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Court Orders A. Francis Be Granted Interim License BALTIMORE, Md., May 29.— Overruling its demurers to a mandamus proceedings instituted by trainer Anthony Francis for the return of his license, Judge Edwin T. Dickerson, in Superior Court, has given the Maryland Racing Commission 30 days in which to file an answer to the mandamus and ordered an interim license issued to the trainer. Francis is trainer of the horse, Goldies Sugar, in which traces of a barbiturate were found after the horse had won a race at Bowie last April 4. Francis was suspended by the commission and allowed privileges of the track only as a trainer. Judge Dickerson, in setting the time for a reply by the commission to Francis suit, stipulated that a license be issued him pending final disposition of the case.
