The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-12-07
Only One Man Really Affected by the
Wholesale Action of the National
TrOtting Board of Review.
SOME NAMES USED ILLEGALLY
MEN KNEW NOTHING OF UGH USE
FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
G. ID. tinker Expelled by the board
indianapolis Man Punished for
AIIege Bringing"
ipecial to the indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the indianapolis Journal.
RUSHVILLE, Ind, Dec. 6.-The action of
the board of review of the American Trot-
ting Association at Chicago yesterday in
expelling eleven Rushville men alleged to
have been connected with the fake trotting
meeting given here in September, 1893, was
the chief topic of conversation to-day. The
facts concerning the notorious meeting
were not secret, but the public generally
never heard of the meeting. The action
of the Trotting Association did not come as
a surprise, as numerous requests had been
made by the association for the men con-
nected with the fraudulent meeting to APP
pear before it and answer the charges
against them.
W.. A. Jones, the ~well-known horSeman
and owner of Riverside Park, where the
fake meeting was supposed TO have been
given. was indignant on learning that the
association had expelled him.. "A bona ide
meeting for trotting horse breeders was
advertised for Riverside Park on the day
the fake meeting was reported" says Mr..
Jones. 1.-THE weather was unfavorable and
the meeting was not given. That night a
few men gathered at the Windsor Hotel
and made out the official report of the sup
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horses and their alleged records made, the
names of supposed drivers. owners. judges
and starters. Mr.. Jones says he was not
present when the scheme to defraud the
association was concocted and did not be-
come aware of it until several months
afterward, when it was too late to place
things in their proper light.
Harrie Jones, son of w. A. Jones. was
hos av,auaI nv tho TrOtfinO ASSn-
citation. Harrie Jones says he can show
that he was at Evansville at the time the
fake race meeting was sent out, and an APP
peal from the action of the board of review
will be taken by him.
r. +. Scudder, also expelled, is an insur-
ance man. and never drove a race horse in
his life. Mr.. Scudder's name was sent in
as secretary of the meeting. He says he
knew nothing of it until many months
c. F.. Vance, city councilman, John
Hiner. liveryman. and James Williams.
farmer. were given as Judges and consent
ed to the use of their names by their
friends. never thinking the matter would
again be heard OF. j.. S. Vance. a son of G.
+. Vance, was connected with the race as a
driver.
w. w. Wilson is a brother of Dick Will
son, the w~ell-know driver, and w. j. Will
son Is Dicks son. Dick himself was In
Providence. r. L.. at the time the meeting
was imposed to have been held, and thus
escaped connection with the deal.
G.. b. Love is a former horseman and
John Sail. the last of the expelled men, is
a colored stable boy or 'swipe.' whose
name was sent in as a driver. The names
of several business men appeared in the
list of drivers and horse owners, but they
promptly made sworn statements that they
had no connection with the fake meeting,
and this satisfied the Trotting Association.
Harrie Jones is the only mar I'm the
eleven that will be affected by the decree
of expulsion, as driving horses is his bust
ness. The identity of the men who pre-
pared and sent in the fake race report is
not known. The exposure of the fake
meeting grew out of the sale at Cambridge
City of one of the horses marked at the
meeting. The horse sold for a big price on
the strength of his alleged record, but