DISQUALIFICATION OF PEERESS AND M'KAY.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 197, 6 December 1872, Page 6

DISQUALIFICATION OF PEERESS AND M'KAY.

The following circular has been forwarded to the Mount Ida Jockey Club V Christchurch, 19th Nov., 1872: The Secretary .Mount Ida Jockey Club— . Srß,—l. beg to send you resolutions passed in connection with the late Metropolitan Meeting, held in Christchurch on the 7th', > Bth,.and,llth inst. I-am, sir, Your obedient servant, ' E. G. Griffith, '. r; ; Hon. Sec. C.J:C. A special meeting of .the Canterbury Jockey Club, held.at Tattersall's on the 6th instant, at 4 o'clock p.m. The following resolution was carried, viz.:— t" After hearing the circumstances connected xvith the sale by Mr. lied wood-to Mr. Walrers of the chesnub mare .Peeress, by'the P.*er out of Miss .Row yesterday", within fortyeight hours of the- time of starling for the Canterbury Cup, and the scratching'of the said mare for the said race by Mr. Walters, the Canterbury Jockey Club uuanimously agree that the said mare should be disqualified from ever again running on any racecourse where the Canterbury Jockey Club Rules are in force, and she is accordingly hereby declared disqualified." This resolution was sigwd by the following members ; John Lines H. W. Beaufo/d Geo. Ptcke E. W. Millett J.»A. Douglas C »as. Newton M. holme Geo. S:ead E. C. Maxwell K. M Morton Ik ll;ume Campbell John Stud hoi me Frank Courage * P. W D'lamain 11. AY. Wynu Wil- K. U. Prius liams _ E,.G. Griffi.h J-.>hn Craerofc'Wilson, Ba M ti-st lor Chaii-man.

.HaRDLK 1* ace.—On Friday, November! Btli. IS. 2, M'-d>ra was fivst past the judge's pos!\ ridden by William M c K;iy, j who was weighted om at lLsfc- 71b-., and; weighed in at 11 sr-. 4lbs., having lost 3lbs.' ThY* Se wards held a meeting to consider, thjb : discrepancy in rhe weight, and ar-j rivud at ihe following decision, which j was'duly posted:—"The Stewards, hav-: ing" c >nsid Ted the i}ss of weight by Med».ra"s j >ekey,-.and other suspicious circli?»s!anees having e.une to their know-i ledge, decide that the race is null and ; v.>id; that M'Kiy is disqualified from; ever riding where the 'C..r.C "rules are in ! force." Signed by the following StewG. B. Parker F. W. Delamain Jno. Stulholme Geo. Pache T. Walker . At a special meeting of the Mount Ida Jockey Club, held to consider the above letter, it was resolved "That the Mount Ida Jockey Club adopt the decision of the' Canterbury and Duhedin Clubs, relative .to. the disqualification of Peeress and William M'Kay."