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CHANGES IN THE RULES. As compared with 1898, the American Turf Congress Racing Rules for 1899 show a great many changes, some very important, others only matters of editorial rearrangement. A part of the new rules, amendments and alterations are here presented. Tho remainder will be published hereafter. In line eight of rule 12 the word "course" is stricken out. In lino four of the second paragraph of rule 19 tho word "Association" is stricken out. In lino three of rule 26 the words "Any Member" is substituted for "Association," and the rule is amended by adding "unless with written consent of the official or association from whose decision the appeal is made." Rule 30 was amended by adding "And any maiden which has been disqualified after having finished first, is still a maiden, although bets may have been paid on it as the winner." Rule 31 was amended by inserting the word "involving" before "admission" in line two. Part of paragraph three of rule 98 was made rule 94 which reads as follows: "Declarations in sweepstakes shall be made in the same manner as is provided for making entries therein to tho Secretary, who shall record the day and hour of its receipt, and give early publicity thereto." The remaining paragraphs of rule 98 were made rule 95, the words "purse races" being stricken from tho paragraph governing the division of declaration fees between tho second and third horses. Rule 99 was made rule 96 and amended by substituting "Member of the Congress" for "Association" and adding, "Any Secretary who shall fail to enforce this rule shall bo fined one hundred dollars." Rule 100 was made rule 97. Rule 101 was made rule 98 and amended by inserting "or other arrears" after "order" in line one, and by inserting "its collection shall no longer be enforceable" in lino three, and amended by inserting tho words "to a purse that is run off" before tho words "shall not" in lino four. Rule 86 was made rule 68. Rule 96 was made rule 69 and amended by adding "but when from any cause a race is not run all stake, declaration or entrance money, if any paid, shall be returned." Rule 70 roads as follows : "Every entry in a purse race must be in the name of a person having ownership in tho horse, and must be made in writing by the owner or trainer, or some one deputed by him ; but tho full name of every person having an ownership in a horse, or, excepting tho trainers per cent., any interest in its winnings, must be registered with tho Secretary or Clerk of tho Course before it starts at any meeting, as must bo every change in such ownership or interest thereafter made during that meeting. Any failure to comply with this rule shall bo punished by lino or suspension, and if an objection because of such defaults is duly made and sustained against a horse that has run in a race, its winnings in that race shall bo forfeited to tho horse that finished next behind it." Rule 52 was amended so as to read "A selling race is one in which every horse entered to bo sold, if a loser, may be claimed and if the winner, must be offered for sale at public auction." Rule 54 was amended to read "Owner includes part owner, but an interest in the winnings only of a horse shall not constitute ownership." Rule 63 was made rule 62. Rule 69 was made rule 63. Rule 75 was made rule 64 and amended by adding the words "but an entry in any race may be corrected." Rule 77 was made rule 65 and amended so as to read "Joint subscriptions and entries may bo made by two or more owners." Rule 80 was made rule1 66. Rule 85 was made rule 67. Rule 64 was made 71. Rule 92 was made rule 72 and amended so as to read : "Every horse entered for a purse must be a starter unless it should be declared out." Rule 93 was made rule 73 and amended to read after the word because, "of his failure to pay the jockey fee for that race." Rule 94 was made rule 74. Rule 65 was made rule 75. Rule 66 was made rule 76. Rule 67 was made rule 77 and amended by inserting after the word "horse" in lino two, "or of the engagement, or by a duly authorized person." Rule 74 was made rule 78. ,Rule 72 was made rule 79. Rule 76 was made rule 80 and tho words "in a stake" inserted in lino one after the word "declaration." Rule 82 was made rule 81 and amended by adding after the word "transferee" in line six, "except, howover, the conditions of produce races or races for which nominations of the foals are made, may provide