The Portland daily press., 1897-12-10
BARRETT BLACkLISTED.
Deering Man Expelled From N. I. A.
Tracks.
DECISION AGAINST HIM In THE
SACO FAIR CASE.

Board of Review Found That He Bongh'
Pool Tickets as Charged by FAR
OficiaI-Another Case Involving
New England Fair Goes Against HIM
New York, December 9.-The boaro
of review of the National Tpotting AS
sociation resumed It's deliberations today
in the Murray. Hin hotel. Several Gases
were considered.
The board, in handing down Its nrst
batch of decisions, ruled that J.. T. bar
rett, of Deering, Maine, who had Dssh
accused by the York County Agricultural
Society of having beugne
pool tickets while engaged.in the capacity
of judge, was guilty as charged. HIS
name will be printed in the blue book
among the list of the expelled.
Mr. Barrett's cases occupied about TWO
hours of the session. The charge when
the York County Agricultural society
brought against him was that he naa
pools on race while in the judges
stand. This was race in which the pac-
ing gelding Scooter was entered by John
Wheelden, a weil-known Maine driver.
Ihe only witness against Mr. Barret1
was A. j. CARL of Saco, who was judge
with Mr. Barrett on the day in question;
he stated that his associate in tbs stand
had viewed with suspicion the frequent
trips of MIR. Barrett from the stand to the
other side of the track, and that he was
led to believe that Mr.. Barrett was specu-
lating on Scooter In the race.
The PAGER lost, but afterward Charles
Morris, Maine pool seller, left two tick
cts with the secretary of the track with
instructions to collect from MIR. Barrett.
The tickets were produced with one OF
the affidavits. He introduced q lot Of
hearsay evidence, but his most dam. :.
aging piece was that Morris had declared
to Barrett in his presence that the tickets
would have to be paid for, or there
would be lot of fuss.
Mr.. Barrett had q mass of newspaper
clippings in regard to the case and several
affidavits. He declared that he was no t
pool box player, and said he had never
purchased ticket on a race in Saco.
Gas to the allegation that he had urged
Wheelden to win before the race, he said
that that was impossible as on receiving
notice that he was to be a judge he had
gone directly to the stand. He mede q
denial of all his associates statements.
In response to Col. Edwards's question
as to whether he had ever played the
box he replied that once at Rigby he had
one ticket on horse that did not win.
4Ao aPP1lCat4oA VI tso10O 1. 4 loloo VI
Boston for release of himself and the
PAGER Alcidalia from suspension imposed
September last, was granted.
This in another case in which Mr.
Barrett was involved,
Mr.. Pierce contended that, while he
had agreed to race Alcidalia at the New
England fair with three other horses, he
had not given Mr.. Barrett regular en-
try. He had mass of testimony to that
effect, while Mr.. Barrett claimed that
the entry was a straight one for 2.1o
race.
E. W. Rewdein. Hartford, Conn,
against when charge of ringing had
been preferred by the National 1rotting
Association, was expelled. The PAGER
Leah, formerly Jean Bruce, WAS also ex-
PEELED. The board decided that the faith
er of the expelled trainer, VIM. FL. Bow,
doin, was innocent of the charge of COM
plicity and dismissed his case.