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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 13092, 13 February 1937, Page 5

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AUSTRALIAN NOTES TO-DAY’S. RACING GOLD' ROD SCRATCHED FOR ST. GEORGE STAKES (U.P.A. bv Elec. Tel Copyright). MELBOURNE, Feb. 12. Gold Rod is not an acceptor for the St. George Stakes on Saturday. There is nothing wrong with him, as he again pleased in track trials. .Cuddle apparently has- fully recovered, {and went well on the track. She has accepted for the St. George Stakes, in which another interesting competitor will be the imported horse Plymouth Sound, who has been performing rightly on the tracks' in com pany with his stable mate, another imported horse, Cry Havoc. Lynch Law is not racing on Saturday. The colt, soon after arrival at Melbourne, struck himself when playing, hitting a; leg with .a flat .stone, and causing him to go. sore. The injury is very slight, and Jamieson is not fearing any serious result, although the easing in training may mean missing a race at Caulfield. The Epsom winner, Capris, is being retired to the stud, states a Sydney message, Capris- wa-s 'injured in a race shortly after the Epsom. She recently reappeared on the tracks, but her -owner evidently considers she will not stand another campaign.

ALLEGED DOPING O'F CHAMPION TROTTER DRUG FOUND IN FEED BOX f U.P A. bv Elw Tel. Copyright).’ ADELAIDE, -Feb. 12. According' to the analyst’s report, phenobarbetal was present in a portion of a carrot found, in the feedb-ox of JE-vicus, who competed in the trotting championship on Saturday. The horse ran much below form, and the owner requested that an analysis should To made. It is understood that thq. carrot was placed in the box during the tern por ary absence of. the attendant.