Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-05
RECORD MANUFACTURING.


From the Mark Field Monthly.]
Mary Gifts fraudulent record was
made thus: George Hossack, Mr.. ALL
aires former driver, was, while training
Mary Gift and other animals belonging
to Mr.. Allaire, seen by A. G.. Danforth
of Washington, ILL.,, the owner of Fairy |
Gift, the sire of Mary Gift; and Mr..
Danforth told Hossack that if he (Hos- |
sack) would give Mary Gift a record of |
, 80, or better, he (Danforth) would give
him 0Iossack) 5000. Hossack having, on |
the Marengo track, obtained fraudulent
record of , Us 1-2 for Maggie Fulton and
having, on the Marengo track obtained
for Novelty a fraudulent record of 2:2S,
which made that horse standard and be-
ing apparently assured that, on the Mar
engo track, he could get any, record he
wanted, very naturally went to the Mar
engo track to make this little 5000 And,
on the Marepgo track, he got for Mary
Gift mark of ? 30 1-2 in heat that the
official records of the Marengo track show
to have been trotted in 3 :05. Then he
turf papers. of Il summary, showing to
Mary Gifts credit tins fraudulent 20 l-2;
Immediately after which he called on Mr..
Danforth and collected his $500. Having
done so much he thought he might as
well do more. So he charged up Mr..
Allaire with SO, which he claimed to
have given, with the winnings of the
, mare, to Mr.. st. John. one of the Maren-
go Judges, to secure the favors of the
stand on account of the "slow condition
of the track"
Now, while we, having no previous
/ knowledge of the fraud. were at the
, Galesburg trotting meeting. Con. Sulli-
van of Riverside, ILL.,, and several other
t well-knOwn horsemen, gave us few
t pointers touching the frauds committed
on the Marengo track this year in rela-
D., ton, not only to Mary Gift, but in rela-
a ton to George o. and Highland Chief a.
< we'll
D., Upon the reception of these pointers
f we at once commenced a thorough inves.
n tigatiOn of all these frauds. We ther
5 went to Mr.. Allaire and told him wha
e we had done, whereupon he showed II,
/ that he had, himself, been trying to ge
o to the bottom of Mary Gifts case; pre-
d scented us with llossack's report of tn,
g use made of the extra 80, plus the
= mares winnings, told us he had writer
n Il decOy letter to Mr.. st. John, but coulC
e get no answer to it, and in every way as
n sisted us to the extent of his power
o Meantime j. |. Vail of Marengo. and
o special cores ondcnt of ours. sent us tn
Il facts which we publish in this issue
h And in this manner pretty full expos
st ton of the crOOiedness with which Ma
v rengo has for some time been atliictp,
It has been made. And in this eXpOsftio
there is some work laid out both for tn
>, National Trotting association and for tn
ii board of ccnSors who supervise tn
- American Trotting Horse Register.
10 We call special attention to the fac
. that, in addition TO the frauds which W
II have proved in this exposition. we hay
~ it upon excellent authority that Magg
* Futom'S record of :2S ID and Novelty
20 record of IS. both obtained by Georg
J. llOssack on the Marengo track in SCI
40 TENDER. 1850. and both recognized rs gel
IT. uine in Wallaces Year Book. were hot
to palpable frauds, and can easily be prov
M on to be such.