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PUNISHING THE REVELERS. JOCKEYS CHERRY, RICE AND RILEY ARE DEPRIVED OF THEIR BADGES. Douglas Park Officials Advise Them to -Load "Tho Simplo Xife" for a While RespessIbsds "" Heavily Nicol to Return. Louisville, Ky., September 14 Jockeys Cherry, Rice and Riley were ordered to turn-in Hheir-badges to the secretary at Douglas Park today. Thejudgcst have had the riders watched. It was-found that in the company of Jimmy Carroll, a oue-timc boxer of some repute, they had been carousing freely for the last three or four nights. Riley and Rice ha1 but few mounts this afternoon and these, were on horses that had only remote chances. " Cherry had mounts in five of the races. He won with Hannibal Bey, was beaten a short margin on Malleable, and lost the fifth race with Athena when, iu the opinion of pretty nearly everyone, he should have won. After their badges were taken up the boys were advised to go to their respective stables and lead the simple life. Rome Respess, to whom the meeting has been a good bit of a "hoodoo," again lost heavily through the defeat of Ethel Day and Still Alarm. He also lost a good bet pu St. Paris, believing that the old horse was fit to run to his test form. "My horses will be shipped back here next week," aid Fred Cook, who arrived today from New York and. put two books on In the ring. "Nicol wilt also come back at the same time, and with the exception, of riding one or two horses owned by tap,: that will bu started pending their shipment west, will refrain from accepting any more mounts on eastern, tracks. The continuous unfair criticism from several writera has decided him to come back west." William Shelley will do the starting during the. State Fair. W. S. Price has sold Calabash ami George A. Knight, the former to J. W. ONeill and the latter to an unknown for driving purposes. Secretary Nathauson will return to Chicago tomorrow to spend next week. Several horses owned by E. Corrlgan reached Churchill Downs from Windsor this morning. Miss Nichols, owned by- A. . Bcllew, has been put to jumping and is fencing iu good style Iu her trials. Belles Commoner, owned by Rome Respess is said to have broken dowand In preliminary trials at Churchill Downs.
