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BETTING CONVICTIONS TO BE APPEALED n j I NEW ORLEANS, La.. March 4.— Attorneys for the Business Mens Racing Association, who defended d Tom Shaw, .lark Sheehan. Reiny Dorr and "Fllat*" ! «:ardner. convicted yesterday for alleged violations ls of the I»cke law and sentenced to serve seven ■n months in the Parish prison and pay a line of S400, "• were busv today preparing for an appeal to the "* Supreme iourl. They feel confident that there will " Be a reversal of judge Humphreys findings. There is an abatement of the publicity that has ,s been rampant and threatened splits in the rank* of the Business Mens Kacing Association directorate. I One of the central figures, A. B. Itellier. who. rumor had it. is slated for dec-nutation from the ie presidency . was an arrival this morning, having cut nt short hiKproiHr-ed fishing trip, lie refused to make ie ii comment on the situation. Others that are extensively x- interested in the Business Mens Racing Association guidance are likewise reticent. There were several departures today for Kentucky, including the kMM owned by Carl Weidc-man. Tom Harmon, with the Harry Payne Whitney ■y. noises; J. H. I»uchheim and numerous shipments ts to Mobile. A number of turf followers who operated here this is winter will leave for Mobile tomorrow and a steady ly lu-gijj for that point will begin Monday.
