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Ohio Board Suspends * Harness Owner-Trainer E. L. DeWine Grounded 60 Days in Signal Light Stimulation Case COLUMBUS,. Ohio, June 9.— For the first time since the State Racing Commission began functioning in 1933, that group" has suspended a harness racing figure. Grounded for 60 days by the commis-f sion was Edward D. DeWine, Jr., Xenis, Ohio, owner-trainer. Signal Light, from» DeWines Stable, was found to have been stimulated with procaine following a winning race at Lebanon May 26. DeWine also* drove the winner. Only a saliva test had been taken of the,** horse, Dr. Bernard J. Bowman, Lebanon Raceway veterinarian, testified at a hear- ing before the board. Others who testified were DeWine, G. P. Wickes, chemist, and Loyal M, Germaine, presiding judge at Lebanon. They were questioned by William A.t Carroll, assistant attorney general, and Ed Hackett of the United States Trotting Association. * ; Heretofore, the Ohio board has permitted the USTA to act in such matters. Hackett said his organization conducts hearings and acts in such cases only when the commission declines to do so. He addedg| that the USTA will honor the Commissions ruling; Zoltan Gombos, chairman of the Com mission, said that hereafter his group will • take a more prominent part in the super-., vision of harness racing in the state. He explained that the DeWine hearing and suspension "was only the beginning." JB
