RACING SENSATION.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 August 1924, Page 4

RACING SENSATION .

DISQUALIFICATION -of JOXKS AND M’CAItTKX. 1 Tin* f(»ll(»\vintr story from the Sydney ‘‘Guardian,’’ on the subject of the ~ Tones aiul M’Cnrten disqualifications, will convey same idea of the strong ; feeling in Sydney sporting circles in i favour of the two New Zealanders:— 1 One closely associated with those con- 1 corned in the disiinaliticalion .succeed- [ ing. the horses are not likely to race 1 again in Australia. Tt was stated that they would JY.oh- ( ably he sent straight l ick to New Zealand. i Ballymena and (llentruin, two of the greatest pciTonyers of the season in New Zealand, would thus he absent from the spring meeting, and Ballymena would not participate in the Melbourne Cun, for which lie has been freely hacked. The disqualification was the iesnlt of Koval Dispatch's running in the first division of the Maiden Handicap at Canterbury < n Saturday. An inquiry has Icon conducted into his form at Aloorlield three weeks before. adjourned over the week-end. and the explanation has been accepted by the stewards. Koval Dispatch ran again a week later at Kosehi'.l. hut was never sighted in the (IranviMe Stakes.

IN A (Jl ANJJAUV. [I - tlk“ owner of Uoyal Dispatch. who is also the owner of Ballymena and others 111 the team, had hoen ineolved m tlie dis(|i!alilieation. it would have all acted his horses' s;:rino oiioaneM elit s lor rule li!) states that tto transfer of a horse's «"ii}{ajreiii?iit-s shall he permitted if hefoie it is lodged with the secretary either of the parties thereto has rendered himself liable to a < harjjo whic h may entail dis:|iialilieation. I his aim'd have rrevenied Ballymena'.; niiminy' in the Metropolitan and the Me'.' (Mil lie ('tip. and ennsideiahle public h >s would have liven involved, for In had lieen ton; led in douldes and harked by raeej'oers tu win the Mellioiirue ('up. But the lindiup. of the stewi::ds a; - parentlv exoiterr.les Mr Knight from any cimeru in Saturday's rttimin-:. and I'.e is merely railed upon to show cuii-e why Ihi.'. il Di'i ateh should not he dis(|iia!itied. and not why lie himself should not he com eriicd in the

]*ut. under the rule iust quoted, (■lentruin wot.'e.l lie involved in the disqtialii'u at im. for her nomination would |,c |.oilier" I void lor the Kfs.nn llandi.ap, ami so v.oitl.l Mu: ihatlto's. for .loia.'S. the trainer, is given ns Jitrt owner of both. That is. i f eotiive. ii the apical in the ease fails. The parties niueertied are in somoihn.g of a quandary i .merniag the a I peal. That M'Carten should have given Cite stewards ground for a se.'oml inqui:y. lollc.'.ed by 11 is '| i: :i I i lii at ion lor twelve months, so soon alter the first investigation, was regarded as almost iii tedjh.lt- in racing circles, and tlm action of the stewards was totally unexpected.

lint, apart from the surprisf caused b\ the disqualification, it is likely to have a scions I:"aring <>n si ting racing. |.\ |). denes, the I miner, and Maurice M'Carten. the jockey, who have been disqualified, are two of the b-avl- , i- in their profession in New Zealand. M’( a ft" i headed the v. inning jockeys' li-t lasi season, dond-lmating with Km I'siiii, and won i utright the .season I ■•!', re. dunes is ore < f t !i" leading train: rs in the Dominion, and until the iccenl .Modi elie'd inqtliiy had never I evil before the stewards in his lining career. .lone- ceati'ols a big racing siting. In his team at present in Sydney are l:al!yinei:a. the last Derby winner, wlio i- ex j*; •" t•- d to I * one of Kindi's scriei»- livaU in the loug-d'slani e v.eiahl--1,,: ii t- in the Miring: 'Mantulin. | J s lh- most brilliant mare io Australasia, to-day; M illahatij o. who V.a- '.(I in t'::- Can ter'bury ’I-'lying on K'tnid.a.v, end is ex re ted to sh'nV g,1.1.1 f; nil in I'dild!" dist.au: e "Verls in Hi • near fill arc ; Alfonso, a promising; two-year-old: and CiHieniy. Kil!'ir:a .and (’awn; .no. .IOCKKY'S VKDSION. .M'Carten says that lieyal Hiseaf li vv a • running well errly in the race, who*! a horse ridden by a van ng a -

i-retiti' e threatened to < any him if the linin'-, and lie ] tilled in behind others, thinking it 'better to await a mu c:i the ill:-i(!e than to lake the risk ol losing all (lianie through .having l > go tomul a hunch ahead of him. lie assumes that that avticn vas construed h.v the stawards to he the lulling of I Joy,'l I Disrath. hut 111* claims that he did it with absolutely Inn:;-I imentions. ami in the ho; e that i. i tin on the iia ide v.inild save um; It ground and vvwiihl .'l:*t*■ ■ ' him i' *' ‘ ll till- l.ve. .M'Carten lias a : lean record ia Xe'.v Zealand, where he has ridden for most el ~v prominent mviit r-, and has alum-. bee-ji trusted by tin 111. .lotus | iit -.ufiii'ient nt Itoyal Dispal'.h on SatUldav to get ka"k the money he had h -i at .v!i i'relic!d. but V..-IS !|.V It" means i.niliib lit of viete-y. |!" i . not a big bettor. 'ldle ’ Iggest „:i,:.. r lie lias ha I ill N. vv Zealand is mid even when lie had aherdy won two raees during the day at a Canterbury meeting at his last visit to Australia, till lie lmd on his third runner. Dally menu. was £!kT. and he. to i. v.ou. TI! A IN KIS‘S CI.MAX IfKCOHT). .feiies said he had a high opinion of Koval Disl al; !i. and e.'.pe; ted him to I rove a I thing for a maiden event in Australia and improve into a good hoi-a capable of winning a useful line, bill over there he .kecime erratic, and did not produce his best form.

.lours, who is a man of small stature was formerly a g, oil rider, and was joekev for Sir Gen. ( lili'ord. now chairman of the New Zealand Haring C'onlot'eiii'i', and the late G. G. Stead and the lion. J. I). Ormond, three of the most prominent raving owners the Dominion has known for years. ..e was never before the stewards until the recent .Mioreliehl inquiry. Mr 11. A. Knight, the i inter ol Royal Dispatch, is a rich paxtoiali.st. who raees purlv for the spurt. He rarely bets, and if he makes it wager at aP it is only for a | omul or mi. He is a steward of the Canterbury (New Ztsiland) .lurkey ( lub. one of the most conservative racing bodies in tie :<eern Hemisphere, and is on the directorate of many important commercial and educational concern.' in Chrislrhureh.