BREEDING HACKS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1938, Page 20

BREEDING HACKS.

SUBSIDISED STALLIONS.

COMMITTEE APPOINTED, i ______ (From Our Own Correspondent.) ' MATAMATA, Friday. A circular letter from the Racing , Conference which was read at the annual meeting of the Matamata A. and P. Association referred to the proposals to subsidise suitable stallions in each district with a view to improving the standard of hacks. ,It was intimated that Major-General Young would visit the district shortly, and it was hoped that a local committee would be set up to assist him. .

Mr. B. C. Taylor, the secretary, said that all racing clubs in the Dominion contributed to a fund to purchase stallions on a percentage basis. The Matamata Racing Club had set up a committee of three to assist, and the A. and P. Association was asked to do likewise.

Mr. J. Landells remarked that he believed the Government intended to purchase good horses and station them in various districts. He knew of no better district that the Waikato, where there were so many good brood mares. Mr. Taylor explained that the proposal meant that a farmer, provided he ■had a mare which ,complied with the regulations, would get the service of a stallion for about £4, instead of £20 as at present.

Mr. C. G. Payze said he had a copy of the regulations, and he understood the scheme was to subsidise entires in the district to the extent of £150. These would be limited in service.

Messrs. C. G. Payze, A. S. Thirlwall, and F. Downie were elected' to represent the Matamata A. and I\ Association on the committee.

The secretary stated that Messrs. E. Johnston, J. Clothier, and .T. Tims has been appointed to represent the Matamata Racing Club.