DOUBT JUDGE

NZ Truth, Issue 1211, 14 February 1929, Page 12

DOUBT JUDGE

Jockeys Think They Know Best When a jockey is beaten m a tight finish he is more often than not peeved with the gentleman m the judge's box. LET some interested person whisper m his ear that he was robbed of the verdict and the/jockey will let out squeals that can be heard miles away from the course. • At New Plymouth last Saturday Sam. Henderson was so cocksure . that Royal Acre was "home" m the Hurdles that he went to sleep. The result was that Glengar iff, coming up unexpectedly on the fence, "lined" the. favorite. Henderson,' instead of coming back and " {Emitting he was at fault, had to blame the judge. ■"••■'. i.. He told the judge he .won, and the judge told Henderson, officially,' that he did not win, while as to sarcasm, Henderson had better save it for one who would take it. The last race of the day found another horseman fuming. ' He demanded, of. "N.Z. Truth" who' won, and, when the answer went against him, he . went off harder than ever. " . • He had supporters for his case, of course, but for every one that, went his way there were fifty who agreed with the judge. ' ■ If there was any doubt about the first race there was not a shadow about the last. N The two horses went over the : line locked .together and the advantage was easy to see. It was not as. if they were spread across the course, for when they are that way it is hard to judge, from the stands, with any degree of accuracy. Some jockeys seem to imagine that they are the only judges m the world, but "Truth"' always holds that m a desperate finish neither rider can tell exactly when he hits the deciding line.