The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-09-11
SALISBURY IS EXPELLED.
IT CA USES 4 GREAT SENShTI0N IN
 TROTTING CIRCLES.

He Is One of the Most Prominent Turfmen
 in the Country-Owner of Famous Flyers. -Mcn Greatly Surprised When Informed | of What Had Been Done.
 New York, Sept. 10.-The grand cir
 cult meeting at Fleetwood park closed
 to-day with a turf sensation, the fla
 nous horseman, Monroe Salisbury, hav-
 ing been expelled from all trotting
 tracks In membership with the Nation
 al Trotting association. Salisbury's ex-
 pulsion came about in this way:
 He started Expressive in the 216
 class Friday, and the race being un-
 finished when darkness came on 1t was postponed until Saturday. Rain pre- | vented the conclusion of the contest
 that day and the interested owners
 failing to come to an agreement re- specting the division of the purse by | which the race might have been de-
 clared off 1t was again postponed until
 to-day.
 MT. Salisbury had engagements for
 this week In Terre Haute, Ind. and he
 shipped Expressive west with his other | horses on Saturday night. This was
 gross violation of the rules of racing | as well as an act of insubordination
 which amounted to an open defiance of
 all authority. provided Expressive was
 removed from the track without the
 consent of the judges of the race. It is
 certain he did not have such permis-
 sion up to the hour when the race was
 postponed, and Henry Hughes and John | D. Barry, officials, both assert that Salisbury never had their permission | to withdraw from the race.
 On the other hand two reputable and
 we'll known horsemen here say that l Hughes yesterday told them he and Barry had given their consent to Elk
 pressive's withdrawal. This alleged con- | versation Is denied by Hughes. The re- | moval was an expensive piece of busi- | ness for the betting fraternity for she
 had been well backed as one of the l favorites and stood a fine chance. to win. When she failed to put in an ap- pearance to-day the judges, upon being prompted as to their duties under the l rules, declared her ruled out for non- appearance at the post, and at the
 conclusion of the race, which was won | without difficult by Judge Austin, the do hof
 Salisbury had been expelled. ,..-.., Turfmen consider the punishment just, provided the officials were right
 as to the facts on which their action
 was based. But 1t is the prevailing be- | lief among turfmen here that Salisbury | did not act without permission from some person in authority. The effect of the action will be to bar MT. Salisbury from all tracks, but the horses which he owns or controls are not further af- | fected than that they cannot start again in his name or ownership. Every | body expects to see him temporarily reinstated by order of President John- ston, of the national association, with in forty-eight hours. Monroe Salisbury is the most promi- nent turfman connected with trotting. He has owned fast horses for twenty five years and within three years has brought out such famous flyers as Fly ing Jib 2O4, Directum 2:O5A, Direct 2:O51s, Alix 2:O5A, Directly 2:1OA Vim nette 2:O9h, Doc Sperry 2O9, and doz- ems of other winners in the grand cir cult. He is now in Terre Haute. Terre Haute, Ind, Sept. 1O.-Monroe Salisbury, when informed of the action of the judges at Fleetwood to-day in expelling him, was greatly surprised and said he did not see how any fair minded man could have taken such an action.
 "The mare Expressive" said he, 'had gone two heats in the race on Friday. Saturday it rained and there was no racing. I had my horses entered to start here and had to ship Saturday night. If I had left Expressive there she would have had no driver. I talked with Secretary Mason of the Fleetwood park, and there was a member of the sociation-Murray, think is his name and they said they did not think there would be any objection to my withdrawing the mare. Someone said there was rule that prohibited the withdrawal, and laughingly remarked that if that was so we would get the rule changed, because it was foolish rule that would permit such an injust- l ice. If under 1t they could hold the mare over for another week they could hold her month. However, MT. Ma son said he would see the judges. MT. McHenry, who was stopping at the l same hotel, afterwardS told me that l Mir. Mason had said that he had con- suited two of the judges and they said | it would go all right to ship the mare."
 MT. Salisbury called up MT. McHenry, who corroborated what had been said. l MT. McHenry said MT. Masonn had | told him that he had talked over the telephone with the two judges
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