Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-07-10
SETTLED AT LAST.
Prescott Awarded First Money and WhiPple Second, in the Straight
 away.

Whipple Second, in the Straight
 away.
 The wrangle over the hose races has been finally settled and it will be many a long day, with several short ones intervening before another purse of any kind can be raised in Prescott to get up another hose race. While the JOURNAL MINER will carefully abstain from discuss ing the merits or demerits of the dispute, believing that the less sad now is the easier mended, 1t can say without fear of contradiction that our people regret very much that this dispute ever occurred. The purse was gotten up for a fair and square test and it was most unfortu- nate that the races did not come of without any wrangle. The judges spent a great portion of Saturday and met once or twice yesterday to hear testimony in regard to the dis pute.
 The Prescott hose team on Satur- day appealed from the decision of. the judges in the wet test and the board of con- trol consisting of H. D. Aitken, Henry Goldwater and Wm. Wander bilt confirmed the decision of the judges awarding first money to Phe- nix and second money to Prescott.
 In the freman's single dash the judges, yesterday, reversed their own decision of July } and decided the first dash a race, awarding the money to Ches. Lincoln and c. Lin vile, of Phenix. On appeal to them the board of control sustained their decision of July ,, giving the race to c. Peek and E. Peck, of Prescott.
 On Saturday evening the Whipple team entered a protest in the straightaway race claiming that the Phenix team fouled them. The judges unanimously allowed this and J. D. Monihan and A. G. Oliver also decided that the Prescott team ran with twelve men insteadof eleven, thus barring them and virtually giv- ing first and second money to Whip pie. An appeal was taken from this to the board of control who rendered the following written opinion in the matter:
 PRESCOTT. July z, 1S95.-To the manager of the Prescott hose team of the 1895 Fourth of July freman's s tournament:
 SIR: The judges of the straight away race Tn the above mentioned tournament have presented us with their written decision on said race, to the effect that Phenix fouled by running over the course of the Whipple team, and that the Pres colt team ran l2 men instead of II, as prescribed by our rules, and upon these grounds the said judges have awarded the race to the Whip pie team.
 On this Eth day of July, 1895, we are confronted with your protest against such decision in as far as it relates to your team having more than it's complement of II men.
 We have taken testimony relative to this matter, and from such testi- mony. and from our own personal knowledge, we deem it our disagree able duty to reverse the decision of said judges in so far as it relates to your having run l2 men in the race, and of their decision in barring you out of the race for said reason.
 As no protest has been made against their decision relative to the Phenix team fouling by running on the Whipple team ground, We ac- cordingly uphold them in such part of their decision as relates to the ruling of the Phenix team out of the race.
 Therefore, we have instructed the executive committee to pay first money in the straightaway raco to the Prescott team and second money to the Whipple team, Very re- spectfully, H. D. AITKEN,
 W. w. VANDERBILT,
 HANrv Gorrw,TFP