TROTTING MATTERS.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 939, 8 December 1933, Page 10

TROTTING MATTERS.

Owners’ and Breeders’ Association. A meeting of the Canterbury Owners and Breeders’ Association was held on Wednesday night, Mr T. G. Fox presiding over a full attendance. Two new members. Messrs R. Dunlop and A. Williamson, were elected. A further discussion abotpt the Timaru trotting track took place. Jt was resolved to send a delegate to meet the Timaru Club’s committee and go fully into the points raised in a previous letter to the club. Tt was decided to protest against any form of handicapping which included “temporary” penalties, but to congratulate the Handicapping Committee on recent amendments instituted. The secretary was instructed to write to the New Brighton Trotting Club and the Hororata Racing Club about large fields in their slow class races, and to suggest .that these races should be tain in two divisions, as it was impossible to start more than thirty horses off the same mark. The pooling of all betting on one machine was considered an improvement on the win and place system and members expressed appreciation of the action of those clubs endeavouring to improve the betting system. The further reduction in stakes by the Canterbury Park Trotting Club was unfavourably received, especially since some country clubs now provided higher stakes than this club. Train arrangements for the Westpoit Trotting Club’s meeting on December 26 and 27 were approved. A special general meeting of members called to amend the rules of the association was held after the meeting and several amendments recommended bv a sub-committee were adopted, the chief of which increased the membership of the Management Committee from ten to fifteen.