WARNING TO JOCKEYS.
WHY LICENSE WITHHELD. The appeal lodged by the Auckland horseman H. Goldfinch against the decision of the Licensing Committee in refusing him a jockey’s license was heard at Wanganui on Thursday last, the judges being Mlessrs J. H. Perrett, C. F. Vallance, and E. Goodbehere. The judgment states: “We have carefully considered the appeal by Goldfinch against the refusal by the Licensing Committee to grant him a jockey’s license, and have heard evidence by him in support of his appeal, and we are of opinion that the action of the committee was in order. Goldfinch has openly admitted that he has been in the habit of associating with alleged undesirable persons from the racing point of view, and that he has been guilty of a breech of the rule that reads as follows: ‘No jockey shall give any information respecting a trial or regarding any horse he may ne engaged to ride in any race or in work to any person other than th© owner or trainer of the horse.’ Goldfinch does not appear to have realised the seriousness of his actions. His private life is clean, and in view of this ( fact, and that he has openly admitted his actions, we are of opinion that he should be given another chance, and recommend that he fie granted a conditional jockey’s license to date from Ist January, 1923.” As a northern turf scribe says, the judgment should be a warning to jockeys that they must be mor© careful of their associations as they affect racing. An undesirable under racing law does not always mean an undesirable in other walks of life, for the infringement of the rules ot racing by an otherwise perfectly respectable citizen brings him under the undesirable heading. Boys generally have a lot of temptation thrown in their way in this respect, and it is not always easy for them to shake oft their associates, but it is now made pretty clear that it will be necessary to be more particular in this respect, and it is to he hoped they will accept' the warning. _
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 21 September 1922, Page 2
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351WARNING TO JOCKEYS. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 239, 21 September 1922, Page 2
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