TROTTING

Evening Star, Issue 17767, 15 September 1921, Page 9

TROTTING

ST. QUENTIN’S DISQUALIFICATION REMOVED. [Spzciai, to teii 1 Stab.'l CHRISTCHURCH, September 14. At a meeting of tho New Zealand .trotling Association to-day Mr Samson reported that ho had held an inquiry in Timaru regarding the horse St. Quentin, the disqualification of wind! T. Cirrodiw had asked the board to remove. Ho said that aa fat aa he could learn J. J.-U>ttpr had nothing whatever to do with the horse at tho time Carrndus bought him, and ha was informed that Cairo cl us would not have bought tho horso hut for tho s*anee that'he waa free from his disqualification. , , It was decided that, owing to the excepCcnal circumstances surrounding the purchase of St. Quentin by T. Can-orbs tho disqualification of that horso bo removed. It was decided that in future oases of automatic disqualification tho names of horses owned by tho disqualified person should he published. An application frora<,J. J. Cotter for the removal of his. disqualification was de-, dined. A QUESTION OF HANDICAPPING. Mr Nicoll asked a question in reference to a circular issued by tho association a considerable time ago, in which it was hid down that distance handicaps should he framed on the basis of 12yds to the second. Handicnppers were under the impression that thov must not depart .from ihe 12vds basis; but some chibs wished to know whether they could not split the seconds, and make a difference of_ 6yds if they desired.—Tho President said it was quite "competent for handicappora to make a difference of 6yds if they so desired, ami they could frame their handicaps accordingly, .provided they worked on multiples of six. DESCRIPTIONS OF SHIPPED HORSES. The Forbury Park pub wrote asking whether payment was intended for taking descriptions' of horses shipped to Australia-. . . „ .Mr Selig said tho Licensing Committee had taken steps about horses which were being spirited away, and they had done their best to secure descriptions. It-was a most important subject. Another member said the Stock Department kept records of all horses shipped. Air Denton said a number of horses left New Zealand ..and the - Stock Department knew nothing about them. A deputation was appointed to interview tho Minister of Agriculture (tho Hon. W. Nosworthy) on the subject. TROTTING EVENTS ON RACING

e PROGRAMMES. Dealing ■with the question of trotting events on racing club’s programmes, the president (Mr Selig) said there seemed to be some misunderstanding between the chairman of the Racing Conference and the chairman of the Trotting Conference in reference to the agreement arrived at. According to the report of the Racing Conference, Sir George Clifford held the view that there was to be no increase in the number of trotting events beyond that at present permitted, but in a letter received from Mr Rowe he said that he did not consider they could make any conditions binding on new clubs. ' Mr Rowe, however, said ho had agreed that the Trotting Association would not make any stipulation regarding the amount of stakes to he offered. Mr Selig said that the Trotting Conference could only bind the Trot-i ting Association by any resolutions passed at "the meeting of the chibs’' representatives : but if such an agreement had been made they would naturally be expectedf-o honor it. At the samo time he would like to point out that the rules of racing permitted racing clubs to give as the stakes for trotting events an amount equal to the average of the whole of the stakes, whereas it was suggested by the Trotting Association that in calculating the average the principal race should be excluded. Mr Kltchingham said he could not help noticing when looking through the Geraldine.,. lists that the, nominations for the trotting events were practically equal "to t hoi£ lor the whole of the galloping events. He (bought they should pass a rule 9 in.«istinc that the stakes for trotting events should he equal to the average of the galloping races, leaving the principal event out of consideration. He moved in that direction. Mr Williams suggested that it would bo advisable for the representatives of the association to dismiss matters with the president of the Racing Conference ’before pairin'? such a resolution ns was proposed. Mr Nicqll raid it would be much better if such a resolution were sent out to the racing chibs by the Racing Conference than by the Trotting Association. Eventually it was” agreed to pass_ the programme referred to as a matter of urgency and without prejudice to any future action, and that the president and Mr Kitchingham should wait on Sir George Clifford to discuss the position • with him. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. _ Mr P. Selig was re-elected president. Mr H. F. Nicoll was re-elected vice-presi-dent, and Mr J. H. Williams was reelected treasurer.