THE RAGING CONFERENCE AT WELLINGTON.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8630, 28 July 1891, Page 5

THE RAGING CONFERENCE AT WELLINGTON.

The full minutes of the conference of delegates held recently at Wellington are now to hand. These show ; that the motion dealing, with the registration of partnerships.wnicli had been passed at the second sitting, had very harrow shave of being rescinded, and it was only by the casting vote of the chairman ; that the rule was retained. However, it was ' subsequently resolved that the , words " Notice of all such registrations shall immediately be sent to all metropolitan clubs" be struck out of the rule, and in lieu thereof the following words > inserted: —" Such registration shall be communicated to the secretary of any metropolitan club who shall by direction of his committee or stewards require the same." :' , '' i '■":''■ ■'.'.', '■'■.:' ■■' ":" ""■ '"''-'*"■'■:'', i'*" I • - The following motion was also carried:— "That the Conference having their attention called to programmes ; iasued by Trotting j Clubs, in which are included ' pony races, desire to call the attention of the Hon. the ; Colonial Seeretary to the fact thut_ such pony races' are devices to enable racing.tobe carried on without the safeguards afforded by the rules of vacing,Jand the strict supervision of the Metropolitan Clubs; that a letter be written by the secretary to the Hon. the Colonial Secretary conveying a copy of these resolutions, and respectfully requesting that he will not grant the right to use the totalisator to any- Trotting Club which includes any other than trotting races iu its programmes." .'.■'• . ■ ■ - -;' A series of rules extending over 23 clauses, for the conduct of the totalisator, were drawn up and passed, the principal clauses of which * The'workers of the totalisator shall not, nor shall any or either of them, nor nhall the club or the stewards thereof, or any or either of f them lie, or be deemed to bo, stakeholders or stakeholder of the mouey paid ■« the price of iiny ticket. • ' ~ ... In the event of the holder or holders of any ticket or tickets claiming the return of the cost of such ticket or tickets before the whole of the. money is paid out on any race, the money to be paid out on tho winner will be. reduced by the amounts so claimed pending the decision of a court of competent jurisdiction us to the rights of such holder or holders to the return of his or their money, and the ultimate destination of the amount so deducted win be decided. by the stewards. " . , Any purchaser or purchasers, holder or holders of ticket or tickets who shall claim the return of the cost of such ticket or tickets at any time after the horses have been given in charge of the starter snau be deometl to be guilty of a fraudulent practice on the turf, and be dealt with accordingly as. provided by the voles of racing. ■ ' In the event of a race having to be* run over again, the totalizator shall not be re-opened on that 'Any starter who shall delay the start of any race after the advertised time of starting for'the purpose or with the object of allowing further time for the investment of moneys in the totalisator, ana any steward or official who shall instruct or induce or endeavour to induce any starter no -todeUy a start for that purpose or with that object shall bo liable to disqualification. A Metropolitan Club may receive and adjudicate upon any complaint ot any offence under thia rule committed within its district, whether such complaint shall or shall not have been received, heard, or determined bv the club ■at whose meeting a starter or other official ! shall be alleged to have committed the offence. ■ _ i If ai.v State tax be levied upon the investments in the "totalisator, the amount of the tax on the total for each race shall be first deducted therefrom, and the commission of 10 per cent, be computed upon the balance.

THE NEW ZEALAND JOCKEY CLUB. A sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Bell, Clifford, McLean, Mitchelson, and Captain Russell, which was appointed to draw up the proposed constitution of the JNew Zealand Jockey Club have completed thentask, and from a perusal of the same it will be seen that powers of the club have been strictly defined. The most important clauses of the constitution are us follow : —

The New Zealand iJockey. Club shall be an association of the Metropolitan Clubs of New Zealand. The objects of the club shall be to use its influence in the promotion and improvement of racing throughout tho colony, and from tune to time alter and amend the rules of racing, without interfering with the management of tho Metropolitan Clubs while conducted under these rules. ' The stewards of the New Zealand Jockey UαD shall be nineteen in number, and shall be elected annually, in the month of Juno, three by each of the committees of the Metropolitan Clubs of Auckland, Canterbury and Dunediii, two each by Wellington, Hawke's Bay and Wanganui, and. one each by Taranaki, Nelson, Marlborough and t»reymoulh. , „ , Tho stewards at special meetings shall have power to alter and revise the Rules of Racing, and to make rules and regulations for the use of the totalisator, provided that no new rule of racing can be passed, nor can any existing rule be rescinded or altered, without such proposed alteration being previously published twice i<i the Official Calendar and notice givun of the meeting of the New Zealand Jockey Club at which it is proposed, and any club or person affected by such now rule or alteration, mav, before it is made, petition the New Zealand Jockey Club. All such petitions shall be laid before the meeting before the question is put. The stewards at any meeting shall have the power to decide any question referred to them under •Wiese rules. . No sentence of disqualification for a longer period than twelve months shall be finally imposed, or, having been Imposed, shall be remitted without the consent of the stewards. Any person under stu-.h sentence of fine or disqualification, shall, subject to the consent of the Metropolitan Club, have a right of appeal to the stewards of the Now Zealand Jockey Clnb, and questions of interpretation of the rules may also be referred to the stewards for their decision. The president at his discretion may appoint any three stewards to determine such appeal, or may order tho same to be considered at a special meeting of the stewards. The New Zealand Jockey Club shall issue annual licenses to trainers and jockeys. Only holders of such licenses shall he qualified to train or ride under the rules of racing, except that an apprentice may for one month after the date of his ftrsi. mount in public ride races without holding a license. On application fnr a license the applicant shall forward to th<3 Metropolitan Club of the district in which he resides the sum of 21s together with his full name and address. . All tines and registration fees received from trainers and jockevs shall be paid over to tho secretary of the New Zealand Jockey Club, who shall pay them to the credit of the " Distressed and Disabled Jockey Fund." the same to be disbursed under rules to be made by the stewards.

The Conference have addressed a letter to the Duncdin Jockey Club on the subject of the opposition of that body to the formation of a New Zealand Jockey Club, and, after expressing regret at the position which the Duncdin Club have taken np, the letter concludes thus :—" Though the delegates fully recognise that the absence of so influential and important a club as the Dunedin Jockey Club cannot fail to detract from the usefulness of the new club, they feel that the dissent of one club ought not to over-rule in this matter the deliberate judgment $>f all its compeers. Reiterated proof was given during the Conference of the desire of all the delegates for the co-operation of the Duncdin'Jockey Club, and I am instructed specifically to state that the inauguration of the club was postponed until January, in hope that your club may, at the November Conference, unite with all the other metropolitan clubs of New Zealand in settling its rules and.constitution."