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26-555: The club had its origin, following the collapse of the first S.A.J.C., in a meeting called in December 1869 by Sir J. H. Fisher , John Baker , E. Holland , Joseph Gilbert , John Morphett , John Crozier , H. R. Fuller , M.P., and W. W. Tuxford , and a subsequent race run at the "Old Adelaide Racecourse" by a group which included William Blackler , Seth Ferry , Gabriel Bennett , George Church, Dr. Robert Peel and Dr. Thomas Cawley on New Year's Day 1870 and substituting in part for

52-485: A home "Morialta", near Norton Summit , which served as Governor Sir William Jervois 's summer residence while Marble Hill was being built. John Baker died at "Morialta"; Isabella died in London. Mary Baker, who married Jacob Hagen , was a sister. His brother James Baker and brother-in-law Aeneas Allan were managers of several of their pastoral properties.   Halifax Street, Adelaide Halifax Street

78-542: A member of the new Legislative Council, winning the second largest vote. He served in the Council until 1861, and from 1863 until his death in 1872. He was Premier and chief secretary in the second South Australian ministry. While this lasted only 12 days, from 21 August to 1 September 1857, it ushered in an important agreement between the Council and the House of Assembly on the amendment of money bills. Baker took part in

104-490: A new co-lessee, John Pile. A provisional committee was formed to form a new Club: J. C. Bray, M.P., J. H. Gordon, M L.C.. Messrs. E. Ward, M.P., J. Pile, W. Blackler, J. McDonald, S. J. Whitmore. Gabriel Bennett, and Dr. O'Connell. In December 1888 the Licensed Victuallers' Racing Club (founded June 1888) joined with the rump of the A.R.C. to form a renewed Adelaide Racing Club with an additional 250 members, with

130-596: A prime mover.) In 1879 a 21-year lease on the "Old Adelaide Racecourse" in the East Parklands was secured from the Adelaide City Council on behalf of the Club, at peppercorn rental but with substantial obligations to effect improvements, by Bennett, Blackler, Ferry and Peel. In late 1879 use of a totalizator on South Australian racecourses was made legal, (or more precisely exempt from provisions of

156-506: A revaluation of his runs resulted in lower rents and he continued as a leading pastoralist . In 1869 he bred a thoroughbred race horse named Don Juan , that would go on to win the 1873 Melbourne Cup . Baker was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1851 to 1856, the first to be part elective, representing Mount Barker . When responsible government was established in 1857 he became

182-399: Is a street in the south-eastern sector of the centre of Adelaide , South Australia . It runs east–west between East Terrace and King William Street , crossing Hutt Street and Pulteney Street and passing through Hurtle Square . It was named after Sir Charles Wood (later Charles Wood, 1st Viscount Halifax ), British Member of Parliament for Halifax . Halifax Street is one of

208-493: The "tote" lost its exempt status, and attendance at race meetings fell away. Then South Australia entered a period of economic downturn, brought about by the drought of 1884–1886, and the racing industry suffered; the A.R.C. disproportionately so, and Blackler felt the time was ripe to cut their losses, and outlined a plan whereby the Council would resume the course and recompense the partners, as they were keen to extend Halifax Street through to Fullarton Road , which would have cut

234-595: The Cup, to the great enjoyment of the racegoing public, and the S.A.J.C. was admonished by the powerful V.R.C. The A.R.C. had been a considerable winner by the introduction of the Totalizator, more so than the S.A.J.C., who used their considerable influence in Parliament to have reduced the number of days the "tote" could legally be operated. This should have only affected the A.R.C., but the momentum thus created led to

260-843: The Gaming Act of 1875) and Seth Ferry purchased at the cost of £300 a "box tote", which he leased to the Club at some profit to himself. Between 1880 and April 1882 three of the lessees dropped out for various reasons, leaving only Blackler and Ferry. As a result of the General Meeting of 17 September 1881, William Gordon was appointed secretary. Stewards elected were: H. E. Downer , M.P., W. Cavanagh, P. B. Coglin , R. Ingleby, Q.C., W. F. Stock, H. J. Morris, E. G. Blackmore, John Pile , H. Hughes, J. Bennett, William Blackler, Seth Ferry, Dr. Cawley, W. E. Ford. J. Cowan, and R. T. Moore; judges: William Blackler and J. Cowan; starter: Seth Ferry; race secretaries, John Harvey and W. Gordon. During

286-479: The S.A.J.C.'s customary three-day Summer Meeting. Around the same time, Bennett, Blackler, Ferry and Peel secured, with a right to enclose 15 acres (6.1 ha) and charge admission, the lease of the Old Course, and several successful events were held there in each of the following three years. In October 1879 a meeting held to formalize a Club decided to adopt a modified version of Victorian Racing Club rules;

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312-472: The State was affected. A case in point was the disqualification of the horse Mata by the V.R.C. , which they notified to the S.A.J.C., but who perversely refrained from passing on the information. By the time the A.R.C. found this out, from a newspaper item, Mata had been accepted to run in the 1881 Adelaide (Queen's) Birthday Cup. They refused to scratch the horse, no doubt to needle their antagonist, and Mata won

338-669: The Totalizator Repeal Act of 1883, and the S.A.J.C.'s subsequent insolvency, another case of "biting off one's nose to spite the face". Numerous attempts were made to amalgamate the S.A.J.C. and the A.R.C.: The neighbouring colony of Victoria had a similar history of two competing thoroughbred racing clubs, but theirs was resolved in 1863 with the formation of the Victoria Racing Club under secretary R. C. Bagot . John Baker (Australian politician) John Baker (28 December 1813 – 19 May 1872)

