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LORD ROSEBERY
ON "DOPING,
DUTY OF JOCKEY CLUB STEWARDS.
TURF LIBEL ACTION.
Lord Rossberg, Oue of Stewards of the Jockey Club, "gare evidence in the Turf libot actión at the resumed hearing, and forred to a considerable ameunt of doping or racehorses that had been suspected":
intervals during the year.
Do you agrou that the actual pors petrator of doping is difficult na detect A Tarde y experience goes, it is exceedingly difficult,,
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FOR WOMAN: DOCTOR.
CAREER ENDS IN THE
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Replying to other questions, Lad woman doctor--Mrs. Roun Rosobory said that the Stowards Wotherspoon, aged between 10 and took the view the a trainer was 50-pleaded guilty at Glasgow to absolutely responsible for the hors performing an illegal operation on shundor his care, unless he coura
prove to their satisfaction that hetenced to nine months' imprison- a woman now dead and was son, was not responsible. At the inquiry they sought to narrow down tho persons who had access to Den Pat The Judge (Lord Morison) de-
Mr. Dirkett And did Mr. Chap- man agree that it was narrowed scribed the casa as one of the most down to two stable Goya-Devmepitiablo he had ever had before him. and Martin? ̈ ̈
Mr. Paton, K.O. (for the de- Lord Rosebery I think Mr. fence) said that the woman had" ox- Chapman agreed. He certainy
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Lord Harewood and Lord. Elles mero also gave evidence.
"Responsible for Hia Servants."'
At the inquiry the Stewards to the view that Mr. Chapnian was absolutely responsible for his sor
mont
"In a moment of madness onused. by mental atress and worry," he said, she acted thus. Drink, of. course, is behind it.
The action was brought by Mr. sibly, the driver of the motor noi doctor.
agreed, with the addition of, proptionally high qualifications as a Charles Chapman, the racehorse-box. trainer, of Shifnal Cottage, Lavan Sussex, and was heard in the King a Bench Division before Mr. Justice Horridge and a special jury,
Mr. Chapman sues Lord Rosvante sots. bery, Lord Harewood and. Lord Ellesmere. (stewards of the Jockey Club), Messrs. Weatherby (pubiner ers of che: "Racing Calendar **) Times" newspaper, claiming dampges for the public tion of a decision of the Jockey Club Stewards warning him off Newmarket Heath and disquality ing Don Pat, which he had trained for tho Bedfout High-Weight Handicap at Kempton Park sum- mer meeting in 1936. He complains that the publication injured him in his character, credit, and pusation on the Turf.
After referring to grout
Mr. Birkett: Were there any
sarcer ending as it bag done, varit, ably in the gutter," grounds at any time for supposing that the Stowards were hostile tasted the judge to exercise mercy.
Mr. Paton
Mr. Chapman?
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The defence was a plea of privi lege and justification.
"Of Public Interest,"
Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C. (for Mr. Chapman), read sherthand" transcript of the proceedings atter' Mr. Chapman had left the stewards' inquiry into the doping of Don Pat.
Lard Rosebery: None at alt Speaking for myself, I always hope appearing before us innocent. we shall be able to and any pers
Was there any, feeling or any kind against Mr. Chapman Y
Not the slightest. Sir Patrick Hastings examining)
(cross-
Lord Morison said that any sen tonco which the Court could pro nounce was insignificant compared with the further punishment which forsion. sho must suffer in her own pro
Do you appreciate Lord Rosebery replied that the that the decision of the Stewards stowards could have said they con of the Jockey Clab may have sho; siderad Mr. Chapman had doped most awful consequences f›
Lord Rosebery: Grave Comic- quences.
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Lord Rosebery said the thre was no express provision in the rules of the Jockey Club to deal with the case of a trainer who ha uct prevented doping, although he himself had not been guilty of it
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Dereliction of Duty,"
the horse.
"Slackness" Suggestion. Lord Rosebery added that Mr. Chapman had never been charged with doping the horse,
Sir Patrick Hastings: Had there been some little criticism of the stowards because it was suggested. that they had bear stack about dop ing, and could be congratulated if they teck some drastic action ?
suggested.
