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NASRCs Annual Convention Opens Monday in New Jersey Will Run Through Thursday/ With Sports Many Problems G/Ven Thorough Discussion ASBURY PARK, N. J., June 19.— The Honorable Robert B. Meyner, Governor of New Jersey who was slated to welcome the delegates to the 20th annual convention of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners here on Monday conveyed with regrets to New Jersey Commission chairman Thomas Brogan, that he would be unable to attend due to the press of duties with the legislature entering its final days. Edward Patton, New Jersey Secretary of State, will make the welcoming address in the Governors place. Walter H. Donovan, past president of the NASRC, will respond to the welcome, while chairman Brogan will address the body in place of Hugh L. Mehorter, president of the NASRC, who was slated to speak next. Cocktails and Dinner Tuesday Evening Another change from the original program is of a social note. Triangle Publications, Inc., will be host at cocktails and dinner in the Crystal • Terrace of the Berkeley-Carteret on Tuesday evening, and not just dinner as printed. Cocktails will be served at 7 and dinner at 8:30 p. m. Arriving over the week end were the many delegates from the various racing commissions who will be represented at the convention. The states represented and their commissioners in attendance are: Arizona — Melville H. Haskell; Arkansas — J. O. Bennett and Jack | Continued on Page Fifty-Seven THOMAS J. BROGAN— Chairman of the host New Jersey Racing Commission,, will speak at Mondays opening session of the NASRC. KRC Convention 5pens on Monday , Will Run Through Thursday, With Sports Many Problems Given Thorough Discussion Continued from Page One Barnes; Colorado — H. A. Christensen, Richard P. lite, E. H. Honnen and Ben T. Poxson; Delaware — William H. Ayres; Florida — Chairman and Mrs. Raymond E. ilg, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Caruthers, Mr. and .Irs. Millard G. Gilmore and Mr. and Mrs. •ank Winchell; Illinois — Chairman and Mrs. Paul Serdar, Jlr. and Mrs. William Miller and Mr. and tfrs. Clement Nance; Kentucky — John P. Dugan, Mr. and Mrs. ouis Hollenbach, Wathen R. Knebelkamp, tfr. and Mrs. William Veeneman and for-aer member Vertner D. Smith; Louisiana — Chairman and Mrs. Allyn S. rew, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Allsman, Mr. and tfrs. Otis J. Bourg, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. A. S. lolliday, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Loper and tfr. and Mrs. Max N. Tobias; Maine — Chairman Frank Totman and saul A. Dundas; Maryland — Chairman and Mrs. D. Eldred rlinehart, Mr. and Mrs. E. Taylor Chewning md Mr. and Mrs. Albert Shuger; Massachusetts — Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. 3eedem and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lane; Michigan — Mr. and Mrs. James H. Inglis; Nebraska — Chairman and Mrs. Earl J. Vloyer and Mr. and Mrs. Grove Porter; New Hampshire— Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. lamel and Mr. and Mrs. Emmet J. Kelley; New Jersey — Chairman and Mrs. Thomas J. Brogan, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L. Mehorter, Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Sheehan, Hugh J. Strong, Miss Margaret Huley and Francis Donnelly; New York— Chairman and Mrs. Ashley T. Itole and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Millar; Ohio — Chairman Zbltan Gombos, Edward 2orrigan" and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Crowley; Oregon— Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Mautz md Mr. and Mrs. Frank Meiine; Rhode Island — Chairman D. Thomas Testa, Edward R. Hughes, George D. Green-halgh and Raymond P. McElroy; Washington — Chairman and Mrs. William Fitzgerald, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett S. Hennessey and Frank L. Christman; West Virginia — Chairman and Mrs. James P. Edwards and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Le Pore; Foreign representatives attending are Dr. Miguel A. Perez Pita, of "Havana; Oscar Obregon, National Racing Commission of Mexico; Magistrate S. Tupper Bigelow, of the Ontario Racing Commission, along with Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hanna, Donald A. Macintosh and Brigadier C. S. McKee; also Dr. Manuel de Camargo, from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and chairman George Baker, of the Bahamas Racing Commission, accompanied by John H. Bethel and the Honorable P. A. Southworth, attorney general. Others Who Will Attend In addition to the commission delegates and their wives, attendings are the officers of the New Jersey race tracks, who are among the hosts for the