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I Forfeiture of Wexlers License Best7 Gomrbos Application Would Have Been Tabled If File Were at Hand Special to Daily Racing Form COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 3. The chairman of the Ohio Racing Commission today declared that Morris Mushy. Wexlers voluntary forfeiture of his Ohio owners license is "the best thing for a lot of people and the best thing for horse racing itself." Issuance of a license tqJWexler had been protested by Spencer J. Drayton, head of the Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau, who turned over a lengthy file on the Cleveland restaurant owner to each member of the board a week ago-approximate.-ly two months after Wexler had been granted an owners license. Gombos said that if the commission had been in possession of all of the information contained in the file, Wexler would not have been issued the license "automatically," as he was. The restaurateur received the license April 4 in what the chairman calls "a routine way." Gombos explained that if the board had had the complete file, it would have tabled the application and asked Wexler to appear before it. The chairman reported that the commission had already decided to cite Wexler for a hearing when attorney Don Miller informed it that the Clevelander would surrender the -license voluntarily without prejudice. Gombos said, "a Wexler hearing may have rattled some skeletons in the closet. And if we revoked his license, he probably would have gone to court where some pretty big names were likely to be mentioned. Horse racing has come a long way since Wexler was connected with it. Wexler formerly owned a stable of horses and headed a race wire service now out of business. The chairman concluded, "Im sure Wexler doesnt want to embarrass anyone, which explains his license forfeiture. Its the best thing for a lot of people and the best thing for horse racing itself."
