TROTTING TROPHIES

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 537, 22 May 1933, Page 4

TROTTING TROPHIES

PRESENTATION MADE BY 1 MINISTER OF fl LANDS m During Saturday afternoon theprM sident of the Rotorua Trotting CiaM Mr. L. C. Ryan, briefly addressed tbM public and expressed his thanis for* the generous- support given ' to tlfl meeting, specially mentioning -tj)9 owners and trainers, coupled with tlifl names of Mr. Wilfred Johnstone, aecM expressed the hope that nextyea^M the club would he able to ob'ainilfl perlnit for a totalisator. -fl The Hon. E. A. Ransom th'enpf^M sented the handsome cup, donated'tffl the club by Mr. J. Sheehan ofl Taupo, to the winner of the HinenicM Handicap, Mr. L. Hodgson. Irt tbe oih avoidahle absenCe Of the owiler, tbifl trophy was received by Mr. C, Morajfl the driver of Donum. ■ In presenting the trophy, MrjaiM som briefly said that he appreciafe^B the opportunity of being associafdB with the club, and congratulatedtbe^B on the enterprise shown in introda^H ing the sport of trotting to Eotort^B and giving .enjoyment to so many. said that he personally was not a ra^H iiig nlan, hut he dearly loved a goc^H horse, and derived great pleasure,^B watching them; he wbs delighted the horsemanship1 shown. There times in this mechanical age the horse was put irtto the badH ground, but the depression had us realise th'e value of the horse the community. I

. . In addition to the Hinemoa oum Mr. Ransom also presented to flM winher; of the Thermal Springs W a ' handsome canteen of cutlery, ated by 'Mr. and Mrs. H. of Hamilton. Mr. F. J. Smitn, owner of Guid Hairst received After Mr. Smith had respor,ded« hehalf of Mr. Hodgson, the pata« the club, Mr. C. H. Clinkard, !■ presented the other ti'ophies, comprised a whip donated by R. Byrne, of Rotorua, to* the.d« of the winner (Wiriwhata) of e^^M toiti Handicap, Mr. F. J. whip, donated by Mr. Thomas son, to the driver (also Mr. of Guid Hairst, the winner o« Thermal Springs Cup, and some clock, valued at S5, Mr. Hugh Galbraith, the winner of the Presiden cap, .Nell Volo, which also^ Mr. F. J. Smith. JM After the last race, Mrnresented Mr. G. Moran, of Edna Wol-thy with a ■ cutlery donated hy Mr. Erno, ,on behalf of the Tuhourangi^* for winning the Whakarwa^| Handicap. _