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JOCKEY CLUB VS TURF CONGRESS CONGRESSThere Congress There will be no outlaws out of the Turf Con ¬ gressJockey gesso Club episode over the four days extra racing at Pimlico Pillion All moves indicate an agreement between the two bodies and out of the negotiations may come something that the American turf has long needed reciprocity and cordial relations between those turf organiza organza ¬ tions ions From such relations a national jockey club can well be conceived The Turf Congress law which caused the present trouble is as follows The congress shall not recognize or its mem memo ¬ bers beers permit any racing in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains and north of lati Latin ¬ tude etude 35 degrees during the months of January February or December of any year nor shall any racing by electric or other artificial light be recognized or permitted anywhere or at any time of the year For participating in any such meeting or racing as prohibited each member of tba tuba congress shall disqualify and thereafter exclude from engagement or participation in any meeting or racing held by it or upon its track every person who shall act in any official capacity or as book ¬ maker or pool seller every owner or trainer who shall run any horse and every jockey who shall ride the same and every horse that shall run or is owned trained or under the control of any of the herein abovementioned persons And if any Association not a member of this Congress shall permit any of the above disqualified persons or horses to participate in racing on its course then all other horses or persons thereafter par ¬ ticipating inculpating in its racing shall likewise be disqual disqualify fied field This rule shall likewise apply to all race tracks upon which such racing takes place or is allowed Members of the Congress shall not book upon events on disqualified tracks and those persons and horses in any manner partici paretic ¬ pating patting in the racing on the tracks thereof shall be barred all privileges on the tracks of mem memo ¬ bers beers of the Congress Any member of the Con ¬ gress egress knowingly failing to enforce the provisions of this article shall be expelled
