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Twenty Years Ago Today Chief Turf Events of March 2, 1904 Racing at New Orleans, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hot Springs. I In the Kenton County Court in Covington, last Tuesday, the case of W. E. Applegate vs. Judge George C. Perkins, involving the ownership of the Latonia race course, was decided in favor of Applegate, the court holding that the sale of stock by Perkins was illegal. In March, 1895, Applegate and associates purchased 825 shares, the controlling interest in the Latonia Agricultural Association, from Perkins for 00,000, of which 0,000 was paid in cash and for the remainder notes were given. Applegate paid 0,000. In 1899 Perkins sold the stock as trustee and bought it personally for 5,000. This sale the court held invalid. Applegate was ordered to pay a master commissioner 0,000 with interest, and Perkins was ordered to turn over the stock. Applegates attorney says his client will pay the amount at once. Perkins has the right of appeal. H. T. Griffin when asked if he cared to make a statement concerning the Sweet Pepper affair, said: "I can add but little to what ihas already appeared in print. As a matter of fact, I have been so falsely quoted and so much that was untrue has been written about th2 matter that I prefer to wait until the proper time comes, then I will make a statement. You can say this much, however. If the rules of the .Western Jockey Club or the rules of the local meeting here have any provision requiring an owner to carry the number of his hocse when the animal is walking around the paddock, I have been unable to discover the fact. It may be that the Crescent City Jockey Club has such a notice posted somewhere, but if so I have not even seen that. I believe I am correct in saying that the carrying of numbers in the paddock is an innovation never before introduced here until this meeting. That I violated the rules requiring horses being in the paddock twenty minutes before the call to post, I will admit. I will also admit that I told the stewards that I sent another filly to the paddock besides Sweet Pepper, in order to throw the touts and dockers off the track and get a price. But, so far as the running was concerned, no fraud was attempted.
