THE RINGING-IN INCIDENT

Hokitika Guardian, 10 January 1924, Page 3

THE RINGING-IN INCIDENT

IDENTIFIED AS WILLIE LINCOLN "**|ilY TELEGRAPH— 1-Kit CHESS ASSOCIATION.j OHKI.STCHERCii, Jan. ». '1 he T lisped or of Ponce at tlirisLcliureh, received word irom the south to-day that “Look-Out' 1 has been deiinitel.v ideiiLi.led as Millie Lincoln, ■* the Christehurcli pacer. AN ARREST MADE. (. HIiLSTT 'HURL 11, -inn. W William Percy Capes, aged 32, Iruiict'er. of Christehurcli, aas arrested late this evening in connection with a the alleged ringing-in of Willie Linas Lookout at I nverea rgili lie appear at the Alagi.-lnile’s Court in the morning. It is undersiood ii.at oilier eases ol ringing-in are being investigated by the New Zealand Trotting Association. ANOTHER ARREST. II IN I'.Dt -Liu. 0. Hi connection with the racing sensation, 'ii which it is alleged that, Willie Lincoln was raced as Look Out, at t.-v Southland New ) ear meeting, Williamson, aged .‘id, a resilient of Christchurch, the driver of the horse at Invercargill, was arrested to-da\ In Detective Lean, and (barged with attempting to obtain the sum ol Llo-S IQs from the Southland Racing Club by false pretences, lie appears before the Court to-morrow. “LOOK-OUT" ARRESTED TOO! DINNED IN. Jan. I). The real Look-Out reached Dunedin early this morning by the slow train from north, and was “arrested'’ by detectives on iirrival.

LOGAN POINTER’S EM). CHRISTCHURCH, .fan 0. Loriiii Pointer, the successful trotting sire, lias hail to he destroyed mving to his being kicked by a pun;, while rulining out in the paddock on Vdie property of his owner, Mr Ereelnan Holmes, who imported him from America in Kilo. For the last two seasons, he. had headed the winning sires list, and hid lair to do so this year. CHARGE OF EllAl"0. CHRISTCHURCH. .lan. 10. AV illin in Williamson pleaded not guilty to charges of obtaining £bal by representing the Ir<dting horse Wilin' l.ineoln to be Lookout, and also i I conspiring witli J. Holding, and Icicy ( Y,];, 1 sto defraud Southland l'aeing Club by entering Willie Lineoin in Oreli harness trot, under n lalse mune. TLe police in asking IDr substantial bail oti leinaml. stated they were on the ■verge of disclosing a hig sensation in racing circles. Williamson was rotr.an.clcd for eight day mi hrii! of £2OO mu! tv'r> sureties of £IOO each. U was intimated that accused was returning home to Christchurch. CAPES CHARGED. CHEISTniI RCH. .limtmry 10. William Percy Capes, aged 02. fi inform' of Christchurch, was charged at the ' .Magistrate’s (Hurt to-day before Mr WiiUlowson S.AL, that on January 2nd. at Invercargill he conspired with M ib linm 'Williamson and .1. Colliding m tnl Southland Racing Club. by ''Substituting the horse Willie Lincoln for the horse Look Out. dim chid detective, A. Cameiym, asked lor a remand to Dunedin on January Hi. Air Hobbs, who apiieared for accused, npvijed for hail. Cameron made a strong to hail, as lie had reason to iiSwliovo the charge was the commencement of many. Tie asked that bail be most substantial. Accused was remanded to appear at Dunedin on January 10th. Hail was fixed at 2500 and 2 sureties of £SOO, with a special condition that accused report to the police at 10 a.in. daily.