UNRULY HORSES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 162, 10 July 1936, Page 12

UNRULY HORSES.

POWERS OF STARTERS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. During the course of his address at the annual meeting of the New Zealand Racing Conference at Wellington this morning the president referred to the powers of starters. He said that the executive committee had determined that the starter of a race shall exercise the power conferred upon him under rule 280 (2) of the rules of racing by placing in any position he might think proper in the rear of the field, or on the outside of hurdles placed on the outside of the field, any horse which, in his opinion, was likely, through misbehaviour or fractiousness, to prevent a fair start, or any horse which, by its behaviour after the horses were drawn up, unduly delays the start. All clubs had been advised to instruct their starters accordingly, and the stipendiary stewards were required to report to the executive committee any starter who failed to strictly carry out the powers conferred upon him. In their own interests, and to prevent injuries and annoyance to others, it was hoped that starters would not hesitate in future to be firm and decisive in carrying out their obvious duty in this very important detail.