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Harrison Case Again Continued by Board To Serve Additional Subpoena In Time for Next Meeting The case of William B. Harrison, which was continued over from a previous date, again was taken up at yesterdays meeting of the Illinois Racing Board. Harrison, who was denied a trainers license by the license committee, is seeking to have his application approved. Grounds for denial of a license were based on his alleged connection with a "touting" letter in which the name "Paul Connors" was used. The case again was continued to permit further subpoenaing of employes of the Lincolri .Hotel, where Harrison jresides. At yesterdays session, George Lymagh, room clerk, who is on duty from 3:00 p. m. to 11:00 p. m., and Miss Ida Freiden, relief switchboard operator at the Lincoln, both testified that they had never seen A. F. Wells, special investigator for the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, Inc., who worked on the case and who confronted Harrison at the Lincoln Hotel. Wells was unable to say for certain that Lymagh was the person on duty at the desk when he made inquiry in the case. The Board asked that Harrison submit to a lie detector test, which he had volunteered at the previous meeting. Mr. Marion Beck; another room clerk, who had been subpoenaed, but who was unable to appear because of a sprained ankle, will be asked to appear when the case is taken up again, as well as Mr. Whiting, assistant manager of the hotel. Attorney Joseph Lustfield represented Harrison. That part of the meeting intended to bring together a committee of the Horse mens Benevolent and Protective Association and one representing the Grooms and Exercise Riders Association for a discussion of demands of the latter group also was put over until the next meeting so as to allow Larry Thompson, vice-president of the central division of the HBPA, to be present. The Board also approved the running of a ninth race on Saturdays and holidays at Fairmount for various benefit agencies, providing track officials get clearance from the Internal Revenue Department. The secretary was told to inform Billie Thompson, who seeks reinstatement, to file a petition in the regular manner, setting forth any new evidence he has to offer. Bonds for both the Arlington Park and Fairmount Park meetings were approved. Present at yesterdays meeting were Ednyfed H. Williams, chairman, and Frank E. Mandel, member, Clement A. Nance, secretary, and William Colohan, assistant attorney general and attorney for the Board.
