THE MALA CASE
FURTHER EVIDENCE Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, June 25. Neither John T. Morran, clerk in the A.J.C. office, nor Edgar Bell, sporting journalist, saw any sign of lameness in Mala prior to the running of the Derbylast year. This evidence was given on the resumption of the Mala action today. Hedley Ward, a turf writer in the Sydney Morning Herald/ gave evidence that the Derby was won by a better horse, Talking, and the tactics employed by Mala's jockey suited ingFudiey Smith, a judge of the A.J.C., said that, in consequence of rumours in regard to Mala, he paid particular attention to that colt before the running of the Derby. Witness saw no sign of lameness, fright, or fractiousness. Another journalist, Mr Bell, noted that Mala appeared sound in his track work at Melbourne and prior to the Victoria Derby. The ease was adjourned.
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Evening Star, Issue 22685, 26 June 1937, Page 15
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146THE MALA CASE Evening Star, Issue 22685, 26 June 1937, Page 15
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