SPORTING.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 15 June 1927, Page 9

SPORTING.

ASCOT STAKES. A BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT ■Received 10.10 a.m. to-day. LONDON, June 14. The Ascot Stakes resulted: Duke of Buckingham 1, Licit at us II 2, Cfastlederg 3. Eighteen started. Wop. by tfiree lengths. —A.P.A. and “Sun.” A WESTRAjLIAN (SENSATION). ALLEGED “RINGING-IN” Recoived 11.35 a.m. to-day. PERTH, June 15. A sensation was caused in sporting circles by the announcement that a prominent New Zealand trotting mare had been “rung-in” in the Eastern States and West Australia. It was alleged that the mare was landed in West Australia last year, under the name of “Gathered Gobi.” The mare lost the first race by being pulled from one side of the track to the other, but won the second so, easy that the stewards disqualified her and lier nomination for two years for not having tried the first time. The mare was sold for £SO and the vendors left the State. Trotting officials became suspicious, and instituted inquiries and kept the horse in a private, stable. A recent arrival from New Zealand recognised her as soon as lie saw her. It was alleged that she won races in other States under another name; that the New South Wales Trotting Association would take action for alleged “ringing-in.” It was reported that the New South Wales Association refused registration after the mare’s arrival from New Zealand. She then raced in the country districts under another name, subsequently racing in Victoria and New South Wales as “Gathered Gold.”