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THE LATEST TUB SCANDAL ILATONIA STEWARDS RULE G W INNES OFF IN CONNECTION WITH THE BROWN CASE J W May Accused but Exonerated Rain Spoils Spoilsthe the Racing1 and Causes One Race to toBo Bo Cancolledi Cincinnati O June IS The stewards this afternoon concluded their investigation of the T J Brown charges made last Saturday night anil issued ti ruling warning G W Innes off the course and dismissing the1 charge against J W May on the ground that Browns testimony in his case was not corroborated T J Brown liud lieon warned off at Douglas 1ark for an silkHud effort to bribe jockey Median to retard Helen Barliuu in order to allow Korfhage to win Browns statements were supplemented by allidavits that the stewards requested In his statements lie charges Inues and May were instrumental in induc ¬ ing him to break sonic of the racing rules I it went ts far back as tiie New Orleans meeting and mentions siiecitlcally two cases in wliich May and Innes had him try to see riders with a view to having them pull horses horsesBrown Brown alleges that in a Lexington race in which he had Undaunted and J W May had Manioc the latter made application to him to have Murpliy pull Undaunted to allow Manioc to win Brown says he refused to agree to this on the score that Murphy was in bad standing and that he did not want to jeopardize the boy further At Louisville Brown de ¬ clared that May came to him on the occasion that Rcqniram and Irish Centremail started in a race and wanted him to offer jockey Stirling 100 to let Ueqiiiram beat him Irish Gentleman seemed to In the cue that Iteiuiram had to beat and sub ¬ sequently won the race For some reason Inues who was to have shared equally in this deal de ¬ cided to get from under and Brown did not make the proposition to Stirling Again Brown avers that In a race in which he started Bulgarian May came to him with a proposition to claim Tavolara but this Brown could not do as lie was not authorized as an agent to claim any horses At Douglas ParK Brown alleged Innes came to him on the occasion when Helen Barbee started in a race against Korf linge and as a result Brown gv t into trouble and told him that he would bet 50 for Brown if he would KII to jockey Median and have him stop Helen Bar bee Brown consented Median agreed to get Helen Barhee beaten if 100 was liet for him on Korfhage and with the further understanding that his boss meaning J W May would not learn of the offer Brown iwinted out to Meehan that Helen Barlxiu was a had post actor and it would lie an easy matter to get her left Brown then reported to Innes and told him that Median had agreed to do the work Later Brown saw May and told him that he had learned that in the event of Helen Bar bee being beaten she would he claimed by J Spencer owner of Korfhnge KorfhngeThis This information was gleaned by detective Thomp ¬ son of Lexington who journeyed to Louisville with Spencer Thompson told of it to Adkins who sought out May and demanded of him that lie warn Meehan to do his best May subsequently went to Meehan n nd warned him strongly to win with the mare The sequel to the race is history of how Brown wan warned off following the stewards investi ¬ gation gationThe The stewards take the position that all the evi ¬ dence tends to show that Browns charges are sub ¬ stantiated as to Innes and 11m Korfhage matter and is forcefully emphasized in by fact of the ab ¬ normal support for Korfhage also the additional fact that Median admits the charge The stewards did not take any cognizance of the charges made In reference to certain races at New Orleans and Lexington The ruling went into effect after the last raci this afternoon In the case of T 1 Brown if he can show the stewards proper evidence of a bonu lidu sale lie will he permitted to disiiose of his horses horsesA A miniature deluge before the first race con ¬ verted track conditions at Latonia and made the course a lane of mud Many of the starters carded disliked such going and had to be excused from participating The fourth race for which only four were entered was declared off because of the withdrawal of HiinlrcsM nud Benanet As no time was available to provide a substitute only six were run during the afternoon afternoonThe The heaviest part of the rain came as the race ¬ goers were on their way to the track and caused them much inconvenience The rain began just before the first race All the races carried sell ¬ ing conditons and engaged only mediocre horses Some of the finishes though were close and enter ¬ taining tainingKdwartl Kdwartl Jasper will serve as handicapper pend ¬ ing the appointment of one by the Kentucky State Bacing Commission Samuel C Nuekols Jr secre ¬ tary of the commission announced today that there would be a meeting of the commission here on Thursday when an appointment of a handicapper would IK made madeWilliam William Shelley is the one most likely to be ap ¬ pointed The commission will also take up such other racing matters as may come Infore them themW W F Taylor bid up and bought 7ali after the third race for 00 which was an advance of 500 over his entered price priceTho Tho remains of Edward Maginn were conveyed to St Louis this morning by his widow brother Frank and nephew Kaymond The funeral will take place next Saturday The cortege was ac ¬ companied to the station by a big escort of racing olliclaia owners trainers and jockeys The lloral tributes wen numerous and required several ve ¬ hicles to carry carryLatonia Latonia workouts over a fast track were wereAfrica Africa Beau Threequarters in 110 110Hooker Hooker Bill Half mile in 51 51Bill Bill Joe Threequarters in 117 117Uroiizewing Uroiizewing Fiveeighths in 104 104Buck Buck Shot Threequarters in 120 120Chartier Chartier Fiveeighths in 100 100Dignity Dignity Mile in 145 145Dundreary Dundreary Mile in 141 141Jinmiio Jinmiio Gill Threequarters in 11C lohn Reardon Mile in A1C A1CKorfhage Korfhage Fiveeighths in 103 103Little Little Father Mile In 111 111Martinos Martinos Mile In 112 112Mazuik Mazuik Threequarters in 120 120Nobleman Nobleman Threequarters In 120 120Noiseless Noiseless Mile in 115 115Old Old Ben Mile in 111 111Prepaid Prepaid Half milo in 10 10ItiiiglinS ItiiiglinS Threequarters in 121 121Uoscoe Uoscoe Goose Threequarters in 110 110Tctun Tctun Threequarters in 110 110Thcodorila Thcodorila Half mile in 51 51Tory Tory Maid Thr eighths in 37 37Watcrblossom Watcrblossom Mile in 111
