The San Francisco call., 1909-11-28
Utah Jockey
Clubs Meet
Hotly Scored
HargraVe Publishes Expose of
Alleged Crooked Work of
the Racing Officials
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

Especial Dispatch 10 The Call
OGDEN. Utah. Nov. 27.-The ogden
Examiner will publish tomorrow an
race meet at the Salt Lake track. The
article is written by H A. Hargrove,
the leading turf expert of the north
west The writer declares that there
was some of the weirdest racing ever
known in this country; that turfmen
wer eunable to secure justice from the
officials of the Utah jockey club, owing
to the fact that complaints were met by
the prompt ruling off of the horsemen
who made them, and that a majority of
the turfmen who raced their horses
there will file petition with the Pa
cific Coast jockey club against w. w.
Finn, J. w Rice, Judge p. p. Pomeroy
and others said to have been in combi-
natio nto get the money" at all costs,
J. B. Dunn, the article says, openly
accused Judge Pomeroy of standing in
with Finn, Rice and the clique. He
was ruled off. w. p. Maxwell, for
years a leading figure wherever they
race horses, defied Pomeroy to rule him
off for speaking his mind and was or
dered from the track with his stable.
c. p. Dye met a similar fate.
James Handy, known from coast to
coast was ruled off for telling the
newspapers what was going on at the
track although the sports writers of
Salt Lake denied that he had spoken
IN derogation of racing. T. Rooney
another newspaperman, was assaulted
by w. w. Finn for the same cause.
c. p. Dye. c. c. West, c. s. Williams,
p. +. Smith and others were ruled off
similarly.
On the other hand, says Hargrave,
Jockey Manders, who admits that w.
w. Finn ordered him to pull horses,
was suspended for short time only
and never kept from the grounds. The
writer cites the case of Jockey Nelson,
who pulled" Strikeout so boldly that
the papers the next morning stated
that the hourse had won by a shoul-
der" the only case in turf annals.
Things became unbearable, the ar
ticle continues, with the arrival of the
Pasadena stable and Singleton. Stimuli
taneously and without explanation ].
w. Hayman was deposed as clerk of
the scales and made an associate Judge,
while T. G. Stebins weighed out the
jockeys.
s. A. Clopton's Furnace, Prometheus
and Lord Nelson became wonderful
weight packers of the Roseben order
when backed. w. w. Finns Agree
ment, King of Yolo, Rather Royal and
others showed similar proclivities with
great suddenneSs. DICK Williams,
Financier, Ethon, Catroke and Miles
were others. Horsemen began to watch
the scales.
Hargrave declares that the crisis
came October IS, when c. Norton
owner of John Louis, with III pounds
up. saw the usual ring indications and,
having bet heavily, determined to act.
AS the betting presaged, Finn's Agree
ment simply walked away from John
Louis. a logical to shot, down the
stretch Clerk of the Scales Stebbins
passed singleton, but Morton went into
the stand and raised so much protest
that Pomeroy was forced to call back
the jockeys for reweighing.
Lou Phelan, a well known Butte layer
and turfman, declares that Singletons
valet slipped him a weight as he re-
surned. The official chart, however.
shows that Agreement was 5 pounds
short Of weight, despite that. and ac-
eordfng to the rules, Pomeroy was
forced to disqualify the horse.
Jockey Manders was convicted OF
pulling Wooden and Surety and ruled
off for a time Manders admitted later
that Finn had ordered this work
p. e. Smith accused Pomeroy of
standing in with Finn Smith was
ruled off shortly.
.sTobe" Ramsey, one of the best
known horsemen in the west. states
that j. w. Rice repeatedly took his
horses out of events where they had a
chance in order to make way for one
of the combination horses
James Coffey, trainer of Morello for
his futurity victory, declares that Sim
gleton openly carried a battery