The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-23
BAlRD'S LICENSE REVOKED.
JOCKEY CLIB STEW ARDS ACT
PRONPTLY ON Riders CASE,

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".Apprrniicr Allowance Procurcd l'nier
Fa,se Prctensrs" the stated Cause
for IIanishnent nj jockey Whose Rite
on W0otisAw Caused InSestiE all on.
SARATOGA. Aug. 20. Tho stewards OF the
Jockey Club held meeting this evening after
tho races. aud one Of the first matters that
oau,o up for their consideration was tho chse
OF Jockey Baird. which was referred 10 them
yesterday by the stewards ofIloiatins here
Since the boy was suspended The other day.
they have been getting evidence rs to the
connections Of the rider aud of those that held
the contract on his services. AZ result
the stewards handed out the folio owing rulings;
Robert Nicholson is ruled on the turf Tor
practices In contravention OF the rules OF
racing. The Jockeys license granted Harry
W. Baird Is revoked, apprentice allowance
having been procured under false pretenses.
Nicholson 10 the party that holds the con-
tract on the boy and also brought MN East.
Last winter he was training for Thomas Hat
field. one Of the parties implicated In the case
OF Jockey Hicks at New Orleans three years
ago, when the boy. after q lot OF persuasion.
confessed that he had ridden to lose under
threat from Hatfield and another party that
they would shoot him. Hatfield was ruled on
but was afterward relnstated and 70 stu
racing horses In the West. Nicholson has
always asserted that Die sssooiaaon w .h..
he had cut loose from him. Just what his
ofYense was here has not been made public.
Tho revoking of the boys license seems
to be based on the fact that he asked for
and received an apprentice allowance that
he was not entitled to: still the chances were
that the evidence submitted showed other
and sraver reasons for his Punishment.
n "s NAV !, IA s.,d that before tho bow rode
t atona last fall fall and .oorsd his first victory
IN ths h"shes IL NAV be that tho boy may
~ , III =" ",s.r IN his mart Of mi. deoeptIon
but with the other matter. hanging over his
ths ..dds sssin tSis year The nyestisst,on
All idea of starting Mohswk II. in the Fu-
turity was abandoned today and the colt, a.
to the farm at Amsterdam where IS he was bred ,s
nrovemsnt in his coa iition to-day. but that
this dnes not r,.sn ih.t h. will r,uno tn with
any any T9est haste. a on the contrary they have
sya .h 5 as
nnt tney Ha s sooH f envs anG Of a te rsber
an Su .I w taina s anG hreat hin, dnwn com.
nIetely. a'A 'A'''S' ""N ''eNA PUN
,.tha, eo old Gen s.nfnrd 9en' Eseniv ths
accident that t takss this Colt out of tie biz
race 'e at sheepshead. They had every hope
OF Winning ior the colt mao show W. t 5eia
sor Inc rsce i iscIlna in ssars thew had every
t5a. rs 10 and MINI ~ lmStsrdsW snother
Etr, way an u.s 70 W bnscac a. 40 has
b rouqhf their m' breedina estsblIshnent fame
galore rs IN ths roster OF winners Oh t h enens
e en- ue q august Belmont the father Of tse
presSent CHAIRMAN no OF she Jockey {so will, b.
sbjnnsd t to sbeenshesd BaV and It is almost
eertan that S Il VIII be- able 10 pay expenses and
material In in the lot When It became. a Ger.
tsin.r tha. Mohawk H. Wss out OF Saturday,
race there was quite a scramble to secure tn
services OF WHO ws' t 70 aSs baen
forestaiied 'h Nv 't Tom Wesh for yesterdav'
s0 OH az p n r1 n,"ae nrnvIsonsl
mant that n1 ~ ~ servces wsre MOI reouired
nv IL. ' smnIovers he MAS TO lake The mount
ths most dan9erous factors in the raos viii
be in np GOOD hands. for Ksdfern Is in DETER
Just nan me ha fs eeen rnnr nr hi,
final saop hers The idsa Wss 20 let him
rohss sb9pa re st se %1 .he
Zoo 4"5. He was eased up and tho six fur r.
io as rst four u Seconds Easter than Il was
in i tended he should sallop.' This does not
tha tb any colt Wss so S OF run tInt tbers
was NO restrainine him ''
The rail birds who saw the work assert
thatit waa tho hast that has heen shawn nere
nth.rs T hava e wnrIed faster bnt Il was ,be
manner in which this wa : done that irpressod
me n, at siven nm bv Mohawk il tat Is
fayorite.
fne b nag w % he m he b %
roce nf pSSaturdav Tbs hpy hod bean re-,
served for some time back to pilot one of
them seems o. " ~ nave q Chance Mr nwver hos
agreed to let Bennett, have the boy, This
iockev IL 1 n very patient rider and the f1ily
he viii have under him needs lust that sort
Of handling. She has a great chance for the
sama ioterferenne VI" She is sIow herinmer
and ir s6e should be Knocked about much
awnu,d sm mu bn hsstsn Her nTena atom
wSinh Sas Soon mede hove hos bcap nj