A TURF SCANDAL.

Evening Star, Issue 4087, 1 April 1876, Page 4

A TURF SCANDAL.

/‘The ‘Australasian’ of the 11th inat’; says;—“A disgraceful fraccvt occurred in front of the grand stand at Flemington on the second day of the Y.R.C. race meeting. The well-known bookmaker Joseph Thomp- , son picked, a quarrel with James Wilson, the St.-. Albah’a trainer, and from language, in which the vilest, terms were used, proceeded to blows. Wilson was speedily knocked down, and, it is said, even kicked \yhen.nn.the,ground by some of the Thompson fraternity. Anyhow a most disgraceful .scene ensued, and the foulest epithets were freely by the paxtisans of both sides.' The matter was investigated hy the stewards, and both , parties were:'warned, off the course for the third day of the races.,. The sentence is "9. light one, bnt we will be a warning tolthose who can neither restrain' their tongues nor them hands. It is no secret that Joseph Thompson’s language has on many occasion? been'pf'the foulest and even in paddock he is notorious for the ftee fiis tongue ir . Jt'ris time such purse-proud members of the ring; were ■ kept' in check, at anyjrate-in that ; part of the reserve set apart-for - the nse of- -members and their farfmies.- We hear that Thompepn offered L6OO to the Glub to be allowed on thq course; for the third day’s races, hut his dlfer Was rdfosed.’* ”