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AUSTRALIAN PATRONAGE HOLDS UP. It was only to be expected that the recent Australian Jockey Clubs Spring Meeting would not be as well patronized as that of last- year, but apart from Derby Day the decrease was not as great as anticipated. At the Australian Jockey Clubs annual meeting" of members a falling off i:i the revenue from admission fees to the course was forecasted by the chairman, but it was not reckoned it would be sufficiently great to necessitate retrenchment in prize-money next season. Without being actually official, the following figures can be accepted as approximately correct: First day 42.500 Second day 40r.00 Third day 18,000 Fourth day 21.500 Total 13 1,500 An average of .".2.875 .a day is satisfactory, to say the. least,, and . if returns continue lip to" that standard owners need have little fear of any possibility of the Australian Jockey Club cutting down prjze-njouev, Syqnuv Referee,
