TROTTING ASSOCIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 11 March 1925, Page 3

TROTTING ASSOCIATION

APPEALS DEALT AY IT! I. CHRISTCHURCH. Alarch 10. When the Home AYilkes-lmprint ease was before the Board ol the New Zealand Trotting Association to-dav, the Pres ideal Air P. Selig, said that at a previous meeting, counsel lor one of the narties concerned, whose case was then being heard, had produced a nunv her of letters from various people, hut rightly the Hoard had taken no notice of those. He considered it his duty to refer to a letter, which haul been pul iu earlier in the case, li’oin tne Stipendiary Magistrate in Westport, expressing the opinion that lie had had a tail run" for his money. Air Selig said he cons idered Hint it was not a right thing that a man in the position of a stipendiary magistrate should do a thing like that, ft might easily have happened that he found himself called upon to ileal, from the Bench, with some matter arising out of the case. All attempts at interference hy outsiders were to be deprecated. Air Kitchinghani (Greymouth) pointed out that the .Magistrate could not have had any interest in the ease. His money had been lost, and lie was only trying to assist the men concerned, '(hat was the only reason he had given his evidence. The President said that it would have been all right if he had been called hy the Club, hut ha was not. Just because lie was the Stipeiidiun Magistrate he was not entitled to come forward and offer his evidence ... order to try to influence the judgment ol those who decide the case. Mr Williams pointed out that the Club could have refused to hear Ins evidence. Air Kitchinghani said the Club, according to the rules, could refuse to hear the evidence only of persons interested in the ease, and the -Magistrate was not interested in the case. \fter some further discussion, m tire course of which the President again expressed his disapproval of tne -Magistrate’s action, the matter dropped.

WHAREPIAXA CASE FEUIDED. CHRISTCHURCH, March 10. The Board of the New Zealand 'Hotting Association, finally dea t t theWYl.arepia.ia ease, an appeal again, the derision of the Forbury l ark 1 «ott;„„ Club,.in disqualifying the >uise Wlmrepiana for the Royal HamhcaPi anil the owner T. Butcher, and f’C Donald, for twelve months. It »n i wicnlved that the action unanimously lesoucu in r>nm\d of the Club iu disqualifying C - Donald he endorsed, anil that his appeal be dismissed ; also that the Club s actio i„ disqualifying Vharcp.ana io the Royal Handicap he upheld, and tl.a T* Butcher’s appeal against h s qualification for twelve months be upheld.