New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-13
THE MLEWEE DECISION.
RESULTS OF THE OFFICIAL ACTION.
OF COURSE THE HACKERS OF FAIRY ARE UAPPY
HOW INNOCENT PEOPLE WERE

of stewards of the Monmouth PaFh ASSIMILATION "o
Morris Park on saturday. in declaring all bets on
unon the Hackensack Handicap has been hailcd In
number of newspapers as both Just and popular TIC
action taken unprecedented ana extraordinary
that IL is worth while consider carefully its peculiar
features No will dispute that II was most wei
come and gratifying gift to the hackers OF Fairy COR
rcction Woodcptter Castaia Kildeer and Gold Dollar.
Every one Of these horses had failed 10 get place
without any obstacles accidents in the way OF fouls
or bad riding all OF them had been fairly and sQuaicD
beaten their merits at the weights by the McLe"ee
pair. Rey del Rey and San Juan FAIRY was strong
favorite and Correction had boen heavily backed
while each of tho other entries carried some money
Now every dollar bet these horSeS-straight, place
and one two three-had been lost. Tho question
whether not san Juan had been pulled 10 lei MS
stable companion, Rcy del Rey, win had nothing on
earth TO do with the bets Fairy, Correction wood
cutter Castala, Kildcer and Gold Dollar. Does any
one pretend that il did The hackers OF these horses
had been mistaken In their judgment and had picked
out the wrong ones. These horses had been beaten
by no fraud, by dishonesty. by no ucKery ana no
device. They plainly inferior at the weights ana
tile distance to the McLewee pair Why, then, shouiu
TIER hackers get back their money ? There was no
conceivable reason why it should be returned to then
II would have been Just reasonable and sensible 10
give back to the baclors Of Kingston the money whch
they lost in the ocean Stakes, when Tenny beat hih
What claim did these hackers of Fairy, CorIecuon ana
the rest have 10 their money which the hackers OF
Kingston did not have to theirsf Kingston was not
as good racehorse as Tenny in the ocean STAKES.
and his hackers were ont Of pocket. SO Fairy, Cor
reon and the rest defeated by better horses at
the weights and the distance on saturday, but ther
hackers are not out Of pocket The decision OF inc
Monmouth Park Board of stewards was only popular
I'm the sense that it pleased the hackers OF the hoses
named 10 get back the money which they had nSked
and lost with their eyes wide open aud to the return
of which they had not the shadow Of a claim Would
it not have been just popular" 70 return inc
data
champion
Talk about protecting the general public by re-
turning the money lost Fairy, Correction ana tne
Others is mere chatter. The only people on tle
grounds who had the fanteSt semblance OF grievance
were the hackers of san juan If san Juan was ieahy
pulled to permit del Rey to win in the absence OF
a declaration the hackers Of san Juan 10 win hau a
real grievance But almost every one of them found
fault with the decision Of the Board OF Stewards De-
cause almost every of them backed san Juan lor
place as we'll straight, and got 10 Ut pc''ei
against him for place. so IL the bets hao Deeh di
lowed 10 stand they would have won money on thelr
wa.ers Hence tine decision was unjust TO them' as
we'll as TO the hackers of Rey del Rey straight and
place and TO the hackers of Advcnturer onetwothree
And consider how cruel the decision was to the hooer
OF French pool tickets the MeLewee stable In te
French pools the entries are always coupheo' ana
,iclots are sold on the stable only, should be the
rule i'm the books also. The buyers OF French pool
tickets on the stable both straight and place, merely
rot their money back. when they were indisputaby
entitled to their winnings, because the Mcewee stable
got both first and second places Was it "just and
popular" decision to themY
n thc BOARD OF stewards Of the Monmouth Park AS
ISOLATION propose hereafter declare bets OK whenever
thc,, * any cutlery against Jockeys riding, such as
tlcre WIS In the case of DOgge they have plenty OF
trouble in store for them Why should not DeiS haVc
been declared of when Montana lost the beNhooV
through Barness careless ridng9 1t is alleged that
Doggett committed an error in riding san juan IL
WAS alleged at the time Of the Belmont Stakes that
nornes committed an error in riding Montana But
bets were not declared OF then. Why were not oets
declared off when Teriher pulled In order 10 et
Russell win? At that time the declaration was not
made until after the hackers OF TERRIER had their
money up and the declaration late that by rae
ing law it null, void and Of no effect. fet inc
hackers of Terrer had no chance to win, because nc
was stopped to let his stable companion win. Ihosc
hackers of Terrfer were infinitely better entitled To
get their money back than were the backers of the
thoroughly beaten Fairy, Correction and the resi- at
Morris Park on Saturday. But they didn't
The Board OF Stewards had clear right to lnnct
suitable penalty on the owner, trainer and jockeys OF
tie McLewee stable if they violated racing law, Dut
they had not shadow of right to take the money
which the hackers of the McLewee stable and OF Al
ventarer One-two-three had fairly and honestly won
from the hackers of Fairy, Correction Kildeer Castala
Woodcutter and Gold Dollar aud give ii back TO the
losers. No amount of qualification among the hackers
Of the defeated horses, who got back the money 10
which they had claim can make this wrong right.
