SECOND APPEAL FAILS

Waikato Times, Volume 126, Issue 21041, 17 February 1940, Page 9

SECOND APPEAL FAILS

W. J. BROUGHTON’S CASE (Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Friday The appeal or W. J. Broughton to the Racing Conference Judges against the two months’ suspension imposed following an Incident on the third day or the Wellington summer meeting was dismissed at the hearing in Wellington to-dav. The decision of the Wellington Racing Club’s judicial committee and of the Wellington district committee, to which Broughton first appealed, has thus been upheld. The conference judges, Messrs D. E. Wanklyn, J. R. L. Stanford, and the Hon. J. McLeod, M.L.C., in their judgment, stated that, arter hearing Mr J. .r. McGrath, who appeared on behalf of Broughton, and perusing and considering the notes of evidence at the two previous hearings, they unanimously round that, while there was a teehnl cal breach of the rules or racing concerning the inquiries b.v the Wellington judicial committee, that committee had sufficient proper evidence placed berore it to find that the ofTence had been proved, and that therefore no party to the proceedings at the Inquiry before the judicial committee was prejudiced there-bv The judges were further unanimously of the opinion that Broughton, in failing to keep the mare Night Eruption going straight alter passing Sulleman. committed an ofTence. and consequently dismissed ihe appeal. Broughton's appeal fee of £lO was