New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-13
nv Mrs. F. l.. GILLETTE,

the flly Correction, VINO nnsnen hst Dlu t"OS WI
that account follow the example Of Mr.. Withers ana
decline TO sit in Judgment on the case MI @al"aE'
presnmaby member of the board OF stewards II IL
exists had no Interest In the as his fly FmVa'
though her name appeared on the programme WIS
withdrawn. That let's him out A. J. Cassatt' pre-
sumably member of the board Of Stewards II IL ex-
fists was not seen at the track, and the suppoSol IS
that he was not present at the mature deliberations
OF the board il il exists. Lucky Cassattl Fortune
continues to favor him. lie is 10 be congratuaucu OH
his escape Who else can yOu think of Philip
DIVER who certainly is not member of the boom Oh
stewards il it exists, invited to sit on the Jury
but he firmly declined. Wise Philip. Patting MI
Morris affectlonately on the back he remarked;
"TMs is YOUR track, Mr.. Morris; you must decide"
Did the judges Colonel simmons and Clarence NC
Dowell have aught to do with the caSef Presum-
ahlv not II is their business to place the horses
They are not members Of the board of stewards II
II exists and nothing in the rules of racing gives them
the right TO declare bets off, Rule 20 SAYS Inc
functions Of the Judges when they announce INC
places of the horses in the race Did the Judges 90
their duty under this rule7 No. They placed no
third horse But two places were announced-Rey
del Rev first san Juan second. Who is TO receive te
third money? How the public to know which horse
finished third? Is it any OF the pubilcs business
AS a matter Of fact Adventurer was third Inc poihI
is that no announcement was made OF that 1act' nS
men who backed Adventurer one-twothree threaten
the association f0r tnelr money! i""h' W
q man up a tree as if they had a pretty good case
some Of the hackers Of Rey del Rey talk IN the same
vein.
Are Lucien Appleby and James e. Kelly members
NJ the hoard of stewards, IL II exists certainly hol
and when the board Of stewards. If it exists, called III
the representatives of the betting ring 10 deeuc
whether or not bets should be declared off, 1t drove the
biggest sort of railroad spike in the collin OF racing
THAT action cannot be explained away or excused
II Is the strongest possible evidence that racing as
now conducted in this State is for gambling only.
1t means that racing associations nave desce"ueu
from the lofty plane once occupied by the turf 10 seek
financial prosperity in the filth and slime OF the betting
ring Racing is In truth and In deed become the sport
Of Kings. 1t IS almost down 10 the level Oh lI@lDS
Croft.
care Won satisfied that the decision is Just one1'
ph,lip DIVER was asked when he retreated TO the
timing stand.
al wouldn't have decided it that way" was the
reply of the autocrat Of the Brooklyn Jockey Club
"What would you havedone n
"DsoualIfed the McLewee pair and given the race
TO Advcnturer. think the stewards would have done
that if the judges could have told them who the fourth
and fifth horses wero. But Colonel Simmons and
Mr.. Mcdowell didn't know who to place second and
third in case the race was given to Adventurcr the
stewards were afraid 10 decide it that way. ia have
Guessed at them II they couldn't be placed any other
way"
Mr. Dryer never made remarkable state
mcnt TO dsqualfy Rey del Rey and san Juan for
winning and running second in stake which either
could win would be the densest stupidity, the most
idiotjc folly II Mr. McIewee does not receive that
stake he will sue for IT, and it is set of harness to
lsncstring that the courts will sustain him.
There is some childish pratte about precedent. One
of The bright young turf writers an influential morn
ing paper seeking to give information wrote yesterday
the following remarkable statement
They (the stewads) had a precedent in the some
few years ago when "Jlmmy' Mclaughlin pulled San
taene at Nashville TO let Terra Gotta Ssntalenes stable
companion win the Mclaughlin promptly ruled
of and all cancelled What Will puzzle the stewards,
however will decide about the stake. In the Nc
Iauchin case neither Sanalene Terra Gotta the
race an outsider just managing 10 slip in, the stake
vert % the horse that won.
For the sake of truth and the benefit Of posterty
let the facts be given. Mclaughlin never pulled
Santaene TO let Terra Gotta win. lie rode Terra
Gotta in the Rock City Handicap and could have
with him. but as the stable did not want the colt to
incur q penalty, Jimmy" Instructed TO let santa
lepe have the race II Santaene able To win il.
few yards from the finish santalene seemed to have
the race at bis mercy and Lcavy, his rider, heard
by the judges themselves to call out to Mclaughlin
Pull up, | can win" Mclaughlin pulled UP so
suddenly as to attract Leavy's attention, and while
the boy looking at him over his shoulder Clara
c. shot up on the other side and beat Sanalene on the
post By head. Both Mclaughlin and Terra Gotta
we're promptly ruled on and santaIene declared
10 have forfeited second place All bets cancelled
Within twenty four hours Mclaughlin Terra Gotta
were and Ssntaene restored TO second
place The bets, Of course, having been declared oil,
were never paid but the judges acknowledged that they
had acted prematureiy. In the haste and excitement
OF the moment they suspected fraud. They believed
That the lace purpoSely given to Clara G. IL
santalene had won, there woud have bee. trouble.
All bets would have stood SO much for precedent.
ANY sensible man will that the Terra Gotta
Santalene case has nothing to do with the Rcy del Rey
Fan Juan aifa.
II more precedent Is wanted, let's 20 back little,
lust seven days previous 10 the Terra Gotta business,
at the same meeting in Nashville. In the Two
thousand sweepstakes on May Q. 1889, bryant
started Proctor Knott and Come 10 Taw, the former
being warm fvOr;e at TO 3, while the odds against
the latter 10 l. Here is what "Goodwin's
GUIDE SAYS Of the race:
The fayOre cut out the Work az good pace his stable
companion COmc-tO1aw, apparently being the only
able to live with him in the hOmestrcch Proctor Knott
pulled up to let Comc-tO-Taw win by length.
strange to say, the apology cranks don't notice
such presidents as this. The writer can mention a
dozen more Ike II. The Tcrllhcr-lus' elI affair 1T
Gravesend referred to in his column yestcrday.
The the CARTON stakes, for which walden
intended starting Ambulance and Terrifer. Elsseis
name not the card. The weather becamc bad.
however and TIE track heavy, so Ambulance was
Withdrawn and Russell announced to start in her
stead. Walden intended making no declaration. and
the fact that he did at the last moment declare TO win
with Russell The did 1t under pressure, being Informed
that II be did not declare both horses must be ridden
ont IS prma iace evidence that he intended from the
beginning TO Terrfer from penalty by pulling
him 20 let Russell win That forced declaration Turns
ont TO be fortunate thing for the Morrlses tIo,gh
NV racing law II was null and void, and made entirely
too late for the hackers Of Terrfcr the better horse
that day. 10 hedge their bets
Mr.. McLewee has been summoned to appear before
the Board Of Control Tuesday. In some quarters
there is prejudice against this on the turf
What did a certain member Of the Monmouth Park
executive committee mean when he said:
at isn't necessary 70 mentcn names. but think