STIPENDIARY STEWARDS.

Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 4

STIPENDIARY STEWARDS.

ANOTHER ADVOCATE. The Elierslie. trainer Frank Macmancm'm, who is regarded as one of tho shrewdest racing men in New Zealand, has just returned to Auckland from a visit to Australia. Interviewed by a 'Star' reporter, ho was asked : ." What is. your opinion on tho stipendiary stewards?". "Well," was the reply,"''l am awfully sorry to see that the New Zealand Racing Conference threw out the motion for their appointment. They have made a wonderful difference to racing in Australia, and I can confidently say that during the 13 days' racing I witnessed there was not one lion trver "i could detect, although I watched preftv closely. The racing in very clean, and is well under the control of the professional stewards, who do their work thoroughly. In the Anmebu.se case they had everything at their finger ends—the"amount the horse had been, backed for, who backed him, and other'details—which evidence was .laid before the judicial stewards who heard the case. The consequence, was that the owner was exonerated, so that those who are innocent have nothing to fear from theii appointment, for their object is not to make a case, but to put down malpractice. Their appointment in Xew Zealand would be a distinct.advance. In' Australia they' have the confidence :oi' the public, and 'yon can travel home Lit. the train without hearing, as in New Zealand, that, this horse was 'dead,' and that horse was 'stiff,' and other- such phrases, which arc so common after .all our nicotines, whether justified .or not. The right, class of man would soon convince the public that their interests were being fully protected, and that is what is required', for after all it is the public that keep the game going to a-large ■extent, and if they have confidence .that everything is as*it should be there will be no fcav"of racing going hack."'