New-York tribune., 1911-12-08
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HOPPLES AGAIN AN ISSUE
Trotting Board Of Review Con-
tinueS Its Crusade.
MANY DRIVERS IN TROUBLE
Court Deals Sternly with Those
Who Disobey It's Official
Mandates.

The crusade against hopples was con-
/ tinued al the meeting Of the board OF re-
/ view of the National Trotting Association
YESTERDAY The rule as passed IN Febru-
airy. 1910. was that two-year-olds OF that
! year should not wear hopples; that three
year-olds Of this year should not wear
| them. -year-olds next year, and so on
/ The idea was 10 eliminate the hopples with
out inhicting punishment on any owner
who happened to own such horse and
/ who would be at a financial loss if he were
/ barred.
The greatest fair Of the Middle South IS
| held at Hagerstown. Md, and in connec-
+, ton with its races the association an
nounced. "Hopples allowed" The three
year-od colt Arlington AXworthy won the
race in hoppIes and Immediately there was
a protest. This was in October, and the
board Of review ruled yesterday that the
Hagerstown association had no right TO
suspend the operation Of tho rule. Airing
ton Axworthv was ordered suspended until
I his winnings We're distributed 10 the right
ful owners. A similar charge was maze
against W. r. Hutchings. Of Westheld.
y. T.. who started the three-Near-old MY
/ Buena Vista in hopples at the Westheid
meeting The fllv won and il was imme-
distely protested by W. :. Rule, OF Ne
tuchen. n J. The penalty imposed was the
same is in the case Of Arlington AXWorthy'
The rumor that Senator Barnum is 10 sell
Jack London C212 Ia was denied by
C;ocher. the secretary. He said that the
! senator had told hin that he would not sell
Jack London alias Professor sphinx Tor
$4,000 If his name was cleared This
| case came up again Yesterday when a. T.
Richardson who had been fined $50 for
1avin- M in the hrst heat with Professor
sphinx at Canton. Ohio. applied TO have
the fine dismissed His petition was re-
fused. The Professor was To have been
pulled in the first heat 70 help along the
odds. but Dolly : came TO the front ana
had a bona fde victory which was an out
come quite unlocked for
James Farley. Of Plattsburg. y. Y. had
been fined 500 for the alleged laying up
Of Billy Miller at the King Edward Driving
Park meeting. in Montreal Mr.. Farley in
sisted that the horse was sick, and as the
Judges s,bstantiated his statement the fine
was remitted.
In the following cares the persons named
had been fined for non-payment Of entries
and having paid up asked for the return of
their money The applications we're denied.
The plaintiffs were +. Livingstone. Blyth
ont. suspended at 81. Thomas. Canada; H.
W Langs. Yarmouth Centre, ont. suspend
cd by Dufferin Driving Park Toronto, can
ada. with the bay Eelding Robert Margrave;
Edward Evarts Galena. Ohio, with the
chestnut mare Nancy Mack. suspended by the
Franklin County Agricultural Society; T.
Duncanson. Fairvile. Canada suspended
hv the Noucton Association, with the brown
mare Laura Merrill. and r. J. Mcbride and
the bay mare Nellie Ethan, suspended 10y
the S. Thomas Association. Canada.
In the following cases the appeal for rein
statement was granted. and the money paid
under protest was refunded. Fred Jamison.
Errler. Penn. and his brown mare Babe
e.oN4 who was suspended at tho Maryland
State Fair: e r. James Reading. Penn
and Bob stranger. under suspension from
Columbus Ohio. Driving Association; F..
+ Gibbons Readvile Mass, and bis roam
geidiug Billy Bags and black geldlng
/ Frank under suspension from the Ne"
! Hampshire Fair Association; +. Monzo'
/ Paterson. y. j., and the bay mare Easter
Maid under suspension from the North
I Jersey Road Drivers Association, Of Dover
/ y. J.
/ William HyIand and W. 5. Quencer, Of
/ Watertowu. y. Y. were granted tenn
4 porary reinstatement. Their offence was
racing Directwood on the ice in Canada
under the name OF Dick Pointer. Their
/ excuse seemed plausible, and they were
taken back on probation. A fine Of 50
| imposed on 5 Z. Faring for laying up a
/ heat at Petersburg. Va, was RENTED
! Harry Adams Of Youngstown. Ohio, was
fined so for driving at Pulaski while under
/ SUSPENSION. The same penalty was handed
out 10 John Kinney, Of DaDbury, Conn. for
! the same offence, committed al White
| Plains. y. Y
] An application for the reinstatement or
a mare which was proven 20 be a ringer
some wears ago. and expelled, was denied.
/ The mare was raced as the Lady OF the
Lake. while she was really Susie Hal
/ 212l
Fred s. TimberIske made an application
for removal of his expulsion, which was
denied. While under suspension In 1910 ne
took another mans name and went from
Ohio 20 Maine 10 race his horses. This u
the first time on record that the owner has
been the ringer Timberlake got into
trouble however, and was expelled under
hts assumed name. whereupon the man
with legal right 20 the name asserted him
self. and new complications arose. Timber
lake was finally expelled under his OWL
/ name. ,.
! The board adjourned 10 meet again IN
/ MAY. In February the biennial congress
of the National Trotting Association VIII
be held and a board Of directors and Of
6cers elected for 1919