MEETING OF COMMITTEE.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 11 April 1927, Page 3

MEETING OF COMMITTEE.

t H. B. S. Johnstone presided •e Committee meeting of the sate Hunt Club. There were present Messrs C. S. McLachE. C. Studholms , J. Manch.esmd Capt. Rattray and Mr 11. (. Rattray. o months leave of absence was ted Mr Meehan, who is visiting ralia. t Secretary reported that, in [ction with the district club’s tentative on the conference, delegate to the district Co.n--f, Air Lowry had refused to it the latter position, and Tim ad nominated Mr A Elworthy ke position. He had therefore ;rt<d the nomination t action was approved. t Racing Conference advised esuit of the deputation to 'time Minister, the Ministers •>!' ice and Internal Affairs, of t and trotting interests. The e .Minister had said that i r could shew where the ..’.‘shpee cd" the' Government would ivenr to grant some relief. The ter of Finance had stated that • were too high, to explode i the president of the Conferhad asked some owners for racing accounts. It was now ary for all Clubs to furnish lation to assist the racing sntatives in their efforts io ice the Government that a rein of racing taxation was <sI for the sports continuance, ms for information were on

1 letter was received, and th'aiy was instructed to supply formation. Racing Conference advised te Club's date for the race ig must be in. the hands of icretary of the district comifor approval ty Friday, Apselection fo a date fir the diase in 1928 was left to «he r, Mr Studholme and the arc. ißci'ly, and Messrs P. Reilly iiglas and G. Bain were electinters of the Club. 1. Rattray reported that the ig of the season had taken the previous Thursday. t. Rattray and Mr E. C. ilme were appointed to fix the 1 the Point-to-Point meeting I. Rattray said that the Farm ice in the Point-to-Point g should net be an open race

present. It should be a race bps that had not won a race J description. Also' horses in is hands should carry a pen as decided to insert conditions liug that in the Farmers inly horses that have not won be allowed, and that in the aid heavy weights maiden be allowed 51bs. his for the Hunt were <>p las follows:—Stewards, Wai listrict Hunt; judges, Messis histone and E. B. Frassr Uy starter, Mr E. C. Stnd- : hen. Clerk of Course, Mr id; lion, clerk of scales, A. Dunstan and K. -Stewart sof i iie course, Messrs C. $. hlan. J. Manchester, and E itvergne. program urn as amended was Hast- i and deputy master ippoiuted to attend to the war’s programme for the blub steeplechase meeting M e d unaltered for the eomtoiig, to be forwarded to for approval. secretary was appointed to q i-te for nominations. .Allowing officials were rip 1 tor the steplecliase . Pres- « 11. B S. Johnstons; N. A. Rattray; dep‘■‘ter. Air J. S. Manchester; nee an,i stewards : Messrs M ri ? a ” 1 E. C. d'Auvergne; E * r . J. Halliday, A. Medli- - - R. Manchester, M. J. C- S. McLachlan, J. M. ■R.R. G. Rattray, R. Mi. Cooney, C. G. Holmes Harper, J. Matheson, R. « am] W. E. Taylor; hon. -Hi E. B. Flaser; non. Messrs J. Cooney and J J 1 amounting to £23 18s Passed for payment.