THE LATE RACE MEETING.

Western Star, Issue 1244, 21 April 1888, Page 3

THE LATE RACE MEETING.

,fj OOiO- •:* • U U* ! Sir,—l have beeneagerly.acanning tho last* three to see hpw ; at Jhe^lisfc rados' fyrhidh I with your hind per- 1 'mission/ 5 brietf^ 1 . fin'd 1 as lUeidiy fis ■'bossibile, 'st&tfi), Ifad- be'etr * settled ’' ‘by erton Raping • lacing' L phbljb' o generally 5 are " well ‘ awfira ; there #IM' u 'a fjrdtesfc 'laid by those' ih-s r terestdd ,si ih' i: th'e ,li hed6hd hbrse' ! 'Bute'rprise,i against tho‘#!finor‘''Lewis '* itf ’ the Maiden i iPlate;’ getting the\St*kOdhh the grbUndh thpt Lewis ran^BSide'a s pWt‘tk^the'T&e';"you are; also a Ware that the protest was dismissed «S»n theigrpnndd of insufficient evidence to uphold it. Nowj'Lwas totally disinterested ’ party ia’thaaffair.and took vary little notice of lit’ more than to iask Moffatt, 1 the aider > of Enter-, , prise, ifiLewit reaUy did go inside ?the post, .andhe said,.‘‘yes, of course he did> do you ; think J,,WQU.Ii tell ft'lierabqufcnit f”: ,:Now, knowing the hoy,to be honest, and. more to ' be ( i;elj^,ou,|or ir veraoity than either of the boys , that ,gayp ,eyidence in direct.,denial pf , formed my qwn;.opiuidn land sai£ nothing, .for or |igainst„ .a? 'l w.pnld ike to see all'the race going public; dp, and' allowjthe, stewardito, come. a decision as tentionahy by,; those,interested 1 within their Hearing, as'l know for. a fact one of' the 'public 'did, b’y ‘ saying . that . he was standing hear* the post time . the horse “Wfis^aid 1 ‘t6* |fq ! ; inside. 1 '. 1 hfowi/the truth" is; which'l'ctid’pfb’y'e,'the same' gentleman was 'oh the opposite side of tho^courae; suoh con- • duct is Unfair hud tends’tb drag the'sport low. : The x gentlemhn ‘referred 1 to I ,' I think' tke stewards will allow, swayed them cohaiderabjy by the assertion that the horse did not'go inside the post. Now,! what are the facts pf tho wholaaffair, you wpuld it, butv|ttrey I ’ are asl idllqwsj*hhd yp j nstibe to ily&bpgy mmiLMthlM honest riders, I hope you will not deny „them,- I publicity,:t through;; ;your/ valuable , polumns :7"Q n.. the ..eyepjpg following,.the' races Mr : McPherson was paying W. Dunoap, the rider 'of djewiß, ‘for ’his servidesp'and 1 ae they could; .not agree,.,to,,the, amount, -it, was agreed by both,to refer thp matter to me,’ wheiiitwas satisfactorily' settled to’all cbO* ; oernod.; ;W. D,nnmnsaid to me, in tho presence of Mr Hutchison, the, Secretary pf ; the Racin'g Cluti, that ho was 10a out' of pookfit to gain Mr MbPherson.itbe maiden race. 4 thought on thfljtjraok of ,apmcjlppg,, fio. asked him how he‘made that but fipd he re-’ ’plied': 1 l* : lhhdUb'givO''Haggeftyi'thbri'der of! .•Oreyj.Jfriw; J,Os ;.tojs.ay jadidiPbt gOiiaside’ that post.” I said, “ did. you go inside thdt post 7” 0 ’He replied, 1 it 'jfedj 'of obti&e fm<// |l> went inside the first time andi outside, the' .Noif. .the foregpjngjf . know to He a ob'rfbbt J statement from Duncan* because later on in tha'evening when I .informed him that the [Secretary< had .brought it' bif ore the meeting, in, the presence.of. Mr (Hudson, hje asked, me to' deny that I had’heard hilt say that., IjpwWii wept;; jnsidei. the post, should Ibe.asked by tho Club,. and. further stated that be did, .pot care, much if he were , disqualified for three months, as it was, coming oh winter. How, the foregoing conduct should not be tolerated by the Riverton Club ’ without a searching: investigation, so I can’t •for the life of me understand why, in the interests of racing fair and square'and kindred clubs, the foregoing has ; not been inquired into, I consider no. map is safe to runahorse on a country course if they are not protected from such: scamps, as these .appear to be,,-by the clubs having the opportunity.to mete out just punishment. There is no doubt they hoodwinked the Club and a majority of the public, and have, caused a lot of trouble with neighboring clubs previously by uncorroborated statements., i. ln.;Oopclusion, I wish to, add that the foregoing is written with no intention to disturb this judge’s decision, as Mr Gardiner expressed pig intention to rue of not interfering more than, to fget justice to, his jockey, Moffatt. Hoping some abler pen than mine will fua the thing to a finish.—l am, &ei, ‘ j 'l' ' •' Winton,l7th April, 1888.