The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-12
STEWARDS HORSE FAVORED.
MERRY LARK WEARS BLINKERS
CONTRARY TO RULE.
Jockey Weighs In without Them, After
which Andrew Miller, the owner. Gets
Consent to Use Them Contrary TO
Ruling In Garnish Case Some big Iiets.

Their" was an interesting tangte at Bright oil
. track yesterday over the rule regarding
!. the wearing Of blinkers. On July 8, Lyme
who had been engaged to ride Garnsh
weighed in without blinkers through al
} error. Aftorward when the owner of thu
horse asked the stewards for permission
. to put blinkers on Garnish he was notified
that it was against the rules. The horse.
as result, went to the post without them
contrary to custom, and was badly beaten
Yesterday when Hildebrand. who was en-
gagged to ride Merry Lark. owned by Andrew
Miller. a steward of the Jockey Club. weighed
in for the Seagate Stakes he forgot to carry
the blnkers to the scales. After he had
left tho weighing machine the error was dis
covered. but Hildebrand was informed by
Al Adler that it was too late to weigh in again.
Then Tom Welsh. the trainer Of Merry Lark.
hunted mp Mr., Miller and told him the facts.
Mr.. Miller lost no time in seeking an interview
with W. s. Nosburgh. one of the stewards
Of the meeting. who. after hearing what Mr..
Miller had to say, promptly gave his consent
to the wearing Of blnkers by Merry Lark.
who had always worn them c. j. Fitzgerald
and j. L. follansbee. who are acting with
Mr. Nosburgh In the stand at Brighton, knew
nothing of tho matter until after the race
had been run and naturally referred all
oucstioners to Mr. Yosburgh. who said that
the Merry Lark case differed somewhat from
the Garnsh case. inasmuCh as the Jockey
| club since the Garnish incident had sent
word to Mr. Nosburgh that some leniency
should he shown in future cases of this kind
| when the weight was not affected and the
horse was always accustomed to wear the
roEue'a badge.
TO horsemen who discussed the incident in
| tho paddock after the race II seemed as IL
some discrimination had been shown. a pro-
ceeding which evoked much adverse criticism.
| They said thar what fair for one owner
Il. = f,..
| happened to be a Jockey Club steward. and
| that If the Jockey Club had decided to change
| the enforcement of this important rule
notice should have been publicly posted in
| the paddock for the benefit of owners and
trainers in general. C. !. Fitzgerald wished
| to have it understood that it was the Jockey
| club aud not the Brighton Beach Racing
| Association which had assumed RESPONSE
bllity for this odd state of affairs.
The Brighton stewards. a. THE Sun out
| lined last Sunday. handed down formal
decision in the keator case. in which Trainer
Frank Weir was censured for sending horse
TO the post when he was unfit to run his best
race Beyond that there was no further
action and the incident may be considered
closed.
No word was recev ed by the Brighton
management during the day from Trainer
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to let ANful meet Sysonby in a match race
at mile at the Beac h next Monday. but
there is still plenty of time. The impression
there viii be no meeting between these star
three-year-olds. unless both start in the
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