MASTERTON RACING CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1474, 25 July 1918, Page 9

MASTERTON RACING CLUB.

A SUCCESSFUL SEASON. The members of the Masterton Racing Club will hold their annual meeting on Wednesday next at Murray’s Hall, Masterton, when the annual report and balance-sheet will be presented to members, while the election of officers will also take place. That the club has experienced a most successful year is apparent by the following report from the stewards, which is to be submitted to members by Messrs. A. W. Cave (patron) and C. F. Vallance (president):—“Your

stewards have great pleasure in laying before you the annual report and balance-shee: for the year ended 30th June, 1918. Your stewards are glad to report that they have been able to repay the sum of £lOOO off the club’s mortgage during the year. During tlie year the sum of £2490 was given in stakes. The revenue derived from the totalisator was £3517 4s. Id. The sum of £1793 os. 9d. has been paid in Government tax. Included in this sum is £S33 Is. 6d. special war tax on dividends and £24 18s. for war tax on stakes. An amount of £199 13s. has been expended in topdressing the plough track during the year. £lOO 10s, was donated to patriotic funds. The Farm Account shows a profit of £l9B 2s. sd. for the year.

“It is with sincere regret that we have to report the loss of a valuable steward, in the late Mr. O. C. Cooper, who succumbed to injuries received in a motor car accident on July 10. The late Mr. Cooper had been steward for a considerable number of years, and his loss is a sad one for the club.”