THE LIGHTNIN' CASE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18949, 21 February 1925, Page 13

THE LIGHTNIN' CASE.

CLUB'S LIABILITY, .1 ho uphold mc of tho appeal 111 tho Lieiitr/iti case by the New Zealand Trotting Association will be fl i.raulv affair In toe New Zealand Metropolitan Club. The thous of the case are thus stated bv the Chrisitchiireh Sun : --i,-iphtnin' was n'uniuaietl 'ii the Litiwood H a lid icii i> at the New Zea littid Mefrotioiitau ''l'rottine ClulCs Fehruarv meeting. 'When -Lie was eligible in the race, which was lor horses, that could do 2.17 nut -had mat done better than 'lhe ,|a!n on whic.ii oniric.-; were received was January 22. -VI the Milliliter meetliu; of the !•', a- tui r Park- Troll ing Club, held on January ill. Light run' ran second to Arjair in tlic All Revoir liandiciiw. Iter tune being 2m il 3 as. it then, liecamo a deiiatablo point as t<> whether she was still eligible lo compete in tho Linwood. Handicap at, Addinpton, which was, run cm February 7. Prior lo lip- race the steward, of fhe New Zealand Metjaa politan Club decided thai Liphium' was slid epsible io c'smticfe. The marc won Ihe Linwood Hand" »!>, bill after Che r... .> (i. S. Smith., owner of Clo- second luusc. Pel I limb ion, entered a orole;,!. auainsl L P!; i 111 n' on liu- :: r.ui nd Iha I sin was in eligible bp' flu- race, she had icgistered 2m 11 3-os at Forbury. Tho stewards di--missi lis- tho pro'esf, Smith lodpcd an. atijieaj v.'ith Ihe associrition. The atgieal -oi:, considered at last week's meeiiup of the hoard "I Lie New Zealand Troliunp Assoeuiiiou, ami Ihon referred to 'he eyeepttve, 1,1 flea I with. The evecut ive'i; de. e-nm m in 1,1 -cm i a I h(> a ope.l i. W lien i In- isi'.-irm■ Con', tlecision was made kmrwn jo Ihe Now Zealand Metropolitan Trottine Club, the hitler's commitl.ee, ultcr a leneth'..- dehberaI ii,n, residved : " Tliaf (1. S. Smith'.; appeal II gain-d, Liybtnin'. winner of tho Linwood Handioan, hcirc.r jncliaiblo (.<» starf, hatiug tir-en uobeld. the club pa- io the second, third, and fourth horses fhe stakes, and that the dividends ho on id 01 if, in accordance with fhe rules," The siub further decided. " That LiLiifruri', having won and been disf.-newl. the club uav fo fhe owner. J. R. Ml-Kets-.u'-. the sum of .£IOO. and refund in full the, si mount invested on her, namely, i 001 m .