The New York herald., 1922-02-10
. Jockey Who Caused Row in
Maryland Placed in Good
Standing by Stewards.
sTAPLIN is REINsTATED
Gets Permission to Ride
/. LOTUS Now Full Pledged
Trainer.
BY HENRY v. KING.

J. Carroll Shilling, the jockey who
came very near breaking the friendly
relations between the Jockey Club and
!. the Maryland State Racing Commits
= sion last year. has been taken into the
fold by the Jockey Club. At a meet
ing of the stewards yesterday he was
granted a license to train.
JohnAy LOTUS. the noted jockey
who has been under suspension for
= two years, also received a license to
(. train. So did A, r. Buck" Bressler
who was denied one last season.
2 Eddie Taplin. the jockey who was sus-
pended for tmid and weak rides on
several horses trained by S. G. Hill
dreth two years ago, was restored To
good standing. He Is under contract to
ride next season for Charles Stoneham.
owner of the Giants.
-Four other Jockeys were not as fortu-
nate as Taplin. John Dorsey, John Viii
son. G. Yeargin and Tommy McTaggart
were denied licenses. John Wilson Ia
the lad who confessed he pulled" a
horse in Saratoga nearly decade ago.
Yeargin. fell from grace for a weird
!. ride on Leatherface at Saratoga last
summer. Tommy McTaggart has been
on the ground for three years for MAX
ing wager on horse other than one
he rode In race.
u Keep Han ON kOnigsberg.
banislied from the track two years ago
for making a present to a jockey for
:, winning race, made application for
/. reinstatement, but his plea was in vain.
The granting Of licenses to LOTUS and
= Taplin was no surprise. For many
weeks II was known among horsemen
that they would be placed in good stand
ing. With Shilling it was different He
was suspended nearly decade ago and
every year since then made application
for reinstatement. When denied a license
to ride last year Guy Bedwell started a
fight for him and with legal and politi-
= cal aid had the Maryland Commission
grant him a license.
u But the racing associations in Mary
land refused to allow him to ride and
! His ease went to the court when he and
Bedwell were again beaten. AS re-
suit of his fight the commission was
/ torn apart, two of the three Commits
sioners resigning. Bedwell Is now
? W ithout q, license to train and is not
permitted to act as an agent for any
owner. .4,-.-
a. No Timer Appointed.
i Several applications were made for
the position OF official timer, left vacant
osby the resignation of John Odom, but
eno appointment was made. All of the
Officials for the year will be appointed
at "a future meeting.
Previous to the meeting OF the
stewards the Jockey Club held its
monthly meeting. At it were Perry
Belmont, John f.. Cowdin, Foxhall p.
Keene, II. X. Knapp, George II. Bull. II.
Y. Oxnard. +. X. Sturgis, George d.
Widener, Joseph II. Widener. Richard
n. Wilson, William Woodward and
Samuel D. Riddle and August Belmont,
At this meeting the chairman and Sec
rctary of the meeting were authorized
10 execute papers amending the char
ter of the Jockey Club, increasing the
a humber of the board of stewards from
seven to nine.
Resolutions Of sorrow were adopted
: over the death of Col. Il. B. Cassatt.
~ The members also voted to increase
the fee of the registration of a foal from
= SO TO SIS and the registration Of assumed
names from $50 to 500.