Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-20
BROOKS SAYS HE
WILL CALL NAMES
THIS CONSTITUTES REPLY TO
ACCUSATIONS
Washing Of Dirty Linen Continues
With Affidavits on one Side
and Threats on the
other
BY Jay Davidson

Falling back on the usual arguments
of threats, insinuations and intimida-
tions, James Woodlawn Brooks, for
merly Of East st. Louis. later of the
California Jockey club during the life
time of Caesar Young. still later Of
Agricultural park when the celebrated
Blissful- Kenilworth race was run and
still later Of Ascot when the Bearcatch
er-Handzarra- -Cruzados race was run,
rests his case with the statement that
certain newspapers have been sub
sidized and l will call names unless
they quit fighting me-
This constitutes his reply to the ac-
cusations of one-thrd of the horsemen
racing at Ascot and representing prac-
tically all the owners of horses that
have won handicaps and stakes dur
ing the present meeting.
The washing of dirty linen continues
with affidavits and emphatic talks on
zone side, and threats and intimidations
in defense. The Brooks case is con-
fined to adjectives descriptive of the
ancestry of his accusers as they appear
in his mind and the game continues 20
suffer under g repression of absolute
facts and the inertia of those who are
charged with protecting and advancing
the sport regardless of petty jealousles
individualities and personalities.
Ascot has been the most prolific
source of sensations and scandals since
it's establishment, and under the man
agement of James Woodlawn Brooks
during the entire time. When reputable
horsemen of wealth, prominence in the
turf and business world and of char
acter as private individuals seek re-
dress for wrongs they believe to have
been sustained facts must be sup
pressed or the sport be made to suffer-
and these men who have acquired rep
utations as true sportsmen and rep
utable citizens in their respective
homes are subjected to the ignominy
of aspersions when they come to Ascot
and dare fly into the face of the august
Brooks and his bullying methods of
management of the greatest and finest
race course on the coast.
1t is said that the board of directors
of the Los Angeles Jockey club have
promised consideration of the charges
which the horsemen have preferred
against Brooks and which charges
were, regardless of the strenuous de-
malls of Brooks and others, filed and
brought to the attention of the gov
erning body many weeks ago, but were
not considered nor acted upon because
OF a desire to avoid the scandal which
has come as the natural result of
publicity
The board of directors is the sole
and arbitrary power of decision in this
affair and should it consider and award
owners, Brooks would be vindicated
and the track would emerge from the
cloud which now enVelops it.
To refuse to consider the charges.
when made by reputable horsemen and
patrons of Ascot, is to give color and
added credence thereto. These charges
constitute the interest of the public in
l. fcs,s.. -
satiate the public curiosity and the ver-
dict will be accepted as final. Other
wise, not.
Brooks may be as innocent of the
charges as a rank outsider, but it is in
justice to the horsemen, all true sports
men and supporters of the racing
game that a full, fair and frank con-
sideration be given them and convic-
tion or vindication must necessarily
follow. All interested, including
Brooks, should demand this investi-
cation.
Charges have also been made against
"Boots" Durnell, one of the most prom
inent horsemen of the country and
known throughout the United States,
England and France, especially all
three.
These charges are of such a serious
nature that the public, which supports
the racing game, has natural interest
in demanding a full, fair and frank in
vestigation.
The public takes no sides in this
affair, but the race-going public pur-
sues the developments with an inter
ested avidity which denotes the interest
that is felt in the welfare of the
sport.
Charges are lightly made, hut when
backed by afiidavits, wherein the ac-
c ~ NJ ic
ing to the truth, Indifference cannot
be the portion justly due.
The Herald has presented the facts
or alleged facts as they have been ac-
quired from all sources, using them as
news items, pure and simple, and eX-
presses no sentiment as to the justi-
fication of the charges nor voices opin-
ion as to the probable outcome of an
investigation.
Ample and full Justice should be the
norton of both sides, regardless of the
effect, and the controversy has ap-
preached to that point where action
and not excuses or threats will suffice.
Official Rulings
Judges Hamilton, Code and Pomeroy
yesterday announced decisions in re-
lation to the protests filed with them
by c. C. McCafferty as regards the
claim upon Durbar and c. r. Boots as
regards the claim upon Cutter and the
racing of Toupee in the name of Dur
nell.
In the matter of protest Of McCafferty
as to the claim of Durbar by w. r.
Williams the judges decided that the
claim was invalid and of no effect and
ordered Durbar returned to the original
owners. Williams. who made the
claim, was fined 500, and F. T. Wood,
who borrowed the money from J. ].
McCafferty to loan TO Williams to pay
the claiming price. and J. J. McCaf-
erty, who made the loan, were fined
$1,000 each. The official verdict is as
follows
"oicial ruling-C. c. McCafferty
protest against w. T. Williams.
1.-The protest of G. c. McCafferty
against W. T. Williams for claiming
the mare Durbar out of the sixth race
on February is sustained. The evil
dence discloses the following facts:
"First-That part of the money for
the claim of Durbar was furnished or
loaned to Fred T. Wood by j. j. Nc
Cafferty who in turn loaned the
money, for the claim Of the mare to
w. T. Williams and wrote out the
claim for him. After Durbar was
awarded to Williams under his claim
she was sold to Fred T. Wood for an
advance of S17O over the claiming
price and subsequently sold by Wood