New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-09
HARNESS RACING.

FURTHER DECISIONS by THE BOARD OF REVIEW
OF THE NATIONAL TRoTTING ASSOCIATION.
The Board OF Review OF the National Trotting
Association continued It's sessions yesterday morn
ing in ParIor II Of the Murray Hill Hotel
The Board acted upon a lot OF queer cases.
suspended few owners who had neglected to
make good their entrance fees and relnstated a
dozen others who betrayed the penalties assessed
against them.
The Board sustained the judges in these cases
and dismissed the appeals:
A. b. Brunei. OF Worcester. Mass. against the
judges OF the free for all at Barre Mass, septem-
Der 49, 1899
s. A. Regain OF Portland, Me- against the judges
Of the 22O class at Monroe Me. September H. 1899
S. A. Regar OF Portland. Me- against the judges
of the 2:29 class at Gray. Me-. August g. 1899
G. c. Wheelock. OF Port Henry. y. y against
the pudges at Brandon. Vt, october 3, 1899.
The Board sustained the appeal OF c. w. wright
of Yonkers. against the judges at the CobleskiIl
Agricultural Society meeting September e. 1899
The judges placed Land and Sea, who fell In the
second heat and subsequently won the race MI
Wright held that the horse should have been as
tanced instead OF placed. The Board OF Review
agreed with him and ordered the prize money to
be distributed to the other horses in the race
These horses have been identified traced back
Bay mare Silver Thistle bay geldng RCndo. bay
geding Leon N bay geIdIng Hal Brown pay mare
Annie
The Board declined to accept the Identification
offered by the brown gelding Repeater, whlch mas
been racing In New Hampshire.
John H. Shuts appeared before the Board TO ask
tTotter Beriio r. 2a2i., recently purchased at the
auction sale in Madison Square Garden, Berthe r
most successful international ringer in the history
Of harness racing After getting record of 2;iTn
I'm the West in 1885 she was taken 10 France ana
eampaisned there under the name Of Adria When
across the English Channel and raced In Scotland
there under the name Of Polly G. Her superiority
over any trotter In Great Britain was unquestloned
On poor half-mile track at Backpool near Liver
pool, she set the ten-mie trotting record at s5S
two or three months ago, beating the best perform
ance ever made in America at the distance. About
a month ago she was brought to New-York and
sold to Mr. Shuts. She is believed 10 be fast
enough to win In her class In this country, and
season. With this purpose in view. Mr.. SHUTS
asked the Board OF Review TO decide whether
BERTHE r. would be allowed to start on National
The point raised by this application is fine {, one e.
The mare has been expelled in France, and II Is
known to everybody unoficialy that she trotted
out Of her class and under a name not her own
a n-assocaton track she would be under the
ban OF the National Trottng Association. But T.
remains to be seen whether the turf tribunal VIII
take judicial notice OF foreign expulsion and a
ringing expedition In Europe. The only precedent
Is to be found in the case Of Bob Kneebs, the
Iowa horseman who was expelled and imprisoned
I'm Germany n few years ago for ringing Bethel
2I6A as Nelly Kneebs When Kneebs came horne
there was no rule bylaw in the books Of the
National Trotting Association to prevent him from
following his occupation here. Owing TO the dis
repute into which he had brought American horse
men in Germany tho Board OF Review took the
members Of the National Trotting Association to
refuse the entries OF Kneebs In the case BERTHE
r there seems TO be such reason for keeping
the mare of the turf, and the experts, were last
night wagering wine and cigars that Mr.. SHUTS
would be able TO start Berthe r. on National Trot-
ting Association tracks In 1900.