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HGBEDWEITS ELIMINATION Jockey Club Stewards Turn Down His Application as Ross Agent Probably Barred From Racing Be ¬ cause of Mischievous Activity in Shilling Case NEW YORK X Y March 11 The stewards of the Jockey Club Wednesday notifed the officials of the Jockey Club not to accept the appointment f H G Bedwell as authorized agent for Com lander J K L Ross on race tracks within the jurisdiction of the Jockey Club This as the present license arrangement stands holds good for the Maryland Kentucky and Canadian courses It means that Bedwell is barred from racing be ¬ cause of ills mischievous activity and the complica ¬ tions over the attempted restoration of ex jockey C II Shillings riding license as well as some turf egularities Bedwell lias trained the stable of ofjimander jimander Ross for four years and led the winning winningt t of American trainers for seven of the last airteen years He is a firstclass horseman and andiiiner iiiner iiinerIt It has been known for some time that Bedwell would be shelved for the mischief of the Shilling case He did not apply for a training license If lie had done so he Would have been refused The only opportunity for the stamp of disap ¬ proval on Bedwell was the refusal to accept his appointment by his employer as authorized agent Such an agent is the race course business man f the owner by whom he is chosen The action tin JiKfcfv null DII ra iodvell from racing nt nttily tily and Commander Ross will be forced if he races horses in the United States to get a third trainer He has at present a trainer in Ken ¬ tucky in Louis Tauber formerly of the Schorr racing establishment F Sclielke trains the Cana ¬ dian division It is opined that the Maryland com ¬ mission had knowledge of the action to be taken igainst Bedwell when it recently adopted its rules and decided not to insist on issuing separate li ¬ censes for racing on the Maryland tracks tracksBedwell Bedwell was undoubtedly the moving spirit behind behindthe the propaganda of the Shilling case He has hasalways always been inclined to use political pressure to trouble when it came to him Some ten years yearsno no in Kentucky stimulation was used in the racing racingof of a longdistance horse named Nadzu which lie lieowned owned and Bedwell was ruled off by the Laloniu Laloniuorficials orficials He was reinstated after a long pressure the Kentucky officials in which political in inice ice of wide range was used The final factor that of a United States senator The same sameiiences iiences were used in the Maryland episode II IIBedwell Bedwell lias trained the Ross horses four years yearsce ce 1917 In the last thirteen years he lias liasdied died 1024 winners which earned the great greatmi mi of 890773 in stakes and purses pursesBedwell Bedwell began racing some twenty years ago in the West coming from a chemists shop in Den ¬ ver to the sport He has always been successful on the turf but came along as a leader in the year of 1908 1908The The guilt for the Nadzu doping a double dose made on account of delay in the racing because the crowd was busy over the bulletins from the Jef ¬ friesJohnson fight in Nevada was fixed on Water Color Williams a colored helper in the Bedwell stable stableThe The Kentucky Jockey Club will accept the action uf the Jockey Club over Bedwells undesirability So will the Canadian Racing Associations even though Commander Ross controls one of its tracks the Blue Bonnets course of Montreal MontrealIt It is probable that Mr Ross knew some days ago of the action which the Jockey Club took Wednes ¬ day The action hud been expected for some time timeThe The Jockey Club is said to have prepared specific instances against Bedwell as a horseman should he elect to go to the courts cither in New York or Maryland BALTIMORE Md March 31 It was said by telephone from this city yesterday that trainer Bedwell was confined to his home witli a nervous cold and had nothing to say His Baltimore asso ¬ ciates declare that Bedwell will take his case to the courts Senator Norris may represent him as he represents Shilling It is also said here that the racing commission members knew of the contem ¬ plated barring of Mr Ross trainer and agent
