WAS NOT JUSTIFIED

NZ Truth, Issue 1228, 13 June 1929, Page 13

WAS NOT JUSTIFIED

Was No Mention of Other Cases (Fx-om "N.Z. Truth's" Christchurch • , ;' Rep.) There vvere worse cases of interference at Wingatui than that one on which Cliff. Eastwood was.\ stood down for, the meeting. TN the last race, on the first day, x Malmsey, after getting the worst of the eai'ly "running, came with -.a late run on the. outside of four horses and got second money. . , '"- .. After Malmsey had won the big i-ace on the second day, Vo.rd' reached the Press room that Eastwood had been suspended for the remainder of. the meeting for crossing Wayward arid Ronaki m the last race on the first day. - "N.Z. Truth" had a good view of what happened, and holds the opinion that the sentence was not justified. , • Malmsey made a slight stumble and bumped Wayward, which handed it on to Ronaki, but both were beaten hoi-tees at the time and the slight interference did not prejudice their chances. The subsequent running of .this pair indicated that their chances on the first day were remote. '....; In view of other happenings, particularly m the hurdles on the' first day and the .Silverstream Handicap oh the second day, the official stick . was wielded with some inconsistency. V;