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WILL DECIDE THE HUGUENOT CASE TODAY. Brooks Case Is to Be Heard Next Wednesday Honorable Horsemen Aghast at Ascot Conditions. Los Angeles, Cal., February 21. No action was taken in The Huguenot "doping" case today.. .1. J. McCafferty asked Judge Hamilton until tomorrow to tile his defense. McCafferty denies that he gave the horse a stimulant of any kind and will file affidavits from all his stable help that nothing was given to the horse by them. The subject is a matter of keen interest among horsemen here. Dr. V. V.. 1. Morrison, who Is assistant state veterinarian. Dr. W. A. Connolly and Dr. Young, have filed affidavits that the horse was suffering from a drug and powerful heart stimulant, but were unable to state when the drug was administered. A decision will, in all probability, be given out tomorrow. This case, coupled with the "doping" of Arrali Gowan at San Francisco, has aroused the indignation of the better class of horsemen here and they hope some decisive action will be taken to completely eradicate this nefarious practice which has lately thrown the siort into disrepute in California. The case of .1. J. McCafferty, C. T. Boots and Henry McDaniel against Manager Brooks is set for hearing on February 2S, when the matter will be thoroughly gone into by the entire board of directors of the Los Angeles Jockey Club. Cataiine was bid up from 00 to by J. M. Stowe and was sold to him. t The Mackenzie brothers, now racing at Ascot Park under the name of the Kirkfield Stable, and sons of M. Mackenzie, the Canadian railroaVl magnate, today instructed their lawyer at Winnipeg to bring suit for libel against a Winnipeg newspaper for publishing an article which stated that their entries at Ascot Park had been refused. The lawyer wired that the paper would publish a retraction and the proceeding was stopped.
