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which appears TO have been repaid to
asked the lawyer,
Il sm not familiar with all these"
Puts II Up to Belmont.
e. simply call your attention to that"
remarkcd Kresel. TO show you that
the amount was spent In addition to
The 10000 you mentioned. Your books
show that In 1875 the Jockey Club did
not act as dispensing agent for the
various associations. why was that7"
MT. Belmont" said the witness,
asked the racing assooistions to
contribute 10 q special una to be
used under advice Of ounss for
future legal expenses"
q. When was the first payment made
to hat fund.- A.. Abou November. 1905.
That money was put In a separate ac-
count of which | am custodian.
y. II does not appear that In 1905 the
Jockey Club paid out anything for the
racing associations prior TO November,
los, though It did act for them In 1906
and 1891. Would that Indicate that you
rad no legal expenses In 1902 A. None
that we were mutually Interested in.
y. Were not the Jockey Clu and the
racing associations mutually Interested
In the defeat Of the Agnew-Hart blll7
A. Correct.
Q. Then. why did not the Jockey Club
nay the legal expenses ineurred7 a.
There were no legal expenses occurred
70 my knowledge.
Q This fund OF ~. ooo-what was that
eDr W. had a aNAat A.af Of uslua.
lion with regard TO all tracks. and we
had q largo literary bureau. We had
newspaper agents throughout this State
ana many other States sending out
pamphlets and advertising matter.
q. There was nothing exceptional
about this expenditure. was trareY IL
was for proper %purposes7 A. les. sir.
Q. How much Of this fund was ex-
pended1 A. II was s9i. 900.
Q. who expended nf A. Mr.. Au-
gust Belmont.
Q. DO You know what he expended
- forf 4. ! have Mr.. Bslmonts
written statement Of wha h sx-
pended IL for.
Throughout his testimony Mr.. Sturgis
put the entire responsibility for all the
'~f'aHt4NAA0 yihdltlg W W AuEutt btl- |
mont.
II appeared hat IN 1897 the Jockey
Club paid TO L. +. Coyne $50, 100 for OPP
posing the racing bills that year. The
bfli rendered was read.
Il know nothing about that" said Mr..
stursis. because all such matters
were attended to by Mr.. belmont"
. that we can take II that Mr..
Belmont transacted that business with
Mr.. Coyne7" asked the lawyer.
You can" said tho witness.
coyne Gets $4,000 More.
mother bill Of Mr.. Coyne's In the
same year for $50. go. making a total of
s4o,aso for 1907. was produced. Com
menting on that. Mr.. Sturgis said.
Those bills were paid at the direc-
ton OF Mr.. Belmont. He attended to
all such legal matters
Q. Do you know whether Mr.. Coync
acted for the Jockey Club in the at
tempt to beat the racing bills in 1905:
A. ! can't tell you from my owe
knowledge.
.. l find that the Coney Island
Jockey Club In 1908 paid MIR. COME
$500. would that Indicate that Nil.
Coyne acted for all the associations
and that that sum was their pro rata
share7 A. l know nothing about that.
Q. OF you own knowledge you
can not tell US what work Mr.
0oyns did9. A. I do not. I only
know that Mr.. Coyns was recon-
msnded to NJ BY Mr.. wadsworth.
q. You mean the member Of the
state Racing Commipsion7 A. No;
I mean his son.
The son OF the State Racing Commits
sioncr Is the Speaker of the Assembly.
James w Wadsworth Jr.
Mr.. Sturgis declared that n commit
tee authorized all these expenses and
audited the accounts.
And the committee was Mr.. Bel.
mont" he added.
All checks We're paid by Mr.. SturEis,
he said. under the direction OF Mr.. Bel
mont.
What Each Organization Paid.
A%lgcrnon Dangcrhc'd. assistant secre-
;ary OF the Jockey club. was the next
Witness.
Y. pid you make the apportionment
the humble of RACINE days In each asso-
citation.
'. Did a committee have any hand
in apportionlnG these expenses? A. Yes,
a committee OF the racing associations. |
In 1905 that committee was H.. Il.
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