THEFT OF SOULTORIA.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1479, 29 June 1912, Page 4

THEFT OF SOULTORIA.

- EVERT PORT BEING WATCHED.' ''. (By Tclegrapli.-r'rcffl AseoclaUoc.) Auckland, Juno 28. • - Although tho Pukokoho district hnS been, scoured by tho policc and others, ho .trace Ims yet been found of the mare-. bouHoria, which was taken from her' stable on Tuesday night last., Tho theft' appears to Lave been exceedingly well planned, and was evidently tho work of no ordinary thief. The police and deare making every effort to got on the trail, and tho owners are offering a. BUbsluutial reward for the recovorv 01 tho mare, or for any information that will lead to tho conviction of the thieves. Viorti ,ms been sent to every police office throughout tho Dominion, giving a full description of tho daughter of Soult. and nothing is being loft undone to "catcb tho oiienders, who will probably etideft. vour to get her out of New Zealand, or olso keep h.er hidden, for some time tili the sensation dira down. : WHAT SORT ,01? THIEF? ID J IWcffrajiß.—Bpeelfl3 OorrestfondonM Auckland, Juno 28. ' ramraing the stolen racehorse, "Pha&> ton, in tho "Herald," sayss At on#' timn tho racohorse thief was strictly guarded against, in the shape of watcb> ■ dogs, alarm bells, etc. In some places, where valuable horses are stabled, a fet\w cious canhio is still in evidence, but ss very fow outrages have been perpetrated during the past twenty years that tJiera has b«m a slackening off in tho liiattrt of ensuring protection. This week a iittle sensation has been provided Iri Auckland by tho disappearance of the brown mare Sonltoria ; . wlio WB9 Removed froni Mi'. W. lioulston's stables at Belmont, Pnkekohe, during Tuesday night op' early on Wednesday morning, and, so far,-' the thief lias successfully evaded the netJ worlc of polico and other operations undertaken by settlers to track him, I# would seem that tho theft of the niard, and tho proceedings MMssarv to secure a good start, were well thought out. Tho reason for the removal of Soultoria'n clothing is. easily understood, for, had such not been don-o, it would have been a m«ans to early detection. The visit t6 tho police quarters, wh«ro Hie horso provided for tho uso of the cons'uble ift charge was practically "knocked out,'*' points to a desperate character or charac tors being concerned in tho affair. Placing the constable's horse ill such a staUs that the animal could not ho used Srhfii tho alarm, following'on the robbery, wflfc given, shows clearly that those concerned wcra keenly alive to tho impovtaiico of securing a gxjod start. V&n4U6 conjectures will bo formed as to the thoughts which prompted the robbery of Soultovin. That tho mare was stolen with a view to being raced in tho Dominion is past compn>hen.sion, ami, as for the probability of her being smuggled away to Australia, so many channels for dotcction open up there that such would .hardly 1m attempted. The thief (or thieves) 'of Soultoriiv may possibly have formulated an claboW. ato plan of spiriting tho brown marc away with a. new to her being raced, but tho best-laid schemes of men misi bndly.