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Timaru Herald, Volume XCVIII, Issue 18084, 25 June 1924, Page 10

SPORTING.

TIMARU TROTTING CLUB. MEETING OF COMMITTEE. A meeting of the committee of the ‘Timaru Trotting Club was he d last night. Present—Messrs J. Hole (i the chair) P. G. Allen, T. Ivey, J. B. Gilchrist, G. Warded, W. Sergeant, A. F. Stocker, H. Roliinson and ii. H. Fraser (secretary). The chairman made sympathetic inference to the death of A- Elv,,,' L Jopp, and moved a motion of &jm patby with his widow and } ai ' ld W The motion was carried by silent vote, all standing. r . A letter was received from the Canterbury Owners’ and Breeders Association, asking it it would he posable to race on the larger course, at \\ ashdvke, in future, the other Y aC U °1 suitable. The letter also asked the club to revert to the allowing trainers to gear then hones up under the trees, owing to the limit td stall accommodation. The chairman said lie liked the six furlong course- better than t e n course, but there was no d «yb)t th,it thc smaller course was not ni tbat eQu i be desired., He suggested that the matter be held m abeyance m the meantime.-This was agreed to The New Zealand Trotting Association wrote in regard to the nominations of candidates for seats on the New Zealand Trotting Boaid foi the ensuing year. ' ~ . +l ,„ The secretary, said the exact number of nominations to filial the seats on the Board, had since been re ceived, and so there would be no el< The n Trotting Conference forwarded an amended form of procedure to be followed in making inquiries befoie en : d °^ S l£w C zSand Trotting Association wrote in regard to the mop°& ‘SSd.tta. p'ropS K"° d prizes for these. They desired the different, Trotting Clubs to assist m findintr this money. —It was decided to ascertain what other trotting clubs weie doing in- the matter. , It was decided to give £■-> Y asso funds of the Timaru A. and I - f. ss .° t-iaiion, as pri ? .money m.the l.ght lmrso section of the slum. _ , , The secretary was appointed delegate to represent the club at the annual Trotting Conference to be held in W linaton on July 8. ~ The chairman reported that the Fmergencv Committee had met and S that the Club’s next race meet incr should be held on Maicli 14. ln« action of the committee was approved. July 24 was fixed as the date of th an jhe reported that the members of the committee to retire this •ear were-Messrs Allen, Morton, Ivey, Sergeant, and