TROTTING

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 762, 7 September 1929, Page 12

TROTTING

DESERVING TRIBUTES HANDICAPPER GOOSEWIAN’S GOOD WORK C. E. Gooseman, the wellknown Hamilton handicapper, whose fine work during the last few seasons has brought him into prominence as one of the most capable trotting adjusters in the Dominion, has recently received many deserving tributes from the club for which he officiates. Charlie Gooseman. since taking up the role of handicapper to several trotting organisations in the .North, has made good, and it is gratifying to find that his services in this direction have met with the hearty approbation of the various clubs for which he does such good work. Although perhaps young at the business, the Hamilton man has displayed ability that would do credit to handicappers much older in years and experience, and his work has been of such a meritorious standard that it is not going too far to assert that he will yet reach the highest pinnacle of the profession in the Dominion. Mr. Gooseman was given his first chance by the Te Aroha Club, and so satisfactory did he fulfil the important position that the Cambridge and Hamilton clubs readily appointed him to a similar capacity. His promotion was rapid, as when Mr. R. T. Reid, adjuster for the Otahuhu Club, resigned office, C. Gooseman was appointed to the position, without applications being called. When making a change last year the Hawera Club, one of the strongest in

the North Island outside the Auckland metropolitan body, hit on the Hamilton adjustor to fill the bill, and now the Northland Club has appointed him handicapper for the October fixture at Whangarei. Quite recently the Otahuhu, Hamilton and Hawera Clubs held their annual general meetings, and in each instance special mention was made of the work enacted by Mr. Gooseman. Clubs, judging on season’s results, are In a good position to say how such an important position has been filled, and the tributes already paid to the Hamiltonian for his work is proof positive that he has gained the confidence of the management in this direction. Although nothing definite is yet announced it is quite on the cards that one or two other North Island country light-harness organisations will be seeking Mr. Gooseman's services, and it appears to be only a question of time when he will be acting in a similar capacity for the great majority of North Island clubs. With a few more meetings to engage his attention, Mr. Gooseman would be in a position to devote his whole time to the business, a factor that should tend to make him as near perfection as it will be possible to become on this earth. Conscientious in his work, Air. Gooseman has shown that he is an advocate of equality of rights, and performing his duties without fear or favour, he cannot fail to reach the highest plane jet attained by his New Zealand predecessors.