LATE MR. O. S. WATKINS
The great service rendered by the late Mr. O. S. Watkins to racing in general, and to the Wellington Racing Club in particular, was referred to by: the president (Mr. E. L. Riddiford) in moving at yesterday's annual meeting of members that Mrs. Watkins be elected a life member of the club, a resolution that was adopted unanimously. ''Of the late Mr. Watkins's work over a long period of years, culminating in his holding the office of president of the New Zealand Racing Conference, there is no need for me to, speak at this meeting. What Ido wish to refer to is his devotion to the. Wellington Racing Club, and his unfailing interest in the course itself—it is not too much to say that he loved every inch of it. Trentham today, and its reputation as one of the best-equipped courses in the Southern Hemisphere, is the best monument he could have. As a further tribute to his memory, the club has named the principal event on the second day of the Spring Meeting the Watkins Handicap."
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Evening Post, Issue 66, 15 September 1936, Page 13
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