JOCKEY’S CLAIM

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 February 1937, Page 10

JOCKEY’S CLAIM

COMPROMISI& REACHED. [PEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, February 25. A--compromise was reached on a claim for £299' fori training expenses and a 10 per cent, ‘share of stakes, 'which whs brought by William Henry Jones, a jockey, against. Osmond Disley, a merchant, in z respect of the racing mdre, Kona Bay. DiSley had claimed a substantial set-off in,respected, moneys stated to have been paid to Jones. >••••- . . - The ba&s of the plaiptiff’S claim was- that the defendant, who was his uncle, leased the racing mare from its owner, .and agreed to pay him £,2. 10/- a week, plus 10 per cent, of the winnings, for training' her between May 1, 1934, arid September.3o, 1936, during which period the mare, under the charge of. the plaintiff, won between £llOO and £l2OO. The plaintiff admitted in. evidence that after this period he was suspended for two months and was unable to ride the horse as a result;