The sun., 1910-12-03
r. X. Sturgis Says All Legal
Expenditures We're
Made by Him.
1851, 1000 IN THREE YEARS
Speaker WadsWorth Recon-
mended Attorney Edward P.
coyne as Belmonts Agent

corlnlt'"" ~ tn" Ald~rmen's Chamber
OF IN. CIV Han Yesterday Frank x.
Sturgis. banls-r Of 3G Broad street who il
secretary and trra,nr"r of the Jockey
Club and has been ~tnC" It was formed
IN 1894 "A t-Is,s. OF IN" Wa>tchester Rae
ing Association Belmont Park, and a
trustee OF the Turf and F,..ld Club placed
Yesterday the responsibility of diSbursing
| various sums amounting To- more than
s300.OO upon August Belmont. Mr.
Sturgis gave this testimony with a certain
air OF what looked like satisfaction. and
whenever he mentioned august Belmont
.s the one responsible for these disburse-
nent- he pronounced the name with n
crisp precision.
Mr. sturgis. horid Of compile WON. with
carefully trimmed iron gray hair and
mustach. III fresh and fashionable
one hour and seemed almost IA well pre-
pared for his part OF the examination an
was Counsel kresel for his part in il al
questioner.
Among the revelations made by Mr..
Sturgis after he had identified payments
OF $40. .cSO made by Mr.. Belmont to Edward
4 p. Coyne IN 1897. made up OF two payments
only two months apart. was that Mr..
Coyne had been recommended 70 Mr..
Belmont and the racing associations AZ
an attorney by James W. wadsworth.
The elder wadsworth?" member OF
the committee gasped.
NO. the junior " wadsworth.- responded
Mr.. Sturgis. the Speaker OF the As
sembly-
II later developed that the legal services
MIR Coyne performed for his ssO.O0o fee
had to do with the defeat Of bill in the
Legislature IN 1907 known as the Cassidy
bill. which =. it had passed would have
| increased the States assessments on the
| racing associations GROSS receipts from
| ) per cent to 10 per cent Mr. Coyns
was also active legally in the campaign
in the following year against the Agnew-
| Hart bills. generally called the anti-race-
track bills
Only ono. Mr. Sturgis hesitated in max
| ing reply to question. MIR kTase had
! ask ed about an entry Of 81. .Jno on No
vernber = 1905. to one Of the three legal
! expense accounts in the Jockey Club
| ledger The witness look ed az the entry
for "A moment puzzled and then look ed up
and said.
! is Mr. Daiugerii.Id here?-
Mr. Daingerfield ~ Mr.. StIrgis's assist
ant secretary in rhs Jock ey Club. Mr..
Kressl promptly SAID:
J I'm call Mr DIingerdeld presently
| Tn. last witness OF the day was John
-. Evans. treasurer of the Metropolitan
| Turf Association He was TelucianE
witness Mr. kr..s-l ask ed him If II was
his custom during the racing season daily
to attend the tracks aS layer
BookMAkERs KEPT QUIET
Layer and player. responded the wit
ness laconicaliv
And what tiIi your association do r"Fd-
! ing the passage Of the Agnew-Hart hill?'
! Mr. Kressl ask ed the layer and player
! a little LATER
kept d,i-t r.sporded the witness.
Tn. morning session was devoted TO
insurance affairs After recess MIR. Stur-
| gis was called. He said that although
secretary of th. Jockey Club he had no
part in keeping tn" books They were
kept by firm of expert accountants
| under the supervision Of Mr. Daingerfield.
The club had no executive committee.
hut was covered by the board of stew
ards
Then Mr. Rrssel pumped into the mat
ter OF legal expenses.
o what has been tho system among the
rae nR associations and N" Jockey club
with regard 10 the payment Of she less!
exuer<ss, 4 II nus varied according 10
the matter under co n-ideration
O. In wha. way has IL varedp A. Some
time. each OF the associations pays lis own
sxp.naes sometimes the joint expenses
have been paid through the officers Of tho
Jockey Club.
THREE LESAL EXPENSE ACCOUNTS.
When tho legal expenses were matter
Of joint disbursement tho Jockey Clib
acted as agent for the racing associations.
That was where tho club and the asso-
Citations had common interests TO Drotsct.
Usually in such cases the club paid the
legal expenses and then collected their
various assessments from the racing as
sociations. Mr.. Kresel found on the
led ger OF the Jockey Club three legal OK
pense accounts known as legal expense
account No. I. No. and No. 3. The first
account recorded transactions wherein
the associations were not contrioutorS.
The second account was whers tho club
acted 40 q disbursing agent for the asso-
Citations and the club itself was not d con-
tributor, and the third was whore tho club
and associatious all contributed.
O. Legal expense account No. 1, end.
in 1909 shows an expenditure OF s9e. $40 .sD9
A. Yes.
o. In 1907 the expenses In this account
were s. isO ~? A. Yes.
y. And IN 1903 sS.TI4 2Op A. Yes.
In 1903 this Jockey Club acted a. agsnt
for tho racing associations In paying legal
expenses.
q. Can you tell me how much ths Jockey
arn..k. .,alh mug A.. Lanai nanaMa ln NlQa.