MEAN OWNERS ANDTRAINERS.

NZ Truth, Issue 71, 27 October 1906, Page 2

MEAN OWNERS ANDTRAINERS.

Well-to-do Men Who Rob Poor Jockeys. There is no denying the fact that some of the horseowhers and trainers who flourish on the West Coast are pretty hot propositions.. One. reason why they flourish.-is tjiat they,-never pay -.- for anything wneijO. .rtlisy, can Wrieejle out of their, qbligationfj. .By. a strange.condition of. .aftairs m we 1 New "Zealand, racing v world, the unfortunate Jockeys, are 'at the mercy of, theise thieving; °ifea^d,Thfads'.' and it •jX^inie %% "qpjgtditi.c>|i' W%s: ameliorated. ;'ln's;teaid 'o£ r being >^tMple tioiffae ft^ts,.^he£^;~;p^^ul^ii^'.;p\^)aor3.' and trainers '.caiin.pt,fb&' 'reaphejd" except lBsr. . And. the of a >ockey m s^Arf^pf IrfeW«& well imapred J. Ru *'- flu- % ili- *"■ ' ' Mthie^^rK^^e^lei%cMl¥.;bV a marked -tatsfti fraternity and-- sefcdown as a^Htigibus character whom it.'was'ras wdftitb uvbid: having dealings^ t.wiili. a;ln.scthe .sdcond place his chance of recovering his debt w6uld be about on a, par with the Jate lamented.Buckley's. It would be the lad's averment ■ that he had done tlie: riding aoid not been paid, against •the oath: of the employer anid two or I three of his- interested satellites and i fellow thieves that he had received payment;- Magistrates > and judges have to decide on "evidence and the' weight of evidence" and are not supposed to know that the owner or trainer who is meanly ■ dishonest. enWftfi Jpia?;pbua bpy of the fees he e.^yns- lV aji,)tlie pt 7life^and , limb, would tfainls^it- meres; spprt to conspire witl},qther criat'qks, to. defeat him m an action'at lawr s b^ perjury tha.t tropidesf.themifeLS" Uttle.'::a's>.% picking their,4.taetbvafter-their-Sunday gorge of itHrioeiy.'.i-;,Sb!'that.i't can "be seen how ;ilittle.-. likely:oa' • defrauded jockey iff.tjfeo ;.go-Itoblawr:for: the recovery of the, fees;i mviflg. -to him.. Undoubtedly these,: .scurvy rogues feel and know tjhis and{; iaCtjiiaUy^ are low; down enpugh^toiArade.iupon .i.t- ..: . :Even:i,winning' fees rare, often left unpaid by ,1/his, •Unscrupulous brand of owijer and .trainer, iwhilerto ask them to pay fqr a losing mount is to hurt them m. their,-most.sensitive feelings. One- wellj-fenown: horseman rode the winniog,; doHib.jß--.uat -a- West Coast meet,^;.as far . ;baclc-a5.3,902, but to this day has:. never received a penny for, |iisix.services.; .and : this .same man has: P^ing tp Mill," from one and anoth^r^ ■■a';|6otal ri sWM: that would. suffice SKf- ■•fcefetf'-y Him "inl*clomtert' for a year. 'OWe rw^rW^^^a^iJable i to hate a^T^t^'nmi^t^^t&aily' cpjisented :-ttf' l'i'Si|aAii4' '^b^ffi.'-ioff' a ■certain wiiirier at^Ki^a"r#'iaM to; find f:'d comparatively upftdwii boy<'t6 rifle the mount intended for himself, while he rode tihe stable'if second string.; 'The good thing: came dff^ but not one cent, of •remuneration' has-'the man .ever received, either for exhibiting an obliging; ■.. disposition,-, or for his losjug mount. Any winder,' m such ' circumstances, that this class of bilking rogue can strut about m expensive clothes, wearing heavy 1 gold watches and: chains: and smoking faf cigars, while the lads- who earn the money for them can. only watch them, without the price tif a'drink, and. cursfe that they ;are powerless to help themselves, if the Racing Conference •Was to take up.toe cause of:the dpfrauded. jockeys iiid make and: unforce a';law-tha;t-all-fees, must be pa\d at 'tW scale, as'is tire ; i*ule m N.S.W., arid■that. nfm^pay?mentii of riding fees would ■Jiajve the-'same effect, on owners and .trataers 5• as -ndn-paynient of nominal ;tion; and-"acceptance fee's, tt would be doing something that would really tend to the betterment of condh'cns surrounding the sport of-kings m New Zealand. .