SPORTING.
_ «. FAILURE TO WEIGH IN. NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CASE. [BY TELEGBAFH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION 1 . ] CHBISTCHTTRCH. Wednesday. At ft meeting of the board of the New Zealand Trotting Association the New Brighton Trotting Club reported that at its Autumn Meeting J- Bryce, jun., failed ta weigh in after the Electric Handicap, nr which he finished second on WLliam the Fiiat. The judicial committee consideroa the caee and subsequently put J. Bryce, jun., on. the scales, with the result that he was found to weigh 10et without the saddle. The committee decided to fino Bryce £10 and to pay out on William the First. A letter wae ■read from C. Proctor, owner of Soprano. who had finished third m the race, asking for the association's rulmg on the subject of we ghing in. .-«.«• In hie report on the caea Mr. T. J±. Davey. chief stipendiary steward,- stated that he had impressed on the judicial committee that the rule on the subject was mandatory in imposing disqualification for failure to After discussion, it was decided to inform the New Brighton Club that it had acted wrongly, and that William the First and aie rider should hswe been disqualified tor th» race. _____^__^_____—
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18117, 15 June 1922, Page 5
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