GOT FIFTY-TWO WEEKS

NZ Truth, Issue 1195, 25 October 1928, Page 13

GOT FIFTY-TWO WEEKS

Served Five And Then They Were Acquitted GILBERTIAN APPEAL FINDING Hard heads m the racing; world got a little bit of a jolt last Saturday — m more ways than one.

THOSE who tackled the job of trying to pick them at Trentham took the knock m no uncertain fashion, but the bump was not half as hard as that sustained, when the news came out that Trainer A. E. Cox and Jockey E. A. Keesing had been acquitted by the Conference appeal judges. Cox and Keesing ' were awarded twelve^ mpnths at Wanganul on. September 15 for alleged corrupt practice. Two days previously,. Valkon was a runner m the Marangai,. and. those who watched the race closely were expecting a question to be asked. ~ Two stipes were present, and they were unanimously, of the opinion that the horse was not allowed to give of its best. . And during the running the stipea linn mi m m inn ii n i m iiiitiiini iiimim in m lumiiliimiiiiii innii i

evidence the stipes lay before a judicial committee, the committee willnot be m order to out the culprit. If the committee wish to convict it will be necessary, "however weighty" the evidence may be against the accused, to obtain "further support" for the prosecution's case. Could anything be more ridiculous? Expenses m connection with stipendiary stewards for the sea- ' ; son ending 1928 amounted to just * on £4300. . A lot, of people will: ha ve.it. that the money is wasted, but from now, it will be. really wasted. To date the stipe' has been a big enough figurehead, but m the future he is going to fade out of the scene altogether. llMtllllllttllllllllllUlllllllllllllllHlltlllHlUltlllllllltMlllllllllllllllMlllHllHHlllllllllllllltlHllllHllllllllllttllll iiiiiwiiiinnniiiiiitmiUHiniiiiniiiniiniiinniiiiiiininnniiiiiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiJiiiimiii

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