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Illinois Board Adopts New Apprentice Rule Young Riders May Request Time Lost by Injuries Not-Be Counted Apprentice riders performing in the state of Illinois may request an allowance for time lost when injured in the performance of their profession or for any other valid reason, the Illinois Racing Board held in a ruling passed here yesterday. This rule, which was adopted in Florida this past winter, was incorporated in the report of the Committee of Uniform Rules and Procedure at the recent convention of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners. The report was prepared by Frank E. Mandel, Illinois board member, and read by Stuyvesant Peabody, Illinois board chairman, at the NARC meeting in New York. The Mandel report was held over for further discussion of debatable points other than the apprenticeship rule. The new Illinois rule allows an apprentice to petition the board that the time lost under the af orementioned conditions not be deducted from the time of one year after he road his first winner. At its meeting the board heard the plea I of ex-trainer William B. Harrison for reinstatement. Following consideration of the case, Harrisons request was turned down. The board also denied the reinstatement plea of Clarence Peter Folz, a groom, whose case had been heard at an earlier meeting. The Board informed its secretary, Joseph P. Broderick, to inform ex-jockeys Fred W. Eppihimer and R. L. Vedder, who had asked for hearings, that they should file applications for hearings providing they have any new evidence in their respective cases. Both are asking reinstatement. The secretary also was instructed to inform trainer Daniel Wolfe, who was suspended by the Lincoln Fields stewards for falsifying his trainers application, that he was entitled to a hearing which will be given him at the boards next meeting if he so desires. The Lincoln stewards referred Wolfes case to the Board with the recommendation that his "license be revoked and that he be barred from all tracks j in the state of. Illinois." It also was announced that Rule 21 of the Rules of Racing requiring stewards, placing judges and patrol judges to submit ■. to eye examinations by registered occulists or optometrists will be strictly enforced. The regulation calls for an examination once every two years and states that officials must have 20-20 vision or corrected vision to that point. A resolution prepared by Bernard J. Fallon, I member, calling for period reports oh fire preventive measures at the states tracks was adopted, as was also one offered by Frank E. Mandel, member, requiring that all employes of the board handling money be bonded. The report of the license committee sinoe- the last meeting of the board was approved. Chairman Stuyvesant Peabody announced the following commitee appointments: Drugs and Stimulation, Bernard J. Fallon, chairman; Board of Relief for Horsemen, Fallon, chairman, and Joseph P. Broderick, secretary; Rules and Regulations, Frank E. Mandel, and Registration of Illinois-bred Horses, Broderick. Peabody and Fallon returned yesterday from New York where they attended the four-day convention of the National" Association of State Racing Commissioners. Before adjourning, Peabody announced that the next regular meeting of the board would, be held on Tuesday, June 7.
