THE TROTTING MATCH ENQUIRY.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 868, 11 December 1877, Page 2

THE TROTTING MATCH ENQUIRY.

On Saturday a meeting of the stewards of "the S'pritit;. meeting ot the Waikato Ta f Clab recently h;M at Ohaupo met at Peafce's ComiTiercial Hotel, Hamilton to enquit'e into the charges mule of uotair play wicb respect to' the trotting match, betweea ' Paddy' and ' Polly* ac the raooa oa the 270h alt. Mr R, F. Claude ocoapied thp chair. Oq the proposition of Mr Carpenter sedonded ; by MrW. Martyn it was agi'eeif that; Ma^ra '.Hay;" Sceele, and Hill Blipatii ' assist thara 4n adjadicating oii th« mitter. The owner of the horse Paddy, Mr Kerr, was pressnt. A. formal charge was made a^ainsh the owner of Pa;ldy that lie had all owed his horae to ruu unfairlv in a truttiasf m».fcch at the l:i»o m^efcin!? at OUaapo on Timrs. •l*y the 27-.ii of November last by Jillnwi a.{-- bia Uorae' to lose wheu be c »u'd via it. Mr Khit in rei.il.* to the charge stated that « Paddy' was la«ne an<i no' fit to rim. The natch was for £5 a 4de. He had no bets on the i* ice. The (hatch woa made one week before t^e rue'es. Mr T. G. Sandes ; (oue of the Clerks of the Course) 'stated-' that he stirted tbe horses, ;• ..an«t, saw the race most of the way. He did not observe any lameness in Paddy. The jockey did not seem to be a<>le to ride. He s*w A.nseli whipping the mire ro make her go. Mr Willinmson staled that he ■saw the race between ' P-iddy ' and 'Polly.' He did not see any lameness aboixb the former either ,durin * tho rw o»* before •it. la his Opinion was not: ridden to win. Witness held the stakes between jQponib,e6 at ?d .Buck , (^2)^ an-i handed them back to the pnr^ ties at the request of Buck. Witness did not bet himself becauae be i was of opinio • that the race was not' to be a fair one. Cross-exa^inerl : I will not swear the horse was pot lam'- : I saw. the horae ridden tip a»d down the conrso before s^artiast. This was the evidence, and Jfc was unanimously, resolved by the Coart of Enquiry, 'That Padly' be disqualifipd from runninuf in any race where the Waktto Turf Clrib rules are in fo**ce.' It was also resolved that the secretariea of other tnrf clubs be notified of the fact of ' Paddy's ' disqualification,