Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20

subterfuge intended to cover up the
temporary transfer of the horse from
McCafferty to Durnell for the purposes
stated by McCafferty to Durnell:
namely, to enable him to get a better
price in the betting ring at Ascot and
to get the benefit of the five-pound
allowance in the services of Durnell's
apprentice jockey.
Therefore, it is adjudged that the
protest of c. T. Boots is sustained and
that Toupee is disqualified in the four
races which he ran at Ascot Park and
mat the money which Toupee won in
the four races be properly divided
among the horses which finished in the
races behind him.
IL Is further ordered that the claim
OF the horse Cutter which C. e. Dur
nell made out of the race on Decem-
Der q be annulled by reason of the
TACT that Durnell, not owning Toupee,
had no right to claim a horse in the
race and that the purse which Cutter
won IN the race on December 49, when
running in Durnelrs name, be for
ielted and the purse properly divided
between the second, third and fourth
norses in the race. 1t is further or
defed That c. r. Durnell and C. c.
McCaiferty be fined the sum of $1,000
each for practices in violation of the
rules of racing and derogatory to the
Desl interests of the turf.
(SigneD A. w. HAMILTON,
ED w. COLE,
p. p. POMEROY.
An incident occurred in the fifth race
yesterday which explains the animus of
the rottenness of Ascot in that the
Trivial Jealousies and hatreds which
exist among horSemen are operating q
nd
fore the public.
me unpleasantries INDUCED by
johnny McCafferty and Boots" Dur
neli amused the public for a time when
tney We're bidding up each others
horses and claiming back and forth.
when The Huguenot won the fifth
race yesterday Durnell is said to have
approached the throne of grace in the
pasoua ana announced that he had bid
up me Huguenot and purchased the
ancient racer and that his sole pur-
pose in doing so was to prove to the
judges that McCafferty was doping"
doped. "a'
1t is also related that Durnell became
so enthusiastic at achieving undving
glory at the expense of his late bene-
FACTOR that he proposed to shoot The
Huguenot and have his digestive organs
iHiAOt Al an tllOIL at proving tina [
the horse was "doped."
veterinary surgeons were ordered to
examine The Huguenot and Durnell
led the horse to his barns for the ex-
animation. About the time that dusk
settled over Ascot. the examination be-
gan and 1t is currently reported that
the surgeons found evidences" that
The Huguenot was "doped." Confirm
alton of this report could not be OBJ
tained last night.
III The Huguenot was "doped" by
McCafferty, he should be ruled off for
life. If he was not "doped" by Nc
Cafferty, the accusation falls flat and
the rebound is at the expense of Dur
nell. Neither profits by the Incident
and the game. suffers from implica-
tion because the news feature of the
grandstand play became public prop
erty.
TO dope" horses is violation of
jockey club rules and the offender is
made to suffer accordingly. Regardless
of the probability that either has a
subsidized" sheet, the charges are
public property and the results Of an
investigation should become the in
heritance Of the public which supports
the game.