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A list of names of the men who have served on the Committee of the 

 Jockey Club since 1870 is not out of place in an article such as this, and I am 

 obliged to include my father's name among those who helped to make the 

 A.J.C. the respected and capable institution it is to-day. The names of the 

 Committeemen who served for various periods since 1870 are Messrs. S. C. 

 Brown, W. R. Campbell, Hon. H. C. Dangar, E. Lee, A. Thompson, H. 

 Thompson, Henry Austin, J. \V. Johnson, J. A. Scarr, Colonel Richardson, 

 Water Hall, J. de V. Lamb, F. C. Griffiths, F. W. Hill, Hon. James White, 

 Captain Osborne, W. B. Walford, J. Wentworth, Andrew Town, S. A. 

 Stephen, F. C. Griffiths, J. H. Want, W. A. Long, W. C. Hill, Richard Jones, 

 Junr., Dr. W. M. Traill, C. A. Goodchap, E. M. Betts, Vincent Dowling, Alex. 

 Mackellar, Harry Chisholm, Sir Adrian Knox, F. W. Wentworth, A. Busby, 

 George Lee, R. C. Allen, Ewan R. Frazer, A. Hooke, John McDonald, Hunter 

 White, E. A. M. Merewether, C. C. Stephen, Sir Samuel Hordern. T. A. Stirton, 

 F. A. Moses, Walter Brunton, George Main — the names of present Committee being 

 in italics. Mr. C. C. Stephen has held the position of Chairman since the 

 resignation of Sir Adrian Knox. He has proved himself a worthy successor 

 to the best Chairman the Club ever had. 



The Australian Jockey Club opens its Randwick season with what is 

 known as the Spring Meeting, held generally during the last days of September 

 and the first week in October. The racing is extended over four days. On 

 the first day of this meeting the A.J.C. Derby is decided. This race, which 

 is run over a mile and a half, is a classic event in which colts and geldings 

 are asked to carry 8 st. 10 lbs., while fillies get an allowance of 5 lbs. The 

 added money this year is 7,000 sovereigns, to which a sweepstake of 25 

 sovereigns from each starter is added. The breeder of the winner receives 

 250 sovereigns. 



The Spring Stakes, a weight-for-age event, IJ miles, involving 2,500 

 sovereigns, is another important race of this day, as well as the Epsom Han- 

 dicap, I mile, of 3,000 sovereigns. A considerable amount of antepost 

 wagering in connection with this race and the Metropolitan is indulged in 

 prior to the meeting. The second day's programme includes the latter race, 

 a handicap worth 6,000 sovereigns to the winner plus a sweepstake of 30 

 sovereigns for starters, the distance of which is one mile and five furlongs. 

 The first two-year-old race of the New South Wales racing season is the other 

 important event. The Breeders' Plate, 5 furlongs, of 2,000 sovereigns, is 

 reserved for colts, who are asked to carry 8 st. 5 lbs., and geldings 8 st. 2 lbs. 

 The Craven Plate, weight for age, 1^ miles, of 3,000 sovereigns, and the 

 Gimcrack Stakes, 5 furlongs, of 2,000 sovereigns, for two-year-old fillies, 

 form the attractive events of the third day; while on the last day's racing a 

 two-mile weight-for-age contest, known as the Randwick Plate, of 2,500 

 sovereigns, tests the stamina of the best. 



Four richly endowed jumping races are included in the Spring Meeting 

 programme. 



Two meetings are held by the Jockey Club in December — the Villier's 

 Stakes, a mile handicap; the December Stakes, 5 furlongs, involving 2,000 

 sovereigns, for two-year-olds; and the Summer Cup, a handicap of a mile 

 and five furlongs. A two-days' meeting is held in the January of each year at 

 which the Challenge Stakes, a six-furlong handicap, and the Anniversary 

 Handicap, 1 J miles, are decided, as well as a race over the hurdles on each 

 day; and the Adrian Knox Stakes, 1 mile, of 1,500 sovereigns, a set-weight 

 race for three-year-old fillies. 



