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SUSPENSION OF NIC0L RILES PHILLIPS. Orders a Car and Says He Will Take Fred Cooks j Stable to Oaklawn, New Orleans, La., February 23. Chagrined at the . action f the judges in suspending jockey Nicol for rough riding in the" first race yesterday, trainer : William Phillips of Fred Cooks stable announced I his intention this morning of shipping his entire I stable to the Oaklawn track. Hot Springs. Phillips wired Secretary Stebbins asking for twenty stalls, . , lie has also ordered a car. The chauces are, say some of his close acquaintances, that when Phillips , thinks the matter over, he will change his mind. ; Jockev Nicol has been given great latitude by the . officials at City Park this winter. On a number of occasions he lias resorted to rough tactics In an endeavor to win and about three weeks ago his t . work became so rough that it was found necessary to set him down for one week. There Is no question . as to the lads honesty, but he has certainly developed into one of the roughest riders in tue west.
