The New York herald., 1873-12-13
TURF TROUBLES.
Meeting or the Board or Appeals OF the
National Trstting Association-All the
Cases Heard.

Meeting or the Board or Appeals of the
National Trstting Associati0n-All the
Cases Heard.
The Board OF Appeals OF the National Trotting
Association continued its session yesterday morn
ing at the Everett House. There were present as
on the preceding days, 7. J. val Chairman),
Hartford, Conn.,; @. J. Hamlin, Buffalo, N. T.;
Gates II. Barnard, Troy N. Y, and George Sturges.
Philadelphia, Pa. The cases called for the consid-
GRAFTON of the members are as herewith annexed,
and, as usual, all decisions were reserved
r. ]. Wheeler VS.. Graves and Loomis-compaint
in relation to the mare Clementne. case was
first brought to the notice OF the Board by letter
from Mr. Wheeler, under date OF November "a ast,
wherein he asserts, nom information and belief,
that the mare Clementne had trotted this year at
Cleveland, Buffalo, Utica and Springfield In purses
from which she should have been debarred by
former record received in Wisconsin, and this
record was 2:44 or better. And Mr.. Wheeler
asked for time to procure affldavits to show that
the statements made were true. Subsequently
Mr.. Wheeler sent Secretary Longstreet another
letter enclosing an affdavit Of Alexander f.
Pratt, of Waukesha, Wis.,, wherein he states that
Cementine was raised in Palmyra, Jefferson
county, In that state, and that she had contested
in race at Waukesha under another name and
had made better record than 2 IA. Upon reading
the afdavit, the substance OF which is above
given, and the letter accompanying 1t, the Board
Of M letter. was very aos
ous gave the members jurisdiction at this time to
act. 1t was ruled that 1t did give them the power
spondents appeared Mr.. W. K. Loomis, who first
submitted the alidavit of Mr.. A. b. Hall, Treasurer
Agricultural, Mechanical and Stock Associa-
ton, comprising the counties Of Wan.
i IS Stated that there IS no record Standing against
the mare Forest Girl now Cementlnel during the
years 1866, 1859 and 1870 Mr., Loomis also submit
kosh, Wis, wherein he explains that he bought
the mare when she was four years old and, though
period, per- d. she never obtained a record; Tnurston
also owned the he mare Forest Maid, oI% and
Sus Ss not sas Faqest Pa s less aso nn snoSn
in the afdavit that Thurston sold the mare to
Graves and Loomis. The latter gentleman being
ago. and tnat he named her alter Mr. Graves wife,
that he did not know until Is months ago that she
ever had another name, that coming to his notice
alter the matter was talked OF in the papers, She
was an unruly animal, and in consequence OF her
disposition when among other horses was not
entered In any purses until last spring, and then
only the three minute classes, and never for green
horses
cultural Society, Woonsocket R. L--Application
for removal OF penalty Of expulsion. 1t seems that
while the petitioner was driving the bay gelding
Harry Genet in september last, he was taken from
behind him and another driver put in the sulky,
After q heat had been tr0tted with the
remain longer on the track, and against
the wishes and direction OF the judges took the
gelding to the stable. For this and improper Ian
guage he was ruled on. Counsel appeared for
Foster, and from witness elected that Genet was
very lame at the time, and that Foster did not con-
slider the driver substituted competent person
to entrust with such q valuable animal In his then
condition. Therefore counsel justified Fosters con-
duct This case being closed Mr.. VAIL in behalf OF the
National Association stated that Foster after being
expelled as above, appeared at Hartford and New
Haven, and there drove certain horses. Foster
was sworn and admitted that such was the case,
and also said that he had read the rules as laid
down by the National Association. Counsel ad-
mitted the violation Of the rules by Foster, but re-
quested, because OF palliatng circumstances, that
the penalty imposed upon him be removed or
modified.
No. a. Henry Hughes (er-parte Application for
removal OF penalty OF expulsion heretofore Imposed
on his bay mare Lady Hughes alias Mollte Clark.
Mr.. Hughes, who was present, had an affdadit q
his own read to the Board, to the effect that last
winter, In December, he sent his mare, Lady
Hughes, to Lewis BrOkaw, at M0rT1stown, Pa;
that she was then lame, and he gave explicit di-
rections to take her shoes on and turn
her out. Mr.. Hughes then went to Europe,
and upon his return was astonisned to find that
Brokaw had tr0tted her at WilkesDarre, Pa, under
the name OF MOlie Clarke, and upon her right
name being ascertained both she and the driver
were expelled. He asked the Board, therefore, to
remove the penalty from the mare.
With these cases closed the open session OF the
Board. To-day they will sit In executive session,
and probably when through with the necessary de-
liberation will communicate their decisions These
are looked for with much interest throughout the
trOtting world.