DISQUALIFICATION OF REGARD

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19034, 11 June 1924, Page 5

DISQUALIFICATION OF REGARD

APPEAL DISALLOWED. (Per Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, June 10. In the matter of an appeal by the New Zealand Farmers’ Co-operative Distributing Company, Limited, the owners of the horse Regard, against disqualification of the horse under Part XXXII. of the Rules of Racing, in consequence of the disqualification of Jas. Kenny, formerly lessee of the horse from the company, by the Wanganui District Committee, for two vears from March 21, 1924, Sir George" Clifford, and Messrs John Grigg and D. W. Westenra, appeal judges of the New Zealand Racing Conference, have given the following judgment:—The judges find that J. Kenny, being a bookmaker and a bookmaker’s agent within the meaning of Rule 9, Part XV. of the Rules of Racing, did enter the mare Regard in a race contrary to the provisions of rule 1, clause (E) part XXXII. of the rules, and was thereby guilty of a corrupt practice, for which he was, in accordance with the rule, disqualified. They also find that any horse in connection with which the corrupt practice occurred also becomes automatically disqualified under Rule 4, Part XXXII. of the Rules of Racing. The judges, therefore, feel themselves unable to remove the disqualification of Regard. The disqualification of the horse or horses owned by the offender at the time the offence was committed, is an important part of the penalty imposed by the Yules, and remissions thereof, unless under very exceptional circumstances are undesirable. The appeal is therefore dismissed.