DON WALLA CASE

Waikato Times, Volume 124, Issue 20732, 16 February 1939, Page 13

DON WALLA CASE

N. CUNNINGHAM DISQUALIFIED OUT FOR 12 MONTHS HORSE ALSO AFFECTED (By Teleirrapn.— (Tp e( . TIIT to TlnlesJ AUCKLAND. Tuesday TMr judicial committee of the Auckland l'ro Hi ter Club this moi-nlnn disqualified X. Cunninißiam, the wellknown owner and driver of trotting Imrs.'s and (lie horse Don Walla for 12 months. The linding of the counniltee was ns follows: ■■Tiie committee finds Norman Cunningham guilty of conduct calculated 1.0 injure the Auckland Trotting cluh and (lie sport of (rotting, and also wilfully failing to perform an act lawfully ordered bv ttta stipendiary stewards and by a majority decide that he and I Walla he disqnaiiiied for 12 months.'' The disqualification arose from an incident connected with the lirst divi-

sion of Hip Waiheko Handicap decided at Alexandra Hark un Saturday. Shortlv ham returned to Hie birdcage with !he horse and did not start. Subsequently an official statement, was issued in which it was si a led special pemiissin,, had been given fur a man to go to the starting post. will. Don Walla, hut at the post Hie si aider had refused the alien. Lilli permission i,, act because he had not been ollicially notified. The starter sent Cunningham hack to the stipendiary steward to he given permission. Thai permission was forthcoming, but Cunningham elected ’o withdraw the horse and numov invested on the leo'-ip was pud !.,i',-k to investors, allli-mi:!- Hie f.dalisalor had closed, the club thus being put to a loss of £3UI.