New-York tribune., 1896-12-03
THE CHARLEY II. AFFAIR.
CHARGES MADE BEFORE THE BOARD OF
REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL
TROTTING ASSOCIATION

TROTTING ASSOCIATION.
The Board OF Review OF the National Trotting
Association convened yesterday at the Murray Hill
Hotel for its regular annual meeting in New-York.
Those present Major r. +. Johnston, Lex
ington. Ky. president OF the associa ton; David
Bonner. New-Y York vice president of the association;
Frank Bower Philadelphia: Colonel William Ed
wards. Cleveland; L. c. Blake Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
and w. II. Gocher. of Hartford secretary. The
Board OF Review is the court of appeals OF the
trotting turf. and a host of appellants were on
hand yesterday seeking the revision OF rulings
which had been made by local trottng associa-
tions throughout the country In the last campaign.
BY odds the most important case Of the day was
the alleged Charley =. ringing affair from New
England in which number of prominent Boston
horsemen involved I'm way another.
Charley T. is gray PAGER that first appeared in
the East at Dover " H.. In 1894 and that after
ward won many races on New-England tracks.
earning something like 5000 in purses and gaining
a record of 2:l2is The identity OF the horse was
questioned in his second race at Franklin Park.
Boston, but the parties who then controlled him
produced testimony to show that he was a green
horse. and the secretary OF the National Trottng
Association permitted him to go on racing. Last
spring the horse sold by one Wolcott TO John
F. Fitzgerald. OF Boston for $3.50. who turned him
over to the trainer. John Ramsay. to campaign.
Ramsay won TWO three races with the gray PAGER,
when a stranger from the West appeared at Mystic
Park. Boston where Charley p was quartered and
identified the animal as George c.. horse that he
had raised in Ohio and that had gained a record
OF 2:2Oa. at Dayton few weeks before Charley y.
made his first In the 2:i0 class at Dover y. II.
On the strength OF this identification Secretary
Gochcr suspended the horse his owner and his
driver from all courses In membership with the Ma
tiona Association citing them appear before the
Board Of Review. No claim made that either
owner or trainer aware OF the identity OF the
gray horse. and both disposed to think they
had been harshly by being kept off the turf
throughout the year.
NJ. J. Greed. OF Boston. represented them before
the Board yesterday and some OF the testimony
was Of highly sensational order. Fitzgerald and
Ramsay testified that the horse had been sold TO
them by WOlcott. for Clarence T.. Clark. prom
inent merchant of Boston who represented
by them have been the real owner OF Charley r.
Mr. Creed charged that Clark knew the PAGER
not represented. and in asking that his
clients he renstated. he also asked the Board TO
cxpc both Clark and Wolcott. He also testified.
did. Fitzgerald and Ramsay. that John p. Sanborn.
the horse East. from Ohio. saying tina he San
borm had bought the animal from one Charles
that he was George c.. with record Of 2:2ot
\ mass OF documentary evidence was also placed
before the Bolrd to be considered In executive ses-
sion.
An echo Of the notorqgs Joe Patchen;Iehn ;!s r.
heard yesterday when Rohcr, iaycock Jacob JUS,
,ic" ahc 'yrus iukens OF fhiao'phia' appeareu
before the turf tribunal TO refute the testimony
given ~ Jack Curry and John q TAYLOR. the
driver and owner OF Joe Patchcn. at the May ses-
sion of the Board in Chicago. Curry. IL may well
bc remembered. fined 500 for alleged pulling
OF Joe p tchen in the race In question. From the
decision he appealed To the board remit the
fine. making a counter-claim against the man
ayers OF the meeting levied the fine that they
had not dealt fairly with him in the financial pro-
cceds Of the hippodrome, The testimony is now
believed be all in. and II H. expected that the
Board will render a final decision in the matter
to-day. 4 number OF other minor cases were taken
under advisement Yesterday. but no decisions were
announced the Board going into executive ses-
sion last evening.