“CRIBBING! ”

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 948, 15 April 1930, Page 12

“CRIBBING! ”

A GLARING CASE FROM 24 TO 4 POSITION Judging by recent happenings, the Racing Conference might just as well do away altogether with the ballot for barrier positions, for in many cases some jockeys simply ignore it. This indiscriminate cribbing of barrier positions has been going on for :i « long time, and still they get away with it. Competition these days is so acute : that it means something if a horse : very badly drawn can be brought 1 much closer in to the rails. That is ’ where the officials should be on the ' of course the fault lies in the first 1 instance with the starter, but he lias * only two eyes, and in a big field it ’ cannot be expected that he would be able to memorise the marbles drawn for the various horses. Such being the case the steward appointed to be at the starting point should be instructed to keep an eye on proceedings. Walked Straight In In the last race at Te Rapa yester- ■ day there were 2o runners, and On ’ Top drew 24 and Treasury 25, placing them on the extreme outer. What . happened ? ; As soon as the big field lined up to I walk into the tapes On Top’s rider [ seemed to make no attempt to go near the outside, but with his horse restless lie came in direct to—fourth place! ! There was also some shuffling among the outside horses, and the upshot was : that Treasury was able to move in to about 13th place, in the middle of the . field. Under the circumstances the Treasury case was not a bad one; this fellow finally won very easily, but he was enabled to improve his marble merely through several horses on the outer forcing him in. But there was little excuse for On Top. The gelding was on his : 1 toes all the time, and he was brought straight in to fourth or fifth position. What this was liable to mean in a big field every racegoer will not need to be told. Perhaps it was retributive justice in this instance that when the barrier went up Gray, On .Top’s rider, was caught in the tapes and nearly brought off his horse. At any rate this incident effectivey spoilt any chance that he might have had. Case For Punishment The light was bad at the six furlongs barrier, and no doubt the spectators and officials could not see what was going on across the course. But those at the top of the course were fully cognisant of what whs doing. There might have been other horses that started from better positions than they drew out of the box, but on the other hand there must have been a few that commenced farther out than they ought to have done through being forced there by those that cribbed. The rules of racing provide for a penalty for this offence, and a few applications of the rule in a stringent fashion would no doubt induce jockeys to adhere as near as possible to the correct draw. In Australia not so long ago one of the leading horsemen had to stand down for a month —it might have been three —for cribbing at the barrier. On Top’s case yesterday was really a bad one and merited some action. It is not only at Te Rapa that cribbing of late has been noticed. There was another glaring case at Whangarei recently, when the hot favourite in a hack sprint came in much closer than he should have done. Fortunately the horse was well beaten, and so the trouble that was threatened did not

eventuate. FOLDING'S JUBILEE

OPENING DAY SATURDAY THE ACCEPTANCES Prcs3 Association FEILDING, Monday. Following are the acceptances for the first day of the Feilding Jockey Club s Easter jubilee meeting to be held next Saturday and Monday: or o KAWA KAWA HURDLES Of £loo, 1 mile and a-half and 130yds Whenuanui . 11 13 Whisogne 9 13 Vivo 2 o pa 9 i £ippor ... 10 4 First Ruler . 9 o Rouex io 0 Wyeford . . 9 o

RACING FIXTURES APRIL. —Auckland R.C. Ua xx® ka Cou nty J.C. fr/ ‘M ~i Va , 5 r arapa R-C. iJ. «I.—Feilding J.C, »?* 2 h 22.—Riverton R.C. -I.—Beaumont R.C. —Waipukurau J.C fi.-Kumara R.C. oi* “7- —Canterbury J.C. o 4 o"“Tsf eStland R-C. “B.—Greymouth J.C. -ft YV £ vondale J-C. oo.—Reef ton J.C.

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