A.R.C. ELECTION.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1474, 25 July 1918, Page 9

A.R.C. ELECTION.

The candidature of a number more members than are required for the positions of stewards to the Auckland Racing Club and of one more than is wanted for the committee, will necessitate contested elections at the annual meeting of members on August 5. It is needless to say that if they all go to the “post,” though it is rumoured that there may be one retirement before the day, plenty of interest will be infused into the business. Last week the names of the members nominated were published. There will not be any contests for the presidency and vice-pre-sidency positions, for so many years well filled by the Hon. E. Mitchelson and Mr. T. H. Gorrie respectively, who are amongst the oldest members of the club. On the committee there are also some long-time members, and each of the half dozen nominated is a man of previous experience, some of them seeking re-election. Five of the number are to be elected.

Who will be the one to be left out? This will be for the members to say. Those who have records to show for past services and their usefulness on these committees are generally well known to the members and the owners and trainers and visitors who receive attention at their hands. Some are constant attendants at the racecourse side, and are popular with the trainers and owners. The selection of three stewards from the five members nominated may result in much the keenest contest. Messrs. A. L. Raven and M. J. Lynch are in the field for the first time. Both are business men with some practical racing experience, and as owners have acquired knowledge useful to men whose judgment has so frequently to be exercised during a season’s racing. Mr. Raven is secretary to the Breeders, Owners and Trainers’ Association, which has a large membership, and has proved a live observant man. Mr. Lynch is conversant with the rules of racing and his legal training is an advantage. Sir Robert Lockhart, who has been

nominated for the committee as well as for a steward’s position, and Messrs. J. D. Jones and G. A. Wynyard have already acted as stewards of clubs and in various ways have been useful followers of the sport.