TROTTING RECORDS

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11522, 18 May 1923, Page 10

TROTTING RECORDS

SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO BULBS. TIMING OF FOREIGN HOMES. Per Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, May 17. At a meeting of the board of the New Zealand Trotting* Association the special committee appointed to confer with rhe executive of the New Zealand Trotting Conference reported that the meeting had been held, wihen the following resolutions had been arrived at:— (1) "Regarding American records, that this mee.ting between the executive cf the Trotting Conference and the special committee from tho association is cf opinion that 'tin-cup' records, or breeders’ records, in America shoulfl not be taken into account by handicappers in New Zealand, and Ihnt the necessary amendment, to the rules, so ns to bring them into conformity with this resolution. ha loft with the president to con-

fer with the association and bring them forward as notices of motion for the next annual conference." (2) “Regarding timing of foreign horses, it was resolved that the foreign horse committee of the association be asked, before granting registration of foreipi horses, to obtain not only the official winning times, bnt also satisfactory evidence, to the foreign horse committee, es to (the placed performances, i.e., the official time for first horse and judge’s placing with estimated distance between, the placed horses, also the size of the track upon which the performance was registered, and the state of the course, heavy going or otherwise.” . QUESTION OF. BRANDING. The branding of horses was another matter discussed, and it was decided to recommend to the association that the size of the brand decided upon for branding horses be Teduced. It was agreed to accept the recommendation of the joint oommittoe In n--gard to the size of the brand, and it was decided that all horFes exported should be branded on the off-side of the neck.