DRIVING TOO FAST.

Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14836, 29 November 1913, Page 15

DRIVING TOO FAST.

MRS DUNCAN FINED. ; A familiar eight in' tlie streets of Christchufch that always attracts the attention of visitors is a lady, in a light gig, who drives with a well-bred trotter or a handsome pacer. The little vehicle, the strikingly handsome and spirited horses, and their skilful handling by,the lady, combine to make the turnout most notable. / Some amusement was created in the Magistrate's Court yesterday When ilre Ri 0. Duncan was charged, before Mr T. A. B. Baney, -&.M., with furious driving. / Mr "Duncan appeared on behalf of his wife,.- and Senior-c>ergeant: Matbieson prosecuted. A constable stated that his attention was. dra'u'u to tho defendant's vehicle by sumo cabmen. She was driving through ihe Square and over Gloucester street, going north, and-the'speed was from twelve to : fifteen miles an hour. The horso was a trotter. Mr Dnncan asked if witness had any knowledge of the speed of trotting horsss and the reply was that witness had driven a few horses himself. He did-not know that the horse was driven with a check-curb a:id loop-rein, ho that it was impossible for the horse to be driven at the spetd mentioned. Another constable estimated the epeed at twelve to fifteen miles an hour. Mr Duncan: Was the horse a pacer or a trotter?—lt was pacing when I saw it. :..■•" Mr Duncan said he would ask for a remand. One constable had said the horeo was.a trotter and the other that it was a pacer. • • • The Magistrate: "Does it matter much? Mr Duncan: "Well, it's a question of ga!fc, your Worship. It was pointed "out that the by-law prcvided that the speed should not be more than six .miles per hour, and Mr Duncan was prenared .to admit that that-limit had been exceeded. "Mrs Duncan couldn't 1 drire furiously if she ■tried," he adj3ed. Senior-Sergsant Mathieson: She CS £u 4fT c a hors « -e!owly. i The Mncictrate: I know she always I drives «ood horses. . } ■Mγ Dirocau evidentlr thonght tfcnt ! the oomplitnent was weJl worth the 10s fine inflicted, as. te naid it -without more ado.