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Three License Applicants Heard by Racing Board Harrison Case Continued Until Next Meeting of Solons May 20 Three individuals seeking licenses for the 1947 Illinois season appeared before the Illinois Racing Board at a special meeting held here yesterday morning. In each instance, the licensing committee recommended to the board that the applicants be denied licenses. Those appearing and testifying in their own behalf were William B. Harrison, seeking a trainers license; Fred Eppihimer, a jockeys license, and William Lang, an exercise riders license. The Harrison case was continued over until the next regular meeting of the board on Tuesday, May 20, while both Eppihimers and Langs pleas were denied. The committees refusal of a license to Harrison stemmed from a letter coming into the possession of the board last December. Use of the name Paul Connors was made in the "touting" letter, and the board turned the matter over to the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, and A. F. Wells, a representative of the TRPB, was assigned to the case. Wells testified that he went to the Lincoln Hotel here and his findings disclosed that Harrison was receiving mail and telephone calls addressed to Connors. Wells further stated that employes of the hotel said that Harrison had made arrangements to accept all mail and calls for Connors. Wells also said that racing information was given out on those calls, although no specific instances were related. Represented by attorney Joseph Lust-field, Harrison took the stand and vehemently denied any connection with that or any other "touting" scheme. Harrison stated that as far as he knew there wasnt any Paul Connors and that no such person occupied his room at the Lincoln Hotel. He testified that he had been licensed in the state of Illinois as trainer since 1937 and had never been in trouble at the tracks. Before continuing the case until the boards next regular meeting, chairman Ednyfed H. Williams requested Assistant Attorney General William Colohan to subpoena Mr. Whiting, assistant manager and switchboard operator at the Lincoln Hotel. Present at todays meeting besides Williams and Colohan were William E. Fay and Frank E. Mandel, members, and Clement A. Nance, secretary.
