New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-17

! 'iN JpChey CluD loI loui rldlng-he
/ was suspended four times in Advent
on employing him. and would be glad
! now 10 employ him again. Lord Derby
/ was in court as an expert. said Mr..
| Justice Darling. as 10 the code of honor
/ on the Turf. In answer to Mr.. Sievier
/ he asserted his belief that the code Of
/ honor on the Turf is very high. After
which he was favored with a certificate
Of character from Mr.. Sievier whose
| witness he was:
! Lord Derby-"I hope the public
I knows my horses run straight"
Mr.. Sievier-"Everybody knows that.
| There is not a breath about you on or
! off the racecourse."
/ Lord Durham, another expert and
! turf reformer, more often a Steward Of
! the Jockey Club than any other mem
! Der. said:
The Stewards watch the races very
| closely and are experienced men in de-
tecting the malpractices Of the Turf.
| Mr. Justice Darling-"Are they so
common that the Stewards get expert
at it?"
Lord Derby-"No. think the Turf
very much maligned by some people.
but the Stewards have experience Of
racing"
But let us take Mr.. Hulton's evil
dence Mr. Hdlton is an owner Of
racehorses and newspapers and In the
3 g. 10 al
coo. Mr.. Wootton trains for him. lie
sits by Mr.. Wootton in court, supports
him. believes in him. and said he would
employ him as trainer whatever the
result Of this trial. Mr.. Justice OAR
| ling put this question TO Mr.. Hutton:
rs there any sort Of recognition
upon the Turf that the public has any
I rights at ALP
Mr.. Hulton-'I think an owner would
hesitate 10 swindle the public
Mr.. Justice Darling-"If YOU run your
horses. is it recognized that you run
them lust for your own pleasure, fit or
unfit or is it recognized that the public
ought 10 be Informed and have some
rights"
Mr.. Hulton-"Of course not.
4 reply which. says the reporter fell
upon startled cars and occasioned
nurmur Of surprise. am not sure
whether il was before Cr after Mr.
/ Hutton that Lord Lonsdale, member
end Steward of the Jockey Club, gave
/ evidence TO the effect that the ruling
desire Of the Stewards Of the Jockey
Club is to preserve horseracing pur-
suit worthy Of gentlemen Which no
body doubts. How far they succeed Is
=, another question. That there are own
ers Of unimpeachable honor is known
10 everybody. The King races. These
eminent noblemen whom ! have been
! quoting are all owners. Lcrd Rosebery
is an owner and many another equally
beyond suspicion. Yet -ir. Justice
! Darling said:
! 1t strikes me one Of the effects
this case will have, if 1t has no other
will be that none Of the public Will ever
bet again"
4 remark we are AT liberty to con-
slider as profoundly innocent, or as
ironical. or perhaps only ds the express
sion Of a pious hope.
Mr.. Justice Darling IS the eminent
Judge whom Mr. Max Beerbohm lately
caricatured. Beneath the drawing, eX-
hibited with many others at the L<ices-
ter Galleries. ran this legend:
Mr. Justice Darling 70 the Court
Usher. Bring me my cap; and don't
forget the bells
In which there is the element OF e1-
aggeration which is the essence OF
caricature. and bitterness from which
the hest caricaturee is free. Mr.. Justice
Darling is seventy-three years old ana
has been Judge since 1891. At FIRST
his sense Of humor ran away with him.
he was more a Jester than judge
But he had an acute and well-furnishec
mind. industry determination anL SUI
fcient learning in the law, and pres
emily made himself a very competent
Judge. though still overmuch inclined
TO sallies Of Wit which are not strictly
judicial. Not content with his audi
cnce in court and with publicity in the
newspapers which print his drolleries
verbatim. he has given 10 the world
little book entitled "Scintille Juris.'
His drolleries in court If they are
often scintille. are by no means always
scjntillsp juris II is the fash Of wit,
not the illumination Of law or justice.
which makes them popular
Sometimes they even prejudice
case. as when comment was pressed.
unite Justly. on the absence Of Wilkin-
son. Mr.. Wootton's betting commits
eioner. his books and accounts also
absent Well" remarked Mr.. Justice
Darling. Il wish / had been absent. |
sbouId have liked a cruise TO Norway.
Rut the defendants counsel did not
think Mr.. Wikinson's journey to Aus
traIia altogether a holiday. A judge
may perhaps. while actually on the
bench engaged in judicial duties take
all knowledge to be his province. This
particular Judge has now laid down
new law on the length OF stirrup
feathers. and invited the jury to pro-
test against short stirrups-an Ameri-
can innovation. They did so. Jockeys
who have been asked what they thlnK