PENALTIES DOUBLED.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19986, 30 June 1928, Page 10

PENALTIES DOUBLED.

JOCKEYS' APPEALS FAIL.

THE ROTORUA CONSPIRACIES. LONGER DISQUALIFICATIONS. TWO YEARS' TERM ALL ROUND. An increase in the term of disqualification to two years all round was made by the Auckland District Racing Committee yesterday in the appeal cases of the jockeys W. A. Rennie, C. N. Carmont, J. H. Mcßae and A. J. Gilmer. The original disqualification of 12 months in the cases of Rennie, Carmont and Gilmer, and six months in the case of Mcßae, was imposed by the Rotorua Racing Club on the ground of corrupt practice in regard to the riding of horses in the two high-weight handicaps at the Rotorua races last February. The judicial committee held that Rennie, Mcßae and Gilmer rode with the intention of assisting Dress Circle to win the Pohutu High-weight Handicap on February 11, and that Mcßae and Rennie were party to a conspiracy that Mcßae s horse, Lady Cintra, should win the Tarawera High-weight Handicap on February 13. Later it was held that Carmont was also | a party to the conspiracy in each race.

The four jockeys concerned all appealed and in dismissing the appeals and increasing the penalty to two years' disqualification in each case, the District Committee ordered that the deposits of £5 each should be forfeited.

The District Committee also decided to ask the Takapuna Jockey Club to inquire into certain allegations made during the course of the inquiry regarding happenings connected with the running of that club's high-weight handicaps last January, and to ask the Alexandra Racing Club, Pirongia, to hold an inquiry into a question arising out of the running of the hurdle race at its race meeting last Boxing Day.

The Rotorua judicial committee, in its finding, said it found the evidence insufficient to convict R. E. Thomson and G. Holland of being parties to the conspiracies, but drew the attention of the District Committee to "the statement made by Mcßae as to Holland's malpractice at the Takapuna meeting." It said the statement made by Mcßae was that Holland was a party to a "ready" at Takapuna. The Orewa High-weight Handicap at Takapuna on January 28 was won by Uralla (L. Coleman), with Bold Front (G. Holland) second, and Red Comet (S. Henderson) third. The other jockeys riding in the race were Rennie, Mcßae, E. Garrett, T. Chaplin and Thomson. The Waiwera High-weight Handicap on the second day was won by Red Comet (Henderson), with Pekatahi (Carmont) second, and Bold Front (Holland) third. The other riders were Coleman, Mcßae, Thomson, Chaplin, H. Dulieu and A. McGregor. The Farmers' Hurdle Race at Pirongia was won by Kawa (R. Savage), with Bonnie Canny (P. Butler) second, and Pepin (C. Symes) third. The other riders were Radford, A. C. Stead, E. L. Jarvis and H: Tinker.