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NOT KEEPING STRAIGHT COURSE. FINISH OF . DONCASTER c HANDICAP. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright). SYDNEY, April 21. A protest against Hall Mark, winner of the Doncaster Handicap, at the A.J.C. meeting, was lodged by 11. England, trainer of High, for alleged interference in the straight, the complaint being that Hall Mark attempted to savage High in the struggle to the post. Yoitre was censured for not keeping a straight course, and the protest was dismissed.
Yoitre stated after the race that Hall Mark had not interfered with High. He had merely lunged towards -High, but he managed to pull him back again. Yoitre declared that at this stage of the race he would not have given;High a 1000 to 1 chance of winning, and but: for this incident Hall Mark would have won by at least a length. Trainer England, on the other hand, i was bitterly disappointed, as the jockey Cook told him that High had the race won when Hall Mark attempted to savage him, which caused High to stumble and lose his balance 30 yards from home.
When the protest was dismissed there was a gfeat cheer from all quarters.
The jockey Davidson stated that his mount Arachne was blocked for nearly the whole distance by High.
Sunday newspapers feature the sensational ' finishes in the Autumn Plate and Doncaster Handicap.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 22 April 1935, Page 5
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