convention; John A. Bell, past president Walter H. Donovan and wife, publisher J. Samuel Perlman and wife, Maury Gross, Spencer J. Drayton, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Coffey, Howard S. Pierce, of Bowie; Judge James E. Dooley, Narragan-sett; Robert O. Read, of the HBPA; C. A. Munn, Jr., of the American Totalisator company; Sterling Young, of the Jockeys Guild and Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Smith. Indications are that this will be one of the best attended conventions in NASRC history. More than 200 delegates from the various racing commissions, plus representatives of other thoroughbred racing organizations, breeding associations, the press and their guests are on hand. The convention will run four days, through noon Thursday, when the newly elected president for the coming year will close the meeting. As in past years, the" Association of Official Racing Chemists will hold its convention concurrently with that of the NASRC and several joint sessions are on the agenda. Several of the business meetings during the four days will concern an interchange of rideas among various racing groups. Committee reports, as usual, will attract considerable attention. These will be offered at Mondays business session. In addition to the committee reports, open forums, lectures, addresses by technical specialists, and the election of officers will be the major items oh the schedule. A complete program of entertainment for the delegates and their guests also has been arranged, including formal dinners given by the hosts, several luncheons and cocktail parties, sightseeing tours to New York city, and afternoons at the races at Monmouth Park. Mondays roster calls for the convention to hear the committee reports on information, finance, international relations, public relations, public safety and security, constitution and by-laws, legislation, uniform rules, and procedure and illegal practices. In addition the treasurers report will be made by Paul Serdar of Illinois and the secretarys report by Mrs. A. E. Smith. The*, day -will be climaxed by a cocktail |jtywandmaytodton American. Totalisator Company as hosts. Tuesday morning, Dr. James J. Manning, director of the Crime Prevention Library of the New York City Police Department, will make an address, illustrated by projection slides, on the system of horse identification employed by The Jockey Club. A talk by Edmund P. Coffey, vice-president of the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, also is slated for the morning session, with the report of the nominations committee due next. One of the most interesting sessions is expected to take place during the morning with an open forum during which, there will be addresses by representatives of several outstanding turf organizations. Represented at the forum will be the American Thoroughbred Breeders Association, American Trainers Association, Horsemens Benevolent and Protective Association, The Jockeys Guild, National Association of Thoroughbred Breeders, The Jockey Club, the Thoroughbred Club of America, the Thoroughbred Racing Associations of the United States, Daily Racing Form, The Morning Telegraph and the Turf Publicists of America. The convention will adjourn at noon for a trip to Monmouth Park for luncheon and the races. That evening Daily Racing Form will be hosts at cocktails and a dinner in the Crystal Terrace of the Berkeley-Carterest Hotel. The Association of Official Racing Chemists will convene in joint session with the NARC Wednesday morning, when the combined assemblage will hear the yearly report by Dr. Roger W. Truesdail of California, president of the AORC, and an address on "The Importance of Research," by Dr. Mark All am, dean of the veterinary school of the University of Pennsylvania. They will see a colored film prepared by AORC members showing the procedure for testing saliva and urine for drugs. One of the highlights of the convention will take place just before the noon recess when the election of officers will take place. The new officials also will be installed before adjournment for luncheon and the races at Monmouth Park. A cocktail party will be held at the Pool Terrace of the Berkeley-Carteret at 7 p. m., and the delegates will be guests of the New Jersey Racing Commission and the New Jersey Racing Association at a black-tie dinner-dance in the Crystal Terrace of the hotel At 8:30 p.m. The final business session will come to order at 9:30 Thursday morning, with the newly-elected president officiating. There will be brief remarks by foreign representatives attending the convention, a report of the resolutions committee and the disposal of any unfinished business before the final adjournment of the conclave at
