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1 8! 8! [ 1 | . 5 5 8 ! b 2 8 g 8 B 8 8 I 7 7 j 6 I 1 2 2 2 3 7 ] 5 8 8 7 7 7 7 J 7 x 1 0 1 0 6 6 1 • 1 ; • 5 1 : j j I i | j I I I ; | j I | I • I j TGroorn Trouble1 Finally Settled at Jamaica Oval Credit Each Trainers Account With and of Winner 5 More JAMAICA. L. I., N. Y., April 11.— The "groom trouble, which delayed the start of the opening race of the New York season on Saturday and resulted in the refund of wagers on the first race yesterday, was at least temporarily settled at a meeting held in the grandstand lunch counter after the last race yesterday. Under the terms of the agreement reached between the Metropolitan Jockey Club and the horsemen, each trainers account will be credited with for each horse brought to the paddock, and each winning trainer will be credited with an additional 5, totaling 0 to the winning trainer. Francis P. Dunne, steward repre-8 senting the state racing commission, said that this amounts to a system of trainers awards, similar to the breeders awards. The grooms had demanded a bonus of for each horse led to the paddock and 5 for each winner, in place of the 0 groom award to the winner formerly pro- vided. Dunne said that the association made it clear that it was up to the trainers individually to pay the bonus to the grooms — that the association was merely making this award to the trainers and assumed no 1 further responsibility. Last nights meeting was attended by Dr. Edward P. Kilroe, president of the Metro- politan Jockey Club, operators of the Ja-8 maica race track; David Brown, attorney for the association; steward Dunne, of the racing commission; Maj. Thomas H. Mc-. Creery, president of the Horsemens Benevolent and Protective Association, and several other owners and trainers. Preston Burch took part in the early discussions, but had to leave before the settlement was reached. At the end, the horsemen were represented by Major McCreery, A. L. Aste, E. S. Haviland and Jules Wessler. Originally, the horsemen asked the asso-0 ciation to provide the bonus for starters and 0 additional to winners. This was a counter proposal to the offer of the track to raise all purses less than ,000 by 00. However, Dr. Kilroe offered to go the horsemen one better and offered and 0, which was promptly accepted. Harmony now reigns on the Jamaica front, and this arrangement is to be main- tained at the other New York tracks. Some horsemen, however, point out that the grooms have no organization or bargaining agent and there is no contract to prevent them from making additional demands.
