TROTTING SIDELIGHTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 21 February 1924, Page 4

TROTTING SIDELIGHTS.

(Christchurch Pres.-,). Although Dame Rumour lies been

working overtime since the first publication of news of wlutt i- now known as the Book Out case, there have been

a .sufficient number of reports of investigations and statements bearing on

Dc whole matter, that se'-iie arc worth the telling. Most aw in comicxion with post-mortem examinations of well-known performers '■'■ho have "(lied suddenly.” and these have no connexion with the list of names ~[ horses published by the Trotting Association recently, concerning which a number of people have been asked to ‘'please explain.” There is cue vimy of n well-known and di-tiiictiv.'-looiiing hV.ck pm or owned by a very ] "owouu man in and the trainer commumoalvd the In n to tla- owner. ; skD’i ii Dm lau r would like to see the hor-e. ihe owner replied that as the horse was dead he had no further interest. Eater on the investigators happened along, and on unearthing Die black found that lie had become a chestnut, with no distinction at all. A Minil <r cn~". but of an ordinary bav gelding, had iu-l a sligh'Dv diflero»t ending in that the < ar.-i was decidedly substantial and the -taiidardhred hor-e had developed a Her death into me of the draught bred. Another es-le ill whi< I) D, :"■ are de-

cided ei'ounds lor suspicion (otaerns ~ horse t hat did tmat of ii - i;n in f nutsidc Gantt Dairy.- It n." ■ > ill. an untune! v cud. am! t• mi r 1 ■ a ; sent to a •hciliug-dawn m- ,:d di am •!■ I)T dis|;o-ai!. .Mi that va ■ 1 ' i Da vestigat.il';> wa Da- ' 1 V. he il mveah'd Ihe ml .am- a- i i hul ii prolad.ly had ion: .'y-ad m stained prior Ia i h -d: at h m the kovse. Another 11 5i.... t of the present .11quirv has . au-ed an owner ot much standing Btriosisly to think. Not. n great, many months ago he decided lo have one of his hor-es turned out lor a snell. After a period he decided i 1 was time that the horse wis put into work again. The trainer was emit-nitiui:-ai t’d v. if 1 1 . hut. si rangcl; eiiouge several weelrs elate-ed helore ih.c hor-e could he found after his ‘■vacation.”

There are sufficient straws (ill the surface to -bow that Die wind blows strong, and possibly Die interesting disclosures that Die public expect n ill matefialiAt all events there . i- : every indication Dial invest igniin!!are being made on very Du. rough Ini'" .