Lord Rosebery: I never heard it.
Sir Patrick Hastings: In a cass such as this, where the trainer as had nothing to do with the dcping Replying to another question, It was stated previously that of the horse, I suppose you are con Lord Hosebery said: "I wish you there was no suggestion that Mr. vieting him of carelessness would get out of your head the Chapman was a party to the dopthink it is more than carelessness. klon that any man is against M ing of the horse.
I should call it a grave dereliction Chapman," (tor of his duty."
Mr. Norman Birkett, K.C. the Jockey Club Stewards), nitted that under the rules & the Jockey Club the Stewards wore bound to publish their decisions in ths Racing Calendar, and as
Do you appreciate that in the eyes of every fair minded person there must be all the difference in the world between a man who has been guilty of doping a horse and Mr. Chapman was bound by the young trainer at the beginning Rules of Racing he could have no of his career who has been guilty cause for complaint
of a grave dereliction of, duty Yes.
He also submitted that this and other publications complained or were on privileged occasicas. as they were of general public interest.
Lord Rosebery.
If the notion sens out to the Press meant to ordinary people that. M Chapman had been warned off the turf for doping, a very crust inju tice has been done to him,
It would have been simple mat ter for the stewards to have stated
Lord Rosebery, giving evidence, said that he was senior steward of the Jockey Club, and presided it in the notice that Chapman had the inquiry on September 25, 1930. been found guilty not of doping. The Club took a very grave view but of a grave dereliction of duty of any malpractice in the Turf:jas a trainer —Yes.
a pure as possible.
it was their duty to keep the Turt Why didn't they do it?-That is,
exactly what they have dong. The last sentence conveyed that.
Sir Patrick read the sentence as follows:-
As the time of the Kempton Park summer scaling in 1030 the doping of horses had been considered by the stewards.
Mr. Birkett: Do you agree that doping of horses is a fraud and cught to be stamped out
Lord Rosebery I do. It was common knowledge in the racing world that there was a considerable amount of doping suspected during the year.
The stewards had been,
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Asked what Mr. Chapman could do to purge his offence," Lord Rossbery said that next spring he would have the opportunity of ap- plying to the Stewards of the case would be considered then. Jockey Club for a licenco, and bis
Lord Harewood. Lord Harewood then gave evi denoe. the inquiries, he, in common with He said that throughout the other Stewards, was actuated only by the desire to discover whe doped Don Pat, and certainly not
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They disqualified the horte for this ruer and for all future races Lord Ellesmere said that he had under their rules, and they wara- no fooling against Mr. Chapmun. nd C. Chapman, the trainer of the He agreed that at the Gimcrack horse, of Newmarket Heath. "What could you possibly haven speech in which he congratulated Dinner at the end of 1920 he made. said worse about him than that asked Sir Patrick.
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the Jockey Club stewards on the firm way in which they had dealt with the pernicious evil of doping: He was then referring to the ques Jion of doping in general, and not to the two cases that the stewarda bad had under consideration.
The hearing was adjourned.
DRASTIC STEPS NEXT SEASON.
The Eur of Harewood, respond- ing to the toast of the Jockey Club at the Gimcrack Club dinner at York, suid:
The Staward intend to continuo next season to take drastic steps to stop the great ovil of doping."
Sweepstakes Peril;
Referring to "giant sweepstakes" he said colossal sunda of money which changed hands in consequence. 9f the great sweepstake obviously, gave opportunitica for bribery and corruption on a larger scale than would otherwise exist.
It was only fair to say that they had not yet had evidence that any thing serious on these lines had happoned,
Camera as Judge,
Mr. Gerald Deane, a partner in Tatterns and part-owner of the Manton training establishment; re- ferred to the sugle of the winning post at Newmarket and spid some of the results this autuma had caus- cd so much controversy that surely the time had come when photo graphs of the finish should be taken at Newmarket and on all other courses. This was donò abroad and caused no delay.
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