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JOCKEY ACCUSES OWNER. 0BERT ALLEGES THAT H. 3. , PERRY INDUCED HIM TO PULL CORUSCATE. Declares That Perry Gave;Him-?5004and;Sontr Him-to Now - York Trainer McDaniol - Advise--Him-to Confoss. Louisville, Ky., September 20. In a: statement made at Churchill Downs this morning, jockey Obert admitted that ho did not give Coruscate" an honest ride in her race at La tonia August .3.0; :aud ho charges that he was prompted to Tils "dlBfionesty b H, J. Perry, owner of Coruscate. He says that ho has presented the facts to Judge Macfarlan, by whom he was promptly suspended, in a letter mailed Monday night and that he has entered, a .plea for a chance to lead an honest life In future.- , Obert claims that owner Perry told him that 1C Coruscate was beaten it would mean much, to-him; that be was in dire-need of money, and that if he would ride her according to his Instructions she would be no better than second and" that he would stand by him In any trouble he might come Into through his act. He claims that as soon as he was suspended he went to Perry declaring that;. he Intended making a clean breast of what ihadTiappened. He says Perry persuaded him not to do it He says Perry gave him 00 and bought-him it ticket "to -NewYbrkv Hestuffe!ueandtoeW York and there saw trainer Will McDaniel of. the Gerst stable, for whom he had ridden, being under contract to George Holle, son-in-law;, of Mr. Gerst. He told McDaniel what he had done and the latter advised him to come back west and tell judge Macfarlan the truth. Owner Perry could not be located today, but hla friends among the horsemen here . are; not-willing to believe the statements of the jockey. - r Obcrts Letter Not a Confession. Memphis, Teun., September 20. If jockey Obert has confessed that he pulled Coruscate at Latonla, it was not to. M. N. Macfarlan, who was the presiding judge at. the Latonla meeting and who, suspended Obert for his suspicious looking ride. "I receded a letter from jockey Obert this morning," said Mr. Macfarlan to Daily Racing Form, "but not a confession. It was more a plea for reln-slatement" lhan "anything else. He seemed to be making an effort to shift responsibility to-others. I have forwarded the letter to Secretary John B. Dillon, of the Latonla Jockey Club."
