Evening star., 1946-08-01
$4,000 Coup Barred ;
Son Of War Admiral
Is Named in Inquiry
BY the Associated Pres.

NEW YORK, Aug. IAN eight
State investigation by the Thor
oughbred Racing Protective Bureau
shifted to New Hampshire today
after the alleged discovery of a
$4,000 betting coup at Rockingham
Park on a horse which turfdom S
"FBI" charged had been run as a
ringer" for the last eight months.
Spencer Drayton, the former FBI
man who now heads the TRPB, said
the horse in question had been run
ming in Florida and New England
since last November as Allpulch, q
5-year-old brown gelding once pur-
chased for $210.
Actually, Drayton charged, the
horse is Sea Command, a 5-year old
son of War Admiral.
Listed under the ownership of the
Frances Stable, a horse entered as
Allpulch was ordered scratched from
the fifth race at Rockingham yes
terday by General Manager Lou
Smith, who said the horse had been
identified as Sea Command by
Thomas F. Costello, a TRPB agent.
The results of the investigation
have been forwarded to the New
Hampshire Racing Commission.
Rockingham Park Is located at
Salem, N. H.
Bought in 1945 for S210.
In lengthy prepared statement
on the case, Drayton disclosed that
Allpulch was purchased in June,
1945, for $210 "by an agent acting
for" William F. Mink, Wilmington.
Del. j. A. Creal, an owner, said
he bought the horse sight unseen"
for $500 last November.
Rockingham records show that
Allpulch ran under the ownership of
Creal in two races last fall but
was claimed by Marvin Level of
the Frances Stable on November Is.
Sea Command has not been seen
in action since being claimed from
Hilton A. Dabson for a $3,750 at
Plmlico last November 6.
Drayton's announcement said that
Robert Drummonds, trainer for
w. F. Mink, has stated that he
claimed Sea Command for Mink in
the name of another party"
Mink and Paul Middleton, also
OF Wilmington, are awaiting a hear
ing in Maryland on charges of con-
spiracy to defraud in the alleged
substitution of the horse Don't
Delay for All Flo in a race at Bel
Air July 24.-Middleton is the owner
of a dairy farm in Delaware.
According to Drayton, Drum
monds said that after he claimed
Sea Command he shipped the horse
at Mink's direction to farm in
Delaware, from where he was re-
shipped to Rockingham Park.
Drayton said the horse arrived
at the Salem track with ''the jockey
club registration for Allpuich" and
was entered as $3.50 claimer in
a race for maidens on November
Is. The horse won and paid s26.4O
for 81.
$4,000 in Tickets Cashed.
1T has been definitely established
that Mink was in New England at
the time" Drayton said. 1T has
furthermore been developed that an
unknown individual cashed over
$50 900 worth of winning 500 tickets
when the horse won what was sup
posedly its maiden race"
All told, the horse running as ALL
pulch has won five of eight starts In
the last eight months, records show.
Drayton said his agents had
worked in Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, New York, Maryland, Della
ware, Florida, Texas and Pennsylva-
mia looking for evidence of "prac-
tlces of certain individuals of put
ting over ringers at several race
tracks"
The charges are the second to be
made this week by the racing pro-
tective bureau.
On Tuesday. the bureau sent to
the Florida Racing Commission its
findings In case involving three
jockeys and a valet in connection
with an alleged attempt to fix a race
at Tropical Park last Anril II