WM. EDWARDS AND DISCIPLINE 



improper language to an officer of the course, or 

 a judge of a race," such " Improper language or 

 conduct having reference to acts and things connected 

 with the administration of the course, or of any 

 race thereon," shall be punished by fine, suspension, 

 or expulsion. At the May session of the Board of 

 Review the Cleveland ruling was sustained, and 

 President Edwards wrote me: 



" I don't think the decision was as ample as It 

 should have been. It should have been left to us to 

 say whether we would receive an apology. Dunbar's 

 action and language since the occurrence should have 

 caused him some delay In getting back. I am satis- 

 fied that he fell into bad hands when Walker and 

 Bemis got hold of him. Now, my good friend, will 

 you write in your powerful way a strong editorial 

 on the subject? You know how It has been claimed 

 that I provoked the assault. Now, I feel as though 

 I should be properly vindicated, not as one to perse- 

 cute the unfortunate. Bemis managed Dunbar's 

 case before the Board, prompting the lawyers. He 

 also managed his own case, and you would have 

 pitied him, for, I can assure you, his appearance was 

 pitiable in every way, almost committing himself." 



I had charged H. V. Bemis with starting two 

 horses owned by him in one race, and the Board 

 found him guilty. Later I wrote an article, point- 

 ing out that the trotting track would pass under a 

 cloud, unless decorum was maintained on it, and 

 Wm. B. Fasig, who was then Secretary of the Cleve- 

 land Driving Park, wrote me : 



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