National Republican., 1875-06-16
tRAsH1He1OH DRIVING ASSOCIATION.
Ths PrOtsIt Against b. 9. AnglO-saxon-A d
sision in His Favor.

eision in His Favor.
Ths directors of the Washington Driving Asse-,
citation have fully considered the subject Of the
protest made against the bay stallion Anglo
Saxon, driven in the three-miuute race, on may +
at the past spring meeting at BrightUood Park,
and came to Q decision thereon. Asthere appears
some curious and peculiar developments In
the Investigation OF this case, full synopsis 10
added hereto for the bensnt Of the lovers Of hon
orable racing and information Of the readers OF
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN,. On the day Of the
race the following protest was entered;
Imost Tespectfnliy protest against the bay horse
AnElo-Saxon, now trotting in. this race, on the
ground that he Is trotting under an assumed name,
and that he has better record than three min
The following is the answer made by the owner
of Anglo Saxon, under oath administered py
II own the greater portion Of the horse Anglo
Saxon. He has never, to my knowledge, trottsd
ssxo5. He has never, to ny knowledge, in any
race made faster time than three minutes
Mr.. George Frazier, the driver OF tne pay
stallion, makes an sthdaEit sustaining the testi-
mony Of the owner Of the horse.
In specifying to the charges preferred, nj.
lowing 10 the BriEhtWood Trotttng ASSOCIATION:
THE sPKCIFTcATIoN.
TN supuort of the protest entered by me gainst
Anglo-SSxon, have rs say that, SO lar as the
means within my power have permitted me,
md that the morse ETO(LcQ dI " "1y uOs AhNs1
under the name Of Anthony Wayne, and that he
disappeared from there some three seasons ago,
and about that time he appeared in New Jersey,
given, and beat Lady kildee, getting record
OF 2sse or better-this at His htstoWn, n. j. Mr.:
SSsg1 Esy icy ,edasd 9h n ne then lent
for parts unknown, and afterwards appeared
in WaehinRton, and his history from that TO the
On the reception Of this communication making
spectie charges, which the directors believed TO
nsye eS ReSP 70 work Seeking the
proper and necessary information TO suostantiate
them but, while thns engaged, they encountered
so much evidence against the protest and proving
it wrong, that they could not conclude otherwise
than that the entrance Of the stallion was fair
and his record honest. In the midst Of this inves
tiTatlop. and when evidence for the protest had
failed on every side, the directors were oneWhat
surprised at receiving the following communica-
tion from Mr.. FOote, who had been notified that
the time for filing evidence had expired. Under
date Of June / he addresses Mr.. Z. W. Hayes,
secretary Of the association, as follows;
THE CHARGES WITHDRAWN.
I'm reply to yeuI notification Of this morning
that the time had expired for filing the evidence
in support Of the protest against the b. s. Anglo
Saxon, have the honor TO submit herewith for
Statement of the fail facts in the case upon which
based my protest. Before the race Mr.. Pstter-
son asked me IL would permit the stallion tOtrot
in the threem race without protest, and also
stated that he had evidence that he was another
horse than represented; and, furthermore, he
agreed to give me all the taCtS IN Ile case, anu
which he tSld me be had at hand Mr.. Evans
told me he knew the horse but could not recall his
name, but be could identity him as horse that he
to send me full particulars. He has not done So
MIR. Gamble stated TO me that he had been in
formed by parties who knew that he and An:
thOny Wayne" were one and the same horse, and
that he left Indiana some two or three years ago
and had not been known to trot under the same
name since.
ALSO, from other information obtained, 1 be-
lieVed the letter send you TO be correct. have
used every means within my power to ascertain
the truthiuness Of the statement above set forth,
and upon which my protest was based, and have
learned that the horse AnglO-SaxOn is not one
and the same horse as Anthony Wayne; that
the horse Wayne is very like Saxon In appear
ance and way OF going, so much so that protes-
siOnal horsensn would be easily mIsled. The
some time, in bis owners stable in Indiana. I
have been unable to obtain any inform alton of an
authentic character as 10 the horse Saxon having
1t appears from the above that Mr.. Footo was
not only unable to procure proof to sustain MS
chang but found out that the Gli6t horse was
living and genuine, and that Anglo-SaXon was
some other animal than Anthony Wayne.
The directors, in searching for testimony, re-
eeived an G5S:i. .S:;S; rom VIZ ttyne, see:Ssary
Wayne, stating that the horse Anthony Wayne
was then at that place, and that he had not been
aTsy H:ednpanTpe Sm nG this came letter from sas
Tam, owner Of Anthony Wayne, which shows the
falsity Of the entire protest. 1t says: Anthony
has never in that time been away from here fort
Wayne) but once, and that to Grand Haven,
MicbiRap. He has a record of 2:3lA." This COM
pleteIy upsets the New Jersey business and shows
that both Mr. Foote and hfs friends knew nothing
OF what they were talking about and that the
protest appeared ike straW-catching.
CHARGE OF BLACKNAIL.
On the 10th of May, after this protest had been
J. T. X. Pllnt and made cath to the following:
" That during the progress Of the three minute
race at the spring meeting Of the Washington
TO me and solicited private interview. stepped
one side with him, and Foote said to me, as near
al can sustain a protest against your horse
Apglo-Saxon; have bad pretty hard luck in the
business, and do not care to be robbed out Of my
money, 6ut If he could save his entrance money
and make fifty dollars besides he would not make
any protest. To this replied that did not
zee ssd % 6e sSOa9 aEs the prOe! and
told him to go and make It."
A SWORN DENIAL.
Mr.. Foote was informed Of the contents OF this
AFFIDAVIT, and went before Squire John T. U.
CLARK, and sWore to the following: That having
seen an affidavit made by Q Mr.. Mead, the owner
Of Anglo-SaxoD, in which said Mead states that
deponent proposed to him, the said Mead, TO ac-
cFpt the sum Of 800 from him, and he would not
enter q protest against his horse Anglo-Saxon,
this dePonent positively denies using any such
language or which could be construed into any
such intent on the part of this deponent that the
said deponent has made no agreement with any
person or persons whatever to receive any consld-
Grafton for the protest made by this deponent
against said horse Anglo-SaxoD, nor does he ex-
prct TO receive any"
Here It will be seen Is made the charge Of
bribery and the denial. Both parties made oath
as to the veracity OF their respective statements
and leave the public to be judges as to which Is
the most truthful In all the progress Of the in
vesIiRation the statements Of Mr.. Mead, whose
conduct was getlemanly throughout, and who
displayed q desire to allow the directors the
fullest scope to secure evidence in the case, not
ialsehoOd or Misrepresentation has been found
against him. But, on the contrary, most OF his as
sertions have been substantiated by facts, not
hsarsay or retailed Stories and the record Of his
stallion has been proven clear and above sus-
pieiOR.
Mr.. Mead furthermore furnished to the direct
ors q complete history Of ADglo-Saxon and his
pedigree, which is honorable throughout, and at
the roper time will be made public The d.
reetOrs, after hearing all the statements and re-
ceivipg the evidence, which WAS exceedingly one.
sided, have decided that the protest was not
sustained, and that the bay stallien Anglo-Saxon
won the race and was entitled to first money. The
pools, and all bets on the race, will be paid n &C.
eordanee with this decision.