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BILL McGUIGAN IN TROUBLE TROUBLECol Col Bill McGuigan is in trouble Recently in the Spirit of the Times a prominent turf ¬ man who has acted as presiding judge on many f the western tracks was quoted by a Nash Tille writer for a general condemnation of the western turf methods which allowed Riley Brannan and W M Wallace the privileges of weitern tracks and permitted Willie Martin to ride horses in the west McGuiean wrote a long but none too keen answer to the prominent turfmans quoted opinion No names were mentioned John J Carter of Nashville presid ¬ ing judge at Latouia turns out to bo the quoted prominent turfman He has filed a complaint against McGuigan with Secretary Hopper of the Testern Turf Congress and declares thnt either he or McGuigan must be ruled off and that if turf law fails to vindicate him he will go to the ourts Mr Carter opines that UcGuigan shot at him on account of a ruling which barred Me Guigans bo Morrison from riding because of to quote Mr Carter I thought he was not try ¬ ing to win The sieve of care applied to Me Uuigans card yields only the following damag ¬ ing insinuations if it can be proven that the card was pointed at Mr Carter CarterIn In one particular I am glad to say I am fully in accord with the prominent turfmau who has acted as presiding judge on many of the West ¬ ern tracks He suggests to divorce the judges stand from the betting ring Why does he only suggest Why not act instead of preach7 Take M j advice Mr Prominent Turfmau who has acted as presiding judge on many of the West ¬ ern tracks and leave the betting ring alone then perhaps you might be capable of judging fairly and honestly But DO nature has not endowed you with the love of honest sport You talk of a purified turf It is well Let them begin in the judges stand If it is purified Mr Prominent Turfman will never more act as pre ¬ siding judge on any Western track trackMr Mr Carters case may be better than superfic ¬ ial statement puts it on parade If he can prove that he is McGnigans target a hard matter on the face of printed statement the waj is paved for a libel suit The Turf Congress is not likely to take drastic action over the dis ¬ pute McGuigans none too good and his card carried little or no weight The statement and criticism of the prominent turfman were a bit out of line too considering the display of reason for action by the Jockey Club against jrmnan Wallace and Martin The Grannan lawsuit gave no supportive color to the critic ¬ ism It seems as if Mr Carter has treated a featherweight matter in too pondeious and ser ¬ ious a manner Discipline though is excellent The Western turf needs a whole lot of it An ¬ archy of statement is all too common among Its people Elastic though it be Western turf law is strong enough to nail the scandal mong ¬ er if the legal doctors will stick to their princi ¬ ples of duty Such an administration of rules is mere order A lot of health to the Western turf may come out of Judge Carters complaint It is to be hoped that he will push it along the arenues of healthy prospects
