LYNCH LAW INQUIRY

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 152, 30 June 1938, Page 13

LYNCH LAW INQUIRY

COMPLETE LOSS OF FORM

(From "Vedette.")

SYDNEY, June 23.

Sydney's stipendiary stewards earned some strong criticism from practical racing people at Rosehill last Saturday when they inquired into the running of Lynch Law. The hysterical section of the irresponsible Press supported the stewards whose action could not be justified from any angle. -- Lynch Law was having his fourth race this season, and it was obvious after his previous performance at Randwick that he had not trained on. He had had three good hard races and • on each occasion had performed worse. . His Rosehill outing was intended as a trial in an endeavour to discover whe- " ther he had lost all form, and there, • was no justification for investing one t shilling. Connections of J. T. Jamie- . son's stable, however, supported him to the extent of £450 which, on • form, was money thrown away. ! Mr. Alan Lewis, owner of Lynch Law, resented the action of the stewards, and did not hesitate to express , himself forcibly at the inquify. He 1 suggested that he might retire from i racing, but this is unlikely. Mr. Lewis [ is a non-bettor and races practically as . a hobby. i STILL AFFECTED. i It is obvious that Lynch Law has , not recovered from the serious disa- ' bilities he suffered last year. He was ' the victim first of a severe attack of t laryngitis, and having recovered was ■ taken to Melbourne. There he' developed a leg weakness, which was followed by some peculiar malady, ; which later developed into tetanus. • He was given a good long holiday at ; Mr. Sol Green's establishment at Bac- : chus Marsh, where it was believed [ that the rest would have a beneficial , effect. He improved a little in the I preliminary stages of his work, but in i not one of his training gallops did he ; show the dash of his two-year-old i days. His first race was his best, and - at Randwick last week, after having i had two races, he was heavily backed by some connections of the stable. It ■ was obvious watching him throughout i i that race that he was making - hard • work of his job, and doubts arose whei ther he was going to come back. After ; the Rosehill affair it was decided not., , to persevere with the colt, who is to ' go out for another holiday when a 1 final attempt will be made to train i him, but it seems that the combined' effects of his complaints have had a 1 lasting influence. Normandy, raced by Mr. E. J. Watt ' and trained by George Price, won' a ; three-year-old event at Rosehill in good 1 style. He is a good-looking brown colt by Gascony from Auratum, and showed a good deal of promise earlier in his career, but a fall , robbed him of '■ confidence in his races. Only in his last two outings has he shown his real, ability to gallop and his effort at Rosehill was most encouraging. Arabia, who is regarded as one of the smartest sprinters in training, was a hot favourite in the open sprint event at Rosehill, but weakened badly in. the last furlong. The race was won by the useful Speardale who started at long odds. The latter was regarded ! more as a middle-distance performer but like Autoland, a horse of similar, type at Canterbury a fortnight ago, was able to beat the sprinters at their, own game. This was the event, in; which Lynch Law did not. finish in the first eight of ten runners. Country Party failed again In the Rosehill June Handicap won: narrowly by the patchy Marconigram gelding Monogram. Country Party, like. his stablemate, is racing in most disappointing fashion, and it would not surprise to find him in the sale ring before long. The aged stallion Deputy Ruler ran his best race at Rosehill since being-in Sydney on this occasion. He gallops well but in his races has lacked the ability to begin but has been running on. He finished-third' slightly ahead of another. New Zea-' lancjer Linklet, who also showed a - flash of his best form. NX-BRED WINNER. The Palmist, trained by the former crack jockey J. Pike, won the opening event at Kensington' yesterday", ridden by dike's own apprentice, L. Fell. The Palmist, who is a big, heavy-headed Chief Ruler gelding, was most capably handled by the lad, who weighs only sst 31b and was having his fifth ride in public. Fell is a youngster who was brought from the Far West to New South Wales under what is called the Far West scheme and attracted attention by riding a roueh horse at the Taronga Park Zoo. When questioned he stated that he wanted to be as good a rider as Pike, who on hearing of this decided to take the lad into his employ. Fell will have every chance, and it is probable 'that if he does not prove as good as his master it will be his own fault for hie will have the right training. , . Litigation, a neat : chestnut ally by Iliad from Gobble,/won a Novice Nursery Handicap, finishing in good style. She is trained by H. W. Skelton, who was a very prominent figure on the old pony tracks; He was backed for a good deal of money and won. well. Skelton carried off the Nursery double, for his Caledon gelding Yellow Hombre scored in the sccohd division at good odds. ' , Edible, when trained by Fred Wil- : liams at Randwick. was an expensive failure on more than one occasion but apparently he needed time. Lately he has been, racing in restricted class j events, and has' shown himself ain able galloper over middle distances with . big weights. At Kensington he carried 9.5 in a fair field over a mile and : a quarter and came with a paralysing run in the last furlong and-scored bril- ; liantly. He is a . strongly-built; geld- • ing ; rising five years olds by Limond : from Aspic, and might. develop, into ;a ] useful handicap performer. . ; ] The sensation of the week in Turf i circles has been the resignation of : the chairman of the board of stipen- ] diary stewards, Mr.. George Williams, 1 and the naming of Mr, J. Higgins as 1 his probable successor. Mr.; Williams . has given as his reason for his resigna- < tion that his health has been indiffer- 1 ent. and he has asked the Australian i Jockey Club to relieve him of his i duties from February next. Whether 1