The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-09
SCOTCH VERDICT"
BY TROTTING BOARD
Charges Are Dismissed. but
Men Accused Are Warned
to BE More Careful.
SESSION IS BUSY ONE

Minor offences against tho rules ana
Identification of horses which had their
racing history clouded in mystery oc-
cupied the greater part Of the day at
the session of the board OF review OF the
National Trotting Association yester-
day. The case that puzzled the MEM
bcrs most was one OF suppression and
misrepresentation Of time and after
hearing evidence for several hours The
board could GO no further than the old
Scotch verdict" OF Not guilty, hut
don't do Il again"
Howard NJ. Eldridgc OF York. Pa,
made the complaint In this case against
the Hanover Agricultural Society OF
Hanover, Pa, and the horses that com
petcd In a race at Hanover last sea-
son. lie asserted that the times made
we're misrepresented from one To three
seconds. Mr.. Eldridge gave many de-
tails Of the racing III the day In qucs-
ton. but was unable to produce any
corroborative testimony. The members
OF the board evidently took the cha rges
seriously FOR the reason that the future
of horses largely depends on whether
or not they have been correctly timed
in their races. The carefully worded
verdict was:
Proof hat time was suppressed and
misrepresented is inconclusive. The
weight of evidence IL against convic-
ton. The cases are therefore did.
missed. But 1t appears that tho prac-
tice has prevailed Of misrepresentinE
and suppressing time to the extent OF
fractions of a second or more and We
deem it proper to warn timers. judges
and benefclaries that thcy have no
more right to give a fraction OF a Sec
ond difference han they have to give
~ ra,.iu, 1, fpll gagnnt nr IA fntptifA
and that parties guilty OF violating tho
rule or knowingly accepting the bens
fits must expect to be held to a strio
accountability"
There was an echo of the first dave
proceedings when "A young driver whose
name vas not announced was charged
with racing the mare edna l.. in Maine
under the name of Ruth NJ. dna L.
Is "A mare OF names. for on Tues
day two men were expelled for racing
her under the name Of Lady Sinclair.
One of these was w. T.. Russell. and II
appeared that Russell had later handed
the mare over to the young trainer
told him the name OF the mare was Ruth
VI. She trottcd so fast hat suspicion
was aroused and the mare quickly idcn-
titled. The trainer who raced the mare
told a straight story ana was excused
and the other parties to the ringing had
already been expelled
Milo Powers OF Goshen, Ind. was nc.
cused of racing the mare Ruth Granite.
2:1Sa. at Leedsburg. lilo. under the
name OF Ruth Corporal. When lowers
was asked to tell he particulars about
his entry he olaimei that ler sire was
The Corporal. The officials exploded
that story by showing that Ruth Cor.
poral would he older than her alleged
sire. Powers and the mare both were
expelled.
nh, .l-., .y,.. ~
ciate was shown III the cases OF VI. Rer-
nler. Nicioriaville. Quebec. and Alfred
CrpNicr. Montreal. against the Ballv-
field Exposition company Of Ballyheld,
Canada. The Judges of the IA trot on
August 1? and 20 stopped the race al the
end OF sIN heats run off on the first day.
NJ that time Cr.sp!n. owned 10y Cravier.
and Comet had each won two heats.
while Berni.r's Monarchial Lady. though
stIll in the race. had not won n heat
The next day the Judges ruled on.
Crisp!n u Nonarchial Lady on the
ground that they had not Won n heat
in the first three trotted. This de-
cision was reversed by the board and
the money was ordered paid 10 the
owners In tn. order their horses stood
Al the end OF the sixth heat-frst TO
Crispin, second to Coiue aud third TO
Mouarchltl Lady.
Their, were some curious cases OF
identification in which horses were
traced after iViuG many years in oh
security. The gray g''diug Billy Dispute
was raced la Massachusetts when twelve
wears old ana mis- status hoiuS questioned
It WAS found that he had uc,n bought
in Indiana after being driven to .
bakers WACO Tor y years.
The black mare Gugdiania was ldenti-
fed as being bred ~ Ben Fasic She
was lost sight of when she went to