WAS PERSIAN KING DOPED?
TRAINER AND JOCKEY THINK SO BY TBLEGBAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION. Gisborne, November 2. No further light has been thrown on the alleged doping of the racehorse Persian King befora last Saturday ,s Ta McFlinn, rider of the horse stated in evidence before the stewards that Persian King did fiot appear to be right, and was unable to go fast after the first furlong. Witness had to ride his mount hard to keep near the field. He thought that the horse had been doped. _ . -- W. D. Turnbull, the trainer, said that one of his stable boys had reported that on the previous nivht three men were seen near the stable, and strange footprints were found in the yard. Witness thought that the horse had been doped on the night previous to the race. , Mr. Wenzl Scholium, tho owner of the horse, has offered £5O reward for information leading to the conviction of the person who doped Persian King.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 34, 3 November 1922, Page 6
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159WAS PERSIAN KING DOPED? Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 34, 3 November 1922, Page 6
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