NEW ZEALAND TROTTING ASSOCIATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 3352, 12 June 1918, Page 41

NEW ZEALAND TROTTING ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association was held at Christchurch on Wednesday. Mr H: F. Nicoll (vice-president) occupied the chair. An appeal was received for assistance towards a fund for supplying comforts for the Belgian soldiers.—lt was decided to subscribe £lO through the High Commissioner. A letter" from Mr D. M. Robertson, in regard to an improved starting barrier was received. Mr E. Evans wrote asking the beard s opinion in regard to tho timing of races nucter certain conditions, such, for instance, as a oa.so where it had been found that the startin" clock was not working accurately.—lt war, 'decided to reply that the matter did not com© within the province of the board until a specific case hacS been put before it. At the same time it was decided to send a circular letter to clubs asking that starting clocks should be properly tested before a meeting The Forbury Park Trotting Club reported that Royal Rothschild had been distanced for galloping in the St. Clair Handicap at its winter meeting, and the driver (D. 0 .Jones)

had boon suspended for tlie remainder of th 3 season.—The club's action was endorsed. The balance- shoot of tho Provident Fund for the post season showed that the receipts amounted to £OIO 9s, inchidni;* £233 2s 8d brought forward. The expenditure included £2ll 9s Gd for claims paid, and £l5O for proportion of general expenses. The balance at the bank was £2lO 4s od, and in addition the sum of £2500 had been invested in war loan, debentures. The Licensing Committee recommended the issue of a number of licenses. The committee had endorsed the action of the Forbury Club in suspending D. O. Jones from riding! or driving until the end of tho season. The committee recommended that £23 16s. including hospital expenses, be voted out of the Provident Fund in respect of James Brown's accident, and that a, grant of £SO bo voted to the widow of the late George Lattimore, who died as tho result of an accident. —The report was adopted. The proposed alterations to the rules wer« considered seriatim. In some cases disagree*ment was expressed with the chau°es proposed, but in the main the new rules were approved.