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STATUS OF BEDWELL CASE UNCHANGED. Kentucky Commission Re-Affirms Its Action and Refuses to Sanction Sale of Horses. Lexington. Ky., August 24.— The Kentucky State Racing Commission, all members present, met here todav and n heard the cases of H. tiny Bedwell. ruled off because of the drugged condition ot Unhorse Nadzu at Latonia July 4, and John Marklein. whose training Hawse was revoked because of the inconsistent racing of the horse W. A. Leach at the Lexington spring meeting. After Mr. Bedwell and his attorney. B. Cray Falconer, president of the Kentucky Association, had introduced affidavits froi.i two detectives supporting the Kcil Williams atii-davit previously introduced, and had reiterated protestations of innocence, the commission went into a discussion of the case from all angles. Major I-A. Daingerfiold moved that the commission affirm its former ruling. The motion was seconded by George .1. Long and received the unanimous vote of the commission. Through liis attorney Mr. BadnM.il Ihen made application for permission to sell his horses with the sanction of the commission and the understanding that they would be permitted to race in other hands. For response, the eoawnlaalon pointed to rule 209, which S|K-cities that all horses owned wholly or in part hv a person ruled off must also" tie ruled off. Former County Judge Bullock appeared with and for John Marklein, declaring that the young Cinciu-natian was not guilty of a violation of turf rules and bad not contributed knowingly to the inconsistent running of the horse W. A. U-acli. if his races here were inconsistent, and further declared that Marklein had not profited by any betting on Unhorse. On motion of Johnson N. Camden, seconded by Major Paingertield. the commission voted unani-nioitslv" to affirm its former ruling. John Hachmeistor. general manager of the Latonia track, responded to the invitation af the commission to track representatives to be present today and discuss the proposed changes in the rules governing pari-mutuel betting and the rate of commission to be charged. Mr. Hachmeister talked interestingly for about half an hour, displaying the figures resulting from tli»- spring meetings at Louisville and Latonia and showing that the breakage amounted to a fraction less than one pet cent, at those two meetings. Matt J. Winn, general mauager of the New I»uis-ville Jockev Club, had written from Saratoga that he and President Charles F. tirainger would be detained there until Septcmlier 1 and asked that the discussion be postponed until a later date. The commission decided that it would let the mutter go over until the conclusion of the fall meetings in Kentucky so that it may have the report of the meetings for the entire year before them. No other matters were taken up. Messrs. Bedwell and Marklein returned to Cincinnati this evening. Mr. Bedwell said that he would ship his horses now at Latonia to California and would dispose of them there.
