PENALTY FOR DOPING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20725, 19 November 1930, Page 9

PENALTY FOR DOPING.

CAMPAIGN IN ENGLAND. THIRD TRAINER WARNED OFF. HORSE RUNS FOURTH IN RACE. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON, Oct. 17. Another racehorse trainer—the third in a month—was to-day warned off the turf bv the stewards of the Jockey Club for an alleged offence against the rulo on douinz. He is W. J. Gale, an owner-trainer of Lewes. Sussex, and the action of the stewards follows their investigation into Ihe alleged doping of the horse Tyrano. made after a race at Ayr on September 19. The previous two cases were the warning off of D. Taylor, of Doncaster. on September'l6. and of Charles Chapman, of La vaiit, recently. Tyrano has never won a race for Gale who, in fact, did not take out a trainer's licence until this season, and has never won a race with any horse. The acting-stewards of the Ayr Meeting referred the case to the stewards of the Jockey Club, who announced to-dav that after further investigation thoy were satisfied that a drug had been administered to Tyrano for the purpose of the race in Question. They disqualified the horse from running again under their rule and warned Galo off Newmarket Heath. The race concerned, the Buchanan Selling Handicap, was the first on the card. Samples of the saliva of several of the horses were taken after the race, including that of Gratuitous, the winner, and Wec-Pei-fu, owned by Lord Lonsdale, who ran third. Tyrano was fourth, ridden bv Elliott.

Gale, although little known to the general public, is a man of vast racinir experience, and has been a familiar figure in racing circles for. many years. He was head lad to the late Herbert Lines for over 20 years, and was afterwards employed bv 11. W. Colling as travelling head lad. Gale bought Tyrano for 350 guineas and Sleepy Lad for 420 guineas at the Ntv/market sales laßt October, both having been owned by Lady Ludlow, and with The Stalker and I'm Funny That Way. moved to Lewes. A fortnight ago it was announced that Tyrano and I'm Funny That Wav had left his stables for other Quarters. The stewards of the Jockey Club began their campaign against doping in the spring of this year, after rumours had become too widespread to be ignored. Previous to tho first warning-oil, that of Taylor, no trainer had ever been , warned off for this offence. OWNER'S GREAT LUCK. AGA KHAN'S SUCCESSES. SECOND CESAREWITCH WIN. UT MAJEUR CANTERS HOME. [FROM Otr. OWN CORRESPONDENT.] LONDON. Oct. 17. The amazing luck of H.R.H. the Aga Khan holds good. At Newmarket this week his three-year-old colt, Ut Majeur (Ksar —Uganda) won in a canter the Cesarewitch Stakes by four lengths from Mr. J. B. Joel's Friendship, the favourite. The race was a triumph for classic form as opposed to handicap form. Ut Majeur carried slb. extra for his recent victory in the Newmarket St. Leger, and yet it would bo hard to estimate what he had in hand. As the descent of Bushes Hill was begun, Friendship led and Ut Majeur moved up, and from that point it can be said that the raco was all over. It was amazing, even to those who had expected Ut Majeur to win, that he should have registered his victory in such convincing style and under a record weight, Sst. 31b., for a thrcc-ycar-old. Just before the race, tho Aga Khan nearly decided not to run the horse. After winning, ho said: "I wished to save him for a race to-morrow (the Lowther Slakes), which I thought was a certainty. But Mr. Dawson, my trainer, wanted him to take his chance. He is a very good horse, Mr. Dawson told me, so I thought I should lot him compete, and—so there you are—he won. It is a very gratifying victory. Naturally, all owners hope for victory, but I never thought that Ut Majeur would win like ho did. I think you will agrco that ho is a magnificent three-year-old." Carbine Blood. Ksar, siro of Ut Majeur. was a notable staying horse of class, and his dam, Uganda, won tho French Oaks, was second in the Grand Prix, and won tho French St. Leger. Uganda was then purchased for the Aga Khan by his son, Prince Ali Khan. Her pedigree goes back to Carbine. Uganda's first foal was named Ukraine. Sho was sold by the Aga Khan for £BOOO, and proved capable of winning tho French Oaks. Ut Majeur was her second foal. Thero is a yearling from her sired by Blandford, which is going into training. This yearling is regarded as a filly of exceptional merit. Then the mare has a filly foal by Tetratema, and is in foal again to Blandford. Michael Beary, Ut Majeur's jockey, said: "I knew my mount stayed, so I was not worrying, and I just let him Bettlo down last of 28 runners. Last is quite a nice place to be in early in a rpco liko the Cesarewitch when you aro sure of yourself. You see a lot. I stayod there for a couple of furlongs, and then I thought I might as well bo getting on with tho job, so I began to move up. Thero were several places I could have gone, and I picked out one that looked like being the shortest way home. Coming across the flat we were going very comfortably. Indeed. Ut Majeur wanted to go better than I would let him. We sailed along still quite comfortably, but improving all the time, and theu I eaw Richards, on Friendship, ill front of mo at the Bushes. Coming down Bushes Hill I just let Ut Majeur have his way and you saw how ho won. Ho is a good colt." Season's Winnings, £42,747. Tho Aga Khan won the samo raco in 1921 with Charley's Mount, also a three-year-old, carrying 7sl. 101b. Tho present is tho Aga Khan's fifth big race success this year, tho events being:—Derby, Blenheim; Eclipse Stakes, Rustom Pasha; Champion Stakes,. Rustom Pasha; Stewards' Cup, Le Phare; Cesarewitch. Ut Majeur. His winnings this season amount to £42,747, and he now heads tho list of owners in this respect. Mr. R. C. Dawson, the trainer of Ut Majeur, heads the list of successful trainers. Every preparation had been made by the totalisator office for tho enormous amount of business to bo dealt with at tho meeting. Tho final pool for tho first race, £2298 for a win and £1829 for a place, over £4OOO in all, loft no doubts that this would bo the best day so far for the Betting Control Board. During the afternoon X'315,8'25, easily a record for this country, pnsscd though the machine, the amount wagered on tho Cesarewitch being £13,798, £BOO9 for a win and £5789 for a place, another record. Friendship, tho favourite for the Cesarewitch, had been backed all over tho country to win hundreds of thousands of pounds. Had he won nearly all tho bookmakers would have been hit. As it was, they admitted having had a "very good raco."