PEDIGREE DISPUTE

Hokitika Guardian, 17 July 1929, Page 6

PEDIGREE DISPUTE

PRINCE HUMPHREY’S IDENTITY (Australian, Press, Association,) ' " , ' i S YDNE Y, . July 1.6. ] . Investigation- by./ C., Yuijle, Registrar of Raggil9rs.es., into .the..identity of Prince Humphrey, has established the fact that lie is a, 'bay gelding three years old, by Duke Humphrey (Imp.) —Princess Hazel (Imp.), , branded BX under an inverted V near the shoulder and 5 over 136, now almost invisible, on the near thigh. He is a lay with, (flack points. The other lmrse whose brands, wort l confused with Prince Humphrey was Cragsman, which Yuille finds is a bay gelding, three years,, by Duke Humphrey (Imp.)—Shepherd Princess; branded B under an inverted V on the near shoulder, and 5 over 144 near Ihe thigh, with a large star streak and 'blaze over the left nostril, both fore pasterns broken white, and both hind pasterns broken white. Yuille adds that the evidence indicates tlmt the .confusion may have arisen over the names of the respective dams rather than that the horses had ' v/n. ' < or. fused by any similarity of -p oaiamThe reason for Unis m’stake may have been because the full brands of the two horses were nniitU'd from the catalogue of the Woodlands dispersal sale. Yuille remarks that bad the Secretary of’ tho'New Zealand Racing Conference checked the applications foi the registration of the two horses, or had ’each applicant - checked his own application for registration at the •time with the Registrar’s certificates, the error would then have been apparent.. . The A.J.C. Committee to-day apnroved of the Registrar’s report and it decided to call upon Afr C. G. AlaeIndoe, owner of Prince Humphrey, to register Prince Humphrey and amend Iris nomination of that horse lor the Epsom, Aretropolitan and Warwiqk Farm Spring Handicap, paying 20s fine in each case, otherwise his entries would be 'declared invalid, together with the costs of the inquiry into the horse’s identity.

The A.J.C. Committee also held that the New Zealand horse, Star God, was ineligible to take part in the Ensoul, Aretropolitan and Warwick Farm. Spring Handicap. The rules provide that a horse outside the Commonwealth can bo entered without prior registration, but as Star God happened to be in Sydney when nominated, the horse - should he registered beforehand.