Untitled

Hokitika Guardian, 23 February 1923, Page 3

JOCKEY “SAYAIvEIV* ; LONDON. Nov. «*; In n “savaging”’ incident at \\ wick races yesterday A . Smyth, < ■•' of ilie foremost riders, was pul ed ,"i his horse l>y another, and worried as Hr lav on the ground. , Yt happened at the post for the second race. Smyth was ruling Kluui,|ou Beils, next to him as the lie" were lining up being Chuek-a-l enui. and this animal suddenly soixeti tun of his left arm. Wagstaff'e..the rid w of Chuek-n-Penny, used Ids whip vigorouslv on the "savage” to make "im lei .r () and the starter also brought lointiT play, but Ciiuck-a-IVnny held on to his grip and finally pulled Smyth out of the saddle. After this misbehaviour at one reel Clinck-a-Penny distinguished himself at the other by dead-heating with Eton and dividing the spoils. Ail ambulance brought hack the injured jockey, whose wrist was found to have been hadlv mauled. Four stitches were put in it and Smyth w.subsequently inoculated. He suffered excruciating pain. Some little time ago he injured a foot at A\ oreester and nad to •"rest,” and it is hard luck for him to he now laid aside for the final stage of the season. Incidents of this kind are very rare. Two of the best known involved Fred Archer and Otto Madden. Archer was “savaged” on Newmarket Heath by a horse called Muley Edris in revenge for being punished in a race just before. He remembered Archer and went for him in the most vicious manner. Ma Idon was seized by the arm while going to the post for a race at Brighton, pulled off' his horse to the ground, and then |>icked up and shaken violently by i the throat. I Inquiry bv the stewards into yesterday's incident failed to show Chuck-a-Ue'nnv in the light of a confirmed savage. but they advised that he be run in a muzzle in future.