The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-06
RACING MEMS COURT
DECISIONS BY TROTTING BOARDS OF
REVIEW AND APPEALS.
Owner of Queen Bess Ordered to Re-
store a Prize-OwEers of Gentry
and Patchen MuIcted.

NEW YORK, Dec. Among the cases de-
cided by the board of review of the Ma
tional Trotting Association to-day was that
Of G. G. Robens. of Grand Rapids, Mich,
accused of fraud in the ten-thousand-dol-
lar Alcyron-Nelson race at Beacon Park.
Boston, in 1889. Robens had applied for
permanent reinstatement, but the board
would only continue the temporary rein
statement granted him at Chicago last
year.
DR.. j. E. P. McCusy, of Lancaster, Pa,
who was expelled for informality and wrong
opinion at the LIE Grandes track in 1892.
was ordered to be reinstated, as the board
considered he had been sufficiently pun
ished.
T. b. Davis, of Williamson, Pa, applied
for the reinstatement of himself and his
horses. He was suspended at Lykens, Pa,
on Aug. 81, 1895. The board found that, al
though Davis withdrew his horses in the
customary way, it a violation of the
letter of the law and the practice at the
track. A fine of 500 was imposed, and it
was ordered that Davis should remain sus-
pended until this fine is paid.
The application for reinstatement of DAN
lei +. Boyer, OF Orwigsburg, Pa, who was
expelled on charge OF ringing Roach
name, alias Peter, was denied.
The Queens County Agricultural Society
made an application for rehearing of the
old Queen Bess case. The mare fell in a
race at Mineola, l.. l., and failed to finish.
The judges allowed the mare to start again.
and she won the race. The board decided
that the judges were wrong in allowing the
mare to start again, and directed the owner
of Queen Bess to refund the prize. to the
secretary for redistribution. He will stand
suspended until the money is paid over
The board went into executive session
1nnRhann OnpnP0
to hear Mr.. John Boden, ST., in reference
| to the case of the St. Stevens Driving Park
Association, of St. Stevens. N b., against
George Carville, of st. John, n. b. 1t APP
pears that Carville entered his horse, Spec
ulation, in a race on the st. Stevens track,
but sent a telegram the night before the
race withdrawing the horse. The track peo-
pie claim that the telegram did not arrive
until the following morning. and they took
the horse out OF the stable and, placing h;,,, ~
the race. Carville claimed that the horse
| was injured through improper handling. He
sued the association for one thousand dol
lars damages, but was only awarded $40.
The association spent nearly $1,000 in de-
Tending the suit and now ask the board to
expel Mr.. Carville. Mr.. Borden came on
| from washington to-day and appeared for
Mr.. Carville, who was not represented yes
terday. He claimed that the telegram hav-
ing been sent before o'clock on the even
owner from all responsibility. He also said
that the action taken by the st. Stevens
people was the outcome of town war"
between st. John and st. Stevens. Pre-
vious to this race Egardo, who was owned
by st. Stevens millionaire, was matched
against Speculation, but the former won in
2:27 20, timed by timing watch, which
recorded ffths of second, while Specula-
TONS time was taken by a watch which
only showed fourths of a second. the. time
being 3:27la. This, Mr.. Boden declared,
was the beginning of the trouble between
the towns. The board reserved its decision.
John B. Gibbs, of New York, owner of
Cephas, applied for q return of entrance
money paid at the Gentleman's Driving
Park, Baltimore. He claimed that the en-
tries were only conditional. and that he was
overcharged.
Mr.. C. H. Wilson, Waterville Me-, made
application for the return of money paid
to the Sagadahoc Agricultural Association,
of Topsam, Me-, on the ground that the en-
tries were made by an employe without his
authority. The board then resumed it's ex-
W. session