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TROTTING Four Remits On Filling Executive Vacancies

A new method of filling a vacancy on the executive caused by the resignation of a member before his term of office expires is almost certain to be decided at the annual meeting of the Trotting Conference in Auckland on Tuesday.

Four of the 11 remits to be discussed cover the subject. The changes are proposed after the election by the executive of Mr J. G, Barnes, of Dunedin, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr J. E. Farrell, of Oamaru. Some felt that the executive should have replaced Mr Farrell by the candidate polling the highest number of votes among those unsuccessful in a ballot for South Island seats at the last election. Mr Barnes had not been a candidate. The Reefton, Invercargill, Marlborough and Nelson clubs will sponsor remits seeking to alter Rule 46 covering the filling of vacancies on the executive. The Nelson remit is unlikely to find much support, and a combination of parts of the other three could provide the most satisfactory solution. Whatever happens it is almost certain that vacancies will in future be filled by calling nominations and holding elections, if necessary. No opposition should be encountered by the Ashburton club when it sponsors a remit seeking to allow a person to apply for an amateur training licence within one year of having relinquished a professional licence. At present a ban of five years applies. Some difference of opinion is expected when the remit, sponsored by the executive, to allow two-year-old races to

be held from the start of the season instead of from October 1, as at present is put forward.

able in the north. As an encouragement to breeders and owners to race horses at two years, clubs should provide a minimum stake of £5OO. This suggestion applies to those clubs racing at Addington Raceway as much as to those in the North Island.

The remit is being brought forward at the instigation of North Island interests. There will be solid arguments against it, if only on the ground that no club in recent years has raced two-year-olds in October. The standard of two-year-old racing in the North Island when racing has started in February has been of very mixed quality. Such races are unlikely to be of much value to clubs already struggling to maintain turnover, especially in the spring. It has been claimed that there are more races for two-year-olds in the South Island than in the North Island. Usually this may be correct, but there were more races in the north during the current season.

An extension of the right of re-entry to cover all handicap marks will be proposed by the Auckland club. This is unlikely to arouse any controversy. The executive will seek to have approved the introduction of artificial insemination, subject to certain require ments being observed by studmasters. Already there are differing views on this subject and the remit is unlikely to be passed without debate.

A means of ending the unsatisfactory position of reassessments after a winner returning a positive swab is suggested in a remit to be sponsored by the Wellington club. The remit suggests that, if on the final determination of an inquiry and appeal, any horse is disqualified, only half of the original stake shall be paid to the horse which is promoted, the other half to go to the conference.

In galloping there has been a tendency away from early September races for two-year-olds, especially as most horses do not actually reach that age until October. In America, too, races for juveniles do not start until late April or May, from four to five months after the start of the season. Even then, horses are claimed to be affected adversely by early two-year-old racing. More than 100 horses have been purchased in New Zealand in the last 12 months to help fill fields in races for aged horses.

At present the horse finishing second to a horse returning a positive swab is regarded as the winner until all hearings have been completed. Under the proposed change, no horse would be reassessed.

If, as seems possible, this remit is passed, it is to be hoped that North Island clubs will at least provide worthwhile stakes for two-year-olds. At present too many stakes of from £250 to £350 are avail-

A similar remit was proposed by the executive in 1962 when the annual meeting of the conference was held in Wanganui. On htat occasion it was defeated.

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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31107, 9 July 1966, Page 7

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TROTTING Four Remits On Filling Executive Vacancies Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31107, 9 July 1966, Page 7

TROTTING Four Remits On Filling Executive Vacancies Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31107, 9 July 1966, Page 7

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