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KENTUCKY RACING RULERS Hold Meeting, Appoint Chairman and Grant Trainers and Jockeys Licenses. LENINCTON, Ky., April 21. — The Kentucky State Racing Commission met this morning with all members present. Secretary W. S. Sherwood reported that former State Senator Thomas A. Combs had, on account of the state of his health, tendered his resignation as a member of the commission to Governor W. J. Fields ; that the resignation had been accepted and that S. S. Combs, brother of Senator Combs, had been appointed to the vacancy thus created. Secretary Sherwood then reported that Senator Combs resignation had vacated the chairmanship. The commission then was reorganized by the election of Polk Laffoon chairman, and Walter I. Kohn vice-chairman. Resolutions regretting the illness and resignation of Senator Combs were adopted. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved, and it was voted to further defer action on the proposal to eliminate the penalty of three pounds on a race winner after the publication of handicap weights. The report of the License Committee, which had another meeting this morning, was adopted. The rumor is that the License Committee at its meeting a week ago voted to recommend the refusal of license to jockeys Danny Connelly, Jake Heupel, Joe Kederis, Walter Lilley. Donald Mergler, Steve Higuera, Claud Hunt. Walter I". Ridenour and John J. Kobbins, but when the report came from the commission, it recommended the granting of licenses to the first five named, along with many others, and the refusal of license to only the last named four. The report stated that the applications of "a number of others were held up for investigation to ascertain their connection on the turf during the coming year." There was nothing before the commission relative to reinstatement of jockey H. Stutts. Trainer A. G. Woodman was among the trainers granted licenses. The commission voted to void the entry of the horse Vortex in the Kentucky Derby and in all other spring stakes in this state. The reason for the action was that in the Kentucky Derby he was entered as the property of Mose Shapoff and in other states as the property of Louis B. Draun. Shapoff was before the commission and was interrogated about the use of his name in connection with the advertisement of a tipster. He denied connections with the enterprise and was told that the commission would investigate further before final action.
