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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1553, 29 January 1920, Page 5

JOCKEY OLUB. ANNUAL MEETING. To be held at Richmond Park on THURSDAY AND SATURDAY, MARCH 4 AND 6, 1920. PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920. 1. MAkDEN HACK of lOOsovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from the stake. For two-year-olds and upwards. Entrance 40s. Six furlongs. 2. MAITAI TROT (Harness) of 90sovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from stake. 5.20 or better. Nomination 205., acceptance 30s. Two miles. 3. NELSON CUP (Open) of 350sovs; second 60sovs, third 30sovs from stake. Nomination 2 0s„ acceptance 80s. One mile and a-quarter. 4. HOPE HACK WELTER of lOOsovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from, stake. Nomination 205., acceptance 30s. Seven furlongs. 5. STEWARDS’ HANDICAP (Open) of 200sovs; second 40sovs, third 20 sovs from stake. Nomination 205., acceptance 60s. Six furlongs. 6. WAI-ITI TROT (Saddle) of 80sovs; second 16sovs, third Bsovs from stake. 4.0 or better. Nomination 205., acceptance 255. One mile and a-half. 7. TELEGRAPH HACK HANDICAP of 120sovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from stake. Nomination 205., acceptance 30s. Five furlongs. 8. WELTER HANDICAP (Open) of 150sovs; second 25sovs, third 10 sovs from stake. Nomination 20s„ acceptance 40s. Seven furlongs. SECOND DAY. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1920. 9. TRIAL STAKES of lOOsovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from stake. For two-year-olds and upwards. Nomination 205., acceptance 30s. Five furlongs. 6. RICHMOND HANDICAP (Harness) of 90sovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from stake. 5.30 or better. For trotters only. Nomination 205., acceptance 30s. Two miles. 11. REDWOOD MEMORIAL (Open) of 250sovs; second 40sovs, third 20 sovs from stake. Nomination 205., acceptance 70s. One mile. 12. TAHUNA HACK WELTER of 120 sovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from stake. Nomination 205., acceptance 30s. Seven furlongs. 13. FLYING HANDICAP (Open) of 200 sovs; second 40sovs, third 20sovs from stake. Nomination 20s„ acceptance 60s. Five furlongs. 14. BRIGHTWATER TROT (Harness) of SOsovs; second 16sovs, third 8 . sovs from stake. 4min. or better. ' Nomination 205., acceptance 255. One mile and a-half. 15. STOKE HACK HANDICAP of 120 sovs; second 20sovs, third lOsovs from stake. Nomination 205., acceptance 30s. Six furlongs. 16. WAIMEA WELTER (Open) of 150 sovs; second 25sovs, third lOsovs from stake. Nomination 20s„ acceptance 40s. Seven furlongs. Date of NOMINATIONS for all events and ENTRIES for Maiden Hack WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1920, at 8 p.m. HANDICAPS for First. Day’s Events declared on or about MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1920. ACCEPTANCES for First Day’s Events SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1920, at 8 p.m. HANDICAPS Second Day, THURSDAY, .MARCH 4, 1920, at about 8 p.m. ACCEPTANCES for Second Day up to 10 p.m. on THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1920.

JOHN GLEN, Secretary. Approved by the Greymouth District Committee.—M. J. FOGARTY, Secretary Greymouth Jockey Club. Approved by N-.Z. Trotting Association.—J. B. NORRIS, Secretary. England is waking up to the insanity of private enterprise racing. Ther is only one municipalised racecourse in the United Kingdom—Doncaster —and last year it was able to hand over £15,000 for the relief of the ratepayers. This has vastly impressed even the anti-Socialists, more especially as Doncaster is a paradise in the way of good management by comparison with the discomfort and blackguardism which characterise (say) the Epsom meetings. Most of the British papers in discussing the question refer enviously to Australia. They are unaware, apparently, that the Commonwealth is infested with the worst sort of P.E. racecourses; and that such comfort and decency as have been introduced to the best of them, such as Flemington and Randwick, are simply so many responses to a public demand. It "was considered good business to attract the racing man of moderate or small means, just as it has always been considered good business -in England to keep him away.—“ Bulletin.” Tom Sullivan, who ought to know, says that the Putney to Mortlake course, on the Thames,, over which Felton defeated Barry, is the most unfair in the world, for there are whirling eddies and tricky winds which tax the resources of the most experienced local waterman. Sullivan reckons that the Nepean (N.S.W.) course is the best he ever sculled on.