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NO RELIEF FOE BEDWELL KENTUCKY STATE RACING COMMISSION RE ¬ FUSES TO REOPEN HIS CASE HuledOff Turfman Writes Appeal for Clemency from fromCalifornia California and Declares Ruling Has Reduced ReducedHim Him to Verge of Bankruptcy Lexington Kj November 28 The Kentucky Slate Racing Commission met today with all its numbers present except Chairman E F Clay who Is ill at liis iiume in Bourl ou County ViceChflirmau Milton Young presided Specifically the meeting to liy was for the purpose of assessing the racing asso iitions if Kentucky to pay the salary of Secretary V K liid well and the assessment was fixed at 31U72 IKT day there having liceii 112 days of racing hi Kentucky this year sixteen days at Lexington fortytwo at Louisville and fiftyfour at Latonia LatoniaA A petition from II G Bedwell for reinstatement laied Emeryville Cal November S was received II was in substance an appeal for clemency It car ¬ ried the statement that the petitioner had virtually readied the end of his resources since bus suspension at Latonia on July 4 and that he is on the verge of bankruptcy unless the commission affords him speedy relief The petition was ordered filed ajid the case was reopenedJ not reopened J X Camdeu introduced a rule providing for more races at longer distances and Colonel Young offered rules requiring that starters in races to which the number of entries exceed track limitations be de ¬ termined by lot and that no guaranteed stake bo given for less value than 2 KM These rules will lay over for thirty days daysit it was decided that all other matters pending be ¬ fore the commission including the question of com ¬ mission to be charged on parimutuel wagers the method of calculating parimutuel pools the rule requiring the senices of a veterinarian to be ap IMiinted by the commission and the rule governing lid it ions claims in selling races be deferred to a tentative date during the holiday week probably December 2S at which time representatives of the various racing associations will be asked to meet with Hie commission and discuss all tueaff inliigs il the same time making dlplay of the financial affairs t each of the tracks this year N Horseman from all parts of the continent are arriving for the sale of thoroughbred horsws that will open lierc tomorrow under the auspiceslof the FasigTipton Company Messrs AV It Powers and AV S Hunter together with auctioneer George Bain vto will ondiict the sale came in from New York this morning Among the prospective buvers are M A Silvers Aalparaiso Chile L E Staiulefer and AV II Owens AAetaskin Alberta George K Allen Edmonton Alberta Raymond Dale QnAji pelle Saskatchewan It AA Mucklyon Calgary Alberta John Evans Waterloo Ont Brownie Noulp William Lakeland T L McGinnis and Ouirles H Hughes New York G L Blackford Itanixun Tcx A C McMillan V T Mitchell L M Smith and AAill Mitchell Livingston Ala The lastnamed four are here to buy brooilmnres The Canadians are in search of racing material Mr Silvers expects to buy a carload of yearlings He says li sold his last exportation before they left the docks at Aralparaiso
