LIKE ANOTHER PHAR LAP

Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 3851, 6 October 1932, Page 5

LIKE ANOTHER PHAR LAP

A Racing Sensation SUSPECTED DOPING ATTEMPT AT* TOP AY AMISS GIVEN THISTLE AT RANT)WICK ST*LIVEN* STOP OX COL*USE .By Telegraph—Press Assn—Copyright (Aust. and N.Z. Cable) Sydneyj October 5. "Wjha-t is believed to ha\ r <e been a glaring attempt po dope the Now aland ho-rga Autopay occurred' about an. hour before. the Ha,ndwick race meeting was due to commence' to-daj'. A .short man approached his; stable adjoining the course and gave Autopay a thistle which h 0 munched bo eventually spat out: Some. stable (>o3' paw the ineidoat. They noticed the man gather up the thistle, thrust it into his pocket,, and hurry away. They pursued and caught him, A v-o i lent struggle On sued and blows wore exchanged. The man. how eve r, *escape d. The police' later made an. acres!. Autopia.y Later t6ok part in. " the Craven Plate a ace, but finishbed lad. Ho wa’s galloping prominent ly barb stopped suddenly, and on returning to scale was greatly distressed. A s w?ab was taken In' the club's veterinary v-urgeon. PRIVATELY CONFIRMED Wellington, October 6. Private advice received in AVelImgjton. is to the. effect, that the con-dii-ion tot Autopay is by no menus good.