Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-09-27
MEXICO, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 1894
A GROUNDLEss ACCUSATION.
l.. E. Clement, OF Pierce City, Makes
an Assertion Ni,icli he Can.
not Sub.tantiate.

The following is clipped from
Golnaan's Rural World, st. Louis,
and is from the pen of L. E. Glenn
ent, of Pierce City, Mo-, once Sec
retary OF the Missouri Breeders
] Association:
Another that has been
successful is Josh Sullivan, who has
this season handled horses for the
first time and driven his first races.
I At Mexico he drove Velasco in
1922, and it is believed by many
that if there had been three honest
men in the stand (Which there was
not), 2::22 would be Velasco's rec
ord; as it was, he was only second
lin2 90. Velasco is anon.standard son
of Penrose Taking Vamouse, 2:2S,
at Moberly, an unknown out of a
dray wagon, and making OF him q
horse able to stay in race paced
better than 2:20, adds much to
Sullivan's success.
This man Clement is known to
all horse men as 1.-The Blue Bull
Crank" He is illiterate, irrespons-
ible, irksome, and irruptive where
he has 70 business. Dog hair chiefly
predominates in his personal make
up. He "has it inn for Mexico
and never lets chance slip to do
the town and its people dirt in his
weekly letters to the Rural World,
and that paper goes on printing his
rot without the slightest regard to
whether or not his assertions are
true. Clement doubtless has not
forgotten the roast the LEDGER
gave him once before, yet he has
dozen times since then made dirty
illusions to Mexico, our fair, our
horse men and Jour horses. After Mr..
Steiner, Secretary of the American
Trotting Association, sat down on
him SO peremptorily few weeks
since-and showed clearly that nine
times out OF ten he does not know
what he is talking about-it seems
to US his letters would be of no
value whatever to respectable !
newspaper like the Rural World
a paper valuable in every line ex-
cept these Clement weekly doses
of ill1terate AID faulty horse lore
which all respectable turf writers
make sport of.
Now, a word in regard to the race
Clement speaks of, the horse Ve'
lasco and the ssthree honest men |
in the stand.'' Velasco started in
the three minute pace on Saturday. |
the last day of the Mexico fair,
which was won by "Our Dick"
driven by Billie Carter, who, in the /!
third heat and afterward, could |
have tagged the whole gang had he
desired. Topsy F. won the first |
heat in 2:22 with Velasco second.
After this heat the driver of Velasco
came into the stand and asked the
judges to allow him to draw his
horse, alleging that he was not in |
condition to race. The judges left |
the stand, examined Velasco and |
came to the conclusion that moth
ing allied the horse, therefore he was
not released. At no time during
the race did the driver of Velasco
make complaint to the stand. He
had no occasion to do so. Velasco |
was in company too hot for him;
that was all. However, he won
fourth place, pacing 2, 3, 3, 3, 4.
The judges in the stand were
George H. McCann, of Springfield, |
Mo-, owner of Trumpeter, and a |
veteran of the turf, A. G. Hanna,
of Canada, Texas, a race horse man
for 20 years, and B. B. Runkle, of |
this office, all of whom understand
the rules of racing as well as they !
know their A, B, C's, and if these
gentlemen had in any way been in
competent as judges Hon. c. F..
Clark would not have tolerated |
them in the stand. To question |
the honesty of these men is highly |
impertinent and simply ridiculous
on the part of Clement and he
makes an ass of himself when he |
does it. There was nothing to be |
dishonest about. The driver claim |
ed no fouls, he was not displaced.
and his horse was given his posi-
ton in each heat as he finished.