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AN OUNCE THAT PROVED EXPENSIVE. If ever a man had reason for thinking the Fa,tea unkind to him. it was J. Lynch, subsequent to his eolt Prettv Bobby passing the post lirst iu the Marl bvrnong Trial Stakes at Flemington. He was wem backed and, after duly winning, his rider was foiuur to be-two pounds, one ounce overweight, in cui. e quence of which disqualihcatinu resulted. liw stake alone was worth over 1914.sh,500, ami then there - were the bets to be taken into eousiderati-Jii. The rules allow a horse to carry two pounds over without declaration, but, unfortunately, L. Fisher, who rode the colt did not declare anything and seeing that he was only four or rive omn es over on the weighing-out. there certainly did not. seem any necessitv for so doing. At tbe subsequent in quirv into Fishers increased poundage it Irani pireil that he had wasted rather hard to get down to the weight, and that bstweeu the time of weigh ing-out and going to the post he took some meat ex tract. To make matters worse, a surcingle other than the one Fisher weighed cut with was substi tuted at the last moment, and that probably assisted in bringing about Pretty Bobbys disqualification. -Sydney Referee.
