Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-05
OLD MARE TROTS
FOR A WEANLING

NEW YORK. December 5-The board
of review of the National Trotting Asso-
citation wound up a three-day session at
the Murray Hill Hotel yesterday. one Of
the special features of the closing DELHI
erations being a case in which F. j.
Richardson Of Coldwater, Mich. drove a
bay mare called Axto, formerly Brown
AK. eight or nine years old. in a race last
summer and then heralded it extensively
as the performance OF weanling. which
got a record of 2.54. At the track where
Axto or Brown AK performed was a young
colt. which everybody thought was the
progeny of the mare, and no one seemed
to become suspicious at the time of the
meeting but that the young trotter went
the mile as alleged. Conclusive evidence
was furnished to the board of review,
however. that it was the old mare and not
a weanling that trotted in 2.54, and Secre-
tary Gocher was instructed to bring a
case against Richardson for attempting
a fraud to the prejudice Of the turf.
The only genuine ringing case which
the board had to deal with was quickly
decided w. B. Powell of Girard, Pa,
who applied to be reinstated, had been
debarred for trotting the horse John Ken
nedy under the name Of King Wilkes.
The application was denied.
DR.. Rowell of Buffalo. N. Y. entered a
protest against the Niagara County Agri-
cultural Society at Lockport, n. Y, for
the distancing of his horse in a race.
Rowe1 declared that his horse threw a
shoe and that was the cause of his dis
lance. He said it was an unavoidable ac-
cident and asked to start again. She
won the next heat. but it was discovered
that she had not lost a shoe, as alleged.
The board stood by the judges decision.
The protest of Lewis NJ. Seaver of Will
Jamestown, VT, against the Pine Tree
stable Of Lewiston. Me-. declaring that it
started two horses from the same stable
and in the same race. was not allowed.
1t was proved that the horses were sep
arated and eligible to compete.
For allowing suspended drivers to par
ticipate at the meeting of the Stevens
County Producers Association, the pres
ident, vice president. secretary and treas
urer were fined the lump sum of $3.50.
In the 2.24 pace at Waterville. Me-, last
Summer Rather G. ran away. The judges
decided it was unavoidable and allowed
the horse to start again. From this de-
cision Frank r. Heyden. whose horse was
placed one peg lower than Rather G., ap-
pealed but the judges were sustained
The board also agreed that the judges de-
cision was correct when they placed the
horse Mallett Wilkes ahead of John
Drew's entry from Allegheny, Pa.
The following applications for the re-
lease from fines were denied: A. H.
Bregg. Fairfield, Me-; William J. McMul-
lin, Fall River. Mass. and Grant Steffin
Albion, Ohio. For driving in races while
under suspension Sydney Kenney of Phil
adelphia was fined 500 for appearing sew
eral times. while w. E. Williams of Dan
bury, Conn.,, and Fred Isatel of New Bed
ford. Mass. got off with $50 each. as they
drove in only one race.
There were only three reinstatements,
namely. S. Theodore Shaeffer and c. w.
McOwens of Lancaster Ohio, and ]. w.
Carnes of Coverall. Ohio These men
were expelled in 1905 for suppressing time