SPORTING

Southland Times, Issue 17829, 5 September 1916, Page 2

SPORTING

NOTES BY SIR MODRED. The Marton J.C.’s Spring fixture will be held to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon. The proceeds will be devoted to the War Funds. During the war period the Manawatu Racing Club have given to patriotic funds the sum of £4660, and an amount of £9213 12s lid has been paid to the Government in taxes during the same time, a total of £13,762 12s lid, over two years. People returning from a race meeting in New South Wales recently had their pockets picked. In announcing the fact a facetious or perhaps an unlucky—scribe remarked that apparently some people do posses money after a day's racing. It is stated that the New Zealand Cup favourite. Marc Antony, will have his first race this season in the- County Handicap (one mile and a-quarter) at the Ashburton meeting on September 14. , Twelve sons of Carbine were included in the list of winning sires in Australia last season, and their descendants captured stake-money to the extent of £45,929. There are some large teams in commission in Australia at present. One of the strongest numerically is that of James Scoble, who has 30 horses in active commission. Glenongley, who figures as one of the light-weights of the New Zealand Cup, was purchased at a country sale for £6 10s, and the buyer parted with him again for a consideration, four cows being part thereof. Glenongley won four races last season, was second five times, third once, and eight times unplaced. He is now six years old, and being from a Perkin Warbeck mare may show improvement. He is by one of the Imported Government horses. Glenapp. TEE BOMSKK&O CASS, The Dunedin correspondent of Christchurch Press reports:—A meeting of the Dunedin District Committee was held to consider the Sombrero case. Mr A. Chisholm’s horse Sombrero ran at the Riverton Easter meeting. He started twice on the second day. When he went to the post for the Farewell Handicap he was in a lather of sweat, and obviously groggy. He fell in the race and died. Portions of the horse’s internal organs were sent to the Government analyst in Dunedin. He found arsenic inconsiderable quantity and came to the opinion that death was due to arsenical poisoning. The race was run on April 26th. On July 18th the Riverton Racing Club held an enquiry as to the cause of the horse’s death. A motion was proposed that Alex. Chisholm (practising at Otautau as a veterinary surgeon) and Thomas Ambrose (a stable lad in the employment of the trainer, J. Hymera) were blameable for the death, and that they be disqualified for life. An amendment to the effect that Ambrose was the guilty party, and that he be disqualified for ten years was not seconded. A further amendment, that the penalty in the original proposition be reduced to three years, also found no seconder. The motion was then put and lost by 5 to 3, the chairman (Dr Trotter) not voting, though in favour of it, as he said it would still be 5 to 4. As the club did nothing the stipendiary steward (Mr G. E. Curry) took up the case, and gave reasons to the satisfaction of the Stipendiary Stewards’ Committee that the decision (or want of decision) of the Riverton Club was unsatisfactory. This committee thereupon remitted the case to the District Committee with instructions to treat it as an appeal. This was the question before the District Committee. The whole of the evidence was laid before them in writing, and evidence was given by Mr Curry, and Dr Trotter, and it was resolved that Chisholm be disqualified for life and Ambrose for five years. Mr Hanlon dissented from the convicting decision on two grounds; (1) That as the Riverton Club did not come, to any decision there was in law no appeal; (2) that the evidence was not properly before the District Committee, and there was nothing to show that the witnesses were properly examined by the Riverton Chib.