WHIPPET RACING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 936, 5 December 1933, Page 10

WHIPPET RACING.

National Association Holds Special Meeting. A R P^ cs al general meeting of the National Whippet Racing Association of f‘ ew Zealand (Incorporated) was held Jast evening. Mr J. R. D. Johns presiding over a large number of delegates. It was decided that in future all slippers shall be behind the dogs they nlTp-hi 1 an , d tbat - they might hold the dog in any manner thev must be in a crouching position, and must not hold the dog by the tall.’ . Jt resolved that starters be fnj'9'V ctcd to K, f nd % t Jeast 20yds to the anyrace 1 * 6 side of the back-marker in , f JA was agreed that stakes won in racPS should not affect a f? a second class dog. it of a ,Jf»m declded that (a) ‘he winning of a maiden race shall not ba r a dog from starting as a novice or an im- ’ ” a ,V d * the winning of a novice G o« - not bar a do *t from Starting are to Middle-weight dogs under ,? s d ° Ks 25,b »" d unaer, and a miniature as a doe i U "i der * A do ** be,n S placed In the first class, second class or an own wSTJI.t ‘nJw I,c " a I lis - rt I" *l*e midJuclassed ■>nd miniature pUeo him ™ d d K . uch pe,lalt y does not thi^,J S r l ,han tl,at pennlty bedilions "apoly* S .“ cept that a place in a lighter ciimV will n0 *n» ne,,a,iso a dn * in a heavier class The Question ot class racing wal dixcussed the voting being re«r*tld ,o . le . d^-Icga tes of the local clubs Tt wa« an?e wUh' 1 ' the'l Jh.il count for the 'Su'Xe^Vu