Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-02-28
DIRECTORS TO
PROBE SCANDAL
CONSIDER COMPLAINT AGAINST
MANAGER BROOKS
Charges Brought by Horsemen to Be
Submitted to Board at Meeting
This Morning and Testimony
10 Be offered
BY Jay Davidson

The attraction at Ascot this forenoon
will be the session Of the board OF d.
rectors sitting as judiciary of the Los
Angeles Jockey club to hear the COM
plants against Manager Brooks an
listen TO whatever testimony may po
offered I'm support of the charges
The AFTERNOON attraction is the usual
six races. but an improved cardos Oh,
fered and better racing Will prevail
today than Yesterday and Monday. The
nulJlic is barred from the morning ar
fair. hut is cordially invited to the
afternoon session at 81 per. 49,.
The directors will take up NV, w
charges made by the horsemen thal
Manager Brooks is7guilty F9f miscon-
duct. Sconsider the scharges and hear
fesfinnonv offered BY the cpmplalnants
and the defense, AFTERWARDS the u
recfors will sit as q jury and deciae
the case and thus will come an end W
one of the Sensations" furnished pS
the present meeting
The public is not fully informed as
TO the charges against Brooks and mas
but slight basis for an opinion as YET,
The CHARGES will consist of allegations
that Brooks has favored certain own
ers as against others in assigning
weights to horses entered In hanul-
caps and stakes; that he has or mad an
INTEREST or COIlllttllOll WIN ~ e''''
stables that raced at Ascot this sea-
son: that he issued orders to change
the condition of the track from light
ming fast going to heavy going on the
night before the Bearcatcher-Hand-
zarra- Cruzados race that Bearcatcher
might be extraordinarily favored ana
win.
Brooks vigorously denies every allie
cation in the charges as printed in The
Herald last week and asserts that in
the, event he is acquitted of the
charges he will proceed to secure an
order ruling off all those who were in
strumental in bringing him upon the
carpet.
Inasmuch as the horsemen making
the charges are among the most prom
inent on the American turf and are re-
sponsible. financially and otherwise,
the case assumes more important as
pect than would otherwise obtain.
Liable to Penalties
Should they fail to substantiate the
charges they are not only liable TO
penalties by the governing turf body,
but are also liable in other ways and
the. affair gives every promise of being
bitterly contested by both sides.
On the contrary, if the charges are
proven, Brooks is liable to penalties by
the board of the jockey club, which
may mean that proof of the charges
will necessitate a change in the man
agerial offices of the club.
Forecasting the probabilities of the
hearing is an impossibility. 1t is as
summed that the board of directors will
act in accordance with the facts pre-
scented, and as these facts are not
public property the public is in no posi-
ton to form an opinion in the affair.
Brooks asserts that the charges are
liz hot ..f
toqbe true he expects to not only be
ousted from the office of manager of
the racing game but to be ruled off the
turf He also says that if the charges
are not proven he will proceed against
his accusers and attempt to have them
ruled off.
Mt has been enormously stated that
the charges preferred against J. j. Nc
3Cafferty by Boots" Durnell to the
effect that the former had "doped" The
1Huguenot will also be considered by
sthe board. The board has no jurisdic-
ftion over this case nor over the case
wherein charges may have been made
sagainst Durnell, as Judges Hamilton,
Cole and Pomeroy alone are given
authority to pass Judgment upon the
Smerits of either case.
1t is probable that the judges will
sarrive at a decision in the doping
4evidence has been submitted and they
iwilI be prepared to consider it as soon
as the Brooks case is out of the way.
Track Records Immune
Only an ordinary card furnished the
amusement for racegoers yesterday
and it is safe to assert that a no time
during the afternoon were any track
records in danger.
Six races completed the program and
fair fields were the rule, but had there
been real race horse i'll each of the
-events the fields which raced yesterday
would have appeared very cheap.
Waterwagon won the first race being
the first time this one has been in
front at the finish since the season
Opened So ordinary was the field, how
sever that Waterwagon was always sec
iond choice. Almonte, the favorite, was
outgamed and outrun by the winner
had finished second aftere Leading into
the stretch. Precious, AS good as 60 tc
/, was third.
y Sweet Kitty, one of the best 2-year-
old fillies OH the coast this season, won
the only purse race on the card, easily
beating Commida and Joan of Arc
Sweet Kitty was always faVorite.
Bonnie Reg, which has been good
thing on every start since. his arrival
at Ascot, was played down from IS tc
rs and won the third race in easy
fashion. Huachuca, which opened as
favorite and scared to 3s at post time
was second and Miss May Bowdish was
third. Lady Kispar was left at the
post as usual.
Worthwhile, favorite in the Brooks
course journey, managed TO get home
first. beating Needful and Bill Curtis
Bill Curtis set the pace to the back.
stretch, where he was collared by
Needful and Worthwhile. In the run
home Worthwhile passed Needful ant
won by two lengths, Needful beating
Bill Curtis for the place by five lengths
Kumiss was favorite to win the fiftl
event, but maintained her reputation
by getting off last and running a win
ming race, although the task OF gettinl
up was too great and she could finisl
only in fourth position. Had she go
away from the post with the Leaders
she would have won.
Josle's Jewel and Seed Cake Tough
a desperate duel in the drive from tn
stretch turn to the wire, and for tn
sake Of diversion swerved all over TN