THE " VAGABOND" IN TROUBLE.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 57, 17 July 1878, Page 2

THE " VAGABOND" IN TROUBLE.

Some timo ago it was statod thnt ' Tho Vagabond' intended to bring an notion to reoover £200) dumagna f>r slunder ngninst Joseph Thompson, tho woll known Australian bookmaker. Inferring t»thot'a«o a writer in the Ncwcastlo MVirnins florpld says :— '* In tUo exoorcine of what wo consider a very lan lablo desiro to puree the turf of its unclo>uinoMs nnd redone a noblo sport from thu c'ufo'ies of n gang of unprincipled knaves' Tlio Vagabond ' has mnro than onco hit ou right monfnll? against tho biolnmking element, which has dono morn than nny thing else to doui'iidi> tho turf nn I li'np odium on raciiia nnd nil no-ncoted wit)i it. A Triton union.; tho bo->l<m iking minnows bus seen lit. to resoiu th's outspokdnness, and in thn truly courteous nnd giMitltvim 1/ mannfli|i>ccul fti* to the gung, has indu'gad in invective, iho r'si'lt lieing on action for slander, which will ho honrd in August uexU It is likely tr» be urn oitut cdebrc, Messrs Butlor, QC, nnd Want will bo counsel for pl'iiii'iflf. I hoar that tho ring have subscribed a ihmsaol pounds to defend thoir fellow hir l of prey ; and oooks aro opened on tbo double event of the verdict in thu enso and tho result of tho Molboiirne CupI am decidedly of opinion thit the j >ur« nlistij! world sliould not bo bouen in trprit do corps by a gan^ of bookmakers. ' Tho Vagiibon I' is deserving in this matter of tho moral support of the united Press of tho Colony. Ho i» fighting n battle for the liberty of froo speuoh and honest oriticisrn which should onsuro him tho good wishes nnd sympathies of every public writer. Ho has fenrlnsdy exposed a crying scandal which has of Into been i attaining sbamcftil dimensions and threatening tho very oxrsieneo of tho national sport both hero «nd at homo and in his spirited attempt to resist coor»ion and nbusivo threats, ho dosorvo the support of every brothor of tho pen.

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