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Show Echoes from the dust ' Ma 12. 1X92 KM) BOY WON V "real rol of intrrolcd spee-lal"r spee-lal"r ill lh" rare. ..The (ii!-e lmre won the rare in one liral b ! It nilli. The race, which has been furnishing food for conversation during the past month occurred on Tuesday about 1:30 o'clock. About ten the crowd began to assemble assem-ble near the goal, one half mile east of the Merkley corner. The lucerne fields in the vicinity were black with horses and vehicles and the fences on both sides of the road resembled a clothes line on a wash day. A reasonable estimate place the number present at 2000. They came in every way imaginable; im-aginable; on foot, horse back, in carriages, car-riages, buck boards, road carts, etc., in infinitum. The crowd showed considerable patience pa-tience during the wait that followed and there was a great deal of good natured guying indulged in from both sides of the road. A few bets were made at the trackside but it was hard to find any Caldwell money. After considerable exercising the jockeying commenced at the Merkley corner. Hezzie Hatch, who was riding the Caldwell horse misunderstood a chance remark for the order to go and he rode the horse through. At first this puzzled the crowd and Red Boy was at a discount, but when the explanation was made the result was easy to foretell. Finally the word was given and the racers began to burn the ground. Before the first quarter the sorrell was leading by four lengths and Red Boy was olt the track then he got DacK ana soon closed up the distance between them. Within a hundred yards of the wire, the brown passed his antagonist and came in a winner by two lengths. That settled it. The Caldwell horse could hardly get back to the starting place and was wisely withdrawn. The judges were Wm. McCaslin, L.S. Holdaway and Jno. Pope. If any time was kept we failed to hear of it. The race has been in course of preparation for about three weeks and the stake came to $1000 side bets while almost everyone in the valley bet something from a jackknife to a double eagle. An unfortunate episode occurred on the track after the races was over. Don Caldwell and Hezzie Hatch, who rode the Caldwell horse, were engaged in a discussion when the former drew his gun and struck young Hatch over the head inflicting a painful but not serious wound. Caldwell who is as big as two of his victirn, was. arrested and brought before Justice Parks, who in consideration considera-tion ofihls youtlt.'let him' off with some good atttrcfe'acHa fi(iff"-$35nd'$lSe" costs. DOVKI) OR NO T The Caldwell horse ease in rouri. The first (laVof .'die (rial of the pro-seeulion. pro-seeulion. 'In another column will be found a criticism of the backers of the Caldwell horse for accusing two gentlemen of doping their horse at the race on the tenth of May. At the time this was written writ-ten we had not learned of any prosecution prosecu-tion being intended, and were trying to refute a slander on our friends. Since then Jas. Powers and Chas. Crouse have been arrested on that charge, so now the justice of the matter is settled by the evidence and the decision of the court. The defendants plead not guilty and the trial was set for Wednesday morning. morn-ing. The court convened on time, Messers. Camp, Hullinger and Jones for the people and Britt and Johnson for the defense. We are recommeded for clerk of court. Mr. Camp objected and read an article from our proof sheet to sustain him. Suffice to say this sheet was not procurred according to Hoyle and the gentlemen is to answer for all the publicity the article has attained. We declined the honor of the post and Mr. Hoyle manipulated the fabre. The first witness called was W. A. Sherrill, testified-from Arkansas, business, farmer. Was at the race. Thirty-six feet from horse at time of alleged doping. Saw a man take a bottle from the rabbit brush, pour something in his hand and rub the inside of the horses mouth, also put the neck of the bottle in his mouth, and raising his head pour something down him. Identified J.D. Powers as the man. Next witness was Geo. Brown, says he is living with Sherrill and corroborated cor-roborated his testimony. Caused a laugh by calling 15 yards 300 feet. He said the bottle was as large as a beer bottle and red in color. Saw a clear liquid li-quid poured into defendents hands. Mr. Monahan, U.S. Deputy Marshall, said he did not believe doping possible without his knowledge. Did not see the defendant near the horse. Josie Holliday, a lady of Mill Ward, was called to the stand. She testified that she saw only one man a hold of the horse, the one with the bottle. Could not identify the man, as she had only a hurried hur-ried glimpse of the transaction. C.C. Rich testified that the defendant had said to him that he could make a horse throw a race and be as good as new the next day. Al Hatch testified that the Caldwell horse had a cough on the morning before the race and had ulcerated holes in its mouth after the race. Len Whittaker tesitifed that the horse was all right on the morning of the day of the race. He did not notice him failing; fail-ing; until he led him to the starting place after the false heat. He saw the Caldwell horse run around Chadwick's half mile track three times without showing signs of fatigue. After the race was over the horse showed pronounced symptoms of distress. Witness said he had the horse at the time of the alleged doping and that it might have been without this knowledge. He said the horse's cough might have been caused by distemper but that he did not have the distemper now or at the time of the race. C.Ol'KT ADJOl KKI 'TIL Till RSI) V mokmm; Mr. Monahan was a witness for the defense, but as he was summoned to the Post, his examination was made a special order before dinner. The cornerstone cor-nerstone of the prosecution is the evidence of Sherrill and Brown who delivered it as if they meant to be believed. Mrs. Holliday's testimony differed in many details from the first witnesses, and was of more value to the defense than to the prosecution, unless we are mistaken. The other witnesses merely described the condition of the horse at various times and conversations with defendant. We are obliged to condense this report as much as possible in order to find space for it. We hope to give a fuller account of the case with the arguments of counsel in next week's issue. May 24.. .In court action Tuesday morning, Judge Parks stated the evidence was entirely insufficient to bind over the prisoner. The prisoner triumphantly acquitted. In direct opposition op-position to the advise of the Co., Atty., the Justice assessed costs to complaining complain-ing witnesses. |