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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume VII, Issue 354, 6 May 1897, Page 7

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Qry&f' the Vest—Ma-f^ino^-A: successful tip—Goldspur— The South Canterbury Jt.C. Meeting—The ~ Hawke’s Bay Belief Fund — Mannlicher — The bookmakers case — The Magistrate’s decision. Christchurch, May 4. Salvo Shot and Sprig of Myrtle will be tried over hurdles shortly. The former should make a good hurdler. Social Pest is being kept in steady work. His next big race will be in the N.Z. Grand National in Aiigust. Marino, who is north, is reported to be coming on fast. He will win some races before returning to Christchurch. I was among the tipsters who considered Waiuku ajgood thing for the Thomson Handicap at Wellington. Goldspur’s running at Wellington bears but all that I said in my notes last week that the son of Rubezahl is the fastest sprinter in New Zealand. Loughlin is anxious, I believe, to visit Australia with Goldspur. The’ South Canterbury Jockey Club held its Autumn Meeting on Thursday and Friday last, the sum of £3367 passed through the totalisator in the two days. .The principal event; on the first day, the Autumn Handicap,one mile and a quarter, brought out six starters, namely, Jewel 8.12, Vandyke 8.7, Telemeter 7.11, Salvo Shot 7.8, Belligerent 7.7, Lady Somnus 7-4. Vandyke refused to join the field, and Salvo Shot fell passing the stand. A. good race ensued between Telemeter and Jewel, the former running very gamely in the last furlong and beating Jewel by a length and a half for first place, Lady Somnus was close up third, but Belligerent was quite out of it. There were only four Starters in the Flying Handicap, six furlongs—-Jewel 8.7, Vanilla 8.5,' Molly Darling 7.5, Liberty 6.11. Vanilla and . Molly Darling made most of the running at a rattling pace, but Jewel came with a great rush in the last hundred yards and beat Molly Darling by two lengths for first honours, Vanilla being the same distance away third. The time was returned as Imin 15sec. A field of seven went out to contest the Stewards’: Stakes, six furlongs, on the second day. Salvo Shot, 9.6, was seen at his best, and won by a length and a half from Lady Lear, 8.5, Jewel 10.12, was .fourth. Time, Imin ISjsec. Vandyke, 8.9, was returned the winner of the South Canterbury Jockey Club’s Handicap, the second and third places being filled by Pitch and Toss, 6.7, and Salvo Shot, B.lv Jewel, 9.2, was left at the post and finished’last. Vandyke, 9.3, won the Shorts Handicap, five furlongs, from Vanilla, 8.12, and Molly Darling, 8.5. The race between Vandyke "and - Vanilla - was really worth seeing,-the-former just winning by half a length. Toxa winner of the -Novel Race, wasr,bought by J. Sullivan for £26,, Stockfish, Who: finished third, was sold to Mr Allan foV£4O. — Jockey Club has voted £lOO towards the Hawke’s Bay Fldod Relief Fund. Mannlicher, who ran very indifferently in the Thompson. Handicap at Wellington, has returned to his'owner’s place at Yaldhurst. The horse was well backed in Christchurch, and his poor display came as a disappointment to his stable connections. Ithink he will show some of his oldfoW& the Spring. At ,fee Magistrates’ Court to-day Mr .Bentham, S.M., gave judgment in the case ofi/Matthew Livingstone v. A. Rattray, Secretary iof Hew Brighton Racing Club, and others. The- case created a great deal of interest in local Sporting,- circles, as the question, as to rights of bookmakers on racecourses is much talked of just now. il append the magistrate’s decision. He said 5-7-“ This is an action in which the plaintiß seeks to recover the sum of £2OO for an dssab'itt Jn "consequence of which he says he has sustained 'great pain of body and mind. It is admitted that, plaintiff is a-bookmaker. He enhishof se for "the New Brighton races on December 16th,1896. Onacceptance of nominatibii he -received three, passes, one for trainer, one..for jockey, and one issued at his own request for use of Derrett’s stable. This pass he considserefi himself justified in using for himself, though hAWas repeatedly told in answer to hjs enquiries that he, as a bookmaker, would not be allowed on the course,, and that if he remained there it would be at'his own risk. He was ultimately expelled from the course by the police, at the is urged for the

plaintiff that as he had been allowed to enter his horse he was thereby entitled to be on the course to look after his interests, and that at any rate he should have been allowed sufficient time in which to remove his horse before being expelled from the course. lam of opinion (1) that plaintiff has used the pass which he knew it was never intended he should use, one which was issued at his own request for some other person, and that he was at all times aware that he would not be allowed on the course. (2) That he had ample time in which to remove his horse if he had wished to do so between the time when he was requested to leave the course by Detective Spry and the time when he was expelled by the police. (3) That plaintiff was never assaulted at all. The judgment of the Court is for defendants, with costs.