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POST SACING ENQUIRY.
WITNESS GIVES EVIDENCE
OF SEVERAL ACTS OF DOPING
MORPHIA GENERALLY USED
Sydney, Thursday.
Sensational evidence wag given to- 1
day before the select committee, wKíííi
is inquiring into pony racing.
James Bonser said that he had been
engaged in racing for 20 years. Ho
added: ''There i> dope to stop a pony,
and there is dope to liven one. I
have proof in my possession that a
pony I lease, liosie Color, was poisoned
18 months ago, and I have no redress.
An analyst said that arsenic was pres-
ent in suflicient quantities to cause
death. I mentioned ti1-' experience«
to a certain steward and he said: 'Look
Bonser, if they all coi * I. *-idesert«
there would he no one riding.' "
"Things are done hy individuals on
tho courses."' continued ~Slr. Bonder,
"that would bring five years if they
were done outside the fence." Witncs^
added that a prominent man offered
him L'100 tn --foo his her-e. He would
not fall in with the suggestion, but
they fixed him no all ri'¿lit by f*--ïli''îiiçr
with, and stopping hin pony. Tf » ff i
dozen men w«re made an example oí
tho game would he cleaned up. There
was a ring p. in on g tile jockeys. He
had peen nets of doping horses a dozen
times.
Mr. f'urtis. rpr>ro-on'¡nfr the AP C.:
Why don't, von tell the stewards? How
can you evpnet lb- stewards tn net if
ve- ....n't tell them ?
Witness, in reply, enid that he
thomrht doning wnç done off the rnce
cntirsps. HP ad<!od> tin! there wore
men who could dope » horse so thnt
the measurement would be ; Tc'ted. He
had seen a lot of good whisky WM^Í'HI
on noiiies. but morphia wus generally
used.
Tb o inquiry was adjourned until
Tuesday. i
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