THE TURF.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 116, 26 February 1937, Page 2

THE TURF.

COMPROMISE REACHED.

CLAIM BY A JOCKEY

fPer Press Association.)

WELLINGTON,' February 25

A compromise was reached on a claim, for £299 for training expenses and alO per cent, share of stakes, which was brought by William Henry Jones, a jockey, against Osmond Disley, a merchant, in respect of the racing mare, Kona Bay. Disloy had claimed a' substantial set-off in respect of moneys stated to have been paid to Jones.

The basis of the plaintiff’s claim was that the defendant, Avho was his uncle, leased the racing mare from its owner, and agreed to pay him £2 10s a week, plus 10 per cent, of the winnings, for training her between May 1, 1934, and September 30, 1936, during which period the mare, under the charge of the plaintiff, won between £llOO and £I2OO.

The plaintiff admitted in evidence that after this period he was suspended for two months and was unable to ride the horse as a result.

ACCEPTANCES FOR ST. LEGEfI. MELBOURNE, February 25. Final acceptances for the St. Leger are—Prince Quex, Boongarry, Peerage, and Autogyro, a total of four horses. * RANDWICK ACCEPTORS. SYDNEY, February 25. For the City Tattersall’s races at Randwick on Saturday acceptances are:—

Randwick Stakes—Lough Neagh, Sarcherie 8.12, Turbine, King’s Head 8.10, Tuckiar, Silver Standard 8.9, Talking 8.5, Bobby 8.0. City Tattersall’s Cup—Oro 9.7, i Jovial Son 7.13, .Fireman 7.12, Sir Ross 7.5, Measure 7.3, Panrose 7.2, Confab, Grand Warbler 6.12, Sir Regent 6.11, Jeanne d’Are 6.7.

BRILLIANT BOY JOCKEY. Racing men aro astounded at the brilliance of Bruce Hobbs, who rode two winners as an amateur on Boxing Day, and on the following Monday received his professional license just as he stepped into the weighing room at Wolverhampton, where he rode two more winners.

Ho is onlji 16, and has ridden 11 winners since he scored his first success “over the sticks” in March. Under National Hunt rules anyone who has ridden 10 winners must apply for a special permit or take up a professional license. Hobbs is the son of the Lambou.ru trainer R. Hobibs. Ho was hunting with the famous Quorn at the age of five, and was only seven when he took two prizes for horsemanship at the International Show at Olympia. There is now reported to he a possibility of his riding Miss Dorothy Paget’s famous steeplechaser, Golden Miller, in the Grand National next March.