Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1891-07-14

THE NELSON cAsE-oPINIoN ALMOST UNANI-
MoI1S AaAINsr REINsr ArEMENT

Horse Notes.
THE NELSON cAsE-oPINIoN ALMOST UNANI-
NOUS AGAINST REINSTATEMENT.
The temporary reinstatement Of Mr.. G.
a. Nelson and his wonderful horse by
President Beaman of the American associ-
alton continues to be a prominent topic of
conversation in horse circles. It is gener-
ally conceded that Nh. Beaman's action was
hasty and il1-advised, and there is feeling
of regret that he should have felt impelled
to give members of his association a gate
money boom by admitting to their tracks
the very clever fellow who by his own con-
fession was guilty of connivance of fraud,
By far the clearest presentation of the case
and the severest arraignment of President
Beaman is that of Hon. George NJ. Stearns
of Chicopee, printed editorially in the cur
rent Spirit of the Times. It is well worth
perusal by people who are interested in
horse matters. His arraignment closes
with this little "peroration:"
An examination of this procession of
pitiful pretences can lead no candid mind
to any other conclusion than that the
"Judge," president of great association,
of stain, whose hand should be a strang
or to the whitewasher's brush, and whose
breast should be inhospitable to every
favor of fraud and trickery, yielded to
the temptation of an opportunity to give
temporary advantage to the members of the
association, and instead of aiding in the
suppression of fraud and wrong, has,
through his weakness, lent himself, his
position and his honor in aid of cheating
and dishonor. Amid all the sophistry and
quibbling of the "reasons" two things
stand out Enthusiastically to the public view,
that gross fraud was perpetrated, and
that the man who should have spared no
effort to make it odious has condoned and
exalted it,
The New York Sportsman has this to
say on the subject:
1t is not within our scope to discuss the
question as to whether the National Trot-
ting association had jurisdiction in the
case or not; nor yet if the board of ap-
peals had jurisdiction, or in other words
had right to take up the case and try it
on the evidence. Neither is it within our
scope to try and make a distinction be-
tween the man who sells race and does
not try to win it and his confederate who
buys from him and does win. 1t is
enough for us that both are unclean, dis
spare all such men and be better, health
Ter and more prosperous when rid of them.
1t is plain to every reader that Mr.. Bea-
man strained a point to enable him to give
decision allowing Mr.. Nelson to trot his
horse over American association tracks
this year. The officers of some trotting
associations were evidently willing to sac
rifice principle to gather in few dollars
at the gate from patrons anxious to see the
| noted horse, and Mr.. Beaman seems to
have been a willing ally to the scheme.
Turf, Field and Farm is equally out
spoken in the matter and quotes from the
Terre Haute Express (Which is controlled
in part by the vice-president of the Amer
| lean association a severe scoring of Mr..
| Beaman, which closes as follows:
| Truly fool can in moment tear down
| that which it has taken wise men years to
| build. While much harm has already been
done by President Beaman's iu-advised
proclamation, the tricksters' days are not
| yet, and if the man from Maine intends
trotting his great horse upon American
| association tracks this season he had best
| be up and dong; for it will not be ten
| days until President Beaman will be forced
| to withdraw his ruling or resign The
ton are men of iron against fraud and
| they will not for one moment allow the
! association they represent to be prosti-
| tuted in eny such manner as has been laid
| out.
AN UNKNOWN wEsTERNER.
Says the Hartford Courant: Among
the horses at the recent Southington meet
ing was a big bay gelding, somewhat re-
sembling the great st. Julian in his get up
and way of moving. He hailed from "the
west" answered to the name of "Deck"
and was entered in the $50 class. When
the Hartford contingent arrived at the
track on the morning of the race Trainer
who knows pretty nearly all the horsemen
and horses for half Thousand miles
around, held up his hands and exclaimed
to the Hartforders- Good gracious, boys!
They've got horse here in the 80 class
that can pull a Yankee rake across q
ploughed field 30 clip!" And it turned
out good deal that way. The stranger
was able to go away out to the fence and
beat all hands under pull. on a muddy
HARRISON was in the stand and he watched
the 'sgreen" one intently as he rang the
bell, and it was easy enough to see him
prick up his ear and turn, even before
the driver had moved the lines. 1t was
thought advisable to hold the purse for
1 awhile until the stranger was satisfactorily
| identified.
| At the matinee of the Gentlemen's Driv-
ing club in Willimantic Saturday after
noon there were not starters enough in the
$50 class and the race was declared off.
In the 3:05 class Henry Arnold's b 6 Doc
tor won the race in two heats. Time 3:15
and 3:17t. In the 3:45 class L. H. Leon
ards br g Roy won the first heat in $3.50.
I TIoa I'll >4, H.,
J. G. Browns black mare. Time $3.50 and
1884,. In the $3.50 special there were four
entries. Each drove a full mile as follows:
L. H. Leonard's br Roy, 1858; d. A.
Starkweather's b m Dolly, 3:46; w. j.
Hastings blk Jefferson H., 1928; Fl. H.
Leonard's m Minnie Jefferson, 1857. The
race was won by w. j. Hastings Jefferson
H., the time being the nearest to $3.50.