No Escape for Newcomers
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THE Appeal Tribunal's decision in the Armstrong case does .hot absolve racehorse trainers, who seek to run horseboxes for hire or reward, from the necessity of discharging•the onus of proof laid upon a newcomer by the
• Enston ruling.
The Tribunal makes this point in dismissing the appeal of Henry Hannon and others against the South Eastern Deputy Licensing Authority's refusal to grant them a B licence for a horsebox to carry racehorses under training, within a radius of 200 miles.
When Mr. Hannon and histhree partners, who were proprietors of a training establishment at Lewes, applied for the B licence, Lone Star .Transport, Ltd., stated that it had 13 horseboxes available some seven miles away, and Taylors of Rottingdean, Ltd., represented that it had five horseboxes only 21 miles away. These companes had had some 22 years' experience of carry
ing horses and were able, the Deputy Licensing Authority agreed, to meet all the reasonable requirements for the movement of racehorses in their area.