The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-03
BOARD OF REVIEW IN SESSION.
TROT7ING MEN SIT SCANDALS
or THE RACING SEASON.
Trainer and Owners Of EidcrOne Give
Conflicting Testimony Driver Admits
the Horse Did Not Try TO Win al COlun.
bus Some Other Gases In, estiEated.


| bus Some Other Cases Investigated.
| The Board OF Review OF the Nation al Trot =
| ting Association met at the Murray Hill Hotel
| yesterday. There were pr essnt Major i. i.
Johnston Of I.c' inrton. or" ,iScr'. George ".
| Archer Of Rochester; L. c. Blake OF Cedar
| Rapids, H.. 10 n IA Sc!ults OF ii. city John
| {. Welty Of Canton. Ohio. and Secretary
| Gocher OF Hartford.
| The most important case was the INQUIRY
| into Elderone's performance at tie Grand
| Circuit meeting al Columbus In August last
| At the time the judges suspended tie lorse.
| the owners. ". A aud w Il. Sims, and the
driver, Thomas l.. Susrd. for the balance
| OF the season. \ few days later on the recon-
| mendation OF the Judges President Johnston
| temporarily removed the penalty from the
| horse and the owners so that the horse was
| permitted to continue his campaign to the
| close OF the JASON.
| The testimony given Yesterday was TO the
| effect that the PAGER Eld"rops lost the first
! heat to Greenline IN ?'Op'.. that upon the
! driver. Stulrd. being cautioned to win or
| suffer punishment Eldcrone won the second
| heat in 2,O5', and then lost the third heat to
| Greenline in clOi., then Stuard taken
| from behind the horse and another driver
! substituted who won the fourth heat in 200.
| With two heats to the credit of each horse
| Elderonc made a break NJ the first turn in
| flag later examination showed that one
| of the hopples Elderone wore had been nearly
| severed before the start and that II gave way
| and caused the horse 10 lose al chance OF
| winning.
| The .lder Sims FIRST took tie stand and
| declared under oath that he was not party
| to the fraud in any way he had never in
| structed his driver to lose the race and was
| not aware that such an attempt was TO be-
| made.
| when the driver. Thomas T.. Stuarl. was
! called he told under oath story that has
| never been excollcd If equalled in the history
| OF turf scandals He began by saying that
| last year he had driven Elderoue for the
same owners and had started him In eight
| races without whining even heat. but get
! ting well up each time to win all possible
| Wit out mourning The penalty OF record.
| Stuard further stated that when he began
| the preseIt campaign the elder owner said
| to him. Now, Tom. win WHICHEVER you can
| and go as last a. you can The witness and
| co-drf-adant then went on 10 state that he
had Won in his first start at Thin. ohio. then
| at Windsor. Ontario. getting record or ams
| and that At Detroit he was beaten bv Hreet
| Cleveland he won one heat from Direct Hal
and got second money in thc race.
stulrd testified that on the nisht before the
| race Greenne by reason Of his having won
in each OF his Two starts Of the year was made
over the nsld BY dsFftes tho field end kept
| sageiug uItl IL finally sold 4 $40 Ntusrd
Mr. sims to ,rye4, some money ia e lid.
| that he firmly believed he could beat cen
line AID that MIR. Sim. did buy Two pools.
| Iayinr So for one and $50 Tor the other
| Wheu pressed by the trainer 70 make further
| Investment Mr. Sims replied that there would
| be plenty Of time for betting on the morrow
| The trainers testimony after this was to the
| sNect that the owners were aware that IL
deFGTs "a %a rSt TO Of E,S to VII hat after getting
| temporary reinstatement for the horse and
| his owners stuard was retained by the own,rS
| his training although he could not drive owing
| to his disqualification This the owners did
Matters continued to run smoothly between
| the. reinstat"d owners ard the suspended
trainer until Septsmber' when an , nGErou1Ttin n
| the trainer was dismissed aud trouble began
We began suit against the owners in tie
| stated to the Board OF Review several times
| that he had no claim AGAINST the owners.
stnsrS ses na Psd as IN % tor TO op
suit on payment Of $50 and small judgment
| the owners held against him.
! John G wetv began a series OF questions.
steward admitted that had the owners re-
tanned him in their service and succeeded in
OF the hoard the Younger MIR sims wa called
| as emphat ically a. the father had done Both
! stated positively that they were not with the
| nr'Nsr anu phl NOT nave any CONVEX NdN ION
With him on the day Of the Columbus race
In, az least partial rebuttal p"nnock
I Of Cleveland te.tfet that on the s'tsrp9 ,pn
| driver In COMPANY with Mr. ie>h, the owner
Of Creenline CHARGED hy the driver nth
| having been the party TO whom the owners
! said the money TO bet in the pool box had
| several minor cases were heard ana re-
served for executive session. br John l.
Vent Of Scranton, Pa ". the Rnnalo Div
| ing tluo was a case Were ~ '"o we tainer
| we're not rqid up This wear Or wertz. mare
Fanny billiard was a winner az TN" Buffalo
Grnnd CircI, meeting So and the srrHnr, from from
her TtinriOs. nr w"S'Z orp%a"1 the case
Mass, d living Park Wa su.pend"d tor hsins
party 10 the suppression Of time over IN"
The Sr,ionSa T,otns Assertion, ss;g,sS p y;
+. was then taken UP. At so-c1ll"d
sps ' Or isiopdd b d. no ds m' WIEN
later MIR Sears started Dan r., the horse
was protested as LAYING been starter in a
seouentlv under tho rule Ee was disau, linod
When notified, Mr.. sears PROMPTLY paid the
ns 9 ,s rG g " r m ana
unlawful Winnings and then be reinstated
another T'sS Hontti3ncd p e.eS 81 U.s. ses-
~HH WIS 'Hh' bl NltlpliS iNoDfItr W NuT'fS-
ter. Mass. accused Of ringing the PAGER
Doc Sperry, 200, ~ Roberts Boy. In his own
behalf Roberts testified that the horse be-
longed to his brother. now dead and that
he was only an innocent trainer and driver
Roberts admitted TIA, he mad never driven
any other horse in races. 4 G Penno'k Of
Cleveland testified that he sold tho horse
Doc Spcrrv to parties who refused TO toll h,u
their place OF residence or where they pro-
posed 10 shin the horse lie stated that two
brothers were In the TRANSACTION, but as II
was four years ago he would not positively
identity the defendant as one OF the parties
In the purchqsa