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NEW YORK JOCKEY CLUB GRANTS MEADE LICENSE a MAY RIPE IN PAUMONOK To Make Reappearance in Silks in Empire State Saturday. Sir Damion Out of Jamaicas Opening Feature, and Star Rider Engaged for Mount on Early Delivery. Don Meade NEW YORK, N. Y., April 11. Jockey Don Meade, who made a sensational comeback after his recent reinstatement in Florida, today was granted a license by the stewards of the New York Jockey Club to ric"o in thi3 state. Meade, the 25 year old rider who piloted Brokers Tip to victory in the 1933 Kentucky Derby, probably will make his first appearance on a New York track since 1935, this Saturday in the Paumonok Handicap at Jamaica. He probably will ride Mrs. W. Plunkett Stewarts Early Delivery. Sir Damion, the mount Meade was expected to draw, will not start, itwas revealed today by trainer George Odom, who holds first call on Meades services. Meade was ruled off the tracks by the Florida commission on March 4, 1935, for allegedly betting on horses other than those which he rode. After several requests were turned down, he was finally reinstated last year and began his comeback at Tropical Park, Florida. He did not finish the Florida season, but when he went on a vacation last month he had a record of ninety-one winners, sixty-eight seconds and fifty-eight thirds in 408 starts. He was the seasons leading jockey then, but apprentice Johnny Oros came along and snatched the lead from Meade. Meade was not suspended in New York, but because he was ruled off Florida tracks he was automatically ineligible to ride in Continued on fourteenth page. NEW YORK JOCKEY CLUB GRANTS MEADE LICENSE Continued from first page. this country and his New York license expired. Meade was granted a license along with five other jockeys in a short meeting of the licensing committee and The Jockey Club stewards. He appeared personally at the meeting. He was in the committee room a few minutes, where he talked to William Woodward, chairman of The Jockey Club, and Alfred H. Morris, chairman of the licensing committee. A minute later he came but smiling. Then The Jockey Club handed out the list of licensed jockeys and Meades was the sixth and last name on it. None of the parties concerned made any comment. Meade, in the company of Odom, left immediately after the meeting. It was understood that after Meade appeared, the licensing committee recommended he be granted a license and the stewards immediately approved. The other jockeys who were licensed today were: Lester Balaski, Stanley L. Connell, Jerry Paradise, Baxter Renshaw and P. McDermott.
