ASORING CASE.

Evening Star, Issue 8771, 11 March 1892, Page 4

ASORING CASE.

Tho resident magistrate at Gisborne had before him yesterday a case full of interest to the sporting fraternity. The facts are these: A local sport named George Munro purchased from outside tho district a horse named Bookas, or Bacchus. At the Gisborne Racing Club's meeting this horse ran last in the Scurry on the first day, and first in the Selling Hack Race on the second day. The stewards of the club held an inquiry into the horse's running, and disqualified it, offering Munro half tho sale price of the horse. Mr Munro sued for the stakes and half the price; or, as an alternative claim, the full sale price of the horse. His case was that delivery was given to the purchaser ; that the complaint which was made by one of tho stewards was not accompanied by a deposit of L2; that the charge of crooked running was not sustained, but that the stewards disqualified the horse for some other reason unknown to him, from which he had been given no opportunity to defend himself. One of the stewards gave evidence that be did not know why tho horse was disqualified. Things were mixed up. Tho Ecoretary of the club stated that the horae was disqualified partly for crooked running and partly because of false entry. The magistrate held that he had no jurisdiction to revise the deoision of the stewards, and plaintiff had redress by appeal to the Auckland Jockey Club. It was sworn, however, that the Auckland Jockey Club had upheld the disqualification without giving Mr Munro an opportunity of defence, and it would be useless to appeal to them. Plaintiff, who was nonsuited, gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, The point raised on the alternati re claim was that if the horse was disqualified it was Dot the winner, and therefore should not have been sold, This was over-ruled.