"LUCKY" CONNOLLY'S LAW SUIT.

NZ Truth, Issue 179, 21 November 1908, Page 4

"LUCKY" CONNOLLY'S LAW SUIT.

The End of His Appeal.

Running of Czarovitch — Pointed

Judicial Remarks.

If ever, tbere was a fortunate speculator on the turf, ' and, incidentally, m horse-! flesh, it is the Westralian owner, whos« long sejqtoence of Cup successes has. earned for him the sobriquet of "Lfticky" Connolly says Melbourne •'Truth." Notcon-< tent "with catching the big racing prizes of his own State— ot which he has had fufl and plenty— Connolly has made a periodical descent on the Eastern States for yejfcrs past, and with such horses as Blue Spec, Dyed Garments, and Co. has carried oB • THE CHOICES'? PLUMS of the racing basket, including a Mcli bourne Cup, a Sydney Cup, and a Moone^ Valley Cup. It is from , men like Connolly that thi racing public expect much m the way pi getting a fair run for their money when-< ever they happen to be on a horse carry* ing his colors. For smaller and less wealthy owners there may be some excuse m running their horses to suit their own ; whims, and with a view to. something greater- m the "distance. But when a man makes fortunes on' the turf, as P. Aj Connolly has done, then the public say, "This man ' ' , - \ s CAN AFFORJ) TO RACE straight, 1 '" and with this conviction up* permost they expect to. be on a "trier'^ —first, liast, and every time. Nor are they expecting anything unreasonable by so doing. On the contrary, the "unreasonableness" would be all the other way, m the event of their calculations- being upset by any suspicion of their money hay* ing= been lost unfairly. . ' Not for,, a moment does "Truth" infer that Connolly has ever caused ; one of his horses to be "stopped" m a race. To level such an - accusation as that against any man great . or small, "Truth" would have to be backed up . „ BY INDISPUTABLE PROOF ' ,of the' truth of such an assertion— proof .which 'in Connoflly's case is certainly not . forthcoming. But what we do sayj and ,say without ■ Jiesitation, ,is this— that m tie, running of Connolly's horses it must, be a loose system ; which" permits of so much .dissatisfaction; among, the public, ending Vpore than once mah angry demonst-i,a' fcicn against some particular horse, whose, form, m the . public eyes at all events, has not been what it should have been, basing over the Enchanteur ENQUIRY AT MOONEE VALLEY only a couple of weeks ago,', there are .'other incidents of the kind not yet forgotten, Including what is known as "the notoribw Ozaroyitch case," and which has • just been revived by the : High. Court pronouncement against Connolly m Perth on We,d- --• hesday. Connolly, it will Le remembered, brought an action for damages against the "Sunday Timesj" for alleged libel. in its comments upon <the running of Ozarovitch on the occasion referred to. The jury awardejd Connolly "a shilling,' but ■ no costs were allowed him. This was such -a.-. bitter' ( '■'"• ] \ PILL TO SWALLOW, , and the costs were so hipavy that Connolly appealed to the Full Court, with no better result. Rather Worse, m fact, for m dismissing the appeal on Wednesday the-Chief Justice unbosomed himself of aheap of candoi that must, have struck hard m one quarter. "From th» y whole of the evidence," said the Chief Justice,^ '! it was open to Mr Justice Burnsitie to" conclude that m the minds of fche" jury Connolly had engaged m • DISHONORABLE AND DJSHONEST practices on the turf,'- His Honor co*> eluded by saying that' if ever there wait a caSe m which a judge was entitled to exercise his discretion m respect of. Cost*this was one;