364-573: The Victuallers' committee augmented by W. Robertson, John Pile, S. R. Wilson , and R. C. Cornish. S. R. Heseltine , a wine and spirit merchant, was appointed to the committee in February 1891, and in July 1893 he became secretary, a position he treated as a full-time responsibility, having relinquished his business interests before taking it on. For 16 years he had a close working relationship with

390-418: The club chairman W. B. Carr, the two being largely responsible for the club's revival in the eyes of the public. Heseltine died in 1920 and was succeeded by Hiram Wentworth Varley (died 1927), then in 1927 by Heseltine's son, also named Samuel Richard Heseltine. Rivalry between the A.R.C. and the S.A.J.C. was for some time quite intense, and at one stage deteriorated to such an extent that operation of racing in

416-485: The committee to consist of the four lessees plus three elected members: G. Church, Henry Hughes, and W. F. Stock were proposed and elected unanimously. C. J. Coates, a tireless worker for the sport, was absent through illness. (Charles James Coates (6 January 1820 – 9 October 1889), a longtime secretary of the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society and outgoing secretary of the S.A.J.C. has been cited as

442-490: The course in two. Ferry strongly disagreed, and there began the split between the two partners, which became quite bitter, at times to the point of farce. What followed was a few years of low-key meetings run by Ferry — sufficient to satisfy the Council's requirements, but with modest stake money, consequently races with few starters dominated by Ferry's own stable, and poor attendance. Ladies in particular by this time preferred to be seen at Morphettville. On 11 October 1888, with

468-533: The economy on the rebound and the totalizator on the verge of becoming lawful, a meeting of interested sportsmen held at the Globe Hotel resolved to re-form the Club once more. A steering committee consisting of Ebenezer Ward , M.P., J. MacDonald, and Samuel James Whitmore was formed. In November 1888 the Blacklers agreed to take over the lease and the Club's debts to Ferry, assessed as £2,500, and brought in

494-628: The first thoroughbred mare and stallion brought into the colony. In 1850 he became a justice of the peace , a special magistrate and a director of the Savings Bank, and helped found and became first chairman of the South Australian Chamber of Commerce . Over the next decade he further developed his pastoral interests. In 1863 he bought Terlinga , having previously sold many of his leases, and made it his head station. The severe drought of 1864-65 drastically reduced his stock, but

520-659: The following six months several committeemen dropped out, alarmed at the club's ballooning financial liability, leaving the committee short of the quorum necessary to appoint replacements and powerless. The remedy resorted to was to re-form the Club, with the following elected pro tem : Stewards: J. Pile, H. Hughes, J.P., W. Cavenagh, J.P., P. B. Coglin, J.P., J. Crozier, H.T. Morris, J.P., J. A. Ellery, Dr. Cawley, and Messrs. W. E. Ford and J. E. Robertson. Committee: Messrs. H. E. Downer, M.P., S. Ferry, T. L. Cottrell, W. A. Blackler, W. Blackler, P. F. Bonnin, B. T. Moore, and W. Moorhouse. Bookmakers were charged 10 guineas to operate on

546-472: The grounds. In 1883 a Melbourne "bookie", Joe "Leviathan" Thompson , refused to pay this charge, and sued the lessees for being refused admission. He won, but it was a Pyrrhic victory , costing both parties thousands of pounds . Thompson's true target may have been the totalizator, not the right of the lessees to charge entrance fees. The council, whose lease contract was found to be wrong in law, promptly rewrote it with allowable charges specified. In mid-1883

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572-720: The intermediate-width streets of the Adelaide grid, at 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 chains (99 ft; 30 m) wide. Circa 1844 Halifax Street became the location of one of Adelaide's first breweries, founded by William Henry Clark who later built a flour mill close by. The brewery and mill were sited on city acres 564 and 603 between Halifax and Gilles streets which, from 1909 to 1950, housed Adelaide's rubbish incinerator. [REDACTED] Australian Roads portal 34°55′57″S 138°36′33″E  /  34.9325°S 138.6093°E  / -34.9325; 138.6093 This Australian road or road transport-related article

598-652: The new settlement at Adelaide and in the following year returned and took up land in South Australia. In partnership with the South Australian Company he imported large numbers of sheep from Tasmania. By late 1840 he owned horses, cattle and four thousand sheep, and was a director of the Adelaide Auction Co., associated with Jacob Hagen in that and other business ventures. He founded a racing stud based on Falklandina and Actaeon,

624-634: The selection of the site of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and was later a trustee. He was three times president of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. In 1854 he helped form a volunteer company of mounted rifles, later becoming a lieutenant-colonel in the force, in which he served until it was disbanded in 1868. He also ran a racing stud. He

650-646: Was an early South Australian pastoralist and politician. He was the second Premier of the colony of South Australia, succeeding Boyle Travers Finniss ; however, he only held office for 12 days from 21 August to 1 September 1857 before being succeeded by the third Premier of the colony , Robert Torrens . John Baker was born at Ilminster in Somerset , England, on 28 December 1813 to Richard Chaffey Baker and his wife Mary, née Anstice (c. 1885 – 24 August 1849). He emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1838, and married Isabella Allan on 7 June 1838. In 1838 Baker visited

676-572: Was for a time treasurer of Adelaide's Unitarian Christian Church , and on 23 December 1856 laid the foundation stone of the church building on Wakefield Street opposite St Francis Xavier's Cathedral . John Baker (1813–1872) married Isabella Allan (24 July 1819 – 6 April 1908) on 7 June 1838 in Allanvale, Tasmania . She was a daughter of Isabella Allan (died 1871) and George Allan of "Allan Vale", Launceston, Tasmania , and later "Allan Vale", near Geelong, Victoria . Their family included: They had

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