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E. R. BRADLEY PRESIDENT Master of Idle Hour Farm Elected Head of the Thorougbhbred Horse Association. LEXINGTON. Ky., May 3. -Colonel Edward Riley Bradley, owner of Idle Hour Stock Farm and one of the most widely known of American turfmen, was elected to the presidency of the Thoroughbred Horse Association, succeeding Arthur B. Hancock, owner of Ellerslie and Claiborne Studs. Thomas Piatt of the breeding firm of Carr and Piatt and owner of Brookaale Farm was ehcted vice-president. Thomas B. Cromwell, who has been secretary-treasurer since the organization of the association in 1916, was reelected. It was the annual meeting of members and thirty new members were added to the rolls. Messrs. Charles H. Berryman, John S. Barbee, 1 homas C. McDowell and C. Bruce Head were elected to the board of directors for three years each. In retiring from the presidency Mr. Hancock told of the splendid work that has been done hy the Thoroughbred Horse Association for the advancement of racing and breeding of horses on this continent and stated that the example and influence of the association had extended to Kngland and benefited the turf in that country. He said that he believes 19J3 is going to he one of tno greatest years in racing we have ever seen, and he closed with the suggestion that, "If racing needs improving, let us do it ourselves. We can do it better from within tnan the agitators can do it from without." A resolution offered by Wayne Dinsmore, secretary of the Horse Association of America, indorsing the measure proposed by the Chicago Washington Iark Jockey Club to the Illinois legislature, intended to secure the creation of a state racing commission for the regulation of racing in Illinois, was unanimously adopted. A committee composed of Messrs. E. R. Bradley. Hal Price Headley and Charles H. Berryman was appointed to see the Kentucky State Racing Commission with the request that the rules be so amended as to "permit a jeekey when set down by the stewards or starter for offenses other than fraud to ride his engagements for the next day succeeding his suspsnsion" and to "permit a jockey to carry the weight he can make twenty-five minutes before post time in any race in which he rides." The retiring president was accorded a vote of thanks for his excellent work, and so was William Wooddard. who scored honors for bringing in most new members. A report from Larry Cary. on winter activities at New Orleans was received with appreciation. The committees at the winter tracks were thanked for their efforts in behalf of the association. «. — ___
