, 1880-04-11

to the same effect Is gwen. 1ne fGetd, HI
omfnently conservative paper, says:
At the Canal turn StrathbInue was fully sixty
yanis ahead Of Otheilo, Emperor Titus, and Gid
eroy, and III this way they came INTO the stralgaL
where Strathblane gradually came back ~ the
role iu the centre Of the course, while othello
and Gtlderoy could not go the pace Half way
up Advance tried to get through on & the 81 raa,S a7
round both Strathblane and Parole. The Duke
OF Montrose's horse rolled good deal when
md be had he lead uncha1ienged. In the last
few strides Advance tried to reach him. but,
never getting On terms, was peaten easAy oy
half Il length.
The SPORTING Lffe's account makes Paroles
victory still easier one:
So well did the leader go along that, on max
ing tho bend for home, he had al beaten but
Advance and Parole. Between this and the dis
brought up Parole on the whiphand Of Advance,
who was at once in trouble, and Parole took
clear lead, but being easied IN the Last few
strides, Advance, WhU came again on the out
side, was within half length OF the judges
chair. At the scale an objection was lodged
tie Stewards % vent into after the decision Of the
Formby Plate, and, after hearing the evidence
as 10 a cross at the distance, disqualified Parole
ment most grateful to hackers. Before the OBJ
lection was laid the victory OF Parole, after the
recent tactics in connection WITH TIE a;od LINCOLN
Perhaps the best statement of the hurried
manner in which the protest was considered
In given in the Referee, which says:
Second only in interest to the decision Of the
Grand National was the disqualification Of Pa.
role for the Liverpool Spring Cup In the actual
nhead Of Advance, but on returning to scAle
Archer, who had the mount on Capt. Machelis
9round that jeffrey had intentionally crossed
aim in a most important period OF the struggle.
Ghe case was at once discussed, and. after evi-
k~-ltN <niro
He'd and the stakes awarded to Advance. must
say that do not think MI. Lorillard had justice
nm N 5ne 6ad
fight his battle sngle-handed. Surely such an I'M
portant matter as this should not be discussed
Aea d nes oe eery be shoad
have to advocate bis cause with all the heat and
excitement ct the actual contest comparatively
uuabated Some people say it looks strange for
such a right-away rider as Archer entering @
protest when for once he gets done on hts own
do; still it does seem. strange The statement
. pf the rider Of Advance is totally at Yaria
= with that made by Jeaery, and hear that the
latter has the benefit Of some support in the
persons Of one or two other Jockeys who figured
in the contest Time after time have drawn
attention to the long delay that occasionally oc-
ours with regard to important turf questions.
The more haste the less speed. and think in
this instance the decision was given in q far too
hasty manner It is not nice to reconsider de-
cision+ butt think this is. one exception that
proves the rule.
Now that the Parole decision is creating so
much excitement On both sides Of the water,
it is beginning to be understood that the
stewards Of English race meetings, even
though they be selected from the best fami-
lies Of Great Britain, are not necess arfly
strictly honest, and that cases have hereto-
fore occurred in which downright fraud has
been resorted to in order that an unexpected
outsider should not be permitted to defeat q
favorlt The strongest point made in the
case Of Parole is the fact that all the book
makers, and hundreds Of other people who
were III a position to see just what the al
legged cross amounted to, were willing and
anxious to lay odds of 4 to i that
rdr the complaint made BY yon,d dArche the
sustained All the talk about the "evi-
dence" taken by the judges is sheer nom
sense, since the occurrence complained of
took place beneath their very noses-- The
simply convenient screen behind which to
Eide a deliberate fraud. Instead OF waiting
until Mr.. Lorillard's agent could appear be-
fore them on behalf Of the horses owner
the s Stewards T fushed she II tpgs thfoagG IN he
shortest possible time, and decided the case
ex parte, That similar robberies have oc-
Cured heretofore is shown BY a correspond
ent Of the New York Herald, who writes to
that paper as follows:
Thut stewards are not immaculate is subject
which needs no setting forth, as witness the de-
cisiou at Newmarket last year when Confetti, an
outsider, was disqualified for crossing Echo IL,
q hot fayorit Echo II. WAS well beaten On his
merits and when Confetti did cross he had the
race in hand and was well in front The
stewards disqualified Caxtonian in favor Of an-
other fuyorit, Rogonan, is one Of the most
the case got before the Jockey Club on ques-
ton Of interpretations of the law. and Ca1tonian
got the stakes. Still later we have the case
OF Annette at Bristol in which it was clearly
proved that the man had gone the wrong side Of
post, both by the evidence OF the Jockeys and
post, got the stakes. 1t may be as well to say
Annette was favorit-6 to being laid on her.
A farce was made In allowing an appeal to the
Grand National Hunt Committee, ana that body
properly held it was Il question of fact for the
stewards alone to decide, and refused to inter-
ferc.