N.Z. COUNTRY RACING CLUB’S ASSOCIATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3528, 15 July 1920, Page 6

N.Z. COUNTRY RACING CLUB’S ASSOCIATION.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE.

WELLINGTON, July 13

The annual conference» of the New Zu:ll:md Cmmtl'y Racing Clubs’ Asso~ elation was held to-night. Mr A. Bruce (Thames) presided over a large uttcenclancc.

The annual report of the executive stated that although the sport generally had been good during the year “thcre was a. rift in the lute,” occasioned by the resti‘-iction of racing days no less 1119.111 cxiste('f”priol' to l9lo,not\\'itll.<t:indillg that the population had eonsidL‘l'al)ly increased. and new (listricts had been opened up and largely settled. Legislation had been preparml. under the in"stl'uction of the execulive having fox‘ its object the restoralion of the number of racing days, and pl'()V'i<iillg eight days for hunt clubs, so that the 16 hunt clubs licensed bi: :nnmully to use Hae;to’ralis:Ltol' might have tumuul licenses. The executive considered Lhaf as 51. incims of hreukiiig up the. b(mki.¢:ll~:ilig f\l'atel'nity, The d:;::l.~h_~ to'r:ilis::tc;' machine should he i'eir.frm‘luc.(.-ii and given a trial. “TIIOSOI gentry give credit,” said the reporlz, “and cases of mnbozzlemont. hawe been tl':l(3e4'l to threats made by book—nl:lkoi'S to (‘.\']m.<e 11 "poor Victim.‘ fo‘. his emp!oy(=r.<. if would beiin the best inferosfx of racing and the morals of the connnunity if hookmaking were driven our of New Zezilund. ' The report was zulopted. 11 \\'us' «lCc.i(|ed ho I‘-o(‘,()lHl}lGlH,i f 0 Hm l-I:u»in;_:; (.‘mlt'ererl«:.c that district' I.vc.~iniliitl«»e.s- .<i:-ouhl i,.<Su(- li<:eiisos, but lit-'v uonnnifli-0 shouhl issiu: kl. license ‘to any p('r.s'on who ililli been 1'(-'.*f11.s'(‘d it ii('en.<e by any other <li.<tl‘iv'i‘ (‘Ommitten. ‘ '1“-H‘ <'onl'<‘|':-il<'(- r«\.~'.nl\'(‘ni in 11i';_{o Hl2ll‘.\ur*|~'.:':ln:l I-.':~<:in'g (Jlub and <f‘n.lizt'el'l)lll'y Jacki-_\' (‘Juli should be asked to eliminuh‘ p(--n::H.i(*.’\‘ I"|'om (“up m'eilfs. Mr H. »‘i?_f‘2|.l'i ('.lia\\'l(v’.~' B:1_\'). I‘2iiso(l 1121' qllt!>'tion of ])l'(‘h'.\'ill§_f l'nr-improve» |ll(‘lH.\‘ in horse il().\'l‘H pi'ov.i4l(‘('l on the l'il”\\'-‘l,_\’S. Ho Siliti that Hie boxes .~.honl«’l iii,‘ lit by (*i(‘4'i'J'i(,'lf_\f or some Mitt-r methml H:-nu ('XlSt(‘(l :11 prostzmf. uni! :Iwovxilx|r;:l:ltion for ultomlnnts should be inlpl'n\—'<-«I. H \\':l.< resolved f 0 mention the Il—l‘}-Lift)!‘ when :1 (i('puf:l- - [’ro'm the «*onffe.l'ell(:e \\’uit.~' on the .l’rin‘w .\l‘ini.~'l<_'r I'o-morrow. WTi('t‘l's were eli-ol'e(l us I’olio\vsI’i'e<i(l(.‘nl‘. Mr .-\. Bru<-lo; \'i<-(-rpl'(~.<irl«-wit, W. -I'. l*J\':ms ('\VesH2ln(l)? iixe-.eut.iVe, Hon. J’). W. Alison ('.l.‘zlkaplln:l), Ti. H. H:l_Vi' (,“\V(H‘l(i2li(‘,)’ .T_ H. Finney Nel l son); and R. P{lt(‘l';~‘,(‘m (Wo.s‘tpol't).