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JOLLY ROGERS DISABILITY. That Jolly Roger was not allowed to start for the rich Stallion Stakes at Hawthorn last year because his then owner, John Vetter, had no transfer of the colts engagements is well known locally. If the following from the Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune of Friday is correct it appears that more trouble on the same line3 is in store for Jolly Rogers owner. It says : "Word was brought to this city yesterday by a well-known turfman, who doe3 not want his name mentioned, that John E. Madden, the man who brought out Hamburg, will protest against the three -year-old colt, Jolly Roger, starting in the famous Kentucky Derby. Mad-dens reason for this will be that the engagements of the colt have never been purchased from him, and are still his. Madden believes Jolly Roger will be a factor in the Kentucky Derby, and as he has three candidates Desperado, Hapsburg and Mazo in the big event, and is especially sweet on the chances of the latter, he proposes, if possible, to remove a very dangerous quantity. In consequence, he will file a protest against the starting of Jolly Roger in the Kentucky Derby on the ground that when he sold the colt to Tom Griffin the latter did not buy his engagements. John Vetter, the well-known Louisville poolroom man, owns Jolly Roger, and has made all payments on his entry to the Kentucky Derby. The turfman bringing the information, in speaking of the matter, said: " Mr. Madden a short time ago confided to a friend that when he sold Jolly Roger to Tom Griffin the latter did not buy his engagements, although he was offered them. Jolly Roger passed from Griffins hands to John Vet-ters by the way of tho claiming route Wm. Donohue claiming him at Louisville last year. Madden has three colts eligible for the Ken-tacky Derby, among them being Mazo, on whose chances he is especially sweet. As he considers Jolly Roger a dangerous factor in the race, and believes he has the power to prevent him from starting, he intends to protest against the colt going to the post for the Derby. In case the protest is not allowed, he will protest the payment of the stake, in the event Jolly Roger should win. Madden thinks Mazo has a. good chance to land the Kentucky Derby, and he is being pointed especially for the event. Mazo was a good colt during the early part of last year, but was off toward the fall. He evidently showed Madden something, and he is doing all in his power to brighten the chances of the colt. I understand Madden has already broachod the matter to Charles Price, the secretary of the New Louisville Jockey Club, and asked for a decision in the matter, bat it has not yet been settled. "Jolly Roger, from the tim9 he was claimed out of a selling race from Tom Griffin at Louisville last year, has certainly been a bone of contention. Billy Donohue, the owner of Carlotta C , Chancery and others, campaigned Jolly Roger on the Cincinnati tracks last year, and he displayed good form. He showed brilliant form at Chicago, and at the end of the season was reckoned one of the best two-year-olds out. The colt was entered for the rich Stallion Stakes at Hawthorne last fall, but was not permitted to start through a protest filed to the effect that Vetter did not own his engagements. Tommy Griffin was appealed to by the colts owner to get Madden s consent to allow the youngster to start in the stake, but Judge Rees refused even then to permit him to go to the post. A controversy was created then about the colt, and this bids fair to be renewed in connection with the Kentucky Derby."
