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PERRY DENIES OBERT S CHARGES "QT TOTO. Coruscates Owner Says Jockeys Statement Is Made. Up of Malicious Untruths. Louisville, Ky., September 27. H. J.. Perry, owner of Coruscate,." declares that jockey Oberts alleged confession Is built out of malicious untruths. Said he today: "I am at ajlpss-to assign aimotive for his deliberate concoetionunless it is on account of a "balling ont I gave him in the paddock at Churchill Downs while racing was in progress at Douglas Parkl He came to me with a plea to intercede with Judge Macfarlan for the lifting of the suspension against him. I flatly refused, and was surprised that Obert should have the effrontery to make the request. I am positive that Obert pulled Coruscate at Latonia. Why he did so I do not know. "I bet 0 on the mare and borrowed the money from Pat Dunne. I repaid him after Coruscates first victory at Douglas Park. Oberts statement that I gave him 00 is ridiculous. He might as well have said that I gave him ,000,000. You know how things were around Latonia with me. I was not overly prosperous and had borrowed from many of my friends. In fact, I was so badly oft for funds that I was forced to sell several of my horses to defray shipping expenses to Louisville. Had I desired to stop the mare I could have done so with twenty-five cents without Oberts assistance. "Obert rode many horses for me and I did not believe he would throw me down until the Coruscate race. I am willing to make afildavlt that I was not Implicated in any wrongdoing attending, Coruscates race on the day that Obert was suspended."
