HORSE DOPING IN AUSTRALIA

Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27073, 23 June 1953, Page 4

HORSE DOPING IN AUSTRALIA

POLICE CONFISCATE RARE DRUGS (N^Z.P.A. — Reuter—Copyright)

■ SYDNEY, June 22. The police hope to be able to solve some of Sydney's recent racehorse doping cases as a result of information they have received. The police have taken possession of a capsule containing three littleknown drugs which a scientific expert says are untraceable once they have been admihistered, to a horse. It is understood that the police have been told that these drugs are the most powerful stimulants known for making a horse do its best in a race. Detectives recently took possession of a chemical substance in a bottle, which they said they found at the home of Reginald Aubrey Doyle, a bankrupt investor who is serving a 10-year sentence for fraud. The bottle and its contents will be sent to the Government Analyst for examination. The detectives first realised the seriousness of their discovery when they took possession of a capsule which they found at the State Parliamentary House. Doyle is understood to be assisting the police in their doping inquiries'. According to detectives, Doyle said that an American drug had been imported recently. The detectives, it is understood, wish to interview three ’ men, one of whom is thought to have left the