Sentences with phrase «harness racing commission»

One of them would require the Harness Racing Commission to hold open meetings on the granting of licenses; another would make it illegal for public officials or political party officials to hold financial interests in tracks; and the most severe of all would repeal the law which legalized pari - mutuel betting at harness tracks.

One week after his appointment as chairman of the Harness Racing Commission in January 1960, he was met in a Harris - burg hotel by Congressman Green and James Clark.

Mr. Sheppard (Shep, to his friends) has in his time scratched up the U.S. Army, a U.S. Senator, the Attorney General's office, the New York State Harness Racing Commission and the American labor movement, all of which have been foolish enough to do him battle.

He accepted his post-on the Harness Racing Commission because he saw a chance to fulfill that goal.