, 1877-11-18

Mr. John T. Hicks the we'll known turfnlnn
boston, has done the public great service BY cs
: posing the operations OF a gang that worked th
! Eastern Fall Circuit with lot Of ''ringers." II
says that in the :37 and :32 classes At the rccen
Boston meeting there were no less than five horse
! | entered that had records from ? 37 to $50. Th
first one causht was bay mare entered nnder til
name Of Fannie r. Mr. Hicks says that the sam
animal was known at the meetings in the Pcnnsyl
vania oil regions rs Maggie Elliott, but that she
none other tkan the we'll known trotter Ell
Clay, owned by MIR. Robert Terri, OF Paris
| Ky, and leased 10 George Shawhan and jaime
Odut, Of the same place. Her record is o:a7H
and she is half-siscr to Granville, formerly own
I'd by Mr. II. C. Goodrich, OF ths city II Is sai4
that the men who controlled her haa good luck il
the oil regions until they reached Clarion, Pa :.
I when somebody doscd the mare. so that when 1'ps
ton WAS reached SHE could nat trot bit. the whola
! party going broke on her. Some philanthrop!t
individual paid the debts for which she WAS ut.
tacsed, and started ior Canada, where she will prob
ably be heard Of during the coming wlntez Shaw.
han, Ofut, aud the mare have been expelled.
I;ut the second horse thnt Mr.. Hicks calls attcn.
ton to is in which Western people will be in.
tcsested, 1t besns none other than The brown geld
ing Billy ONeill, owned in Peoria. Ill.,, and thai
trottcd at the last Dexter Park meeting 1t IL as
serted that the horse was entered at Boston In the
2::7 class al Harry Robinson, the nonnator being
"sir Freeman Of Pittsacld, 31ass., wlio, 3ir.
] Hicks says, turned out to be none other than the
well-known Peoria driver F. \. Fnncner, who had
shaved off his beard in order to avoid recognition
| as Billy O'Neil has Il record OF 2:esi4. made at
Ear1yille, Ill.,, last Augnst. 1t that be won
| hcut or two in tie 2:3T race ut Boston,
! getting q record Of o:2S, and causing those who
| were in with the steal 10 back Inn heavily ut tho
| po,l-box. When an honest horse, Forest King,
quietly walked away with three heats and the race.
| leaving the u Sell purity ucau- broke. An officer
sturtcd TO attach the horse for debt. when Tanchcr
| broke away Oh dead run, ana, us Nr ilicks c1~
| pressed ii. eve don't know whether he has
halted set or not These revelations will be
unexpected rs they arc startling to the nulner"us
| friends and acGaalntances of ME. FanchcE in this
city all ut whom, believed hin, incapHbic cf enter
ing into such schene 10 rob the public and de-
fe it honest hosscnen. II may bc thlt mis-
take has been nude, hut r. Hicks is very positive
in his assertions. and makes his charges over his
own signature.
GAINESVILLE, a horse we'll known in this section,
has also, It appears, been making ringing tour,
and was nippcd 1T Boston. lie wus called l:oxbury
Eoy was entered in the 1887 class notwlth-iand-
ing his previous record OF 2:22a!i. won heat in
::a1. and, like hls companions, was attached, and
ran tho gauntlet Of the law.
Little Dandy WAS another fraud uucarthed BY Mr.
Hicks, VINO says lie the Stallion Traser thai VI
Grand ltarids last sumner got record Of s;3l1:
mare known i'll the Easi as Belle Smith, thAt trot-
ted all .nroush tue Illinois CIRCUIT t. in slow ela9ses
last summer under the name OF lda when She had
a previous record OF 2:29.
Alr. Hicks also has something to say about the
notorious morse Eri.hlwood. that createa SUCH IL
sensation Ut tue meetings in this State last suit
lie says that this horse, utter winnin. about
s., 900 in this section of the country. und collect
ps ts ff na thS # statsa fGT
will he remembered by the readers of Tue TEiN-
rSE TINT several weeks us' mis- papeF stated tha'
whom Bri.htwood Won two RACES III the Illinois
Circuit had orwardcu to the Associations ut Earl
vile and Mendoza the aidavits .! Il man named !
lunt uller than thc horse Clover that obta:nrl
record Of 2:3e.s ut Fleetwood Park. New !
York. in June, 1876: Mr. Hicks eorroborases
left t1e West he was followed by Il detective, who
found th1t Ut Elnra the parties having srightwood
in char1e entered hn under hts right namc, - (
Cloycr.-and in his proper class. The detective
ieeg1aohel h,s infurn,atlou to tue Western pco-
Die, anL followed the horse 10 Boston, md. when
pool box but found to his sorrow that 'rinsers
stood poor show at the Hub.
