IDENTITY QUESTIONED.
DESTRUCTION OF SIMBA.
SYDNEY, July 4. Simba’s carcase was removed to boiling-down works, where it was inspected by A.J.C. stewards. Instructions had been given by the police that it should not be destroyed until it had been identified. Although veterinary opinion leaves no doubt that the horse was definitely Simba, the police are not wholly satisfied as to the identification. The bone of contention is a small lumpon the off side which characterised the horse’s ordinary appearance. Detective-Sergeant Parmeter, who had charge of the police investigations, stated that when he examined the dead horse he could find no trace of swelling. Therefore he was not definitely convinced that the horse was Simba.
A veterinary surgeon, Dr. Roy Stewart, who destroyed Simba, states that there can be little possibility of a mistake. “The horse I shot was the same gelding as I attended for teeth trouble at Chisholm’s stables three months ago,’’ he said. “I was told then that it was Simba. When I saw him on Saturday he had a swelling on the off flank.’’
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Wairarapa Age, 5 July 1932, Page 3
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177IDENTITY QUESTIONED. Wairarapa Age, 5 July 1932, Page 3
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