COURSING ASSOCIATION

Evening Star, Issue 16821, 24 August 1918, Page 5

COURSING ASSOCIATION

0 A meeting of tho council of the National Coursing Association of New Zealand: was held last c /eniug in tlxe office of tho secretary (Mr 11. Divers). Tho president (Mr B. *S. Irwin) occupied -the chair. The Chairman said that a. report had been received by the council from Australia covering tho proceedings of the conference held at Sydney on July 3. An Australasian Union had bean formed at that conference. The States still standing out were Victoria, South. Australia, aaid Tasmania. Tho axgumeaitss at tho conference seemed to havo been largely in favor of the union. The chairman considered that it was only a. question of time when tho other States would join up The New Zealand Council were represented by Mr Martin Taylor, of Auckland. Ho was of the opinion that the union would do a good work. A number of dogs were always passing from Australia, and Neiv Zealand, and without such a union complete record of the dogs could inot bo very well kept. Besides, it was Now Zealand's ambition to have an Australasian Waterloo hold in the Dominion, which would .assist to popularise the sport.—The council expressed pleasure at tlio formation of the union, and appreciation of Mr Taylor's .services at the meeting. It wa-s resolved to inform tho Selv.yn Club that tho dog Safeguard was registered; that if there was a dispute as to ownership the disputants bad their remedy; and that the .Sel'.vyii committee did right in allowing the dog to compete under " n.s. - ' Mr R. Coombe.s, of Sydney, who was chairman of tho recent conference, writing on July 10, said that tho first Australasian Waterloo Cup would be run in 1919 in New iSouth Wales. Ho mentioned that New Zealand's turn to hold such a meeting would come in due course. It waa intimated that th-o Southland ■ Coursing Club had boon disbaadod. It was .r€*iolved to write to the Woodlands Club pointing out tho inadvisahility of allowing unregistered- dogs Ut compete w-t any meeting. The folluwicg resolution was pub to the meeti«g and. oa-Tried :—" That tlio secretary write to the Selwyn Giub to ascertain if the club intended to a.sk for the Waterloo next year, as recommended by the conference, and that, if not, applications be called for tho same.'' Mr lYaser Smith, of Hamilton, a, vicepresident of the association, was welcomed to tho meeting.