TIE TE.nrSE has made some Investigations
which seem to bear out the general assertion that
Clover and ;rish,wood Ut. identical. The buoHs
Of the secretary Of the National Assucia
der 1" Of Sh Chatham yil1ase Drvins rask, chs,ham
Village, y. I.> the bay geIdinG Glover, AMI James
Sa!spangh, owner. of Madison y. L.. were sus-
That Sept, II. 1877. they were reinsialed. II
will be noticed that Clover was expelled inst be-
fore ri.htwootl appeared III the We:!, and that he
was sci1lstated previous to tne time Br.htwood is
alleged to have trotted III Ellaira, y. L.. under
The name OF Clover, Even If there were other
oroof this fact alone woIiiu BE- SUSPICIOUS. The |
,wucr OF so good horse H. Clover would not allow
ain idle during the pest part OF the trot
ing season when the PAYMENT OF i few dollars en-
rot. and tlen sctte tue claim late in the fall |
when there WAS little tro{tlng TO be DONE From
present appearances Il would seem tila the Illinois
lnde1 tho palI.n nccesss!y OF han'tin1 over the
money asn to the horses that stood second in the
nce=. which Won. !
(hirarol,nrscmcn saw that Brentwood was driy- |
n i'll his Western campaign b; young fellow, I
s,o Is u OF George Nelson. formerly we'll
hargc Of l;ashaw, Jr. driving the most SUCCESS {
ul par, uf that horses turf career, and who drove
i'm ~ his races = a:alnsl i,m Kockey aud Other
shen in this ctv to Ut one Of the most honorable
nen IN l,ls profession anu should have seen that
s snn followed in his footsteps.
Tic facts related by s.r. Hicks have created
early much excitement in turf circles did I
he recent devsI"pnents conce5n'ng nevlin !
oursc there have always been less
ssErpu1abIe characters engaged III the pratlca1 ,
'ork Of robb!n5 tie pubiic by tEott:nc horses wih
ccuEds Of :2::'D better in slow classes, hnt this
Ill organized gan. Of these thieves has evident
been OH the road. correspondent OF the | :
rms Mr.. Hicks statement in regard 10 Bright | r
oud, and also calls attention to the GllEsc, il
lat has been sfottns under the name Of Lady ! d
eyes. fins mare was exposed in TIE TTInUSE
+ Sept. IT, and was 1T time in the hands OF
etcr johnson. ot this cny- n
As announced last SInt.ay there is to be meet =
,g OF tho National IuaFd Of Appeals ,
ext winter, at which IT will be com C.
ctcnt 10 modify the present calc OF
lies Under which tracks nc!on.,n. to the G
s*ocason ut present work. The question Of how i
telect and punish s'rn-ers" will undoubtedly ! j.
brongh: up at tins meeting, and various plans to u
,cclf this growing evil proposed. The mcst Icasi-
e that has come to The knowledge OF this ,
aper originated with Secretary Eoyc, .! Dexter =
AIR. lie proposes thci When hUrsc tsots over u
" track >clon-lny to lac ..a;ional ASSOCIATION / =
IL proprietor thereof SHALL at the conclusion OF u
e meeting. furnish. the owner OF the animal with |
certificate. stating III wlat race Eaces he took L
.rt. tho best record acquired, and the previous Ii
cord. This certlncute could be in the shape | Ii
blank forms, easily filed out, which 5:
oul.l he furnished to each Association ! y,
ack by s1r. Vail, Secretary Of the National Asso-
1toD+ IN CAME a1o,,. Will, animal / ;,
hch lie claM"d had record, fle would. under -
l proposed plan be required to furnish ref =
c1ce the 1amG VI some responsible horseaan not =.
lter penalty Of the National Association from =
Z place where he hailed or its vicinity. Thus o
ch Association would hare the certificate Of 1he
1c at the last place where the horse tEotied to ht
s1iy Its officers III acccutin. his eatry, mud tue L,
II tracS on the list Woltd u{ course have COM he
lncatcd with the party given reference oy the til
'ner driver Of the regard TO the ami p1
as eligibility.
This plan would be perfectly feasible, and in the =,
scncc OF better une is respectfully submitted ~
this paper to tht National Association. tine ~
in. l. certain: if determined and vigorous war =,
not n,atle The ringers and those who control a. a.
IN, and prompt punishment hot meted out to 81 81
rascas that hive been caught turf sports will ~
ccnd to d level on which no decent man will
e to stanu. | In
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