TURF BETS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1805, 18 July 1913, Page 7

TURF BETS.

THE "WINNING POST" LIBEL ACTION WOOTTON'S BANKING ACCOUNT By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright London, July IG. The hearing of tho libel action which Wootton, the ex-Australian trainer, has brought against Robert Sievier, publisher of tho "Winning Post," was continued. Sievier, in his cross-examination of plaintiff, sought to prove, that Wootton won heavy bets. Wootton admitted that tho Income Tax Commissioners had claimed tax on ,£17,000, betting earnings, but said the claim had been disallowed on appeal. Ho denied that ho had ever betted against his own horses. Counsel for tho "Winning Post" crossexamined Wootton regarding his banking account. Counsel pointed out that ,£39,827 had passed into Wootton's account in the three years from 1910 to 1912, inclusive. Wootton admitted that ho had sent between and .£50,000 to Australia in tho past few years, Frank, his son, had <£31,000 invested in Australia. Witness admitted that possibly largo sums came from bookmakers, but denied winning even £25,000 in bets in six years. Frank Wootton gave ovidence that he had never pulled a horse in his life. (Rec. July 18, 0.15 a.m.) London, July 17. Sievier, arguing from Excelsior's performance in tho Welter at Newmarket, said that the horso ought to have won tho Cambridgeshire Stakes. Mr. Justice Darling: This all assumes that horses run with mathematical precision. Therefore, I should say that the best authority upon such points would bo the Astronomer Royal. (Laughter.) It is all an assumption that horses arc so many atoais thrown into space, and that it iB possible to calculate their pace at any given date.