And how is it with the people who had torn up their
tickets when they the McLewee entries run frsi
and second AND the first and second numbers 20
upl They knew that there foul, they saw
nothing wrong in the race they did not dream that
o could he any trouble Tho is t. reimburse han?
ron SEQ what complications, endorsements and dh-
cultios must always arise when few we'll meaning
men aside all precedent reason and cOmmOn-sese,
because a few holders u Juan straight tickets may
have made little OutcIy. Even these few holders OF
these few straight tickets would have been abundanty
satisfied if the Board Of stewards had allowed all bets
TO stand but had compelled the McLewee stable, as
pcnalty for its remissucs is not making declaration,
10 nav the face OF all the Juan straight tickets,
10th the amounts bet and the amounts called for IL
would have been in the power and the right Of The
Boad of stewards to ntict penalty Of thai Sort ana
there would have been justice and reason In thaS
course, while there was none IN declaring bets on
Tds astonishing precedent will up plague
the inventors. Hereafter When any loses bel
Through inc fault jockey he go confidently 10
he 3oad of stewards OF the Monmouth AssOcia
ton demand that all bets be declared Oh, DaSlhg MS
demand upon the llachensack Handicap pIocedent'
inc newspapers ihat assert That tins decision was gen
Caaly accepted by conservative tuIimen familiar WIZ
racing precedent ana usage AZ Just ana proper are ~
tho wrong, and their racing writers could only
have talked with light ana iyoous packers o. t ta,
money after they l4d ost II lalrly that tnes n Vol
mo- matter how Illogical Inconsistent and unlusuhabe
MANY OF The oldest ana most experienced tui1mon pics
I'm any case fe Board OF stewards made blundor In
.,lling in outside advisers. How dld the stewards
Snu' hut that these outside advisers might nave had
bets on Fairy, Correction Kideer, Castalla or Wood
cutter or might have brothers or friends interested IN
such hets Advice 10 declare bets off could pOt then
he dslntcrcsted. OF course the stewards DO not bet
Bu they plainly III e ~iohe III seehhY %'Nce' III
mis- csSe from nI-n VINO DO bet =,
II is clear that there would have been no trouble
~ the nr1cr honest, sound and sensible Western rule
of HAVING betting Only against stables and never
Soanst Jingle entries, had been in force. as should
GSVe bean bong ago II is also clear THAT Matt Allen
fell into a most culpabie blunder IN not making
Relaxation 10 win with Rcy del Rev, a. it was IL.
tendcd ia win with that colt. II is plain too tSt If
Inrphy had cent Rey del Rey all the way down the
honestrech at top speed san Juan would never have
.oi near him ana all this fuss would have been
avoided Rey del Rey anu san Juan have been tested
srain and again and Rev del Rcy Is the better colt III
mile OF the weights in the lIackenSack Handicap
Allen Is seriously in fault 20 i Murphy. But tho