PRESIDENT AGAIN

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 9, 10 July 1935, Page 13

PRESIDENT AGAIN

TRIBUTES TO MR. H. F. NICOLL

Tributes to Mr. H. F. Nicoll, of Ashburton in his capacity as president of ■the New Zealand Trotting Conference; were paid at the conference held today Ho was re-elected unanimously. In tanking, delegates, Mr. mentioned that the year marked his fat-, leenth as president and that at the end of the term he may not, seek re-elec-U°Mr B S Irwin (Dunedin), who proposed Mr. Nicoll's re-election, express, ed the hope that Mr. Nicoll would long continue to grace the position. __ In the course of his reply, Mr.- Nicoll said he thought the sport of trotting was exceptionally fortunate in its administrative officers, not only the jxecutive but also the conference delegates. Trotting had taken up. a great deal of time, perhaps tpo much. He had started in 1893 by buying a horse, and his association with the sport had always been of great happiness to him and also a great recreation. New Zealand he believed, led the . world in trotting. Today trotting was as much a social event as racing.

Mr. Irwin was re-elected vice-presi-dent, and his qualifications and service to the sport were eulogised by the president. The Hon. W. Perry, M.L.C., said that although fMr. Nicoll had said that he might not be seeking re-election at the end of the year, he thought that the conference would not be prepared to consider his relinquishing office until ten years hence.