, 1877-12-02

~ UI.osnsours, n T., that trottcd unsuccessfuly il
tslesrapiug to the different parties concerned Il
3nn T1.o1 matter On OCT, dispatch Was sent t.
.ensd fsd at ftatnS aaart that c.,nsa gshef lad
,aa OF shsS h9rse to cueer: and asking ii he ha
vas rcceisedfrom pilkey that he made the at,dayi
IT Then Holmes was investigated. A telcernn, va
sent to the commercial agency of r. G. Dim j
Co. in this city, asking it G. H. Holmes pronric
s t9r oi the American House. Montreal, was a ma,
81 a16 6a xs'1s h49 sr &C. H.
IN 2!oaiseal, and received reply that Holmes wa
n Msr - spoEen M q as to character. The Exchang
tion. and the officers wrote to the Eastern Tuwn
snip Bank, at Sherosookc, inqn5rine rs to Holmes
i!l n oue time letter was received from William
rarwes!' w. The Cashier Of the Institution stating
tnat tae bank had dealt with him tor several wears
prlnf TO his going into the American House. anJ
@ na1 always found him reliable and truthful They
nln meyer Heard anything to the contrary
| ~ he tanaotau Bunk Of Commerce. ut Brantforl,
Vnt,. was also written to OH the same subject us
ers, reptied promptly that Holmes was a hu1el-
an financially sound. Alfred Wikes before Whom;
~ belng Notary Public and solicitor.
@ 2e* himself was al*o tclegrsphtd TO concern
ing t1e athdavit presented BY cunaber and SAID to
he matte the affidavit. and that ii was all right
With all these anldavits before them, aud the
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and commercial agency the Illinois assoc1at,ons
could do notns1ut pay the money, and accord
| 1ngly they handed Cunhcr the cush for which he
hhn ogen waiting SO long, aud he speedily made
by this time the horse Clover was trotting under
President Smith Of Earl park M iu.ne3ist.ly wrote ,o
the Secretaries of the tracks at these places, re-
5uestin: them TO send him description Of Glover
wood exactly. The 1ilinois men men '''iias 1'sa
NV that thcy, had been sold, and, being
3no,onEhly }anE mad, bssan to unearth the swi.dls
IN their efforts III this direction. they received sid
from an unexpected source. Il seems that after
receiving the money won by Rriehtwood. Cumbcr
telling them that be ha1t compromised Will the
associations for Sl5o each. The party who went
Nnaer the name Of Smith when Nri.htwoou was in
party. kicked ut this, ald wrote to Mr.. Smith, OF
Earl !ark repeating what Cuinber had said stat
ns aotas4 hat be p " ~ tue a,1o snd ta
had evidently believed cu,bcr's story about tho
compromise, aud argued that, the associations
were we'll in the ,nire By their action, they would
not refuse lis demand. This letter was daIed ut
hssns; e. y: H. and signed Lew Ellis''
lnipncnt cpstie. stating that the Illinois assuc-
ations did not propose to be blackmailch by any
sa:- Of scoundrels All this TING Cloverwas pein:,
watched At f:oston BY man who had been sent
there by Secretary Vail, Of the National !.ssoca-
ton and the mauner OF his detection has already
appeared in these columns,
About this time 3lr. Smith, OF Earlville heard
that the horse aad been purchased by some Buffalo
parties. aud went down there to Investigate. lie
III whose nam: Clover was entered at boston. AMI
j. man named Pett'one. Jameson he recog-
nS 4r 11s man a ro MaG hau 1s rsn
and had no aih'culrr in learning from h:1n that
they had purchased Drightwood At the conclusion
Of. his Western rohbing tour, and began 1rotlng
him under MIS- right naNc-Clorer When Mr..
Smith called janlesons attention to the fact fbat
cl":er va: tr.ttiny in 2;0 rnces when as Bright
~ fnf fr.GIa J..Nrf3. 1f pf
that Individual =ald that although he at the
track when the heat IN which the record was made
wss not nersonatly aware Of tI,c fact: Tkefr I'd.
mission that they hid purchased Dfightwool and
begun 1rottins him under his proper. name was
hle wanted = re the horse. jameson and
ictf1bone said he was at farm about
nine miles distant from the city. Smith said he
would 60 there to see him. when ii suddenly
discovered that the animal had bcc1 removed 10
another farm Twenty-Five miles away. The result !
was that Smith did not see the animal. I
In vi.wof these facts, Earl PARK has expelled !
