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Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 45

NEW ZEALAND TROTGING ASSOCIATION

Thp uwj' nionthlv mee'aiii. of the X"w Zasvland Trotting As&ociotinrt was held nn Thin?day evening, present — Are==>rs P crl'E;c rl'E; (resident, in the cbair>. C Howell, A L. M-er^ W. O. GarraTrl, D M'Lean. E C'->rk^". m 1 G. Bisset The secretary of the Wi= f nnt Trottine Chlb wrot° statmer th?fc th" o'u'- hr' 1 nVciderl to abide by the d< ,-i=ion o' the i t'-vi i" the Ptraihrnnnn en = A Mtf"- was received from thp spcet'iv n f the New Z^jJaiic? M-t^" oiiUr Tiotfpp Cli intiraatm" thofi the <'ub had cl<" > ;fle' : l tn p'tm- th« omcht l ons o£ the Hig-h-ela c s and Victoria Handicar>s from Smi i 7«pc to smin or better — Approved Mr T P Tleok, owner of Daprmnr, p«ked for n icturn of his £5 arjrjpßl deposit lodged vj+H the Alexiiidia Jookev Club. The secretsnv of thp club foixYfirrVd lenethv e\iden<~o and eopie a o" sworn affidavits and statpmeits -n oormectiori with the case Prd scntine that aftrr an exhaustive inquiry the club had disqualified the. horse Winchman, and owner, H'Lellan, dunvj-^

Jthe pleasure of the club, and given the race to EDagma-r. It was decided to accede to Mr Beck's * 'lequest which was endorsed by the club, and to suggest to the Alexandra Club that it might be mecessary to take some steps to punish those .» -who had sworn that the horse Winchman was * '' K ired by Spot an<3 bred at Miller's F.'-t. It was f '»lso agreed to ask the club to alter its form of i 'disqualification to a definite period. Mr T. { ENyhwn wrote, stating that the Wellington Trotting Club had not yeli paid over the Electric ' Handicap stakes, in which the horse Rosella avas accused of being a ringer. It was decided to send the letter to the Wellington Trotting ,Club. The disqualification of Little Harold, iis owner and rider, for 12 months by the Taluna Park Trotting Club for pulling was endorsed. H. E. Barnes, owner of Little Harold, j wrote, stating that the club had refused to ac- * ibept his appeal. It was agreed that as the disqualification had been inflicted on a question V>f fact, the club wp.s not obliged to accept the appeal. The disqualification of Robert M'Milsan by the Otahuhu Trotting Club, on the ground that he had used obscene language to ,the officials of the club, was endorsed. Mr K. 3. Smith, owner of Auntie, wrote, withdrawing ihis appeal against the decision of the New r Brighton Trotting Club in awarding the Elect. *ric Hendicap to Farewell 11, and askuig that 1 this £5 appeal deposit be returned. After disS 1 cussing the question whether the club had any Tight -to accept the appeal, seeing that its deV cision wte based on a question of fact, it was idecided not to return the £o to Mr Smith. It 'was' decided to enter in the suggestion book for ronsideration by the next Trotting Conference the advisableness of preventing the duplication W names. A number of riders', drivers', and trainers' licenses were granted A member re- . rported that a foreign horse had been allowed ' to start at the New Brighton Trotting Club s meeting without its owner producing the necest sary certificates, as required by the rules, no -r age" being given, and he thought that the next - /conference should pass a law that before any "f foreign horse could start in this colony its idenPtity should be established to the satisfaction of khe association. It was unanimously decided £0 embody the opinion in the <=uggest-on book, to ask the New Brighton Trotting Club why it allowed the horse to start, and to produce the certificate referred to. It was also agreed to point out to trotting clubs that no horse should he allowed to st?rt unless the required certificates are produced. An informal discussion . took place, and on a member's report that a '. licensed trainor was intoxicated at the New ; Brighton meeting, it was decided to call upon ' him to show cause why his license should not be withdrawn. .