WITH JUSTIFICATION ?

NZ Truth, Issue 1183, 2 August 1928, Page 11

WITH JUSTIFICATION ?

Grievance Over Representation

On The Conference

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Commissioner.)

WHEN the Auckland Bacirig Club failed to secure direct representation on the N.Z. Racing 1 Conference at the annual meeting, held on July 13 at Christchurch, keen surprise was expressed m racing circles. .■

WHAT the outcome will be is hard to itself from the N.Z. Racing Conferimagine, but the general impres- ence and conducting its own affairs by • sion up north is that, when the the formation of a separate body, but A.R.C. annual meeting is held, this there surely was not much foundation month, strong objection will be '.forth- for such belief? *•■ coming over the incident/- and ©nthu- i_ __„ a „,,-l, « - nmn | a »a Soteffn^T^ afe anXiOliSly aWaitlng brl^^ay C w^u.d S ; c C LeIy C 3 le S It does appear ridiculous that a club im P rove mattdrs. such as the A.R;C., which can lay N °t that the Auckland province claim to distributing the largest could not carry on by itself, though, * amount m stakes, commands the great- As a matter of fact, it is strong and est totalisator turnover , and attend- capable enough to do so, and . if that ances, boasts the heaviest pay-roll, and 8te P were taken, there would probably which provides the greatest amount m c m ore consistency allowed mat least taxation, etc., for the Treasury, should one section of the racing community, have ho representation on the execu- Nevertheless, there is no general tive of the governing body of ' the Con- desire for such drastic action, for it ference. may not pan out too satisfactory m all departments of the sport. . However, if such happens to tU forced on the north by anything 1 m tBO nature of partiality shown Again** northern clubs deserving of recognition, no one could seriously blame, the Auckland, province for safeguarding its own interests and taking steps to place itself m a more prominent- spot on the racing map. In the meantime, much curiosity is being evinced over the nature of the remarks to be made at the annual meeting of the A.R.C. regarding its non-representation on the executive body of the Conference. JJntil ,then, the minds of leading A.R.C. officials will not be disclosed.

It certainly seems a just grievance. It is time that the North, where more progress is being made with racing than m any part of the Dominion, has one country representative on the, main body, but direct representation or what is generally regarded as the most important racing club m the land would have been preferred, and if friction is caused, then those responsible for the election of the Conference executive have themselves to blame. Some time agro, there were rumors afloat that the . Auckland province would be found In favor of severing