INJUSTICE TO RACEHORSES IN NEW ZEALAND.

Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 68, 13 June 1877, Page 3

INJUSTICE TO RACEHORSES IN NEW ZEALAND.

A- writer lii the :--N elsbn ; Maii <M this subjedt says i— f kl.,dap.'t thiflk ■&& treit o%r "racehorses well-i k 'Kew '^fealjtod. ft may be remembered th# sbnie years &g& tfiAfc^agtiificent^^niare Peeress, with trhich sommy of us. is.^ Nelson are kc^ l^Bts ; disqualified because the" pbpr thing Who was : sb eag«*r. to take her part m the (fbritest ; wad 'debarred by her owner frbnt stsirtng; and now Fishhook, the %iniier tff the Diinedin Cup, Who tried his best despite the efforts of Ms; jbokeyi at an Otkgo meeting the ■ other dd% ha> t been subjected to a similai indignity.- i;^Wh.j pass such a slur on the^ noble^animals' whose disapppintmeflt at being debarred frbifiwnat to them aTe the pleasure and excitement of a well cpnteafted race, isy I 'really believe as grtat as that of tKeir^ackers P - They are honest enough,- and therein they set an example; that might be , followed with advantage by. that prof essfedly- noble dninral, mSnVi ; Put; the saddle" on the Wght-hbrsej Messieurs the Stewards. Let Jdisgrftcie lie^bri the proper shoulders, va'nd whenever you"' find; ; an owner or a jockey, playing such pranks, disqualify thim, order him' cfff your^course, and never allbw. him another change^ of felling- 'the -ptiblic, upon whom, after all, depends the success br failure of : your iiace. meetings 1 .; Jjlaciog in New Zea- ? larid^tisetl/ m the years long gone by, to be cotidttctediupbri'hpfle's'f and honorable principles, but npw J Yes, what can we say or it nowf" • •