THE OFFICIAL CALENDAR OF TliF WELLINGTON RACING CLUB. rpilE New Zkat.anp Mail has been appoin _l ted the Official Calendar for the publi cation of all programmes in the District of Wellington, in terms of Rule 17 of the Rules of Racing. Rule 17 reads“ The programme of each meeting n which the added money is £IOO or upwards must be advertised in full once at least in the Oilicial Calendar. The advertise ment shall show that the programme has been approved by the .lockey Club, shall state the days on which the meeting is to begin and end, and the names of the stewards, judge, starter, clerk of the scales and handicapper. All notifications for the future published in this column are so published under the authority of the Wellington Racing Club, and are binding on country clubs and others, an ho must therefore duly note the same. PROGRAMMES PASSED : Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club —March 10th Otaki Maori Racing Club--May 24th Wairarapa Racing Club— March 24th and 20th. DISQUALIFICATION. Adam McMorran, disqualified by the Wel lington Racing Club for life, and warned off all Racecourses where the Metropolitan Rules are in force, for striking the rider of Jacob across the head while riding in the Second Hurdle Handicap at the Wellington Racing Club’s Soring Meeting, November 18th, 181)3. LICENSES. The following New Rules, passed as under by the Conference held in November, 18112, came into force on the Ist August, 181)3. Trainers, jockeys, and apprentices must make application at once. RULE 107 a. The Metropolitan Jockey Clubs shall issue annual licenses to trainers, jockeys, and apprentices. Only holders of such licenses shall be qualified to train or ride , under tlio “ Rules of Racing,” except that an apprentice may for one month after the date of his first mount in public ride races without holding a license. “Ap prentice” shall mean any lad employed m a training stable who has not previously ridden in public. The fee payable for a trainer’s license shall be two pounds, for a jockey’s license one pound, and for an apprentice’s license ten shillings. 3 On application for a license the applicant shall forward to the Secretary of the Metropolitan Club of the district in which lie resides the necessary fee, together with his full name and address. 