SPORTING

Evening Star, Issue 16784, 12 July 1918, Page 2

SPORTING

THE RACING CONFERENCE. The following remits were adopted by '" Racine; Conference, sitting at Welnngt i , vesterdnv : Fverv hcense issued, by a district comm'Uee'«bill, subiect to suspension or cnncellution. entitle the person therein named us trainer or jockey to train or tide las the ca=em:tvbolditv.ii K the toTm mentioned in the license.—l aranaki JockC If no'dividenckinnntoß ticket is taken «n the first horse, the dividend shall be iiid on the second borr-o oiny ; and it no dividend-winning ticket its taken on "be second horse the dividend shnllb« ,nid on the first horse only.—ins Pi° al dC D t i'«trict committee means i committee of a chairman and five members of tho committee o the ™etropolitnn club and of five delegates .to be eWpd bv the totalkator clubs m the metropolitan district. The c*airman "'„ C of the metropolitan club shall be' ex officio chnirmr.n of the districtcommittee ; five to form a quorum. —Stratford U.C- . If it be intended to run a horse m .hoes heavier than rac.ns plates, the ,„„ or trainer of- such horse mitst renoW the fact to the stewards prior to out.-The president (at the request of the Stipendiary Stewards Lorn"Even- club shall, during the month of \u-ust"of each year, forward to the secretory of the conference an audited bak „".,*,»<* showing the receipts and expenditure of the club during the pro■ious ycur.—The president, 1 prouosal declaring inehg.ble fov*t n as a d»legato to a- district committee a , id "official of any club was lost, as were t tions dealing with the crouch seat and rising the minimum weight from 6./ to 7 n ■ The conference authorised the issue of tn appeal to racing clubs asktntr them to t. K e pt to the use of their surplus iunds lor v loins and patriotic funds. Sir G. Clifford was re-elected president,, b services to racing being highly eulo--1-1 The members of the Dates Committee were re-elected. v r r -V M'Kellar was reappointed audttn,' .and' the Hon. O. Samuel was elected trustee.