RACING INQUIRY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 422, 3 February 1909, Page 4

RACING INQUIRY.

,{Sir,—Having road tite-diife'rerit' reports/and letters -on ~the abpye; subjeot, lot me v draw ,your; readers', attention to, the,' editorial umn of the. "New I ,: Zealand Referee" of January/20 last, .{lt speaks for itself.: After,' Mr. Watt corriplains of; the: weight his horses{got at, the : , last'; Ma'nawatu {meeting: he adtriitß to. a■: member' of-the •• Ma'nawatu {Committee' that : 'h« /knows'{ri'o other, ''haridicapper-'-so good; as' Mr.; 'Also "note.the''Maria-' ffatu /Club'sYfiriding/regardingY-Mr. Want's; complaint::—l' That/ in their, opinion-there'is no -.ground .jfor oomplaint/'at: all 1 ! •'. as to /.Jfr-;' Henrys's; work, /, Another:correspondent ih a contemp6rary:,.iriforfns'.'us.{of,'the: different owners,-<:who; : . he' says, aremot/entering theirhorsesYat,.meetings where'Mr.;'Henrys ish'a'ndicapppr, ; He {mentions the, following:—Hon. J. D. : Ormond,, Messrs'., E." J.'Watt, T. H' fipwry,: Abbott, Buokley, R. J. Turnbull,' J. A,; Cook, and iG. Palmer. .■ I; fancy the. 1 following quite'as formidable /an array':--Sir George: Clifford,': Sir: William Riissell, Hon. .G:M'Lean, Messrs.. G.; Hunter, \V. J Douglas, Donnelly, all ■ strong supporters., of Mr. Henrys.' Mr. Henry's. is 1 handicapper. for all the principal, clubs in'the Dominion; arid take a: little-.connttv' clubliko-Feilding; its great,success'lsi/mainly-due to/Mr, Honrys' as handioapper, as well:aa .to the "general in-i teresthe takes in.tho club.—l am, etc, Y..Y -r' * : 7 ; '--t'' PM Y- '■ -.Carterton, January 24. ••,-■-,'