TIME
When Jockey Don Meade’s third “lifetime” suspension was lifted by the Florida State Racing Commission (TIME, Dec. 18), the National Association of Racing Commissioners raised an outraged bellow. Last week, Jockey Meade himself got the Florida commission off the spot. In a tearful statement (“I had no idea all the trouble it would cause . . . I’m brokenhearted”), Bad Boy Meade withdrew his application for a Florida license.
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