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JOCKEY CLUB MEASURES At their meeting Thursday the officials of the Jiickey Juice Club disposed of quite a mass of import ¬ ant business the most important being the adoption of a new rule for the government of the starters department It reads as follows Rule 105 The starter shall have authority to fine or suspend a jockey for disobedience of his orders or for attempting to take any unfair advantage but suspension of jockey shall not take eff Jeff ect sect until after the last race of the day of his suspension The starter shall not impose any fine exceeding 200 for any offense nor sus subs ¬ j pend spend beyond the last day of the meeting and he shall report all fines and suspensions to the clerk of scales in writing Stewards only may modify or remit the penalties imposed by the starter starterThis starter This is practically a reinstatement of the old rule and will give Starter Fitzgerald a much greater measure of authority over the jockeys than his immediate predecessor enjoyed enjoyedParagraph enjoyed Paragraph 2 of rule 63 was altered to read as follows In all cases of sale by private treaty or public auction written acknowledgment of both parties that the horse was sold with en ¬ gagements arguments is necessary to prove the fact but when the horse is sold or claimed out of a sell ¬ ing King race the advertised conditions of the race are sufficient evidence evidenceS S S Howland Holland was appointed steward to repre prepare ¬ sent the Jockey Club at the Washington spring meeting which opens at Bennings Jennings on Easter Monday The following list of officials ap ¬ pointed for the meeting was approved Stew ¬ ards bards Jesse Brown and Samuel Ross starter Matt Byrnes Byres judge C McDowell handicapper W S Vosburgh clerk of the scales H G Crick more paddock and patrol judge J L Hall
