Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 22, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg Forte september 1978 a photo Driver Bill Haughton and Falcon Alm Ahurst right glance at the pacers thursday in a first division heat for the Little Brown Competition just before reaching the finish line in a record mile for Jug in not guilty of deceit charges Gerard guilty of switching horses a race track veterinarian Mark Gerard was convicted thursday of a minor charge of switching horses in a Belmont Park ringer scandal that netted him in he was found not on More serious larceny and deceit instead of facing a Maxi mum 21 years in Gerard faces no More than two defence attorney Lee Bailey said he would a peal the the scandal was one of the most sensational in the history of thoroughbred racing in new the jury of six men and six women returned their verdict in Nassau county court late thursday after some 24 hours after they received the the trial began the 44yearold Gerard was found guilty of two Misdemeanour they covered the actual substitution of the Cham Pion uruguayan thorough bred Inzano in a be Mont race last 23 for a cheaper horse from that which ear Lier had been Gerard bet on running As at Odds of 57 to claiming he did so in the belief that it really was he cashed tick ets Worth after the the jury verdict made him liable to a maximum two years in judge Raymond Harrington scheduled sentencing for Gerard was found not guilty of grand larceny in depriving millionaire Joseph Taub of the National basketball association owner bought Cin Zano from the vet and the horse was stabled at the Gerards Long Island Gerard was also found not guilty of grand larceny against Lloyds of which paid in insurance on Inzano of falsifying business records and of filing a false insurance claim with these counts carried a combined maximum of 19 years in had Gerard been Gerards estranged in and out of psychiatric treatment for a dec took the witness stand in his saying she had engineered the switch in horses and that her Hus band was unaware of she said she pulled the switch to Embarrass the new York racing Assoc a which she Felt was guilty of needless cruelty toward she de scribed herself As a vege deeply affected by any mistreatment of Ani throughout the 16 trial Bailey insisted that Gerard Learned of the switch Only after the race was he told the jury the key Issue in the Case was when Gerard first knew of the switch be fore or after he cashed his winning the jury is saying he knew about the but they didst know about what said Thomas assistant District after the verdict was Bailey refused to Label the verdict a Victory for Gerard because he did not admit fixing the i think they believed Alice swapped the horses sometime before the race and then that Gerard got knowledge of the Well known trial at Torney called the Case one of the most bizarre cases i have it would not make a Good fiction its too i prob we won it on the said perspiring heavily in a Cream coloured Kings debut successful but not an easy Victory Watkins Glen bans Patrese Montreal up Billie Jean King made her debut at a women professional Tennis tournament a Success Ful one on thursday night when she teamed with Julie Anthony for a 75 first round doubles Victory Over Paula Smith of la and Chris Oneil of King and Anthony trailed 45 in the second set before overcoming their Young its the first time weve played together in More than a and that made it King said of her partnership with because of an injury to one of her King is not competing in the singles portion of the tournament in which Michele Tyler of England won a Quarter final berth thursday night with a convincing 60 Triumph Over Kathy Harter of los three other quarterfinal berths were decided after second round matches in the Glynis Coles of England downed Carrie Meyer of Indianapolis 63 Francoise Durr of France Defeated Zenda Liess of Daytona 61 and Carolyn Stoll of beat Wendy Overton of new York three singles quarterfinal matches Are slated for Diane Desfor of Long will play Yvone Vermak of South Africa Laura Dupont of will meet Coles and Dana Gilbert of will go against on saturday Stoll will meet Tyler in the other quarterfinal with the semifinals slated for the evening in other first round doubles Kay Mcdaniel of and Kim Sands of Miami beat Ruta Gerulaitis of new York and Cynthia Doerner of Australia 75 Jean Evert and Wendy Overton beat Liess and Lisa Senn of Toronto 64 and Durr and Dupont Defeated Nancy Weigl and Meyer Hartford a two of the top seeded players advanced to the quarterfinals of a mens Tennis tournament at the Hartford state armory by posting convincing victories third seeded Hank Pfister Defeated Mike while fifth seeded Gene Mayer beat William in other singles action aus Oralias Alvin Gardiner rallied to beat fellow countryman John to seeded John Mcenroe eliminated Brad Drewett 61 in a later in it England a an Drew Jarrett of Britain upset Wojtek Fibak of the defending 63 thursday and reached the Quarter finals of the British hard court Tennis who took just 77 minutes to Down the second seeded now will pass up a trip to Austria where he was to compete in a minor he will meet Colombia Ivan Molina in the Quad another unheralded John also reached the quarters with a 61 Victory Over 7 seed Peter Elter of West former Wimbledon Champion Ann Jones quit Midway through the second set of her match thursday against Belinda saying she was Watkins a officials of the up coming Watkins Glen grand prix Auto race thursday banned italian Driver Riccardo the object of a protest from other Drivers about his role in the recent crash which killed swedish racer Ron Nie i have exercised my prerogative and have re fused the Riccardo and am not giving any reason for such a said Malcolm executive director of the 1 Patresea manager had said previously he would fight a Patresea car and team were not curries comment came Only hours after it was Learned that top Drivers James Niki Emerson Fittipaldi and 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