LIBEL ACTION
WOOTTON v. SIEVIER.
JUDGE'S SUMMING UP,
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright.
LONDON, July 24.
Mt Justice Darling, in his summing up in the case Wootton v. Sievier, said that there was no direct evidence of a trainers' ring. He commented on the fact that Wootton's stable betted enormous sums through a commission agent, who settled with the stable privately. Frank's ability to make large sums of money was a great temptation to ride foul, though probably the short stirrups were largely the cause of his alleged malpractices. He hoped, for tho credit of the turf authorities, that they would abolish short stirrups. Taylor wa6 a drunkard and a poor, worthless person, wlio lost when the stable selection was not backed and won when it was.
Tho jury, in a rider, drew attention to the Judge's remarks on short stirrups.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15826, 26 July 1913, Page 9
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139LIBEL ACTION Otago Daily Times, Issue 15826, 26 July 1913, Page 9
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