The sun., 1906-02-22
IN The SPORTING WORLD.
JOCKEY CLIB NAY HOLDIP nj r.
NELL AND M'CiFFERTl


NELL AND M'CAFFERTI
| Ir Convicted Of sharp Practice These Mon
l. May Find II Din,cult to Get Licenses
Here -Hcrmis Out Of the Suburban
jack O'Brlen Fl0orc cd by Ills Partner
In view of the turf scandal which has come
| to the surface at Los Angeles il il much
| mooPd question whether the Jockey club
| will accept the entries this year of {. f.. Dur-
| nell and John j. McCafferty. Dnrnell il IL
| said ran a horse in his own name that was
not his property. while McCaferty is charged
with nsng stimulants on the old calnpagner
| The Huguenot Both men have been asked TO
, pay 81 900 fine by the officials oi Ascot Park.
yet are permitted to continue racing.
Just why the Ascot Park stewards have
| not ruled both Durnell and McNaner'y on
the turf with the evidence in hand Is inys-
! terry. said man who is posted aS to Jockey
| Club methods. Yesterday. 1T seems odd
| that a racetrack should profit To the eS-
J tent of fines taken from men guilty Of viola
tions Of the rules OF racing when II is
customary wherever the sport thrlves else
| where in the country to deal with such
| offenders in the most severe manner known
| TO the turf Usually fines are inflicted for
| technical violations of the rules. but in the
| East man who practises fraud, even in the
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| out chance for hearing. That is one Of
| the fundamental principles of III" Jockey
| Club. whose policy has always tended to in
| sure the confidence of the racing public.
Both Durnell and McCafertv are trainers
as well as owners They must npply ia III"
! Jockey Club for licenses as trainers before
they can operate on the local tracks again this
year. Each has made charges OF fraud against
the other and at present both stand IN bad
light
| Durnell is expected to train a big stable
| owned by John W. Gates Last Fall he pur-
chased many yearlings and some raoehorses
for big money and was said to be acting in
Mr. Gate.'s behalf Considerab' b'" criticism
was leveled at him before the local season
closed for his peculiar manipulation of the
| horse Israelte, but he was never oi'icldhy
invest gated so far any one could learn.
McCafferty is under contract to train Tor
j. A. Weinberg Of Brooklyn. He has Ee"er
been in serious trouble with the turt gov
ernors but his row with Durnell, which
has been of long duration. has been
| often frowned upon. McCafforty once got
Durnels job away from him while they
were racing in Chicago. and the men nave
been at sword point, ever since. Last
| year Durnell made an open threat that ne
would drive McCalerty ont of the business
and that he had an unlimited haAkroll with
which to accomplish this end. 4, present 1t
looks az if Durnell had succeeded. at the sume
time climbing into his rivals boat
The Coney Island Jockey Club sent out a
notice yesterday to the effect that Hermis,
| Won Tromp Monsieur Beaucare. Hot shot.
| First Water. Nathan Hale and Proposer had
been declared from the Suburban Handicap.
leaving ffty-three eliglbles. Ihis proDaoly
means that Hermis will never race again.
| unless an attempt will be made to get HIM 10
| the post either at Brighton or Saratoga. lhe
| have
| until the meeting at the Beach. and then after
| several races he practically broke down
| This winter Herms has been taking life easy
at Bound Brook. N j.. where Trainer John
Shields has had complete supervision. II was
=. only month ago that Shields said he Thought
the Hermence horse would De aoie 10 s'aio
training again, and for that reason he was
nominated for all of the spring handIcaps.
He received l27 pounds for the Subur ban,
| standing next to Sysonby, the top weight.
The declaration of First Water. Newton
Bennlng gtous three-year- old "atercress colt
ia probably due to similar causes. first
Water. who looked like "A coming champion
after winning the National Stallion Stakes at
Belmont Park suddenly went lame in the
| Expectation Stakes at Gravesend and was
instantly thrown out of training. he has
| never raced since. Won Tromp, who belongs
to James r. Keene. has also been declared
from the Brooklyn Handicap, together with
Hot Shot. Kuroki Holscher. Proposer and
Hermitage.
philadel hia Jack O'Bren has just dis
charged his sparring partner, Fred Cooley.
because the latter came within all ace OF
knocking the Quaker out in Toledo theatre
last Saturday night. Cooley says that ne
landed a body blow in the second round
which sent O'Brien down for eight seconds.
Then the bell rang and o. Bren proceeded 70
tell the spectators that his stomach was weak
and that Cooley had taken undue advantage
OF him. This sally was ronndly hIesea'
Cooley says. and o Bren. losing his temper
deolared that he would fight his partner to a
enish then and there After delay Of several
minutes the bell rang ior the third round
and as Cooley held out his hand for the usual
friendly shake he says o Brien tried to hooR
him on the Jaw. Then they mixed IT unti
the bell rang at the expiration OF two MN.
utes but kept on until the bystanders jumped
: between them. OBrien prompliy paid .oo'
; lev all that was coming to him and let him go
| cooley knocked O'Brien down in a previous
encounter In Cincinnati. so that a repetlt Ioi
of the trick proved too much for the con
aueror Of Ftzsmnons
The Gans-Britt scandal may cause breal
in the Frisco Fight Trust. 1t is said tina
Willie Britt q member OF the combine, W II
try to have Cans barred from all CLUBS IL
Frlsco. in which event another member WI
attempt to have James BTltt also ruleu ou'
This is expected to cause serious friction
) with a probable split among the promoters
! who recently banded themselves together II
control the game incidentally Nelson say
: he will never agree to fight in Frisco again
his manager, Nolan. is placed under the ban
Clark Griflth will take two dozen player
: IN Birmin CHAM on March ). He has made vi
. his mind to play Conroy permanently IN lei
hsld. as he believes this man cannot De eN
/, oelled In that part of the outheld' Wit
Keller a fixture in right field. Grin may II!
, out Moriarty, the heavy hitter from TOLEDO
In centre field, with Hahn to fall back upon
Dave Fultz, who is practising law, Is no
| counted on to return to the Americans so tina
| bis p ace must be filled. Chase VIII play mrs
| base That is a certainty according TO IN
manager, who says the Californian cannot d
improved upon. 1t is also probable thG
Williams will once more take care OF secoN
base. with Kid Elberfeid a fixture at 'hor
i acid Griffith thinks Iaportc. the Bnnal
!, slu9per, will make a good man for thlrd oa.'
| Ianorts Is a secord baseman by right' bnt u
10 not cons nsidered in Willamss class n,
nelder. His heavy batting however make