Hemingray may race horses again, re-instated to jockey club

HEMINGRAY MAY GO

TO THE RACES

AGAIN

THOMAS H. WILLIAMS,

PRESIDENT OF JOCKEY CLUB, SAYS

SUSPENSION WAS ORDERED

UNDER MISAPPREHENSION.

Thomas H. Williams, President of the New California Jockey Club, announced at Ingleside yesterday that Robert Hemingray, the horse owner who gained notoriety through the death of Carlotta Steffin, the young woman who committed suicide at the Knickerbocker Apartment House last Saturday, had been restored to good standing so far as the Jockey Club's tracks are concerned. This means that Hemingray is at liberty to begin racing his stable of two horses whenever he pleases.

In explanation of his actions, president Williams said:

"The whole matter in a nutshell is that we suspended Hemingray under a misapprehension. We were informed that his conduct toward the unfortunate young woman was cowardly in the extreme, and that he had almost taunted her into committing self-destruction. We were told that these facts would be made apparent by the testimony to be taken at the inquest. Now we have followed the matter closely. We have read every line of the testimony and have instituted inquiries, and we find that the view of the circumstances presented to us when we took action against Hemingray has not been borne out by the evidence. We are decidedly averse to being unjust to anybody, and therefore we have removed the ban from the young man so far as our tracks are concerned."