, 1879-04-20

The decision or the hoard has been toreshadowet
in ruling which it has given to the public. Til
| judicial body has pronounced the race frand be
I fore sl1 the testimony. is in. This hasty rulin.
should not he accepted as final, II the Board i
| kind, it cannot refuse to make different order
| Utica Park does not make an unreasonable dcmau
when she asks that the jndicial decision ehuI res
upon official, not unofficial, testimony. The Boar
should not travel ont OF the ueuai path in review
ing ,hia case. The Utica Association ia compose,
of gentlemen who stand high in business and eocia
! the points in the balance. II the judges can b.
convicted By official testimony, why, then convict
| and punish them. But do not throw precedent t,
| port, upon evidence which tho Board itself ha
| characterized as unofficial. Consistency and
calm, logical Interpretation Of the law OF nuct
conviction prompted b. the busy tongues, which
often give false drift TO what is known as publi
| sentiment.
II this publication was authorized by the gen
tlemcn to whom it refers, they will find tha
the wrong course has been taken. What they
are pleased 10 designate Us "ofliciai :" testimony
is the testimony OF the Judges themselves, Or it
other words, 4 portion OF the defendants. Tht
theory that persons accused OF crime or mIsdc
meanor should bo convicted only on their ow1
evidence would be pleasing nnd convenient one
no doubt, for those who might happen to get On
the wrong side OF n prison-door; but the gen.
cral public will hardly be iuclined to accept it,
especially at the suggestion OF those In whose
favor it would undoubtedly act.
What the turf-loving people OF this country,
and especially OF the West, expect Of the Board
Of Review in this matter is that it will carry to
d successful conclusion the work SO well bcglln
last fail, and nothing short Of THAT will satisfy
them. They Know to 4 moral certainty where
the guilt lies, and they expect, and have right
to expect, that punishment will be visited in
that quarter. There has been discomfort enough
among Western horsctnen and tracks ut tile
many outragcously unjust rulings and decisions
OF tile old Board Of Appeals, and it will take bnt
few mort doses Of the same sort to start
part Of the country aud the South would
be only too glad to join. This move
was prevented from being earned into
operation last fall only By the assurance that
removed. Now is fine chance to redeem that
promise. The Board knows the guilty ones at
Utica. Let it name and punish them without
fear or favor.
THE WINNERS OF 1878.
THE TRIBUNE to-day presents its readers
with the names in tabulated form of the trot-
ting horses that. during the past year. nave
spectiye classes, giving the number OF races
won and lost by each, their present record, etc
This table was not prepared with view Of in
cludng in it all the horses that had fast records,
By any means prove. that the animal credited
with it is a 6rst-class and reliable horse.
A few instances will suffice to prove this
rule. Nettie, record 2:l8, is not BY any means
q valuable track-horse; ut least she could not
win in her class through the Central Circuit last
sensation in 1s77,- afflicted last season with
q lanencss which prevented mis- beating tile class
Of horses with which the figures against his
name forced him to trot. Great Eastern did
not amount to much as freefor-all trotter last
YEAR, winning but one race, that with Hopeful at
Toledo, in which the fastest heat was 2:23H;
and ut Chicago was third in race with Rartls
and Hopeful, Great Eastern Under saddle while
Rarus drew wagon and the gray gelding
sulky.- When the fact that he has the fastest
saddle record, 9:15s4, is taken into considcra-
tion, it will be seen that he was not anywhere
near his true form. Whether or not he will ever
recover it, time will tell. Judge Fullerton, an
other 2:18 horse, did nothing last year
% be considered dangerous in his class this
season. He is fast for half mile, but stops
some coming home. Mazo- Manic was clso s'ofrn
turing the hight OF the season. but rounded to
4 the fall, and, after falling into the hands OF
nan who did not believe that the proper way to
i've horse condition and speed % vas to work "
lin until he became stale, trottc1 some good |
aces Calmar started out in good shape, but
ost all his speed before the campaign had fairly
opened, and White Stockings was in about the |
no, always quit cadly if the pace was anything |
Ike his spced, and in the two races he won The |
astcst heat was 2:274, which was hardly no to.
he mark for q horse With record of 2:1SLii.
}thers with fast records also failed to do well. |
'rospcro, record 3:2l, did not win 4 race. lie
; by Messenger Duroc. whose only claim to ex-
c1lence as q sire rests on the performances Of
'rosDcro. Dame Trot, and E1aine, all out OF
he same dam, and OF these the first two arc re-
arded as little inclined to give It up when
inchcd.
OF those whose names appear in tic table
lere is no necessity for saying much, since
lcir performances are the best evidence OF
hat they eau do. OF the lot, Col. Lewis, the
alifornia gelding, is perhaps as worthy OF no.
ce as any. Starting into the scason 'ereen'
orsc, he won every race in which be started, not
'stng. . heat, and acquired record OF 2:1s}1,
>mcthing never before accomplished in Que sca-
IN. As stated in last SUNDAYS TRIBUNE, he is
ow In Sp|ans stable, aud will come East with
lat driver. Alley and Powers, two sons OF
oluutecr, proved themselves nloney-1nakers
# their owner, 1lr. Alden Goldsmith, the first
a1ned winning seven races and the other tflr-
cn. Altogether they took part in thirty-nine
'ents, and rarely failed to get a part Of the
l7sc. Bateman, OF the same stable, lowered
S record from o:27 to 2:23A, and was III nine
en- races. The Chicago horse Bonesetter
on eipht races md lost ten. d
cen horse at. the beginning Of the
ason. and not able to beat $3.50 very much. he !
,nroyed RAPIDLY, and his record Of 2:20 was