The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-07
FIELD TRIALS.
Col. r., an English Softer. Wins the Derby
in Lexington, N. C..

in Lexington, n. c.
LEXINGTON. N @, Dec. 6.-The weather con-
tinues good and the attendance the largest
seen at any field trial this season. The running
in the Derby was continued this morning and
finished ut 1:30 o'clock. Lad OF lingo and
Nightingale were the FIRST brace tried. Lad
did not repeat his best work OF yes
teriay, going with little animation and
lettering. Nightingale made Pushes Of W
bevies found. She was active as usual.
Count Danstone easily had the better OF
Labard. the latter paying little attention to the
handler and hunting behind and to little pnr-
pose. The Count ran in improved form. He
proved style. Col. r.. after a beyy' lush. settled
down to good work. taking advantage Of all
pace and range. dc. was inclined TO work in the
sight much Of his time, After lunch, Co, Il. and
second Places. The Colonel found the game
which decided the stake. The awards were:
R: T Edx Pr1s' c fSs; E a.; a. a naf hnnai ssi' Sy G G%nss S 81 n:
second prize; Lad Of Jingo' . pointer; owned BY v.
R 4, Au' third q p Mae'e count f Dsns aoa n an English ~ setter r.
owned by j. p. Greene of Indiana and handled by
GRAY.
They ran in the GLOWING order:
Ri iSa / H N 4. viii Win g. soS olsif si Psss E hsft with III T PIn
with Sport McAllister. and Sam I. a bye.
The first four braces have had a trial. Joe
Cummings and Young Jing2 set the stSpdard
Torrance was very ordinary. Uncle b. and St.
Pin Money and Dave Earl were much separated
and lost part Of the time. Dave. Earl did the
hiding: Pin Money used part of his time chas-
The faces at the trials to-day We're; ,Theo-
dore Sturgis, Edward @. Hoyt and J; B, Baker.
storey, High Point, N. C.. and Leon seay. Sails
bury. NC.
Board of Appeal of the A. T. A. in Session.
CHICAGO. Dec. e.-The Board of Appeals Of
the American Trotting Association went into
executive session to-day at the Auditorium
Hotel, its business on hand being TO pass upon
several hundred CON plants. protests and APP
peals which have been brought to its notice
during the past racing season;
being devoted to ,conside ration OF the written
protests. with their intricaciee and teehni-
W..P.s flames, Terre Haqte. Ind: G.B McFaIi..
\; ": + FIfapia9EEjl mi, c%SI3Hl %a%Fse O.; F ? { E hMewi1; Chi ba:
troit; j. H.. Steiner. Chicago. Secretary and
Treasurer. As a number Of, witnesses appeared
into open session and listened to seventeen
cases. all appeals regarding entrance fees paid
About ffty cases were disposed Of in the at-
ternoon and evening. The most important
was that of l.. II. Acker OF Chicago, who was
expelled from all tracks Of the association for
racing the bay geldinG Tom Tucker under the
nnfii ali al his Mia ue aw " T wien hoFse a wss se stIspeaddfs or
redistribution. Aeker was also fined $50 for
the recording fee for changing the name Of his
horse.
The cases Of Charles s. Roberts. James c.
Cahill. and A. L; orton Of Syracuse. N. y. and
racing the bay gelding Guess under the alias Of
Martin NJ. at Toledo in September. 1896. at
Hillsdale. Mich. in October. 1896, and on vari-
less Of the charges, The others were ad-
judged guilty and were expelled; The
for identification. and a return for a re-
distribution of all his unlawful winnings
on all tracks and until a fee OF $50 for record
parties adJudged guilty.