The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-05
NUCKOLS HAS EVIDENCE
TO BOLSTER UP HIS CASE
Much Expelled and Renstated Trotting Driver Intro
duces Affidavit to Prove Record Was Made
Day After Race.

has testified that he was not in favor
OF Furnishing Nuckols. George Counter,
another Cleveland horseman. had given
IL kind of blanket authority to Strader
and said that he would stand by what
he did. After ire crowd refused to al
low the racing to 60 on 1t was Counter
that agreed with Strader that Nuckols
be reinstated and allowed TO drive the
horse In the deciding heat In the teeti-
mony submitted by Ian Scott, "A Cleve-
land newspaper man, saying that at a
trotting meeting six weeks before the
Rockport affair Strader had used harsh
language against Suckols, had imputed
all kinds Of wrongdoing and had said.
II have been looking for him a long
time and I'll get him"
The strongest argument on behalf OF
Nuckois was that the other Judges had
not concurred In the verdict expelllng
Nuckols and that therefore II was not
In force. The new evidence submitted
wae An affidavit by Guy Rockwell. clerk
Of the course OF the Rockport meeting.
that the entry Of the proceedings relat-
ing TO Nuckols was not made in the rec
ord until the following day and that then
Il was dictated by Strader when the
other judges were not present. This
was admitted by Strader. The Cleve-
land lawyer also contended that Nuckols
had a right 10 lay up heat II It would
improve his chances OF winning the race
and that this was proved so by the fact
that Nuckols actually won the event
The board reserved decision on the case
until to-day.
The Suckos case took up 80 much
time tina, only Ave cases were tried out
: Of docket OF forty eight. J. T. Der
ham OF East Douglas. Mass, appealed
for a remission OF the expulsion imposed
by the board year ago. He proved
that he was the victim Of a false friend
and was reinstated. Derham drove a
horse named Joe A. at Stourbridge In
| 1911 and Il was shown that the real
name OF the horse was Com. with record
| Of 2:l3L. Derham proved that he
knew nothing OF the horses history and
| drove in the race only az an act o!
friendship for the owner
Joseph kleckner OF Philadelphia wa
ordered 10 return the winnings OF Aileer
Bacon and Norman Baron at Lebanon
/ last August These were Two horses
bought by Kleckner in a lot OF ten from
A. r.. Coke OF Paoli. Pa No wrons
intent was charged, but IL happened
| that the sale violated a rule OF the
! n. T. A.. which says that no horse may
be sold after ! p. NJ. on the night pre-.
ceding race In which II is entered
| When the sale was made Aileen Bacor
| ana NORMAN baron were warming W
for the race. in which they took firs
and third places respectively. Mr.. Cox,
cheerfully contributed fine OF s25 foi
his unconscious violation OF the ruiz
and the matter will be closed wher
kleckner returns the sos won by I'll,
two horses. Incidentally the none,
will benefit Mr.. Coke. az his horse fin
shed fourth IN the race.
There was an echo OF an old scanda
when Albert f. Richardson applied 70
reinstatement. He was concerned II
the noted case of the ringing OF Prof
sphinx under tho name of Jack Londoi
In 1911. The application was denied
The meeting OF the board will con
t'nue tomorrow and perhaps for sew
eral days. Those present were +. I
Johnson. Lexington, president; W. II
Gocher, Hartford. secretary John c
Welty, Canton. Ohio. third vice-pr
dent F.. Sandles, Ottawa; II. c. Estell
Lexington, and J. ". Johnson. Boston