THE TURF.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume LV, Issue 91, 16 June 1925, Page 7

THE TURF.

HECTOR GRAY'S CASE. TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS' RIGHTS TO APPEAL: ("Carbine" in the New Zealand Times.) If an appeal is proceeded with i' l the case of Hector Gray, one of trw phases of the case of general interest will be that of the right of the appellant to be represented by counsel. General opinion, based on the past history of the racing authorities, is that counsel will not be allowed, but a correspondent who writes me on the subject, expresses a very interesting and important view. He says: "The trotting people allow counsel, and the Jockeys' Association won this point, and were conceded this privilege when Hewitt and others appealed; the judges granted tbeni counsel and when this'point was won the appeals were dropped." Whatever the merits of Gray's case] all trainers and jockeys would be serving the general interests if they took suitable action to let the authorities know that they desire to have established forthwith the right of the members of their professions to be represented by counsel at investigations which concern them. The present case provides an opportunity of having the question settled, and there is no doubt it ought to be settled in the direction, of allowing counsel.