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- , , EASTERN TURF TALK. As foretold in The Sun two weeks ago, John J. Ryan, the get-rich-quick man, has been ruled off the metropolitan racetracks by the stewards of the Jockey Club, says the New York Sun of Sunday. The ruling was officially announced by Assistant Secretary Daingerfield at the Aqueduct track yesterday as follows: "At a meeting of the stewards of the Jockey Club held in the offices at the "Windsor Arcade, Saturday, October 31, the assistant secretary was instructed to write all associations racing -under the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club as follows: "Whereas John J. Ryan was ruled off the turf at Fort Erie, Canada, on Sept. 17, 1898, for the alleged ringing of the mare Caroline K. ; "Resolved, That the said John J. Ryan be declared ruled off, under Rule 162, part 6, of the rules of racing, until such time as he be reinstated by the authorities who ruled him iff." Ryan came east during the spring meeting of the Coney Island Jockey Club. It was not until the Saratoga meeting was in full blast that he began to be the talk of the turf. At one time he was loser to the extent of 0,000, it was said, but made good. "When he returned to Sheepshead Bay for the fall meeting he was reputed to be the backer of a book run in the name of George F. Considine. In one day he cleaned up in wagers 0,000, by playing Chuctanunda, Mc-Chesney and Irene Lindsey. On the following Monday he won 0,000 more, and the Jockey Club stewards began then to look into his case. Upon investigating his career it was found that he had been ruled off the Canadian turf by the officials of the Fort Erie track for alleged complicity in a ringing case, and also that a warrant had been issued there for his arrest. Ryan was asked to appear before the Jockey Club stewards during the Morris Park meeting, and readily complied with the request. He admitted that he had been ruled off at Fort Erie, but pleaded not guilty to the charge lodged against him. Further research developed the fact that Ryan had been warned away from the New Orleans track last winter and that in retaliation he had started the outlaw track at Newport, Ky., which was a failure. When the E. J. Arnold concern blew up in St. Louis there was a run on a similar concern conducted by Ryan. It was stated that he had taken in ,000,000 on the proposition to pay 2 per cent, a week on the investment of creditors and that when the crash came a settlement on the basis of 15 cents on the dollar was made. Ryan, however, insisted that he paid dollar for dollar and had only ,500 left when all claims had been adjusted. Only recently Ryan was mixed up in the Post Office scandal in the cases tried at Cincinnati, the get-rich-quick man testify-, ing that he had paid money for the use of the mails. The stewards have, all along believed that Ryans influence was not beneficial to the turf, so that with the desired evidence in hand they resorted to the action generally looked for by horsemen. The stewards have, incidentally, lifted the ban placed over the horseman known as Carley B., ten years ago. His real name is J. "Woolf and he was ruled off because of the allegations that he "controlled" the jockey Josh Jones, who rode for Virginia Bradley in the days of Clifton and Gutten-burg. Carley B. has been a turf exile ever since, but recently friends interceded for him with the result that after a long punishment he is once again in good standing on the local tracks. Jockey Fuller cannot stand prosperity. The boy has been riding in superb form and has received no end of praise lately. But on Friday he disappeared and was among the missing yesterday. He was slated to ride Juvenal Maxim, King Pepper and Unmasked, all of which would have had a chance if Fuller had been in the saddle. The jockey has fallen from grace upon numerous occasions this season, but has never been reprimanded. Possibly a hint from the turf authorities might bring the boy up with a sharp turn. His behavior in an injustice to his employers and the racing public. It was not a compliment to E. R. Thomas and his partner, Alex. Shields, when the stewards ordered Buttons, the winner of the last race on Friday, to be subjected to an examination by a veterinary. The stewards suspected that stimulants had been used, but the verdict returned showed that the suspicion was groundless. It is not often that a horse belonging to a millionaire turfman is investigated on this line. James Dyer, who trained Elkwood, the winner of the Suburban in 18S8, and who is the most successful American trainer that has ever operated in Austria-Hungary, was a visitor at Aqueduct yesterday. He is here on a two weeks visit. Another of Tony Astes horses is dead. This time it is the filly Pristina, which succumbed yesterday to distemper. Father Bill Daly has purchased the two-year-old filly Ancestor. Starter Cassidy suspended Michaels and J. Jones yesterday for the rest of the Aqueduct meeting. Burns is improving in his riding these days. He had three mounts in the money yesterday, his performance on Dux Casta being the stellar performance of the afternoon.
