New-York tribune., 1911-12-07
METES OUT PUNISHMENTS
Trotting Board of Review in No
Lenient Temper.

Nemesis in the form Of the National Trot-
ting Association descended on H. y. Tur-
ner, OF Easthampton. Mass. and ". VI. b.
Shelly, Of Russell. Mass, at meeting Of
the board Of review, which continued yes
terday at the Murray HI Hotel. The two
men implicated declared they were inuo-
cent Of wrong and had refunded the un-
/ lawful winnings OF the bay pacing mare.
, Nelly NJ, 2:l6l., but the association refused
/ 10 be lenient. The verdict was that the
! case should be continued against Tinney
and Shelly, which will prevent them keep
ing the engagements they have made for
Nelly NJ. at Montreal and the ice meetings
on that circuit this winter
To make the punishment complete the
: secretary was ordered TO bring a case
against r. L. MacEvoy for knowingly start
/ Ing the mare out Of her class In 1910 Mac
/ Evoy bought Nellie VI. from d. \. Thall
Hartford dealer. for }275. The mare had
/ been laid up for ten years through an ac-
cident in slipping, but she had recovered
and was a bargain. MacEvOy bought the
mare in Turner's name for personal rea-
sons but later Turner made bona fde
purchase and the mare was turned over to
him at the original figure. Shelly was sent
4 "a
/ in the 2:2) class at several points When
! MacEvoy bought the mare her former own
er sent the record and pedigree with her
/ but these Turner asserts he has never seen
and he believed that Nellie had record OF
2I9i., which would make her eligible TO
start in the 200 classes.
One woman came under the ban as the
innocent victim in a ringing case. This
!
/ owns the PAGER Gus r.. 2:l0 alias Brownie
! B. lie was raced out Of his class ia Vlr-
( ginia and West Virginia. Mrs. Bonner and
/ the horse were expelled, also all confoder-
ates. viz: William Bono Robert Perry. &.
/ f. Jackson and well known local trainer
who bears the sobriquet OF Rocker"
/ IN the case against ". J. Ashton. V. II.
/ Frost. w Brown and the black gclding The
/ Arrow formerly Idley Custmsn, 2c9. the
/ court ordered that all hands be suspended
until the unlawfu! winnings were returned
or distributed 70 the rightful owners 4
7 Zee of so was demanded 10 lcgalze the
change OF name a dealer who sold The
! ARROW as a green horse Is To be iuvesti-
/ gated and a Gaze brought against him.
| 4 dozen horses for which identification
was asked received a proper recognition.
/ Harvard Whitby ana the gray geding
/ Chauncey y. were suspended for racing
/ out of class until the wrongfully acquired
money is returned.
/ The Jack London case was pronounced
CLOSED. as all the Illegal winnings OF Pro-
/ fessor Sphinx had been paid in. and as
soon as ne returns to Hartford a certificate
Will he sent 20 Senator Barnum
! one Of the cases 10 come up before the
/ board reflected on the scandal OF 1906 when
/ Lou Dillon .5si5. and Major Delmar raced
+ at Memphis. The case yesterday was In
substance the application of q. ". Spear.
Of Morristown. y. j.. 10 obtain the re-
moval Of his expulsion. imposed after this
great race. Those who have followed the
/ fortunes of the fast ones viii remember
! that efforts were made at that time 10 have
+ Lou Dillon lose the race. Spear was i'm
plicated, but he asserted that he was 70
/ have been the tool. unwtlrgly In the
| course Of time the affair became public
property. Spear was charged and expelled
! from the turf Spear c~9licauon for the
removal of the expulsion was denied by the
! board to-day.