The New York herald., 1921-12-15

Tor Mr.. Sinclair, had it in his hand at
aozen witnesses, those employed by N
On the colt previous to the sale.
40 Ncquest for Material Refused.
while DR.. Alderman was on the
stand Henry f. Cochrane. counsel for
Slr johnson. took exception to some of
br. Brennan's remarks and asked that
n Juror be Withdrawn and the case called
mistrial. When this was refused Mr..
.Cechrane said something about DR..
Brennan running the court and Justice
Cannon took exception to 1t and made
Mr.. Cochrane withdraw his remark.
Ten Of Mr.. Johnson's employees We're
on the stand. and all Of these except
Daniel Winslow declared they had never
seen Playfellow crib or suck wind Wins
low said he saw him crib on board
IN his stall In 1919. told his foreman
about it, took the board out and never
saw him crib again. He admitted that
he. told Willie Brennan. Hildreth's fore
man, that the colt wore wind suckers
bit last spring.
8 Mr. Hancock, who said he had been q
breeder in Virginia and Kentucky 70.
thirty years and had from rs to 200
l-orses every year, said he never saw q
Wind sucker, but had had many cribbers.
lie. said he had known horse to crib
aa a yearling and never thereafter. He
said he bought Playfellow from August
Belmont. had him on his farm three
months and that during that time he
Eaye no indication Of being a cribbcr.
IIe.said he knew of sires and mares that
were cribbers. He declared Sir Wilfred,
thass sire of Trojan, Fkurity winner,
was cribber.
Mfr. johnson. he said bought Playfel-
low and three other yearlings over the
long distance telephone, without having
examined them.
wouIdn't Pay 100000 for Horse.
Billy Garth, who has been training
horses thirty-five years and has been
breeding them ten years. gave tho crowd
laugh when he said he wouldn't pay
100000 for any horse. He said he saw
Playfellow work at Aqueduct last spring
and that the colt showed no signs Of
distress afterward.
He added that the colt certainly could
run; that he saw him step a mile one
day In :3S and race a mile in :36 AS.
He.said he talked to Fitzsimmons about
buying the horse for j. E. Cosden.
Mr.. Garth said he had cribber which
won eight stright races for him at two
TO buy wind sucker for racing pur-
poses.
pr. McCully. who said he attended
the horses belonging to everybody on
the Eastern turf, including Mr.. Sin
clair and Harry Payne Whitney, was a
witness at the morning session. He said
hc examined Playfellow on June 10 for
insurance and pronounced him sound
Tie, said he examined his eyes, teeth,
on1
fects. He wore no bit at the time. He
said cribber does not transmit his
habits to his progeny.
purirg cross examination DR.. McCully
said DIR. f. Wallace Hoar, author OF a
book on veterinary medicine. did not
know any more about wind sucking and
c-ibbing than he.
Many Cribberx and Wind Suckers.
Roseben. Sam McMeekIn, Dodge and
careful were cribbers and wind suckers,
he said.
Or. McCully said that a confirmed
crihber would be bad purchase.
IN the afternoon DR.. Ackerman,
veterinary of thiry years experiences,
who had been Major during the war,
took the stand. After saying he bought
10000 horses for the United States
Government in 1916 and shipped them
TO France he gave his opinion about
crlbbing. He maintained that when
Horse cribs he discharges gas and does
not take In wind. He also said that a
Young horse that cribs is not necessarily
.cribber. 1t is common for young
horses to bite on wood or other SUBJ
stahce during the period OF dentition
and likened them to babies biting on
ring while teething he said.
Ie gave II as his opinion that a horse
IS not a confirmed cribber II he cribbed
as a yearling, two-year-old or three
.rrsr- old.
.-.> Or cross-examination he got into a
NLIngle with DR.. Brennan after he was
asked II he bought any cribbers or
'~~+nd suckers for the United States Gov
,crnment. When he said he had bought
,niafly cribbers and wind suckers DR..
brennan asked him:
Don't you know there Is g. rule or
law against buying such horses for the
Government?'''
mo I don't and neither do you"
This caused Dr., Brennan to say he
was committing perjury unless he could
prove he didn't know of such a rule
,or Jaw and DR.. Ackerman changed his
answer to read II think you don't
know"
Loud talk followed in which tee wit
ness and counsel for both sides par
ticipated and then followed Mr..
cochranes remark about who's run
Ming the court which caused Justice
Cannon to demand a retraction and
stop the wrangle.
Habits and Not Diseases.
Dr. Alderman declared that wind
sucking and cribbing were habits and
not diseases.
William baltimore. a blacksmith en-
ployed by Fitzsimmons. was the first
witness> He said he spent nearly an
hour In Playfellows stall on many
occasions and never saw the colt crib
bing or doing anything that would in
dicate he was a cribbcr
George Tappan, who is assistant
trainer for Mr.. johnson and who has
:. been associated with Jim Fitzslmmons
In racing for twenty-three years, said
he examined Playfellow almost every
day and never saw him crib or suck
wind.
Then Mr.. Cochrane held up the wind
suckers bit and asked him II he had
ever seen It before. He said he had
+. trat Flfzsimmons had instructed him to
use II on PIayfelow a few weeks be-
fore the colt was sold last spring as
n precautionary measure. Two days