Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-09-27
THAT DISPUTED Horse RACE.
THE DECISION OF AN EMINENT AUTHOR
ITY ON TIE QUESTION.


E,ljto, of tbo Pcofsto,. .-As so much
t i -, d,,;a;,,,,
mas Deell salu concerning thc ueclSlous
of the Judges in the 80 race at the fair.
IN which Rur1inptOn Belle driven nv
w - b., DiII, 1,,,,a,, L,- ~ ii
W tn' Notd pay DllIN, uINtu ny w. -
NJ. johnson, were the principal contes-
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.d'lts' aHu d. - "'"lA lo'ioi N9 lcllcO'
ing upon the character ana integrity or
thp iudgts were made bV men who
sbo,il h3vo l,nov,n bortar ind iuasn,ucb
~, 10 M''N ",'''
as MT Johnson mas Iliieu protest.
claiming the race. | deemed it my duty
to ,,rita a statement of rho rorp nv hpats
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ucHCI lplHS IL lhlIut'lN' dNO"l "''lS an"
fairly, and submit It to such eminent
aurhnritv as Servptarv NJ NJ Morse of
tlo N,tio,,,I ,rrotrin, ossocintio, ot
tuc NdtiOIdI AlOluinS "SspC ."'i"u ~
Hartford, Tor an OPINION. nave TINS
dav received his rpplV. which follows:
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DeHF ,o"'- ours Oh inc litu win eliclos
ure7 10 i.lnH; ou. 20 nov seeiIl 10 nave nv Hny
trouble unti thc thlru neat, Nheh hichard
GlIllg puled IN 'front.' OF burnngloh belle, ne
snouid nave peeh pehtllIcu whelheI ne puI
PoseIy az IL or n3J, II tlle loriller, ol course
tne pentlly snoulu HtNc, peeil more severe
IIi Inan 'nG l''tSt Il Uu Plhte" r hlIn iout1il, ,
Wmch was propaply 'lShl. iheh III the
sevehIh neat Wt"N |o" ef%Te" % IN Rot SGthg
H"ttg o"Gn, UheWeI ne HteW 20 Sete htS hoTSe
or HOt' Inc pehiilles III an SuC!l cases are 10
be graded according to the oiience and the
intention. men b9rlingtoh i on beiIe snoulu
naXe oeeh pehalZeu ior GONG IN front Oi
Gllllt In each OF the above cases You could
the heat or ruled them out OF the race, if
necessary to do strict Justice The above
seem 10 3e one omy Poihts III 'ispute, ute snd
decided the race with tbem as a basis Tor tor
your action. To me it seems to be the turn.
nm niing polnt, Ihat Is, % nat po9,ti0h snouiu
reference to each other in the last heat? IF
Bay Billy t0as reasonably up at the finish Of the
Serenth hedt ana ga noHtng .i2r 'ghlch ne shontd
"npsti"n is SbomId Richard Giiir mr. Rn~ ,'l
ton Belle be second? As a general thing,
crossing on the home stretch, especially if
yomG to cut o I lU te cHct tn TO ot
that a horse runs, unless it is clear that the
driver did not try to pull him to his gait and
gaiimGu , or piitu thG wmlp so as TO MAKE MN
come in with above as a BASIS. Now what /
have written IS simply to bring out the points
upon which the judges should have acted in
I'1 ennmot be diuTrbrI cxrenfS nv tHe board @ Of
appeals. 1t viii 90 before the at the De
cemDer meetllg unless III me meantime y GU GU
10 MI 1artias rather tbi2 w. az onG
thing that you went into the stand. You Ger,
tainly have more interest in the reputation
%a %d Houn ,I"IK 'il y G"uu nteN
acting IN the in3ges' stand Years ago and if
is this Judges had better err on the severe
SIDE than DE TOO lenient. II teache' the les
fer, Sincereiv Vours ~
ii. NJ. MORSE, sec'y.
The Judges do not now claim that their
decision was technically RIGHT. but thev
do claim. and the foregoing bears them