Mr. Croker Tells Of Unfair Treatment., Daily Racing Form, 1908-09-27

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MR CROKER TELLS OF UNFAIR TREATMENT TREATMENTLondon London Eng September 20 Richard Crokors Orby winner of tho 1907 English Derby has finished 1 his racing career and will begin his stud life next season Orby will stand at Carrickmines a branch of the Croker establishment at Glencairn at a fee of 4SO He will be visited by an approved list of twentyfive inares inaresSoon Soon after Orby won the Epsom classic be went wrong in the legs and though he was several times reported to be in form he never placed another big bracket to his name nameRichard Richard Croker has complained in a letter to the London Sporting Life of the treatment the paper is according him in racing matters mattersHe He points out that since the appearance of his race horse Rhodora paragraphs have frequently been inserted In this paper giving unfavorable ac ¬ counts of her condition The nccuracv of the re ¬ port says the letter Is shown in the fact that the inare has won more than 35000 in stakes stakesMr Mr Croker also protests against the publication of a telegram alleged to have come from his trainer which he says was forged in which it was stated that Rhodora would not likely run in the Cam ¬ bridgeshire Stakes


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