St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-20
HANDICAP SCANDAL.
Pierre Lorillard Charges That
Foul Means Were Used to
Defeat Lamplighter.
Mike Dwyer. "Father" Bill DAILY
and Green B. Morris the OBJ
.jects of His Wrath.

NEW YORK, May 19.-The Herald
says:
81 thank God that 1 got my horse out
of that race alive, and when think of
the villains and scoundrels who were in
the scheme feel doubly thankful"
These were the words that Pierre
Lorillard used when asked to express
an opinion of the Brooklyn handicap,
run at Grayesend last Monday, when his
great colt Lamplghter was beaten by
Diablo i'll race that bids fair to become
one Of the greatest scandals of turf his
tory. Mr.. Lorillard is convinced that
his horse was not beaten by fair means,
and he wants the race Investigated, and
the guilty parties, if it is shown there was
a job, punished. Acting on the tale-
gram which Mr.. Higgins, trainer of the
Rancocas stable, sent to his employer
on the night of the race, Mr.. LOrillard
has requested II. De Courcey Forbes,
president of the New York Jockey club,
to see John Hunter. president of the
board Of control, and arrange for an in
vestigation of the race. Lii his letter to
Mr.. Forbes, Mr.. LOrillard, who is sick
at his stock farm near JobstoWn, n. D.,
paid his respects to some horse owners,
who have Oeen noted for their antagon-
ism to him.
Mr. Lorllard in this telegram de-
nounced the running OF seven horses in
one interest in one race as not at all
conducive to the elevation of the turf,
and declared he would not have started
Lampllghter had it not been that John
Hunter earnestly solicited it. The
seven horses in one interest referred to
were Bill" Days Fidelio and Terri
fer, Michael T. DIVERS Raceland,
Banquet and Nomad, Green B. Morris
Judge Morrow and j. f.. Madden'S
Illume, trained by Green B. Morris.
Strangely enough, p. F. Dwyer and
LeOnaWell are left out Mr.. Lorillard
also announced he would never start
horse in the Brooklyn handicap again.
lie was particularly severe in his re-
marks about j. Lamley, the rider of
Fidelio, believing from the report that
he received that this little Jockey did
more than any other boy in
chances. He recalled the fact that young
Lambley had been guilty of a similar
offense last year, and wound by asking
that the race be thoroughly investigated.
Mr.. Hunter, it is understood, informed
MIR. Forbes that under the new rules OF
the board of control, that body could do
nothing in the matter, except at the re-
quest of the jockey club concerned.
The whole affair, therefore, rests with
Phillip DWyer, president of the Brook
Dyn Jockey club. Through his press
agent, he announced he would pay
$1,000 to any one who could show that
there had been fraud III the race. And
he also said he would rule off every
body who was concerned in the job,
even if it was proved his son, his bro
Their, his jockey, his closest friends
were concerned in it. The Herald is
informed that Trainer Higgins, in his
report to Mr.. Lorillard, strongly insin-
uated, if he did not actually declare,
that Sims pulled Lamplighter. This,
however, may have been done in the
heat of The moment.
Denied by Loriliard.
GRAVEsEND RACE TRACK, May 49,
John Hunter, president OF the board OF
control, received the following telegram
this morning:
"JoBsTowN. N. j., May 19.-The re-
port published in New York paper
this morning, is wholesale lie. L re-
fused to see the reporter and he inter-
viewed friend, who merely stated that
| was thankful Lamplighter came out
of the race alive. Please show this.
PIERRE LoRRILLARD."
Phil Dryer, president OF the Jockey
club, say he will ask to have the whole
| motter laid before board of control.
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