New-York tribune., 1907-12-05
EXPELLED FOR RINGING.
RO4RD or REFIEW 4CTo.
Hobbies Cannot BE RemOUed BE,
t7ceen Heats of a Race.

.-u4.arr = Caire. owner Of the trotting mare
Celia. which started in race At the SulIolh
county Fair. at Riverhead. Ions Island last
September. as Miss Grcyllne. Was eNlelIed i'I
ringing" by the board Of review q I5 -Ndlloil0I
.ot4iDs. Association at its second session 54t tle
Murray Hin Hotel yesterday. The horse was
also expelled. The board which took up he
case on Tuesday. heard further evidence yeSter-
dav and took the action after examining a num-
Der of witnesses. who testified that the morse
was sold TO Mrs Caire, then a MISS '5''lIiS''''
under the name OF Celia
Jobn Mcclure who owned Ehe mare; George
T.. Oliver. who made out the bill Of sale, and a
groom who delivered the horse were among
those who testified TO the facts Johh heiioe
was another witness. He said that he had met
Caire on ferryboat. returning from 1he OIaIlse
burg races. and the latter had told him that MISS
,Jolluson intended purchasing Celia Later, ne
testified he again met Caire al Pari&E<ay' ana
There the latter mentioned having bought CeIld
from the young iady" (Airs. Caire) and thal the
mare would be entered Ia slow classes Mcclure
took the stand for the second time. and refer
sted that he had sold the mare 10 the theh MISS
Iulia johnson as Celia for $500 IN the presence
or Caire and others
Nelson Varnev who drove Celia as Miss Grey
line in the races under discussion. WAS suspehueo
sor only one wear as 4. J. keatIng the pre-
siding Judge AT Riverhead, said that he did not
believe Varney was guilty Of anything save
carelessness.
1R!ce Of Springfield. Mass, for d review OF a
decision Of the judges at meeting at Spring
field on Memorial Day Nh Rice contendeo
rnat his PAGER. Amos r.. was purposely inter
sered with and thus prevented from winning the
purse
The board reversed decision of the judges in
e race At Potsdanl. y Y on September Il.
which grew out of unusual incident Banta,
-vhe drove Nancy Hanks in her day. was be-
lind Baron Fuller in the last heat Of the race in
question when the sUlky broke. When the
EulBy went TO pieces Baron Fuller was htched
20 another one. and went on the track. although
the heat was started. The judges permitted
him TO take second money, inasnuch as he had
won the first OF the four heats Of the race. ,.
w Frame of Belleyille, y Y appealed from
the decision ana the board OF review made the
following ruling:
An agreement 70 waive distance does not
suspend the rule requiring every heat in a race
90 be contested by every horse in the race. and
every horse TO be driven to the finish II merely
permits a horse having raced otherwise accord
ing 10 rule to again if he finishes behind
the distance. The judges erred in permitting,
because distance VAS waived or for any other
reason q competitor who left the race 10 change
his defective equipment while the Il Z was on
TO re-enter it He abandoned the - ntest and
was no longer a factor in It when he ceased TO
race Therefore. the owner ot Baron Fuller IS
ordered 10 return the premium 10 the parties
rightly entitled the same"
Another decision OF some interest was handed
Gown in reference 10 the protest OF Fred Isabel
q driver of NeW Bedford Mass, who had an
entry IN the 2:35 pace at Taunton. Mass on
September L., Another horse, Alice Mack
started in the pace wearing hobbies and after
the first heat they were removed Isabel pro
tested the race. The decision was 5hat. hay
ing started in hobbies. horse Is Ineligible to
finish a race without them"
So far as the board Of review is concerned. the
final curtain On she last act in the famous Mem
yhis Gold Cup scandal doomed TO go down TO
an historic place in trotting annals, was rung
down After an invest igation the board de
cided TO drop the case against AIillard Sanders
trainer Of Lou Dillon. which i claimed was
-doped" sufficiently cause her TO lose the
famous race at Memphis on October Il. 1894
against Major Delmar. owned by Elmer L
Snathers.
The board suspended the Scranton Driving
end Field Association until collections wrong
fully made were forwarded. with penalty of
- per cent Of the amount. 10 the National Trot-
ting Association. A similar penalty was ina
posed on the Tri-State Fair Association. of
Pittsburg and its officers The Wetzel County
Fair Association. Of New Martinsville W. Va.
end its officers were suspended until the win
nings Of Freddie 2, are paid to the National
Association
W W. Bowser. Of White River Junction. Vt:
r 2. AIcGarvey. OF Harrodsburg, Ky: r F. Sat
.erwaithe OF Bordentown, y J. and W. B
Rogers. of Olean. y. Y. were fined $50 each for
driving upon members grounds while under sus-
penSiOn