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APPEALS DECIDED. The Committee on Appeals of the American Turf Congress has rendered the following decisions in cases appealed from various members of tho Turf Congress. The most important case is that affecting jockey Rose and employer W. Clancy. The decision is as foUows : In the controversy between J. J. Smith and W. Clancy over the services of the boy Lee Rose, the committoe rendered the following opinion : "In the case of the jockey Lee Andrew Rose, we are of the opinion that J. J. Smith is legally entitled to his services, and it is ordered that W. Clancy bo fined 00 and relinquish his claim upon the boy; and it is further ordered that the jockey Rose be notified to at once return to the service of J. J. Smith." At tho spring meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club W. Gallagher, part owner of the b. c, Patroon, 4 year-old, by Patron Madie, entered said horso in a race to be run on May 4th, and after time to declare Gallagher requested the judges, C. F. Price and L. P. Tarlton, to excuse thenorse. After an examination of tho horso and being fully satisfied that he was not lame, as claimed by Gallagher, the judges ordered Gallagher to start the horse, Gallagher refused to do so and the judges ruled Gallagher and the horso off. The Committee on Appeals sustained tho judges. In the controversy botween F. M. Arthur and the Queen City Jockey Club over tho payment of entrance fees, the committee decided that the Queen City Jockey Club was entitled to the 5 hold by the Chicago Racing Association. The case of James Robinson, who was ruled oil last winter by the Crescent City Jockey Club, was referred back to said club for action.
