gosling, W. A. L. Bailey, Saunders, Jackman and Bastings. . The handicapper and starter are to be paid the same remuneration as previously, viz., £ls and £5 per day, respectively. - ~ r Resolved, “ That Messrs 0. L. Inwood and H. B. Taylor be granted certificates as gentleman riders.”