the horse Glover. alias Brightwood+ his owner !
yenes sslspaush known in Illinois as jones'. Lew
Illinois a. Aiwooti} The identity OF the latter |
individrai WAS liked By TuE TRIBUNE two weeks
ago. t
In regard to paragraph in last SUNDAYS papcr,
relative to his lendiE. Cun,bes money. Afr Smith.
was to trot his second race Ut sEarlvl1ie Cnnbcr
came to Smith and said that in consequence o! the
refusa Of the Association to pay te purses won by
not pay the entrance Zee of $50. S,nith told him
that the horse could not start Until the money wna
paid, and f1laly, in comi'any with another gentle
nan. advanced the necessary amount, III fact uHy !
ing Eriehtwood for SUp, the horse to be redeemed
hat evening. Cumhcr vas evidently afraid that
they would attempt rome game him. for he &C.
fused the money before ! heat had l,een troted.
The only other occasion on which Smith lent Cum
Der anything was while the identity Of the horse
was being proven. George Eoorh;cs had sworn that
brightwooa was The Moose, and the Mendoza as
sociaKiou had refused 10 psy the by him.
Cun,ber. VINO WAS hanging around Eaz1ville, told
Smith that it had been proven that The Mouse was
1t home IN Ogslcnsnurs y. ", and sald he would
% TO Mendoza and get u copy of the affidavit
from the New York parties, 4 few days after this
conversation took place Smith saw Curlbcr and
Der said he was dead broke: had not money |
,nongh 10 pay his car-fare to Meulofa. where-
1pon smith gave him IS. which was repaid.
And now, i'll closing, a word regarding Cuff, the |
,ool-4cller There are some people who think that
&c deserved to lose the $500 which the 1}rightSood
'ar1y owed lin after the race at Ear.vil4e, as he
sneT they we're under suspicion and should have
octn careful. 1t IS also thought that ii he adopted
he cash system, in his business, there would not
&c inuci1 difficulty in collecting the money On
winning tickets as there was at certain track in
his State when somebody lcfaulteu hs payments.
4 LETTER FROM TRAsK.
During the past three months these columns ,
layc contained frequent illusions to Mr. Trask Of
>tego. \. y. and his mare Lady Grant, the ami
nal tbat he Claims can trot nile in two minutes.
u earnest and persistent in his offers to showa :
nile in :,:14 for ST. 600, OF mile in two minutes
or 81. 600, that his banter finally accepted by
Philadelphia parties But NF. Tr25k did not come
0 time, on account, he etales below Of sickness r
4 his family. In the meAntiule, New York :
apcr sent nan 10 ttego TO investigate tie Lady y
rant aud the reslr Of his trip was an articlc in
,hich was it stated that the mare could +
'ot in about four minutes, and that :
er owner had been deluded into the r
ecf that She was word-bcatcr by | :
ractcal jokers in the neighborlo"d who timed +
er miles in :,:17, 2:1O, etc. This article was
reduced bv TIE TNpCSE, and was thus brought q
the notice OF Mr. Tra:S, who naturally ignores
le New York sporting joarna!s, and looks to n chi
uternents contained the article referred to, and
rs forwarded the following communication, which Il
kplains itself: i,
70 the Editor af TIE Tribune. q
Orzao, otscse Co.. \. r. Nov. :G'-l taw IN your
ol.'' This satscrcd idol II mare whose weight is
15o pouGts very brtEhf b.y, and nice seppeE: =
viicd by William 1'rasE of UEeGo. more admired by ci
at .:l4 All toshaylnEs md not prn- offered 10 8
lid Gess s:i& but .hS5 .d dars oot pa; daw1 T I.
0neonta hall nile In :o4. Nov. 10 the D. D.
ilce quoted from the fHtI Ftetd and Earn" every ~ q
,r'l = u + false cxseri tha ss & as nite sfrppes u
boys who gave fabulous time commencing three ~ "
ars ago fAlse fabrication. Now, the hrst tHa ~
At te ,vaS eve: timed was anouf @ss Yeaf xo @ tss
ciyc rods lii 217 timed by men, not boys one week
TN track she trotted the snne distance d.
::,6. timed y Mr Pierce ot Cortland County y ef
ck. trotsd mile cEd sixteen rods IN l6 timed
Fleming AMI Day Of the same place tboys OF 40 or NJ
yearsj Thts rear si1e s4 doue lun nettSs oa tns WI
another time once around in 1;U. another in 1:2, ri