A LABOURER'S WAGES

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 118, 22 May 1925, Page 3

A LABOURER'S WAGES

j&ND A WIFE WHO TRAINED RACEHORSES. <BY TBLBaRAPH.—JRIBB ASBOCUTIOS.tf

HAMILTON, 21st Mky. Some interesting evidence regarding} the transactions of a, labourer's -wif a upon; the Turf was heard' at the Hamifiotsi Magistrate's Court, when a borough lab-> orer, called upon to show reason whw a judgment order should not bo madai against him, admitted, in answer to opposing counsel, that, his wife owned a half share in and trained two Tacehorses, Pink Lady and Aberfield. J3ince they, had come into her hands, however, they; had won only £30 in stakes. Mr. King : "Do you think, it a fair thing to this creditor to allow your wife to spend money in training race* horses?" ' The debtor replied thafc. the, racehorses were grass fed, and trained on the road.. His wife previously trained'/ a useful hurdler in the shape of Keystone. "Do you yourself'help in the training of the horses?" ' "I give them a run along the road occasionally." In answer to further questions byj Mr. King, debtor denied that he was a' betting man, and that any of his 1 earnings ■wero devoted to the cost of> keeping the horses. He was earning; only between £4 and £5 a week, out o£ which he. had to keep ■nine, children., His wife's interest in the horses was her own • affair, and did not affect him financially. ■ His Worship : "She must be a won-< derful woman to bring up nine children and train two racehorses, on a lab* ourer's wages." The Magistrate remarked ■ furtherl that the only point in which he was concerned was that defendant," after providing for the feeding and clothing; of a family of nine,, had . nothing left out of a wage of £4 or £5 to pay old debts. No order was therefore made.