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Six Charles Town Suspensions CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., May 5.— Five i more cases of stimulation were uncovered 1 here following urine tests, bringing the • total of such malpractices at the meeting : to nine. Trainers of the horses who were i found drugged were meted out six months suspensions. Those who received the bans I were trainer J. E. Allison, Jr., whose horse. Love My Gal, finished second on April 27; i King M. Boyd, whose charge, Rolling I Water, finished second on April 27; Willie i James Johnson, trainer of Cateyes, winner ■ of April 29; Luther Wilson, whose ! horse, Air Defense, won on April 28, and Frank Lewis, conditioner of Windy Hills, . who ran second on April 28. All cases were referred to the West Virginia ■ Racing Commission for further action. - The stewards also redistributed the i purses, moved up the placed horses into positions previously held by the stimulated 1 races. The license of trainer V. P. Noyes s was suspended pending a hearing before i the stewards.
