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Trainer Harold Kennedy 1 Suspended for One Year Ohio Board Hears Stimulation Case; Cite Officials on Claim COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 13.— Both Har- j old Kennedy and his wife, Betty, today, i denied knowledge of or complicity in the] doping of the horse Sign It when the salivsfl test following a winning race at Fort Miamfl . April 23 showed traces of procaine. Kenfl nedy, trainer of the horse, and his wife, the! owner, appeared before the state racing! commission. J Also testifying were Dr. W. M. Strawn.Tl Fort Miami veterinarian, and Stanley Morgan, chemist at the Ben-Venue Labora-tj tories, Bedford, where saliva and urine samples of winning horses In the state are analyzed. Dr. Strawn related in detail the procedure for the taking of saliva samples at Fort Miami. Morgan described the drug, procaine, as a "pain killer." Following the taking of evidence, thU commission announced the suspension of ! trainer Kennedy for one year, whiles charges against Mrs. Kennedy were dis J missed. m The Commission also voted to summofl before it May 23 four Beulah Park officiaM to show cause why they should not be per | manently suspended for voiding a claim May 7. The ,500 claim was for the horse Marys Frank and was filed by Mariani Becker. The latter was represented before! the board by James Deleone, ColumbuJl ■ attorney. ■ The four Beulah officials cited by thll commission were: stewards Tow SanfordJ i E. W. Stribling. and Monte Weil and racing secretary E. W. Bury. Commissioner Thomas Lloyd made the motion to cite the four officials and it war seconded by commissioner Otto Elliott. The commission then unanimously passed it. j | Becker, in his affidavit, asked that thel tracks license be revoked. J J
