ACCUSED HIS JOCKEY

NZ Truth, Issue 1240, 5 September 1929, Page 13

ACCUSED HIS JOCKEY

'OWNER SAYS HORSE' WAS ; ; ; '! PULLED ; y During the. progress 'of the circuit up, in Poverty .Bay there was a AweH-known horse' competing. THAT, is, he' was well and favorably ■'. known m days gone, by/ as a winner of many races, but these days he has hit;the;! toboggan. ! '...'. - ■ That he' failed to make a name for himself .' at the meetingV was £pt sur-^ prising to. those who knew his condi-: tion, and how his! ability had been im.paired. ".a! 'j The jockey" on •'; top has a penchant tot:. -getting m and;.- winning;, f a.ces, ybut when he saw it !was hopeless he ;did not lather a horse .that had no 'show, „ ■! Everything seemed to be all right, but vsome; time after the meeting concluded, the jockey was surprised to ; receive a letter from the owner, m which the jockey was accused of pulling the horse up. '"',; It had taken the owner some time to come to this opinion, and the only conclusion that can be ar-rived at is that ' he was not averse to listening to tale-tellers^ A A • : : ■ The horseman, ••^as, naturally upset and he has now .taken the letter to those governing the 1 game, and later the owner may have an opportunity of proving his words. „. ..;..•. \^nd ju'dgihg'by. whatA"N.Z. Truth" saw, pf ythe, race, ,he is: going to have | the hardest part to; do. -A', ,y •'.* .'. ' a.. liiiiiniiimniimiiiinniiiMiniininiiMiiiiiiiunniiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinimminim