NATIONAL COURSING ASSOCIATION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19760, 10 April 1926, Page 9

NATIONAL COURSING ASSOCIATION.

Tlio thirtieth animal ineoUng _of the National Coursing Association of New Zcalaiul was held last evening in the rooms of Mr 11. Divers. Mr A. AV. Crown occupied the chair.

Following is a summary of the annua 1 report presented hy the president (Mr C. S. Irwin) “The sport of coursing in the Dominion during last year was carried out hy affiliated clubs in a successful manner anil all the coursing fixtures were well supported by leashmon. who nominated freel.t. Two new clubs were affiliated —namely, the VVnitara and Thames Valley Coursing Clubs, who both held coursing meetings It is gratifying to note that the council was not called upon to deal with any ma.practices during ''V's s'""" 1 ". «"d I fo( ' 1 sure that sporting ■non will that the firmness of the council in the matt'- of repression of eiwupf nractices has gone a long way to raise the tone of coursing throughout the Dominion. The council wishes the snnnort of all h-ashmen in maintaining the high standard of clean sport already attained. The association took out a nomination in last year’s Australasian Waterloo, run at Rooty Hill. Ne" South Wales. Our representative, “Head Mistress.” did not survive the third round. This year’s fixture will also be hobi in Australia. I hope that the association wib endeavour to lie represented by a suitab.° candidate. Some difficulty has arisen between th- dtten .function Club and the newly-formed Waikato Club. a (filiation of tfie Waikato Club is object** to hy the Frnnkton Club on the ground 1 being in close provbniD- to Frnnkton. conference of the two clubs was »“■ • which the council's secretary attended, mil advised that Frankton link up "’ lth ™ Waikato. His advice has been accepted. The club has ccmni.-nl with t rules, and it will necessary for tin council to grant affiliation. Ihe u>--Waterloo Cup fixture last year was c itrolled by the i*«t"a Club. The final r 'f I^’V good. Vnfortunntely. owing to a of gaine, the plate event had to be The cup was won by Mr J M. .Tub-i n ■ I’aphinn. and Mr F. W. Harrison s *a> Lady runner-up. The fixture was a tln, n ,’ial sucrose n.,.1 i n-r, c .*ro tb-t the hold ing of the fixture at Fa tea will doubtless do an iiu'wepso ‘ f ’' nn( I . n ’’ J .. sport in the district. Several apulieat a for the 1920 Waterloo Cup fixture hnie lieeu received. Members should bear "> ™‘"‘ that it is imperative that the nllooatioi at future cup fixtures boh to encourage representatives fcn-U , islands. The geographical position is of vital importance, and consequently a ‘ (rat town should be selected. 1 ’‘ . to express the council’s nonrec.ation of e valued services of Mr Richard Coombes president of the Hoard of Control of th Australasinu Cnur c “"g T "'on. an* T. Loughtane and J. Ratemeu. who repre sented the association at the meet nrthe board. I nUo wish to Mr Divers for his ungru<l„ inr’v in the interests of the sport. The report was adopted on the motion >f the chairman, seconded by Mr c. a.. W Th k e’ following office-bearers were appointed s-Patron, Mr O. R. Wise, I undent M. B S. Irwin; vice-president--Mr F. M’Kenna (Patent, Mr F. Al “* a "‘ ler (Invercargill). Mr G. M. Ryu" church), and Mr A W Brown (Dm.cdmL auditor. Mr W. E. C. Reid; treasurer Mr A. W. Brown; secretory, Mr H D ' vt _’ delegates—Messrc T Lee Co rs ing Club). C. R. Marks (.Southland ( o rs ing Club). E. G Price (ChnstchurchCm rsing Club) F. Foster (I aranaki ( Club). A. Kerslev (Patna Goring Cdub) \(. Miller (Waikato Coursing C'ub) E. < nett* (Thames Valley Conrs.n* C»«W “ M Seddon (Waitarn Coursing Club) repre sentatives to the Pond of Control (Aus tralnsian Coning Union'-Messrs Richard Coomhes and Martin Taylor. i. The Chairman moved, and d was V r , ,e,| “Th:,* the pnnlmntb- of the pewlv-forme.l Waikato Club tor affiliation h“ (t™ n,p^ iiH “ war pointed nut that rb~rn was nn out on hut to grant the application, though Fr-nkton Cl”h objected |. or o Some disc-ssion took place as In where (he next Waterloo Cpn should be ( nninions being rpv'rWl between rhnr"h and Tnvprcnr-Ull -Tt was final, v de elded th it the c<*n he run at ’™’ B| ' ca ''*' l ’ the min'mem guarantee to he £6O: 1 eargill to net the hares. It ' vas .t' r decided *har -he enn he run near the end of July, rod that the judge be Mr H p. Irvine. Te appointment of shpner was left over. The nomination fixed at Sfi ss, end ibe meeting decided to contribute €lO )0s as rdded money. Tt IVns decided tb„t the follo'"' , n"' datps for coursing at Christchurch and TOnnedm ho—rbristebu-eh. Anril 17; Dunedin. Anri I ?3 and 94 and June 3 and 5 _ Tt was decided to fel-e 0”t U nominefioll ,’n tfip b,s‘-'.-s Waterloo to he held at Ro"klea.