Racing Notes

Grey River Argus, 4 March 1937, Page 3

Racing Notes

Bonny Agnes: No precoeitv was shown bv Bonnv Agnes, bv NiHifmarch from Rua Agnes but she evidently benefited bv her one race at the Canterbury Jockey Chib’s Midsummer meeting She him been galloping in improved fashion at Rie,carton and'she is expected to show rood form as a three-vear.old, as did her half-sister, Sister Agnes. Riding Engagements: Some riding engagements made for ■ the Banks Peninsula meeting on Saturday are as follows: —C. . T. Wilson:

Volana; G. M. Watson: Royal Limond. Monastic and Lady Epsom filly; H. W. Hibberd: Mount Vai, Connis, La France, Dictate (Forsyth Handicap); A Messervv: Happy Night, Willie Win; G. Elliott: Solpit; A. S. Ellis: Nocturnus; M. W, Caddy: Owl’s Gleam; A. E. Ellis: Joyous. Recommissioned:

Sir Hugh has rejoined C. Emerson’s stable after having had a spell since the spring. Streamline, looking well after his spell, is another recently recommissioned, anj Aggravate and Greek Gold ar e recent arrivals back at headquarters.

To Spell: '■.-■•irj.v-, Trench Fight, who has caused his trainers some concern lately on account of a recurrence of his knee trouble, is to be spelled, and he will not be brought in again until he is required ;or spring racing. Taro:

When Taro won the Novice Plate at Woodville rom end to end on Monday he returned his supporters more than a third of a century. He is a big four-year-old, by Cockpit from Huiarau, therefore half-brother to Werohia, Cap. tain Furst and Geira.

Bronze Lady: Bronze Lady is the name claimed for the Bronze Eagle —Lady Robinson filly in K. Heaton, jun.’s, charge at Ellerslie. Bronze Lady is furnishing nicely and in her jew sprinting tasks he has Old Surrey: The three.year.old ‘Hunting Song— Martulla gelding Old Surrey, who scored his second success at Woodville, gives promise of developing into a very useful handicapper. He is own. ed by his breeder and trained by Mrs. A. W. McDonald at Awapuni. RUFE NAYLOR’S CASE. A.J.C. APPEAL SUCCESSFUL. LONDON, February 26. The Privy Council allowed, with costs, the appeal of Sir Colin Stephen (Chairma nof the Australian Jockey Club) against the majority decision of the Full Couj't of the 'Supreme Court of New South Wales, restraining the A.J.C. from preventing Rufue Naylor from entering the Randwick racecourse on race days, on payment ■ of the prescribed charge. The appeal was one testing the powers of the A.J.C. to exclude cer. tain persons from racecourses under its control.

The Supreme Court of New South Wales in'l934 granted Rufe Naylor an injunction restraining the A.J.C. from preventing Naylor entering the Rand, wick course, and in March, 1935, the Court granted Sir C.'Stephen, leave to appeal to the Privy Council against the decision. In May, 1936, the Privy Council dismissed a petition on behalf of Naylor to rescind the leave to appeal.

Announcing the judgment, Mr Justice Roche said that the disqualification was well known and legitimate. Indeed, it was a necessary safeguard to secure the absence from a race, course of persons found guilty of con. duet gravely detrimental to the inter, ests of racing. “Respondent was dis. qualified because he impeded, by iy'ng, the course of necessary and ) proper inquiry, and he has suffered not because he consented to be bound , bv the rules, but because he permitted himself so to a?’ as to bring his ac'ions within their pnrv’ew. The by. law was not intended, and did'not eon. vey any reference to moral charac. ter or qualities not connected with racing and racecourses. It meant no more and .no less than it. would if it were couched in less formal language, conferring the right to refuse the ad. mission to those who, in popular lan. guage, are sometimes known as racecourse undesirables.”