SOMBOLENT STEWARDS.

NZ Truth, Issue 127, 23 November 1907, Page 2

SOMBOLENT STEWARDS.

While Ca'rte'rtdn Stewards were m a rembnstrative mood oir Monday ■ lastv v; they- .should- certainly have asked atleUst one of -the 1 hacks to "explaiiL'?'That particular horse put up a most- peculiar run, being all over the track, as though he and his rider were asking each other which was the way- to the winning post. The winner bf ; -the «ven-t- : is not half- a bad 'un, as well ■as which he was m good buckle ; and li'a'd tile erratic-going one done the chalk-line . act for the judge's box, it would probably have taken Mm all. his tame to win, if he really could have done so at "all. That, however, does nbt take away from the facVthat he seemed, to be making sure of at least -half the field passing the judge's box before he ' would, do .-.' so himself. - All the time the possibility exists' of the horse alluded to being intentionally, and designedly "dead." Nevertheless, circumstances— as they go m horseracing— pointed to such being the case; and at the very least an explanation should have been asked for-. ' ■ ' ' .