The sun., 1900-12-08
UETURF COURT ADJ0URNS
y,,, CASKS DgrIDyD ~ HoASD ~
gyvSEW OT THS " U A.
.,e and ssspsss,o~ Assi"" Jsmss eolds"
and John Chsns, Removed what Con
.utu,s. an Amateur Record Hssus ".
,.rrot start In Races In thss tountry'


"a, an. noxd of Ecyiew of ths National
ttottlns Association completed ts work yes-
,.,day and handed down two or three ~ tho
ZOOS, lmportant rulings Il has made for several
ysar. All dnv long James Golden and John
cheney, tho drivers Who were fined last ia'l
at Readvir and suspended. wandered about
the corridors of the Murray llill Hotel. wait
ing 10 hear the verdict In their cases The
mon testified on Wednesday. bu. additional
.yidenca was desired from Boston. which did
not arrive until about noon yesterday
Tho folding doors leading to tho Judges
narlor were opened for a short time after
noon and Judge Whitehead presented the
new evidence which was In the form Of state
ment. from Frank Hall and Charles wtt'e-
more, who were the acting officials when
the drivers were hned The statements
,orroborated the evidence made by the
other Judge, F. Shubert. 50 far as the manner
IN which the fines wore imposed was con-
oerned Judge Whitehead spoke for four
or fve minutes, the doors were closed and
nothing more was heard Of the trottirg horse
court until ! o'clock In tho evening when
Secretary Gocher appeared and announced
that the business OF the court was nnished
and he was ready to tell what had been done
The cases OF Golden and Cheney being
Identical, the same verdict covered both
The ruling Of the board was that. from the
evidence Of F Shubert. one OF the judses
II appeared that neither Golden nor Cheney
was penalized by tho judges while in the
stand that the officials w"rc never afterward
called 70 meet and have not since held a
meeting that Mr. Shubert was approached
by +. Hall, another of the judges, some time
after, who suggested that Golden and Cheney
should be punished that Shubert d.ssented
aud demanded that meeting of all Of the
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,rus ,ro. % '", no,ios ras NV, o.I,sd srd ,bs,
'e' su'h n'eo''ns wa N.t ea,,eu a'.' ,' '"a.
we're placed there without his knowledge or
oonsont .cains, bis Indignant and thai bis
name was signed thereto without his author
ity The proceeding according to the evidence
OF this Judge and other testimony in the case
was irregular. The authority OF the stand
ves.eu IN 'nree 5uus.S a. n,o "ey m'o' ',o 81
receive an oppo''u"''E " ,''. V" any '"e''
ton in the presence Of each other.
NO ,udsneh' nav,ns oeen i'',u'' istu.'ea Ga
rNeu at or "'"0u"tv '
Golden or Cheney. while the judges were
together on The Gay OF me race or there-
porting 10 have been taken in relation 10
them, was not IN fa.t, done by N" JUDGES
acting Jointly ana onlchlly as ConteinpiaItsd
by. the rules and is therefore yp,d , Lhe
can be exercised only when they are all
together. Each having fuli Opportunity 10
agree or dlsaeree 70 eveiE p,"IosI,Ion ht-
Judge should sign the record and no man
should presume to sign for another without
written authority which writing should be
filed and remain with the record
Another important decision was that IN
relation TO amateur records, matter that
has been discussed Tor years, but on which
there never, has been a straight onl-and-out
ruling This one was brought out by Harry
the oi tine made BY his bay Stallion John 4
N,En In ha CiIn nf ha fnn
WatinAe Club al the keadvllle track on Sept
10 last, being a record The stallion trotted
n heat in 2lo The board decided that the
tested for cup thar can he won. the per
srsma@ sfGGTa and heat wneTs fR Tsn In
contest for II acquire a record or bar. but
when cup Gspnt be Won or in other wnnsr: T0d
in contest for it do not acquire record
or hnr
The cup for which John A. McKerron con-
tested Is club cup and whom won three.
times by, any club 1t becomes the property OF
ssa T9e cP h n%S
The time made by horses at the matinee
club. races where no prize or premium is
An important decision was also made
made "a other countries. 1t was broug ht
about through hoInIpo dhompL0n' WHO VINO o3eshs R
r. ?;i2'., alias tdria, alia- Polly O.. at tho
III. SHUTS - consignment, VINO Is MEMBER Oh
the board
Tho ruling that BERTHE X. could not
start in races in this country until the charges
against her IN Trance are removed. as tho
y T A recognizes the penalties imposed by
the associations Of foreign countries Mr.
Thompson has already written TO the Secretary
Of the French Association
The next time that John F Barrett Of Deer
inc Me ofticiates in the judges stand ne will
no doubt keen away from the betting ring
lie was one II the jud at one of the down
Fast meetings in 1897 nd was tempted by
the promising appearance II one Of the horses
TO put bet down He was suspended The
board yesterday came TO the conclusion that
he had been sufficiently punished and granted
his application for release
John J.. Shields of Punxsut8 wney. Pa.
applied for removal Of suspension against J
HIN. imposed for racing the black stallion
Gov. Holt under the name Of Hornet. IL
was denied. +. K; stone OF Pittsburs got
into a little trouble Of the same sort with !
the bay mare Matte. alias Ladies' Girl |
The board could not see its way clear To
release him Stone is under expulsion from
the A. I. 4. for ringing the same mare |
under the name Of Vera.
= Uursperger Of Burnt Mills, Md, |
was more fortunate than great majority |
of the pleaders. he asked for release Of
the suspension against himself and the bay !
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