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NZ Truth, Issue 1261, 30 January 1930, Page 9

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Stanchion Is Bad Mannered The pitcher can go to the w.ell • too ofteni and, under New Zealand racing laws, the unruly horse can go to the post '-.once too. often. ■-,-■ rE introduction of a schooling list has proved ; ; to be a mixed blessing, and till the news leaked out at Trentham it seemed that there was going to he two ways of administering the rule. At Trentham m the . spring the tbreat was put over Commendation, and he left the country, but nothing was said about Stanchion, a notorious Ibad horse at the barrier. ,- < One writer happened to name Stanchion, and he was promptly told by one who should have known better that he did not know what he was writing about. And Stanchion went on misbehaving. "He got through Christmas ' and the New Year without being added to the list, and then he came down to Trentham. •He played up as usual, and on the last day there was much comment on thp latitude allowed him. .'However, enough is as good as a feast, and it 'was semi-officially . stated that he was to be listed. And riot; before time. , When Stanchion's name appears on ; the list m the official organ, it will I show that the stipes were not afraid to deal with the horse of a prominent Conference official, but, as the trainer asked the jockey, "What delayed t your i »