The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1903-09-03
RULED OFF FOR WINNING
Far Fetched Charges Against Am
srican horseman

st, Petersburg, saturday. August ~,
-(Correspondence OF the Associated
pressl. John oliver kecne of Lexlng-
ton, Ky, trainer for the racing stable
OF NJ. I. Lazary, swho has been sus-
pended for year dating from August
20 for the alleged use Of some unknown
drug, has won 70 races with this stable
and over 100000 during the last four
or Ave months. keene and hts friends
say that il is the only reason for the
ruling against him,
Keene was trainer last year for
Henry de Bloch, the millionaire of
Warsaw, and won $4,000 with q single
horse named Sirdar. lie has already
exceeded this, though the season is not
yet over. with NJ, LaEary's Irish Lad,
q horse which has won S565oo and now
holds all thrse-year-old records for
Russia.
The success of the stables handled by
Keene has been the sensational talk OF
Russian sporting circles for Il year or
more, and he has been accused OF ruin
ing horse racing In this country. since
everybody bet on his entries, When
the present season opened keene select
ed Irish Lad. three-year-old sired by
Galtee Moro. an English horse pro-
cured at great expense by the Inn
perial stud, for the racing events, and
Irish Lad won the Moscow and War
saw Derbys, besides other valuable prix-
es.
Keene's success was attributed by
the leading sporting Journal OF st. Pet
ersburg 10 wise training and good rid
ing. The rival stables however, We're
unwilling to acknowledge that Keene
Fad won by superior training alone and
had for months been trying TO prove a
case of doping" against him and
eventually procured keene's supension
for year.
A detective one day watched the
Lazary horses for eight hours at War
saw. On the day referred to they won
four out of five races in which they
were entered and the fifth race was
only lost by q head.
At Moscow an order was issued re-
quirlng all entries TO stand in the pad
dock four hours before every race.
The Lazary horses, notwithstanding
this, still won. and the order was event.
ually abandoned, because all the own
ers prot est against il as being cruelty
to animals.
When the st. Petersburg season open
ed the technical COMMITTEES of the rae
ing club began collecting foam from
the Lazary horses mouths at the end
of each race. They gathered II on
cotton and put 1t in bottles. 1t was
afterward examined by a chemist
named Perl. who claimed to find traces
was summoned before the board OF
stewards and he swore that he had en-
ployed no chemicals. Two stable boys
claimed they had seen Keene give some
medicine to one or two horses. and that
De Bloch wrote letter stating that
he had discharged Keene for doping"
Keene did not deny that he had doc
tored the horses when they We're sick
and demanded that he be confronted by
NJ De Bloch, but the board of stewards
denied this request.
1t is claimed for Keene that. admit
ting the honesty Of the tests, a trace OF
morphine might be due to the use Of
certain leg wash composed Of a small
Of laudanum, spirit extract Of
arnica, saltpeter and sugar of lead dis
solved in large body Of alcohol" 1t
is asserted that quantities of this mix
ture are frequently employed with a
quart Of water and that no objection
has been made to this leg wash by the
racing authorities.
Keene will appeal to the Grand Duke |
Dimitri Constanioyich, who is a pro-
tector of Russian racing.