SHORT-LICED FAME.

Otaki Mail, 29 March 1922, Page 4

SHORT-LICED FAME.

11 —— $ i j ERNEST HARRY’S TROUBLES. ii Mr Ernest Barry, the world’s cham- - pion senile, appeared at Brentford -’Bankruptcy Court recently to explain - i rim financinl misfortunes w'nich icsult- - ~-d in his liabilities being £1730, and hi s assets only £2B 3s. He attributed his failure to loss on a public house ami unsuccessful betting transactions. Kepiring to Mr Ashton, for l lie off r Ve,'i\vr. Mr Burry said he took * , n , professional sculling in 1908, end in s 11)3 2 won the world’s championship. I He served in the Army, and in 1919 II .i championship to Felton, the r ' Au-trnlisn. losing £OOO ever the race. " ;i,, took the Fox public, house at Twickenham, but from the first it nev- ■ or paid, and lie only kept it going by r Ibis successes on horse-racing. 1 j A; r Aslivon: But you were a popular < ' character, and chat should have at--5 trncteil customers? 1 Mr Barry: Popularity does nor last ' i 0 „,v. ]„ li:20. Mr Barry proceeded, r he went to Australia, his expenses be--5 ing paid, and ho beat Felton, making - i £lOOl.l on the trip, but on returning to ■ ' t-ip country he found things at the 1 oxj ~;r y uusatisfactory, a bill of £I2OO havirg been run up by the brewery compel)". “I could never understand how ! hai happened, ”he added. Mr Ashton: But there must have j been n big turnover: ’ | Mr Barry: You must live very frui v ro make a public house pay. Giving an account of his betting transactions. ice said he was induced by his , brother and another man to join in a betvinu busine-s in London -it his on It an attraction to patrons. The business, a attraction.to patrons. The business, however, soon failed, and big debts were run up. He never got a penny’s advantage out of it. He lost a lot of money on horse-racing. He sometimes look as much as £SOO in his pocket to n racecourse. . Mr Ashton: That was very dangeron?* was it nor ? Mr Barrv: 1 should ; be tlie last mail 07' earth they would touch. i Having stated that he had sold warloan stock for £950. Mr Barry said he hm! repaid borrowed money and deots. Mr Ashton: Why. did you not pay tlie brewery first Mr Barry: Because I paid roy debts to mv friends. It w«s a matter ot j honour to me. This concluded the proceedings. *