DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB.

Evening Star, Issue 3052, 29 November 1872, Page 2

DUNEDIN JOCKEY CLUB.

The special meeting of the 0.J.C., last evening, to consider a etter from the Canterbury J.O. relative to the disqualification of Peeress from ever again running on any racecourse where the C.J. rules were in force, because of the manner of her scratching fur the Canterbury Cup, and the dis ;.ualilication of the Jockey M'Kay for having it topped Mbs. of leat], of his weight when riding Medora in the H nullo Kape at the Canterbury Spring Meeting, was attended bv fourteen members, and Mr (?, Douse occupied the chair. The letter of the Canterbury J.C. respecting Peeress having been fead.Capt, Hutchison moved that its action bo followed. He said that Club bad taken action upon a public memorial, nor did be see that it could have come to any other conclusion than it did, apd ip such cases it was customary for other Clubs to follow suit without calling for all the evidence that came before the Club which first took action. A similar view was taken by Mr Courlay and Mr Marshall; the former observing that the Canterbury Club bad acted with commendable sound tense, and that were the O.J.C. to do anything else, the world would say, " Oh, the Dunedin Jockey Club is part and parcel of such dirty dp^ngc, '* Messrs Moore, A. Smith, and Mecpap opfayed tpe 'bsqua.liHpati.Qip Mr ijpoye contended that th'erC : was pot sufficient evidmicp for t-He O.J.C. to aeh upon ; that Mr Waiters, the owner of Peeress, ipul acted in an honorable and straightforward manner in deciding, instead <•! bringing her to the startiug-post, to declare honestly that he would not allow the public to be fleeced ; und that in scratching the marc and declaring W wla wifb ho had done flic public a gl'eat justice. (Signs of dissent.) Mr Sfpitii considered the circumstahpe of thp public memorial to tire C.J.C. one rather against than in favor of that (Jlpb’s fiptfon, because such things could bo easily worked up by interested parties, After it was explained by Mr James that the evidence taken by tin; C.J.C. could not possibly bo got, as no secretary world lay himself open b» an action to/ JibcJ ];y committing it to paper, an amendment by Mp Marshall that the dr c oiiaUlication should only be foe twelve inuptJ? B was negatived, puly' three bands being held up for it, while for the motion there voted in favor of it seven ; agajust, six. It was explained that two of t|ic dissentients woe nun members, and it was remarkid that on evidence bejny produced by Mr Walters to show that he had been illtreated by the C.J.C., the resolution could be reconsidered, and, if deemed unjust, be rescinded.

On M‘Kay’s matter being called on, a letter from him was read, in which ’no asked to he allowed tp furnish an explanation, and denied any collusion with bookmakers or ptlipcs, ' Op' J-epig called ipto the rpom, M-TCay bij.id the lead dropped accidentally through the silk handkerchief in which it was contained breaking; that ft wqx tile crowd that first called his attention to the fact; and mentioned a number pf circumstances to show that everything was to his intere.O- to win the race, ft was resolved that the action of the G.J.C. in this matter he followed also j and that on M‘Kay producing satisfactory evidence, the disqualification he taken oil'.