COUNTRY RACING CLUBS

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10673, 20 July 1912, Page 5

COUNTRY RACING CLUBS

COQDY-COODSES AND WOWSERS

AN INERESTI'NG DISCUSSION

WELLINGTON, L"st Night. At a meeting of represenita'h!ve , 'S cf the Country Racing Clubs of New Zealand to-night, a resolution was carried in .favour of projneting a Bill during the coming eession 'to restore the lest days of racing. Dur'og a long discussion, Mr H. D. Vavasour (Marlb<-Vougii) aid the promotion of the Bill wou.d be inadvisable. It would only add another lever for "goody-ge'edy" peopla, and would invite cppcS'ition a'.l over the country.

Mr Allison (Auckland) thought it a thame tl-nt Canterbury had lest a dny: hut it.wduld be a greater ehame for Rangitikci to lie wiprd cut. Mr H. Cooper (Manav/atu) thought th,Vi was a n-flttcr that fl'iould be dealt with .by th-o Rjuir.g Conference. If the Bill was bro'uglit forward they w. ukl liave ,n. horr.o.t's nest round the'"-' head?. They were going to have the "wowsers" rising to reduce them.

Ma- Albert "Jj-nroe , (Thn.mos): "If the larger Clubs, are" going to show a want cf tnirpnthy lor the ema'.ler clubs,, then the smaller clubs are going to bring the wholo "feilly thu-ig .dowr-. It is the Lnjrastico ill at has been practised by the lirger clubs on snuvln- c!u!:m that lias brought us tog-either. I have no time for the-man who will cr.'y look after his o.vn skin !"