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L GENTRY REFUSED LICENSE Independent Canadian Racing Asso ¬ ciation Reviews Trainers Case Frederick Fellows Sr and J E Mason MasonCited Cited to Appear Before Committee on onSaliva Saliva Test Report ReportHAMILTON HAMILTON Ont June 30 At a meet ¬ ing of the committee of the Independent Canadian Racing Association Friday June 29 it was resolved that Frederick Fellows Sr and J E Mason trainer be suspended and cited to appear before the next meet ¬ ing of the committee This action was taken following a report received from those in charge of the saliva test testJockey Jockey C Rails came to Hamilton for a hearing before the committee on account of the committees refusal to grant him a li ¬ cense but on being asked to come into the meeting refused to come in unless accom ¬ panied by Mr Seffering This the commit ¬ tee could not permit and Rails thereupon declined to appear before the committee committeeRegarding Regarding L Gentry At the first meet ¬ ing of the Independent Canadian Racing Association held on May 3 Mr Gentrys ap ¬ plication for a trainers license was given every consideration along with others and the unanimous decision of the committee was that on account of irregularities in claiming horses and his own conduct on tracks where he was racing during last sea ¬ son he should not be granted a license licenseAfter After the second meeting held on May 23 the secretary of the Independent Canadian Racing Association received a telegram from Mr Gentry asking if he could be heard with regard to our refusal to grant him a license The secretary wrote him that he would be given a hearing at the first meet ¬ ing of the committee which would be held in Hamilton on June 29 29On On the afternoon of the day before this Hamilton meeting the president of the Inde ¬ pendent Canadian Racing Association re ¬ ceived a letter from Mr Hatch saying he had instructed his solicitor to go to Hamil ¬ ton and represent him and Mr Gentry at our meeting The president at once wrote a letter to Mr Hatchs solicitor and had it delivered by hand saying that as this was not a legal matter but merely a question as to whether the committee of the Inde ¬ pendent Canadian Racing Association de ¬ sires to have Mr Gentry training horses which run on tracks under their jurisdic ¬ tion or not and under the circumstances we could not permit outsiders to attend our meeting The effect was that Mr Gentry would have to make his own explanations Notwithstanding this Mr Gentry appeared at Hamilton accompanied by Mr Hatchs lawyer but the committee had to refuse the latters presence at the meeting but asked Mr Gentry to come in and state his case This he refused to do so that no further consideration was given to the matter matterThe The committee regrets that in what has become more or less of a controversy on the part of Mr Gentrys friends Mr Hatchs name has appeared so prominently with the implication that he could not race his horses on the Independent Canadian Racing Asso ¬ ciation circuit and the impression has been given that we have created a hardship for Mr Hatch HatchWhen When the matter of Mr Gentrys appli ¬ cation was being considered Mr Hatchs name was not mentioned and the committee is glad to say that there is no reflection whatever on Mr Hatch and that they would be glad to have all of Mr Hatchs horses racing with them but that one man Mr Gentry could not train horses on our cir ¬ cuit cuitIt It is understood that Mr Hatch has re ¬ cently engaged a competent trainer who has always raced in complete accord with the rules of racing as laid down by the Independent Canadian Racing Association and the committee hopes that Mr Hatch will see his way clear to race with them again againRacing Racing in Canada under the Independent Canadian Racing Association has been car ¬ ried on for a great many years successfully and in complete accord with racing bodies in other countries Their only object is to see that racing in Canada where they have jurisdiction is carried on in a proper way and not allow actions detrimental to the sport of racing racingApplications Applications for licenses were granted as follows followsTrainers Trainers Thomas J Bird Harvey Boyle James Entwistle George A McDermid Mil ¬ ton Nelson Asa E Smith William C Weant Edward Weiss Jack E Williams William W Young and William Turner TurnerJockeys Jockeys William John Arnold Ross Coch rane Lome Gee Maurice S Hayward Philip Miller Ben Mireault John Mulrooney Wil ¬ liam A Obert Elmo Pulliam and Ralph Wimmer WimmerApprentices Apprentices Joseph Dawson Jr Ray ¬ mond G Hayward and W Scott
