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GILBERT GETS FIVE MONTHS Maryland Commission Revokes License Because of Statement in Bye Bye Will-Uallno Case. BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 30. Johnny Gilbert, who leaped into the limelight as an apprentice rider half a dozen years back, by topping the American jockey list with 212 winners, gained further prominence today, but not of a desirable order, when the Maryland Racing Commission, revoked his license and announced that "no consideration would be given to an application for restoration to good standing prior to May 1, 1939." In substance this means a five-months suspension for Gilbert, as it is the general belief his Spring 75lea will be received favorably. He was punished for his conflicting statement in the "Bye Bye Will-Uallno case. Gilbert said he galloped Uallno, "or a horse that looked and acted very much like him," on May 7, the date of the Bye Bye Will race at Pimlico. This was contradicted by one of Malones former employes, who said Gilbert did not even appear at the stable that day. The commission did not make their ruling more severe because there had been no proof offered that the rider had been implicated in or benefited from the alleged ringing. The and938 season had been a big one for Gilbert, its he piloted 135 winners and was among the first half a dozen riders in the percentage of ginning mounts. f The three commissioners, Jervis Spencer, Frank! chairman, George R. Norris and Small, Jr., also ruled John Sweet off the turf. He was a rubber in Malones employ and, in 1932, was sentenced to Leavenworth for three years for selling narcotics, with information at. hand showing he had served a little more than two years.
