SHEEP-DOG TRIALS.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 May 1922, Page 8

SHEEP-DOG TRIALS.

EGMONT CLUB. The twenty-first annual general meeting of this club was held on Saturday last, when a large number of. members were present, Mr. J. H. Baker, the president, being in the chair. The secretary reported that after payment of a few accounts, amounting to £3 2s 6d, the balance in hand was £36 19s Bd, a position on which the club were to be congratulated. There were also a few items still to come in which would bring the balance up to about £4O.

It was decided that the club donate £1 Is to the memorial fund" inaugurated by the association to perpetuate the memory of the late Mr. Donald McDonald.

In re-electing the president (Mr. J. H. Baker), the meeting paid a well-deserved tribute to that gentleman, who has been a member of the club since its Inception, and who has worked so hard to place the club in its present satisfactory position. Mr. Baker, in again accepting office, said that he felt honored to occupy the position, and recalled some previous annual meetings which had not been so satisfactory as the present one, as some of those present could testify, they having had to pass the hat round on several occasions to make up deficiencies which they, happily, had not to do now. He felt that the club had a very successful future before it. Mr. E. A. Nixon, Mr. A. L. Campbell and Mr. Baker paid welldeserved tributes to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hicks, who have for many years done a great deal to help the club, often under most unfavorable conditions, and they thought that as a mark of appreciation the club should appoint both Mr. and Mrs. Hicks life members, a suggestion which was heartily endorsed by all present, who carried the motion with acclamation.

The club having decided to hold a trial during tlie Winter Show week, the following prizes were provided for competition: First, £2O; second, £8; third, £5; fourth, £2: and a special prize of £5 for the man scoring most points who has never won a first prize in an open event. The Agricultural and Pastoral Association has kindly agreed to the trials being run on the show grounds, and full details will be published in connection with the Winter Show.

On behalf of the club, the president thanked the secretary, Mr. Tiddy, for the way in which he had carried out his duties, and the meeting voted liim a handsome cheque as a mark of its appreciation. The following officers were elected: Patron, Mr. B. C. Lysaght; president, Mr. J. H. Baker; vice-presidents, Messrs. L. Bremer, Cecil Hawken, A. T. Mills, A. Hunter, R. W. Bremer, J. Best, A. L. Campbell, A. Larcom, W. Snowden, Jas. Stevenson, T. McPhillips, E. Long, J. Quin. H. Best, J. S. McKay, E. T. Burke, T. Foreman; committee, Messrs. J. R. Corrigan, M. M. Scott, J. Lind, P. H. Tocker, J. Young, O. J. Dunlop, E. A. Nixon, L. S. Barraclough, H. R. Scott, J P<nvken, P. J. Clout, B. Robertson, A. J. Corrigan, I’’.. Tilly, B. Saunders, u. A. Burke J A. Hansen, Alec. Mitchell. Jack Peterson, Jack Daley, J. H. Foreman, and M. Condon; hon. treasurer, Mr. J. G. Nichol; time-keeper, Mr. R. Hicks; flag steward, Mr. A. L. Campbell ; dog steward, Mr. C. Armstrong; hon. secretary, Mr. J. F. Tiddy, Box 2, Hawera; assistant secretary, Mr. Joe Lloyd.