DISQUALIFICATION OF NEW ZEALANDERS.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18150, 13 August 1924, Page 12

DISQUALIFICATION OF NEW ZEALANDERS.

SENSATION' IN SYDNEY. fs~ CA*LT—ruiiss associate:.—COrYl.lGKT} (AVCTSAJJiK A-VD K.=. C^ LC ASSOCIATIOX.) SYDNEY, August 12.

1 Tho disqualification of F. P. Jones, and M McCarten has caused a sensation in racing circles. The result tras quite unexpected. " It is stated that, oven in the event of the appeals succeeding;, it is possible that some horses in Jones's string will not again race in Australia, but will bo sent back to New Zealand. Biuvnicna and Glcntruin will thus bo absent from the Spring Meeting, ana Baliymena will net participate m tho Melbourne Cup. ~,..,-, , 7 . \n enquirv was held uiio l.oyal Desna + "-h's tonii at tho Moorfield races three weeks ago. but after hearing evidence the stewards accepted tno exolannt.ion given. * F D. Jones states that he had a high opinion of Royal Despatch and expected him to prove a good thing ior a maiden in Australia and to improve into a aood horso. capable ol winning a useful race, but over here, he became too erratic ;ind did not produce his best MeCarten says that Royal Despatch was running well early in tho Canterbury Maiden Handicap v.-lien a horse ridden bv an apprentice threatened to carry him off t!io course. MeCarten, therefore, nulled in behind the others, thinking it better- to await a run on tho inside than to take the risk of losing all chance through having to go round tho bunch of horses ahead of him. He assumes that this action was construed to bo polling Roval D?spntch, but he claims that ho did it with absolutely honest intentions, and in tho hopo' that a run on tho inside would save much ground and enable him to win the • race. Pending tho hearing of his appeal, F. D. Jones continues to superintend tho training of his team, at Randwick.