SALE OF A RACEHORSE.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 29 April 1922, Page 6

SALE OF A RACEHORSE.

SYDNEY, April 28. 3fr J. Rutherford has purchased ihe ■racehorse Kashmir for 950 guineas.

A JOCKEY'S FEES,

TEST IN SUPREME COURT.

(BY TELEGRAPH —PHESS ASSOCIATION.) AUCKLAND, April 28. An appeal by the New Zealand Jockeys' Association against the decision of Mr J. E. Wilson, S.M., in its *_aim against George Young, a jockey, for £41 in membership fees was heard by Mr Justice Herdman in the Supreme Court to-day. It was stated the magistrate dismissed the claim on the ground that as defendant was a minor the only contracts enforceable against him were ■for necessaries, and membership of the plaintiff association was not necessary to him. .

Argument ensued as to whether a contract benefited a minor. Counsel for respondent said the rule providing for the payment of 5 per cent, on riding ices was a penalty, because the more .successful a jockey was the worse off he was financially.

His Honor asked what the obligations of the association were.

Counsel replied that there were none. There were only a number of pious objects, which, if achieved, would result in a kind of Utopia. Counsel for the association said the objects must be read as a contract, and ■members had a legal remedy in case pf xio attempt being made to carry them out. He denied that the scale of contribution was a penalty, saying a jockey contributed according "to his earnings.

His Honor (smiling): That is not taking into consideration what he got from bookmakers.

Judgment was reserved,