The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-12-08
THE TURF.

ST. LOUIS, Dec. Last month H.
E. (Curly) Brown, the well-known
California horseman, and Diem Crevel-
ing, equally well known in turf cir
cles, had several encounters in this
was narrowly averted. At that time
Creveling, who was one of the judges
at the race meeting in Kansas City last
fall, made serious charges against
Brown, who acted as starter on the
same track.
Tomorrow the Republic will contain
the statement that H. e. Brown has
forwarded to Secretary E. c. Hopper,
of the board of appeals of the Amerj
can turf congress, a. sworn affidavit
containing serious charges against
Creveling in his capacity of judge. In
his statement Curly" Brown refers
to the charges given to the press in
this city by Creveling, in which the
latter reflected on Browns honesty
as a starter. Mr.. Creveling. Brown
said, charged him with demanding
money and pool tickets from horse
owners on the threat that if he and
his brother, who was assistant starter,
were refused they would leave their
horses at the post or give them a poor
start. In the affidavit Brown denied
the charges on behalf of himself, and
said that he discharged his brother
when on investigation it was found
that he was guilty. Brown then re-
cites that he demanded that his bro
ther and Al Shores, who had made
false charges against him, be ruled
off. but the officials, of whom Crevel-
ing was one, refused. Brown said
Creveling pleaded with him to keep
his brother, saying that the matter
could be hushed up.
In the course of his affidavit Brown
went on to say:
ct might throw some light on this
mitted to me that he was racing
horses owned by him over the track
in the name of AL Shores"
The affidavit closes with the follow
ing sta tement:
"a matter which should come under
your jurisdiction is the following
proposition made to me by Glen
Creveling personally. He called me to
him one day on the track and stated
matter of interest to me-
His proposition was this: That he
was interested with a, bookkeeper who
had several books at the track, and
that they desired me to enter into a
combination with them, the object be-
ing to have judge, starter and book
maker in one federation, by which, he
said, we can get every dollar which
comes into the track. AS an earnest
of his good faith he offered to give me
81 900 to bind the bargain. I refused
his proposition and stated would ex-
pose him and thereby cause his being
ruled off. He begged and pleaded with
me to spare him this disgrace and
said that if he had not relied on my
word Of honor, given in advance, he
would have said nothing to me. Called
upon with such a plea, I finally told
him I would say nothing about it, and
kept my word until he accused me "a
the public prints of being a black
mailer. I now demand as my right
that the American turf congress, the
governing body of the western turf.
make a thorough investigation of
these charges and when finding has
been received, to punish the guilty per :
son or persons, whoever he or they
| may be-
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1.-THE
Horse Show association stakes for q
year-olds, valued at $500, proved an
incentive in drawing an immense
crowd to Ingleside today. Sallie Gil
quot. ruled a slight favorite over E..
| Corrigan's Can't Dance and Ravelston
| third choice in the betting. Can't
Dance. who held third position until
near the wire, won from Ravelston by
a short neck in the hardest kind Of a
| drive the latter horse being poorTy