Image TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage TileImage Tile
Image size: 7168x9216 Scale: 35% - PanoJS3
Page overview thumbnail

Article text

sa
tölE ; SHÖRRAN - CASE
ÍátSPÍHELESS RACïNG C0MMÏ11EE
f^á^er^whafo JmppgrtPgí "rn ' J anuary,, tho/
§fáct%that-£bhB ,commifctiee ^oí~- tbe ;W.'A..
|TÍfi^l»stÍMonOay:? evening accepfcedf'tfae
^explanation, of-.-the-f-Sporran crowd- as
¿mñs£acrfxxrjr,, was no-surprise to .the
iraXBUg^pubHc. Having overioobad
ÍCzaroviteh, tile committee- couidir't.
^consistently deal" with . Sporran, ti-'
=*though the latter-case was one oí tiieí
strongest in turf history» The pre-¿
í sent^comiráttee have placed' themselves
ïin.-such- a position that they can't
Illogically ' rub" out.anybody, ' so the
proper-:and ¿the. stumer will have full
¡play,,, and the sporting public will
icontsnue to stay away in large num
{bersifrom the Ascot racecourse. To
ïhe*>wiay of thinking of 99 per cent, of
\&e Tacegoing rjpájlic the Sporran push
are indeed lucky ofter what they
¡ "took on" at Boulder and Kalgoorlie.
I At the Boulder Sacing. Club's
..Meeting the 'Eiridspord gelding,
[burdened with 8.13, was badly
i beaten out of a place in the Bould
Ler Handicap, run over nine furlongs.
I The betting ' in this event indicated
that the party behind the chestnut
were not, to use a sporting, expres-
sion, "chasing it." The. horse ran
out wide at the turn, and his pilot.
Claus, twice steadied (!) him irr the
straight, with the result that-iourth
was the best that the equine, assisted
by Wally Claus,'could do.. Of course,
there was a small outcry on the part
of a few punters who considered that
thtey/ had thrown their money .away
on "dead meat," but nothing! r was
said in the matter, nor was an en
qu»y Instituted by the Boulder ?ste-
wards into what seemed a most «dar
ing case of "stopping." Nine day*
later, in the . Kalgoorlie Alandicat)
one mile, Sporran, burdened/ with! 31b
more than what he ? had to carry ir
the Boulder Handicap, romped . awaj
later, in the Kalgoorlie Handicap
On this occasion , Folland and: Ço. hat
evidently said "Bet."-And two days lat
er, carrying. 9.5Nt si ter being "backe«
in . such a manner as' to complete!;
paralyse the betting), Spôfrân'^alkoi
in with the Summer Cup, one r. «ail
and a hali. -' /'...?' . ' .' _. ';'
The general ' inipii'cr^ró^. was . 'fea
the horse, owner, and irj-dar. would- ie
ceive just ' a trifle more )pum^hmei]
than was tiie portion allotted. them
little over two yeais ago. - . .-".The
are ' out for life for orttun,thi
?time," said'the ; shrewd men of tl
ganuy - And last Monday night: .ti
W.A.T.C. conunittcémeh.pi*acûer3îy toi
Pollard and Jockey Claus that tbi
were gniltless pf any- nefarious dfesigi
ing, and that their explanation, (srha
ever it could possibly have bach it ;.
hard_.tó imagine)* was deemed satisfa
tory; and. in effect told them that *!
Kalgoorlie stewards had discovered
"mare's »est !"!' It is not easy. '
pourtray-the'/exuitaat physignomios
the leader-of the crew who'had sui
a rsgiut royal picnic on the fields . ,
the expense ôî. the' sr»rtihg public.
The Sporran people, ought to ll:
the name of Czaxovitch. ^For-it :
extremely probable that the mdividui
who sat;, in judgment bn 'Sporran arg
ed that if- *hey sentenced the'1 hoa
and those associated with bËnvtc.
term bf disqualification they, wou
in the face of their" finding in the ca
of Czarevitch, lay themselves open
a cbarga of wilfulvand lamentable :
: consistency. However, ; their las
last Monday night will have the \
feet bf bringing the .W.A.T.C. 'ii
;still further ridicule,-, if p¿ásiblé¿ tb
.? ithat.body has been--subjected td
late by a shrewd, discerning pub)
, And the shady eastomer who <mal
it a' {practice to play decks.i
drakes .with the morals of the t
will-Í take . heart, and . with gréa
confidence put up "jokes" óa the lc
. gulled and- long-rooked spoiiing p
. lie oí Western Australia.
$