New-York tribune., 1910-12-01
RACING PROBE CONTINUES
Graft Hunters Unmoved by Eu-
gust BeImont's Scorn.
THE LEGAL EXPENSE" FUND
Committee Still Hopes to Get
Something Defnite--Delves
Into Milk and Insurance.

Something Dehn1Gs--DeIves
Into Milk and Insurance.
Despite the scorn with which August
Belmont recited his disbelief in the
"Delmonico dinner" to the legislative
Investigating committee on Tuesday.
that body proceeded again yesterday
along the lines OF its previous en-
deavor to get something definite about
the amount Of money spent by the rae
ing interests in their fight against the
Agnew- Hart anti-racetraCk gambling
laws.
Victor A. Schaumburg. the secretary Of
the Coney Island Jockey Club. was re-
called TO the stand He presented the
vouchers of payments to Judge E. B.
Coyne c. J. Fitzgerald, F. K. Sturgis,
F X. Johnston and Algernon Danger
field made by his club in 1903. Each
OF these vouchers recited that the pay
rlents were for legal services, and no
details were unearthed which would show
the particular nature Of the services.
Judge Coyne got $500 in January,
Fitzgerald S2o16 in February, Sturgis
So, 10 in November, Daingerfield SloI IL
October and Johnston 5000 in Sep
ten1ber.
F. K Sturgis was the secretary-treas-
urer of the Jockey Club. the ruling or
ganization of the sport of racing. Daln-
| gerfield was at that time an assistant
secretary of the same organization, and
the voucher for the S157 received by him
had on 1t the words, For your proper
ton of legal expenses and disbursements
or account R. c. Cummings, attorney
Mr.. Schaumburg was completely in the
dark as TO the disposition of the money
he paid and referred Judge Bruce. the
counsel to the committee. to Mr. StuTg1s,
who. he said, would be able to answer
as to the disbursement Of the fund
raised Schaumburg admitted that eacn
of the above amounts was only one part
Of a fund contributed to by all or most
of the racing associations in the state, of
which there were at that time eight
Fund Estimated at S250,oO0.
Taking Schaumburgs testimony, to-
sether with that of ex-senator William
H. REYNOLDS on Tuesday, Isidor hresel,
assistant counsel to the committee, esti-
mated that the legal expense fund OF
the racing interests contributed to
solely by the racing associations would
amount to something around S2300sl
| This estimate does not include any sum
subscribed and handled exclusively by
the Metropolitan Turf Association, the
| organiza ton of booknaakers whose in
terest in the defeat of the Agnew-Hart
laws was even more personal and direct
than that of the racing associations.
Judge Bruce said at the close of the
DAYS proceedings that F. x. Sturgis
would take the witness chair at to-days s
session, and it was hoped that from him
| the. committee would learn the details
of the disbursement Of the huge legal
expense fund of the racing interests
The books of the Jockey Club, together
with the accounting of the special funds
raised by the racing associations apart
from the regular accounts Of the Jockey
Club. will form the basis for the exam
ination of Mr. Sturgis, it is understood.
Mr.. Belmont, on the stand on Tues
day. testified that the books Of the
Jockey Club and their disbursements of
whatever nature We're matters Of which
the state records in the Controllers
office contained sufficient reference to
satisfy the committee. The inquiry into
the alleged half million dollar lobby fund
will be followed along these lines.
It came out Incidentally during the ex-
animation OF Schaunberg yesterday that
! Schuyler Parsons is also in Europe. He
was another Of the men mentioned in
Robert H Elders testimony as having
been present at the meeting in Delmon-
| icos which Mr.. Belmont referred TO as
| the mythical dinner Charles H
t Hyde, the present City Chamberlain,
was another of those mentioned as
among the men present at the mythical
| dinner and it was intinated yesterday
| that he would be the last witness called
| in the racing investigation.
| Witness Chair Open to Grady.
| Senator Thomas F. Grady. who figured
| in the previous testimony as the receiver
| of $1,000 of the lobby fund Of the racing
| interests will not be called as a wit
ness, though Judge Bruce repeated again
{
yesterday that the witness chair was
open and Senator Grady might come if
/ he wanted 70.
| Gustav c. Wetterhahn, secretary of the
! Milk Dealers Protective Association
who was on the stand on Tuesday. was
| recalled yesterday to tell what he knew
| of three other milk dealers associations
and it appeared that he was secretary
and custodian of the funds for three
others. namely. the Brooklyn, the Har-
| lem and the West Side Milk Dealers as
| sociations. Their funds We're for the
purpose of opposing legislation that
would injure them, he admitted, or for
! furthering such as would be good for
! them. Though he had total of about
/ $1,000 on hand as custodian for the four
! organizations with which he is con-
| oapred he said he he