THE ROYAL SHOW.

Otago Witness, Issue 3662, 20 May 1924, Page 15

THE ROYAL SHOW.

PLEA FOR TROTTING CLASSES. CHRISTCHURCH, May 13. At 111 o meeting of the Board of the Now Zealand Trotting Association to-day Mr W. Hayward, a member of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. waited on the board in reference to the absence of trotting classes at the Roval Agricultural Show to be held at Palmerston North this year. He said that not a single class had been provided for trotters, and he thought it would be a great pity to let the occasion pass without something being done in the matter. It might be possible to wait until the show was held in Christchurch in 1925, but he did not favour that course. The Chairman (Mr P. Selig) said lliat it would be a national calamity to allow the first Royal Agricultural Show to be held in New Zealand to take place without something lining done to encourage the square-gaited trotter. There were

j many very fine horses in New Zealand which were able to give good exhibitions ! on the track. lie would not like to lose | the pure trotting horses from the pro- , gTauuno now that they had got the utility horse. He moved that the association make a donation of £SO to the society. The clubs could give cups if they wished to do so. Mr Mark suggested that the Royal Agricultural Society be written to and asked what it intended to do in regard to the thoroughbred classes, the information to be a guide to the board as to what donation it should make: The board should make it clear that it intended to make a good donation. His object was to ensure that what the association did was in keeping with what was done in the other classes. the Chairman withdrew his motion and Mr Mark’s suggestion was adopted.