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MOKE SCANDAL AT ASCOT. NASTY MESS IS DEVELOPED BY MCAFFERTY . DURNELL FEUD. Judgo Hamilton Imposes Four Fines of ,000 Disqualifies Toupee in Four Races Restores Cutter and Durbar to Former Owners. Los Angeles, Cal., February 1!. As the result of ait investigation into charges and counter charges of fraud and collusion made by loth factions of the McCafferty-Diirnoll feud, which has been on since tlie opening of the meeting and. growing more hitter with each day of the racing at Ascot Park, Judge Hamilton today lined .1. J. McCafferty, C. K. Darnell. Fred T. Wood and O. O. McCafferty ,000 each and AV. T. Williams 00; and tlic Board of pireclors of the Los Angeles Jockey Club advised Secretary Jasper to be so careful in the preparation of his program and the assignment of handicap weights as to leave no ground for charges of favoritism in the future. Futher thai: this. Judge Hamilton ordered the dis-ualiticatioii of Toupee in four races at Ascot 1ark and snspended jockey Kunz. The tines were assessed for "practices derogatory to the best interests of the turf." The complaint against J. J. McCafferty, Fred T. Wood and W. T. Williams was madeby C. C. McCafferty. The latter claimed that his brother had on February 2 furnished to Fred T. Wood money to claim Durbar out of the sixth race and that Wood in turn had passed it over to W. T. Williams, whose Patsy Brown had finished third: that Williams had claimed the mare from W. Walker, had sold lier to Fred Wood for an advance of 70 and that Wood in turn had passed her over to J. J. McCafferty for 0 less than he gave Williams. In addition to the fining of McCafferty, Wood and Williams, Judge Hamilton annulled the claim and ordered the mare returned to owner !VaIker, Durbarbiack ia. Walkers.lMiriU,. C. K. Durnell ahd C. C: McCafferty were fiiied for Irregularities in the running of the horse Toupee. V. T. Boots was the complainant in this case. He produced evidence that Toupee was. not the property of C. K. Durnell in the four races In which he ran in his name at this track. A part of the evidence was a letter from J. J. McCafferty to his brother C. C. McCafferty which was as follows: "I send Toupee to Los Angeles witii Durnell and have arranged for him to run him as his horse. He lias a good apprentice jockey." C. C. McCafferty, it was proved, also said on February 3 at Los Angeles that Toupee was his horse and not Darnells at the time Toupee ran in the hitters colors here. F. T. AVood and Henrv Me-Daniel tiled affidavits that C. C. McCafferty had so stated to them. Durnell produced two bills of sale for Toujiee from C C. McCafferty, but Judge Hamilton said these bills contradicted each other, and he was of the opinion that they were manufactured to suit the occasion and that the horse was simply run in Dur-iiclls name to get a good price and also to get the beneiit of Darnells apprentice jockey allowance. After assessing these fines Judge Hamilton ordered the discpialification of Toupee in four races and the money which had gone to Durnell as the result of those races was ordered paid in proper proportions to the horses finishing Itehiml him. On December 21 Durnell claimed Cutter out of the sixth race, which Toijpee won in his colors. This claim was annulled and Cutter waas ordered returned to J. J. McCafferty as the representative of J. A. Wernberg. The purse won by Cutter December 23 was declared forfeited and the money was ordered paid to the second, third and fourth horses in the race. After The Huguenot won his race today in J. A. Wcrnbcrgs colors Durnell bid him up to and look him. After the sale Durnell asked the judges to tend a veterinary surgeon over to the stable, stating that he had bought the horse to have him examined for traces of stimulants. Dr. Marshal and Dr. Young, the latter the tracks veterinary surgeon, have pronounced that The Huguenot was "doped, and so will hand in their statement to Judge Hamilton tomorrow. Judge Hamilton has suspended Kunz indefinitely, except to ride for his stable, liecause he did not ride Chimney Sweep to Owner MeUiimis instructions, pulling ids whip at the final eighth instead of at the half mile post. The Huguenot ran like a wild horse today and simply made the others look cheap. He showed a sudden revival over his last three races. In this case some racy developments are expected tomorrow. Some of the feudists have charged that Manager Brooks has been interested in the ownership of certain horses and that he has likewise profited from peculations in the betting ring. These statements have found their way into print. There was a protest filed witii the jockey club, purporting to come from horsemen generally, bringing charges of unfair handicapping and favoritism in regard to the conditions of races made by Secretary Jasper. Altogether this is the nastiest mess that has lKen stirred up on a race track in the history of this country, it is the comment of unbiased people who really have the good of the sport at heart, that banishment instead of tines should have been the portion of those found guilty today and that the board, of directors of the Los Angeles Jockey Club would do well to get a sot of offcials next year with strength enough to prevent such occurrences.
