SPORTSMEN'S DEATH

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13937, 16 July 1919, Page 3

SPORTSMEN'S DEATH

1. Kefarence to tlie deaths' of - pix>mineinrt! isportsmeii was contained 5 in the aamiual 'report of tli& Thaones 1 Racing Club! 'Committee as follows: 1 Oxtr ddi seca^taay,, Mr. W. H. Potts, resigned ai'ter 25 years of r sea-vice on Ist October last, and Mr. - Jas. Renindok jas appointed hon. » seoretary as from January Ist last, I The Committee granted Mr. Potts a >;;' filuipeiraiirniuatiion !<alk>wanc© of half 1 I salairy, 'bub they regret that he only lived & few months to enjoy it. Mr. Potts was a gwd 1 faithful' servant, a,nd the Committee regret very much his loss. It is ■with feelings of the deepest regjret\ that the Committee also announce that one of^ our most esteemed) meimtfeirls, SSfr.«, Jias. T. Inglis, passed over the Great_ Divide on. the 6th inst. The late Mr. fhiglis was for many years a steward' and member of th© ■'Committee, being dhairm'an of both for six yea.rs. He was most 'zealous at all times in promoting the best interests; of the Chub, and coinductinigi its affairs, j amd iti was with much regret that ; at the last annual meeting 'the Com : mifctee receiived a oommunication, from him asking to be relieved from duty ■on account of failing health, a request that the Committee comA plied with, with milch regret, because : ,it i g not every: day a, Dlub <<r individual' meets such a whole*-heai-ted! coimrade as the' Me Mr. Inglisy ■ ; . ■ , , : .: . :