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FINISH OF RENO RACING OF THIS YEAR. By Peter Clark. Reno, New, October 22. The largest crowd of the present meeting attended at Reno this afternoon, to see the close of forty-nine days of racing, that the Reno enthusiasts haA-e been gi-en this year and there certainly is no place in the broad United States, AAiiere a community of thirteen thousand people have attended like the turf loving people of Reno. The racing as a Avhole av.is kept clean by the activity of the Board of Stewards that Avas comprised of J. J. Holtman, George Berry and J. A. Schas. From the outset of the meeting they punished jockeys AAho resorted to bush tactics of riding and the result Avas that horses ran to form. The veteran starter, Richard Dwyer, proved in his line that he Avas a come-back, as his Avork at the barrier could not be excelled. Jockey James Mclntyre Avas the last rider to bo punished by the stewards. He Avas accused by the apprentice rider G. Moore of grabbing hold of his leg in the last race A-on by the Pride of Lismorc. After hearing the stories of the riders, the stewards suspended Mclntyre indefinitely. The riders and horsemen avIio lurve been punished by the steAvards, have the privilege of taking an appeal to the Racing Commission, of which there is three members, George W. Wingfield, W. H. Moffat and L. O. Henderson. The decisions given by them are final. George W. Wingfield is recovering from a severe illness. He Avas confined to his home for several days, suffering from a high fever, which developed an abcess of the throat that burst and he is now able to be about.
