KNOW RULES

NZ Truth, Issue 1205, 3 January 1929, Page 9

KNOW RULES

Near Trouble Over Allowance

JUST IN TIME

(From "N.Z. Truth's" Taranaki Rep.) The, necessity for 7. owners and trainers to know the -rules was again exemplified at >the Taranaki Jockey Club's Christmas meeting, when ignorance of the rules re- . garding claiming . ■of allowances nearly cost the connections of Orazone £260. , ; ,- ALSO, it nearly ic'pst her 382% supporters their dividends. ';"■ In the Christmas Handicap Orazone, handicapped at 7.9, Avas ridden by apprentice H. Pitcom. Trainer J. Fryer claimed . the 51b. apprentices' allowarice arid Avas allowed it by the clerk of scales at GoldAvater, tho stipendiary steward, it is understood, - being present at the weighing. The boy could not quite take advantage of the full alloAvance, and weighed out at 7.6. This weight was posted on the official announcement board outside the secretary's office,, and also on the 'number board Avhich read: Allowances. No. 7 carries 7.5." The field was out at the starting point and A. Vincent was getting ready to set them going, when a pressman drew the attention of Stipendiary, Steward Sandilands to the fact that the' value of the race to the first horse was £10 over the allowance limit. V ■ The stipe using the only conveyance handy (which happened to be . the ambulance) dashed over to the . starting post, arid sent Orazone m to have the error rectified. I The race started after a slight delay, Orazone duly winning. It will prove a lesson .to the trainer who recognized his good fortune by presenting the pressman Avith a' new hat. :;.,-'. The public saw the' ambulance making its Avay to the starting post, arid thought an accident had occurred, but m thiis case the ainbularice Avas Avorking on the principle that prevention is better than cure.