The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
The Wairarapa Lower Yalley Racing Club
The Wairarapa Lower Yalley Racing Club, Martinborough, has a large membership, and possesses a freehold racecourse of one hundred acres, on which a commodious grandstand is erected. Annual meetings are held on Boxing Day, large stakes being given. The officers (1896) were :— Messrs. W. C. Buchanan, M.H.R. (president), T. F. Evans (secretary), and John Gallie (treasurer).