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MEETING OF JOCKEY CLUB $ , » Thirty-Five Jockeys Licensed to Ride on New York Tracks. , « Joseph E. WMcner Appointed Jockey Club steward at Belmont Park and Saratoga — attl? liiller Purchased. ♦ NEV. YORK. M. Y., April 13.— At the regular meeting of The Jockey Club, held late tMs afternoon, -with vice-chairman William H. Woodward presiding, routine matters were — brought up and acted upon. Thirty-five jockeys were granted licenses to ride, among them being Earl Sande. The application for trainers licenses forwarded by T. O. Webber and H. Brooks were laid on the table and will be acted upon at a future meeting. j Henry W. Bull, proposed for membership in The Jockey Club by J. E. Widener, and seconded by H. P. Whitney, was elected a member of The Jockey Club. At a meeting of the stewards of The Jockey Club, A. P. Morris was appointed steward to represent The Jockey Club at the meeting of the United Hunts nd Racing Association. George H. Cull was appointed steward to represent The Jockey Club at the spring 3 meeting of the Metropolitan Jockey Club. Joseph E. Widener was appointed steward to represent The Jockey Club at the spring meeting of the Westchester Racing Associa- j tion. Howard W. Maxwell was appointed steward to represent The Jockey Club at the spring meeting of the Queens County Jockey j Club at Aqueduct. A. EL Morris was appointed steward to represent The Jockey Club at the summer meeting of the Empire City Racing Association. Joseph E. Widener was appointed steward to represent The Jockey Club at the meeting of the Saratoga Association. | There were present at the meeting William Woodward. John E. Cowdin, G. H. Bull, J. E. Davis, Robert A. Fairbairn, R. L. Gerry. Foxhall P. Keene. A. H. Morris. John A. ti Morris. A. G. C. Sage, J. E. Widener and R. T. Wilson. Dr. R. W. McCully. who was appointed as veterinary adviser to the stewards at the meetings to be conducted under the juris- tl diction of The Jockey Club on the New-York trades, will be able to resume his duties at the opening of Jamaica. Dr. Mc- G Cully has been confined to the Roosevelt g Hospital following a minor operation. The scope of his duties are wide and it was pointed out that a man of his integrity will g have no objector when he passe; upon a horse. The stewards have given him full ™ power and, should he report that a horse named for a race is in unfit condition to race, the stewards will declare the trainer incompetent and may rt voice his license. Through the efforts of secretary Dainger-field, a Greener "Humane Cattle Killer" was purchased. This instrument will replace a revolver should the occasion arise necessitating the destroying of a horse.
