SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 3411, 27 January 1874, Page 3

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

THE LATE FRACAS AT THE AUCK-

LAND RACES.

i The following extract from a letter of Mr Perkins, which appeared in the Auckland Herald’ on Monday last, explains fully the Circumstance which led to the repurchase of his horse by Mr Redwood and the scratchihg: of Kakapo “I have' been accused- by many persons of being concerned in a swindle with the purchase of Mr KedwoodV horses, the facts of which; I-give you. 1 made a honafide purchase from Mr .Redwood of eight horses for the sum of L 2.500, and paid him the mqney in. National Bank notes qn the following morning, at 11 o’clock, the time agreed upon, and eolemly state that no person was connec.ted' -with nto ;in the purchase. a bout a week before the races I took sale note of said horses, in which Mr Redwood stated that Kakapo was a three-year-qld (that was one of the horses in the sale), hut I found out that the colt was foaled in July, and the Auckland Turf Rule had adopted the Victorian rules, which dated from Ist August; therefore a protest was entered by .Mr. Watt against Kakapo runmng, and at a meeting of the stewards ! was informed that I would be disqualified if 1 brought Kakapo to the post. My only course left then was to sell the horses back to Mr Redwood, or enter into litigation. I chose the former, at a profit on my transaction. I may also state that Mr Redwood entered his horses as he explains, not knowihg there was any difference between the Auckland and Christchurch rules. Finding °»t his error, he made me an offer to take the horses back while the maiden race was being run for, and agreed that the horses should run in the stable that I had them in (that was iMr Ray’s), and should be ridden by the jockeys that were to ride for me, and with my colors, so that the public should have no cause to find to find fault that they tod not run on their merits. I hold Mr Redwood free of all blame in the matter, as i* was an error any person might be liable to. ”