"Racey" Divoce Suit Is "Off"

NZ Truth, Issue 1258, 9 January 1930, Page 2

"Racey" Divoce Suit Is "Off"

.. : ~ ♦; — (Prom. "N.Z. Truth's" Special Sydney Representative.)

THE more or less widely-advertised Mulcahy versus Mulcahy divorce suit will not be listed for 'hearing m the Sydney Divorce ' Court. . In the suit the champion jockey, James Edward (Jimmy) Pike, probably Australia's greatest rider, who is \ well-known m . New Zealand, was , named ai co-respondent. y

-. The great sporting divorce suit is— OFF! There' was no excitement about the dismissal during last week. Ay A .bewigged barrister, Mr. Jenkyn ■ "by Mr. B. R. Abigail), arose at a convenient interval ' on "motions day," and on. hehalf' of Jockey John Bernard Mulcahy asked that an order be made by Mr. Justice Owen dismissing the suit from the list. Mulcahy, a rider who has been well -identified with

Western N.S.W. riding, had filed a petition alleging misconduct against his wife, Edna Amy Mulcahy, and .naming Jimmy Pike as corespondent. To that charge both Mrs. Mulcahy and Jimmy Pike had an answer. Both she and Pike denied the allegations" of misconduct. John Bernard Mulcahy, Of Lass-

wade Street, Ashbury, m an affidavit, consisting of a few lines, which his counsel read m -three seconds* asked his Honor to grant an order striking the suit off the list. His Honor did so. Had the suit gone on it would have been of interest m at least two States — New Spiith Wales and Queensland. Mrs. ' Mulcaihy is a Qucenslander, a

native of Brisbane. * iier family— the Greens — reside' at Ruth Street, Highgate Hill, Brisbane, and it was there m 1926 that Miss Green married Miilcahy. The Greens are a great sporting family, "and all the girls are (handsome. Edna Amy is a beautiful girl, and Jockey Jack was congratulated oh securing y so beautiful a bride. Prior to the Issue of the writ she had been residing at Forbes, N.S.W. Mulcahy had claimed "a

sum of £2000 as damages front Pike for his alleged association with Mrs. Mulcahy. So ended with the* Xmas season a suit that promised to agitate racing circles throughout the Commonwealth, and cause no little stir among N.Z. racing enthusiasts who knew Pike.