The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-06
TROTTING B0ARDADJ0URNS


Palmer CievrInnd'p Plea for Rein stntement
Dcnted - Ed Hureh and the Oripinnt
ADAM SIN MiasiuE-John Prnnnnn AEhin
In Good acknowledgements Report.
The Board of Review of the National TrottinE
Association ended its labors yesterday after
having disposed Of 1919 cases aimee the Begin
ming of the yearly meeting on last Wednesday.
Secretary w. II. Gocher said that the docket
was the largest ever presented to the turf court,
and that when tho Hoard adjourned every dis
putcd claim on the records OF the association.
in which the parties were ready for trial. had
been disposed of. Nearly all of the cases de-
cided yesterday were office cases." OF interest
only to those directly concerned.
The Board took a short recess during the
morning session in order TO inspect the horse
TINT Palmer Cleveland drove up to the Murray
Hill Hotel and that he claimed was the trotter
Adam" formerly owned by the mysterious Ed
Burch. It will be remembered that Cleveland
was expelled on Friday on the charge of having
taken NJ. T.. Sturgis's bay trotter Oney. 2;lOl4,
by Mambrino King, out to Allentown, Pa, on a
ringing tour. starting him in one OF the slow
classes as Adam" Cleveland sought to have his
case reopened yesterday by producing n horse
that he claimed was the original and genuine
Adam" George Martin. who was on hand to
Identify the animal. declared that Cleveland's
!atcst production was certainly not Oney. and
his testimony was unofhcially corroborated by
half q dozen well-known turfmen who were
present. and who knew the handsome son OF
Mambrino King.
This evidence made Cleveland's chance for
reinstatement look rosy for the moment. but the
odds we're strongly against him n few moments
later when Billy Coville. OF Bel! Meade, Nj. told
the Board that the horse shown by Cleveland
was neither Oeney nor the trotter that the New
York reinsman had entered at Allentown.
Coville, who Is u driver OF high repute. and who
was one OF the first horsemen to identify the
Allentown Adam" as Oeney, gave his testi-
mony In a way that carried great weight with
the members of the Board, and they denied tho
application OF Cleveland for reinstatement.
a case which will be of some surprise to New
York horsemen vas that of John Penman. who
trained NJ Fleetwood Park in 1895, and who
this year campaigned the winning PAGER Royal
Victor. 2:CsA, among other good ones. 1t APP
pears that Penman was expelled about ten
years ago for telling the judges OF a race at
San Francisco what he thought OF them.
The American Trotting Association was or
ganized shortly after this occurrence, and.
rs the new league OF track managers did
not then recognize any rulings of the n. T. A..
Penman went on driving on Western tracks.
Luke Burke. then one Of the influential men OF
the Fleetwood contingent. throughout the
Z HiIh " aittE TdNe III Ih-
tional tracks within a stones throw of the
Secretary's office at Hartford. and the few East
ern horsemcn who knew OF the order standing
against him marvelled that he was not stopped.
Burke's mare Memorial. driven by Pcnnian,
tro,ted out of her class At Mount Holly
aud Brooklyn, after taking n mark nf 2:o3
at Providrnce, aud it was not until outsiders
interfered that Burke had to refund the unlaw-
full winnings. Penman was finally stopped NV
Secretary Gochcr at the Fleetwood spring meet
ing. but President Johnston soon after ordered
his temporary reinstatement. There was no
ublic hearing In his case yesterday. The Board
ordered his Reinstatement made permanent,
memorial matter would be- taken mn at the next
meeting OF the Board.
The well,known reinsman, Gil Curry. did not
fare so well. For driving while under suspen-
sion Tor un paid entrance fees lie was fined $50.
Several other trainers and drivers OF less prom
them was A. Sammis Of Hemstead. l.. l.. who
had been suspended about twenty-five years
last fall. and the Board decided yesterday that
he must pay the One. Henry Tuter, who drives
1g5 i; Ma , E f for J. r. r. h"iten; we ana ,e ss" f +
tunate than Penman, each having to pay the
customary $50 for mounting the sulky while
Col. Fred \. Lawrence of Flushing. who pur-
chased the horse Major s.. surprising him to be
pay into the treasury OF the n. 7. A. a fine OF
500, which had been assessed against the
former owner OF the horse for taking part in u
race in which the records were suppressed.
r. w. sherman and I. F. Donnelly OF Woon-
sso rIxins T. hor L.: WE'RE whi,s eI lndsr FOR entering "nd
man conceal!ng his identity. it was claimed,
ana operating his turf ventures in Donnelly's
name.
In the case Of w. F. Ingraham against Z. f.
Hall. arising at Wallingford. Conn, the Board
reatfirmed its ruling OF the previous day. to the
effect that where n letter containing entries
hears pustmark of a later date than the time for
closing the books, the nominations are void. re-
CARELESS OF the actual time of mailing. The
rules state that the postmark shall govern. and
the Board has now decided to stand by the let
ter OF the rules. THIS is equivalent to n reyer-
sal of former rulings on the point. Rudd DOble
having obtained n decision to the opposite effect
when his interests were involved in an IMPORT
ant race at Chicago ZONE years ago.
The reports OF the Secretary Treasurer of the
y. T. A. show n present mem bership OF 500
tracks and clubs. with a balance on hand OF
Sl7.6+7.OS. During the racing season Of 1896
the Secretary collec; ed nearly 80 per cent. more
delinquent entrance fees than were ever before
secured in one season.