WAIKATO TROTTING CLUB.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1482, 19 September 1918, Page 14

WAIKATO TROTTING CLUB.

The annual meeting of the AA r aikato Trotting Club was presided over by Mr. E. Goodwin, and the report and balance sheet presented by the committee revealed a highly satisfactory position. The report referred to the marked success of the club during the past year, and congratulated members upon the excellent results achieved. At tlie annual race meeting there was a record attendance, and the racing was voted to be of an excellent order, the fields being large and representative. The finances had exceeded anything yet attained by the club, the net revenue being over £6OO. The totalisator investments, just under £1 5,000, were more than any previous record, and returned an income of £935. The stakes amounted to £7OO, and the amount paid in Government taxes was £732 11s. 6d. Reference was made to tlie probable clashing of the date selected for the next meeting with that of the Hamilton Racing Club. The statement of accounts, including £l2O 19s. 9d. brought forward, showed total receipts of £2508 19s. 6d., the expenditure being £2386 Ils. 9d„ leaving a balance of £122 7s. 9d. The assets were shown as balance in bank £122 7s. 9d., Post Office Savings Bank £Bl5 18s, 6d., sundry debtors £BB, liabilities nil.

It was decided, on . the suggestion of Mr. Conradi, that if March 1 is granted to the Hamilton Racing Club the matter of fixing a date for the meeting be left in the hands of the executive. Four new members were elected as members, and Mr. I. Coates was unanimously elected as a life member.

The following nominations were received for the vacancies on the committee, and not being in excess of the number required, were declared elected: Messrs. H. and E. Tristram, C. H. Trigg, T. Clarkin, E. Goodwin, P. M. Gray, I. Conradi, F. C. Hand, and J. Fraser Smith.