Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-10-13
Tho Nashville Blood Horse AssOcia-
tiOn-The Bob Shelton Case.

The correspondent of the Turf, Field ana
Farm giving an account OF the recent races
over the Nashville Course, says of the race
in which Bob Shelton was distaneed and his
owner, Lee Paul, ruled off the turf:
THIRD HEAT.-At the tap Donovan
rushed to the front, kept that position all
the wav, winning the heat in l:53. Bob
Shelton did not get good start, nor did his
rider make any effort to do so, fact taken
in connection with his pace round the track
which at once elected suspicion both in and
ont of the Judges stand that he was not run
to win; he came in, as undoubtedly was IN
tended by his owner, the wrong SIDE OF
the flag, distanced. Even before the decis-
ion on the heat was given the horse was
hustled off to his stable, increasing the
strong suspicion already aroused. The
Judges were prompt in arriving at conclu-
sion as 10 what was to be done, and at once
ordered the horse taken back to the track.
The ordinary excitement attending the rem
derinq of decision had now given place to
a tumultuous uprOar as the fact became
known that a glaring fraud had been de-
tected and was about to be punished. IL
was then announced from the stand that
Rob Shelton had been distanced and could
not run again in the race, but that IN order
to expose the shameful effort at robbery on
the mart of Skeletons owner, the horse
would be run against time. IhlS an
nouncement was received with wild shouts
Of annlause from all sides, and the
CRY of "hurrah for Johnson was
shouted from a thousand Threats. Sandy
Rarnes was then ordered to take the horse
in charge, and in fifteen minutes he was
ready for the run that was to drive at least
one man from the turf, and shed renown on
| the Nashville Blood Horse Association. AS
Mr.. Johnson, the President of the AsSocla-
| tion. was about TO lead the horse up the
track to give him a send-ofi, Lee Paui,
owner Of Shelton made forcible attempt
| To oct possession of the animal, but Mr.
Jobnson coIlared him, and with few Wig
oro,,s shakes cast him off, a feat which was
received with wild yells'of delight. Shell
| to,, was then sent off on his run, Brownie
an his hack. who drove him from the tap,
o-5 landed him at the end of the mile III
| 1.4Sl When the time was announced the
| crowd shouted sonorous huZzas, men Threw
| nm their hats. while others danced, and such
| a SCENE of excitement was hardly ever be-
fore seen on racecourSe.
The conduct of Mr.. Johnson, the worthy
| President of the Association, is universally
approved. In no other way could the at
tempted fraud have been so satisfactorily
detected. There was no evidence, but the
circumstantial evidence of the dial plates on
the timers watches, but here was the horse
to speak in mute eloquence for himself
There was no escape from the unerTlne
testimony of that dumb witness. "Drive
him from string to string" was the earnest
mandate of the President to the new Jockey
salected for the test, sand let us see what
the horse knows" The answer came short
and swift. and but too fatally to the scheme.
oftbose who were the authors of the fraud
0ra minute and forty-eight and a quarter
SecondsI That told the whole story. And
the horse bravely helped the judges to vindi
v;l ie course, but Of the American Turf