CLEANING-UP WANTED
Net of Control Must Be Tightened
In Auckland
(From "N.Z. Truth's" Special Auckland Eepresentative). Without wishing to be terse, it is to be hoped the northern trotting heads will not be led astray by any chance glowing references to alleged efficient control.
UnTRUTH" fails to see what good can 1 come from attempting to paint a rosy picture while there ,is urgent need for the adoption of a general cleaning- up policy. To infer that the present control is giving moi*e and more confidence is absolutely laughable ' m the extreme, and has ho more prospect of being devoured by the northern public than Arne Borg has of swimming the Tasman. . ' It is a fact — and some trotting heads themselves know it only too well — that the game isilosing its grip so far as the north is concerned; This is all because those at the helm have not acted with firmness and consistency when occasion has demanded 'it. .'■ ■■' ' Apart from a string of inconsistent performances, "Truth" has noted the judge's placings reversed when less than 5 per cent. wit-
nessed anything of the alleged trouble. Later at another fixture when 100 per cent of onlookers viewed a deliberate cross m the run home, no more than a caution was administered. Where is the consistency? "Truth" also witnessed interference to a horse this season which was bad m the extreme. It ended m no more than mere caution. There was , also the case of a horse which lost m the spring being handled m a manner which would have earned immediate suspension at the galloping game for incompetence if nothing else. Yet the same driver and horse were free to come out at the next. fixture and bolt away with a larger stake. Is it any wonder that the critical and experienced northern public sim,ply laugh at any efforts made by a section of the press to whitewash such lax control; Auckland trotting enthusiasts have their own minds' on the matter. Unless their interests are more safeguarded and doings at Alexandra Park kept more free from what often seem like the hanky, then trotting will slip even further down the precipice. The authorities must act more firmly than of recent times, and they must i also realize that enthusiasts will simply, not be gulled, even if they themselves may feel inclined to devour flattering; criticism which creeps into print.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1210, 7 February 1929, Page 13
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399CLEANING-UP WANTED NZ Truth, Issue 1210, 7 February 1929, Page 13
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