RACING CONFERENCE

Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1924, Page 1

RACING CONFERENCE

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WELLINGTON. July 10.

At the Racing Conference the report of the Stipendiary Stewards stated that the management and control of race meetings during the past seasun continued to show a decided improvement. Kifieieiit control ol the jockeys' room was, however, still lax. The evils of the clubs continiiig to accept the entry of unruly, vicious or imperfectly broken horses still demanded special reference. Some decided action should he taken to obviate this evil. The committee suggest that a new rule in racing he adopted, to provide that in the ease ol a vicious dangerous or unruly horse, a stipendiary steward shall report such a horse to the .Indicia! Committee for enquiry, and on its recommendation, a District Committee may decide to place the unruly horse in a list debarring such horse from entry for such period it may consider necessary. Any horse placed in such a list may he permitted to run out it-- engagements, if any.

The Dates Committee submitted a report fixing the dates of racing for the coining year, and drawing the attention of Marlborough, Nelson, Westland. Reel ton, Kuniara, Westport and (■'reyinoutil clubs In the ndvisibility of establishing a circuit of dates for the autumn meetings of those clubs, and suggested that next year delegates IronT such clubs wait oil the Committee with a view to arriving at a more satisfactory arangemeiit than exists

ill present. "We have found Mint fields at those races are always small, and that there have been onlv a small number of joekeys engaged." said -Mr C. Gotih.* (C'anterhitry i in moving that weight for prescribed steeple, hurdle races. Hat races at totalisator meetings as welter weights should be nine stone minimum. ••There was,'’ he said, "a shook reason to belivo that tlies races had not been ridden fairly. ’ ihc motion was carried. The Auckland remit was carried that all winnings shall be paid over and delivered respectively within fourteen days alter the conclusion ot the nicotine. unless an inquiry affecting I hem shall be pending. A proposal emanating from the Alanawattt filth lo the effect, that a District Committee should elect its own diairman was lost. It was resolved that no certificate of resist ration should be -ranted or issued to any club, the course 01 which is situated within twenty miles of the course of any registered duo, hunt, polo, and spurts' dubs are excepted. .' The Conference dedded against a, motion that no tote, license be granted any course where the ialso rail was placed inside the track. The expiry of joint interest must he notified in the official calendar. _ Various amendments in connection with making application for trainers jockeys' and apprentices' licenses were agreed to. A motion to limit body deadweight carried by jockeys to 71b was lost, j \ motion to give district councillors power to deal with appeals from disqualifications was carried. Hides as to procedure to remain unaltered. - Regulations regarding changes of ownership were amended, as were the regulations dealing with the administration of district trust fluids. . ft was decided to ask the Minister to assist clubs re copyrighting race cards so as to prevent piracy. • Sir George Clifford was re-elected President.