St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-13
EASTERN TURF BOSSES.
The National Trotting Association
Suspends Two Horsemen.


SuSpends Two Horsemen.
BUFFALO. n. Y, Feb. 12.-The thir-
teenth biennial congress of the Ma
tionaI TrottiDg association was con-
Vened this afternoon by President p. ?.
johnson, of Lexington. A large num-
Der of hOrsemen were present. The
number of persons and horSemen re-
naming under penalty Dec. 81, 1889, ac-
cordng to Secretary NJ. NJ. MOrse's re-
port, is as follows: Persons suspended,
2,705; persons expelled, 209; horses SuS-
pended, 1,405; horses expelled, 12S; to-
tai, 4,437. The report for two years
shows: Persons suspended, 3,317: per-
sons expelled, IT'S; horses suspended,
1874; horses expelled, Ill; total, $3.50.
Deducting the number of men and horses
under penalty O. suspension and eX-
pulSiOn Dec. 81, 1889 a ,447), shows de-
crease in the aggregate of 1,133. Treas
urer Lewis j. Powers, of Springfield,
Mass. reported as follows: Cash on
hand Jan. l, 1888 (as per previous re-
port, $40, 740.56; receipts for 1888, &c.
86l.64; total, S27,602.2O. Disbursements
for 1888, S13, 341.77. Balance for 1888,
Sl4, 2G0.43. Receipts for 1889, SIG, SSS. Is.
Disbursements for 1889. S14.315.27. Bal
ance OH hand Jan. l, 1890, Sic, S33 %.
DR.. Page, of Philadelphia, moved the
following resolution, which was unani-
mOusly adopted:
Resolved, That the members of the Ma
tonal Trotting association, in congress as
sembled at Buffalo. n. Y, Feb. II, 1890,
hereby tender their deepest and most sincere
sympathy to Hon. Benjamin f. Tracy, secre-
tary of the navy, and to each of the surviv-
ing members of his family in their terrible
affliction.
Mr.. Page. also member of the rules
committee, presented the following res
Olution:
Whereas. The board of review has been re-
strained by the court from investigating the
charges of fraud pending against G. n. Mel
son. +. n. Noble and George II. Robins and
the stations Nelson and Alcryon, therefore,
it is resolved by the congress of the National
Trotling association that the said parties and
horses are hereby suspended from all privi-
1egeS on the courses in membership with this
association until said injunctions are dis
solved and the said charges are legally inves-
tigated by the board of review.
The resolution was passed by the
members and the congress. and although
they expressed deep sympathy for
Messrs. Noble, and Nelson they believed
that in serving an I'M Junction on the
board of review it was their duty to de-
fend that honorable body. Mr.. Nelson
spoke few words regarding the mis-
take he had made in securing an in unc-
ton, and publicly announced that at
the next meeting of the board of re-
view he hoped to satisfy the board and
his friends. who were all members of
the national trOtting association,
that he was innocent. Mr.. Nelson
also said that the injunction would be
dissolved Immediately. The report of
the committee on Jules was then SUBJ
mitted. Among the important amend
ments was one that record to a road
wagon was bar to races of every char
acter. Carried. DR.. j. w. Day, of
Waterloo, n. Y, offered a resolution
designed to prevent ringers" 1t was
to the effect that there must be fur
nished by the nominator a certificate
from his county clerk of the de-
scription, color, pedigree, and marks
of the horse entered. Defeated.
The following officers were elected:
President, P. p. Johnston, of Licking
ton; wee president, David Bonner, of
New York; second vice president, w.
W. Stowe, of San Francisco. New
York was selected as the place of meet
ing in 1892, and the Murray Hill hotel
will probably be the specific seat of the
congress. Tonight Cicero j. Hamlin
entertained the turfmen at banquet at
the Hotel IrO0uOiS