A RACING EXPOSURE.
DANGERS AND FOUL PRACTICES OF THE TUBF. [united press association.l Melbourne, Gth April. Some sensational evidence was given today during the hearing of a libel action brought by the jockey Hayes against The Australasian. The plaintiff claims .£SOOO damages. The evidenoe of Tom Payton, horsetrainer, showed that last year Hayes was guilty of foul riding,*and that besides preventing a horse from winning he endangered the life of another jookey by crushing his mount on to the rails. Huxley, the well-known jookey, gave corroborative evidonoe. One of the witnesses, who owned a racehorse, disclosed an arrangement entered into with Hayeß to " pnll " a certain horse, but admitted that Hayes had ruined him by losing a race. Tho hearing of the caee is proceeding.
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Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 82, 7 April 1894, Page 2
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125A RACING EXPOSURE. Evening Post, Volume XLVII, Issue 82, 7 April 1894, Page 2
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