THE CLARENCE AFFAIR

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 203, 24 July 1884, Page 2

THE CLARENCE AFFAIR

TheH'eXerl Clarence disqtti'lificfttion-'l question has at last been disposed of. At h meeting of the N.Z. Grand National Club, on the 11th in-tant, at^iniaru, ib was resolved : --;']Thab "the jockey, Y. Hedge, be disqualified under fche N.Z.G.N.S Club yules 'from i iding, tiainiugj of running any' ' ; JJo\Be or horses whatsoever, during tne pleasure of the Club, for tamper--in^^h rhe'ridm^'B^fy^by > eirt. J1 ' I It was also resolved— "That the jock«y j Cop^iiko! | be disq^lified xin,der^bli^ j^lZ'.b.MCiClui): rilles 'frsm <Mii\2i ] training, or running any horsi: or horses- whatsoever during 1 tne pleasure of the Club, for not starting Billy-go-by-em." It appears that Mr Pilbrow, the owner of Clarence, was examined at the meeting and held blameless m the matter.?' 'ft: Wiirbe^eefi thatith& di^in^iificaM^nr, as it^tahds now; cldel' not include Clarence. We (Post are glad to hear that the matter is defini Uely-lsoStledj butcan scarcely vongi-ai a- ' late the : Grand NabionaPClulv Stow*ia'iTds on the ngure' -they -Kave v C-in s iii isettiKiig itiiiThey 1 haV^itofldittsiWiy proveti to the admirers df-^pott'ih'th&r colony lhat they are wholly unfitted !to sit as |i tribunal tbi\ decidingr«uc|\ !que^^ P.nVsV^^fe3l>vo%|aVi%s jot' tlie Club m future are conducted »n a much better system, the racing associations will refuse lo accept its idecriJejS^and it is, just; possibly i^j^? 1 , ieven now lost more ground m popular estimation thau it will recover.