Sporting.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 88, 18 August 1923, Page 6

Sporting.

NATIONAL" MEETING. P«r Stress AssodatioV ■ Steeples, of 800sovs, about } miles.—Omahu <H.3) 1,, Master ?eter (10.9) 2. Scratched: Red Handicap (fiat) of 800 ftrrlong&.—Happy Warrior i0 ; 9) 1, Warseer (9.6) 2. Scrathed: • .lazes. t THE PEKNILESS CASE. (RACE AWARDED TP MOULU ; At a meeting of ,the Wanganui Dis- ■ ■■ diiot Committee last week the PenaUpss case was further considered. ,The Marion Jockey Club's finding >t ; aa as. i • ..- 1.-OMt J. A> O. is the I owner of the horse .Fehnileis, and | <that at the, time of entry and run- '* niag the horse at Marton Jockey Year) meeting, Fleming s had committed a corrupt practice in ;,0-r' about October, 1921, for which 'he was subsequently disqualified for " three ''jWs, and his name appears in the List of Disqualifications. 2. 1 That the horse Penniless be dis'qualified for the race in question : ana that first;place be awarded to' Moulu, second place to Kaika, and " third place to Springtide. 3. That ,in view of the fact that Fleming has already suffered disqualification, the decision of this; committee is that he • -be'-disqualified for a period of six S months, to run concurrently with.

ithe present disqualification. '. After a perusal of the evidence V arid .consideration of the arguments $ Hubmitted. the Wanganui District " Oomimttee endorsed the first two clauses of the finding, ,but in regard ' to -tfajß -third, rejsolved; We differ from the decision of the Marton Jockey ;C}ub in one respeot; we do not approve pf the term of six months' to run concurrently with present disqualification, and . order this term to be removed. We accordingly .approve of the decision of the Marton Jockey Club with exception of the six months' oTsquali-> Nation imposed, dismiss the appeal >i J. A. O. Fleming, and direct the deposit ( to be refunded. '