that tho nominator shall be released from further liability by filing, prior to a timo therein fixed, the proper evidence of tho transfer, by public or private sale, of his entry and its engagement in that race." Rule 83 was made rule 82. Rulo 84 was made rule 83. Rule 70 was made rule 84. Rulo 71 was made rule 85. Rulo 88 was made rule 83 and amended by substituting the word "sweepstakes" for "race" in lino one. Rule 81 was made rule 88. Rulo 95 was made rule 89 and amended by substituting "any person" for "parties." Rule 91 was made rule 90 and amended by inserting the words, "and its jockey fee for a losing mount," in line three. Rulo 89 was made rule 90. Rulo 90 was made rule 92. Paragraph four of rule 98 was made rule 93. Rulo 102 was made rule 99. Rule 103 was mado rulo 100 and amended by inserting "of a horse or engagement" in line one after the word "transfer." Rule 104 was made rule 101. A new rule, 105, was enacted which reads as follows: "No jockey, except when riding for his contract employer, shall be weighed out for any race unless there has been deposited for him with the Clerk of the Scales the fee for a losing mount in that race; and the Clerk of the Scales shall pay over tho money so deposited to tho jockey unless he has notice to the contrary. The failure to so deposit this fee for the jockey engaged for any horse, shall declare it out of tho race." Rule 106 was made rulo 103. Rule 107 was made rulo 104 and amended to read as follows after the word "judges" in line three "or his horse shall be declared out of the race. No person shall be admitted to the weighing room except owners, trainers and jockeys." Rulo 108 was made rule 106. Rule 109 was mado rule 107. Rule 110 was made rule 108. Rulo 111 was made rule 109. . Rule 112 wa3 made rulo 110. Rule 113 was mado rulo 111. Rulo 114 was made rule 112. Rulo 115 was made rule 113. Rule 116 was made rule 114. Rule 117 was made rule 115 and amended by substituting the words "this rule" for the words "these rules" in lino one of paragraph five. Rulo 118 was made rule 110. Rule 119 was made rule 117. Rulo 120 was made rule 118. Rule 121 was made rulo 119 and amended to read as follows : "A horse should bring in its weight out, and if short of it by two ormoro pounds, it shall bo disqualified." Rule 122 was mado rule 120. Rulo 123 was mado rule 121. Rulo 124 was mado rulo 122 and amended by substituting tho word "judges" for tho words "officers of tho association" in lino seven of paragraph two, and by substituting tho word "such" for tho word "the" in the concluding sentence of tho samo line. Rule 125 was made rulo 123. Rulo 126 was mado rule 124. Rulo 127 was made rulo 125. Rulo 128 was mado rulo 126. Rule 129 was made rulo 127. Rule 130 was made rule 128. Rule 131 was made rule 129. Rule 132 was made rule 130 and amended by inserting tho words "making the dead heat" after tho word "horses" at the termination of lino five of paragraph ono. Rulo 133 was mado rulo 131. Rulo 134 was mado rulo 132. Rulo 135 was made rule 133. Rule 136 was made rule 134. Rulo 37 was made rule 135 and amended by substituting the words "the horses making the dead heat" for the words "both horses" in line two of paragraph one. Rule 138 was made rule 136. Rule 139 was made rule 137. Rule 140 was made rule 138. Rule 139 is a new rule and reads as follows : "An objection to a horse that has run in a race on the ground that it was not trained or ridden by a licensed trainer or rider, or that the names of all those having an ownership in it or an interest in its winnings have not been registered with the clerk of the course, as required by rule 70, must be made not later than the day after that upon which the race was run." Rule 141 was made rulo 140. Rule 142 was made rulo 141 and amended by substituting the words "as to tho age" for the words "of the mouth" after the word "fit" at the beginning of line four. Rule 143 was made rule 142. Rulo 144 was mado rule 143. Rule 145 was made rule 144. Rule 146 was made rule 145. Rule 147 was made rule 146. Rulo 148 was made rule 147. Rule 149 was made rule 118. Rule 150 was made rulo 149. Rulo 151 was mado rule 150. Rule 152 was made rule 151 and amended by striking out the first soven lines, except the words "if sold" at tho termination of line seven, and substituting therefor the words, "every horse entered to bo sold that runs in a selling race shall, if the winner, be sold at public auction immediately after the race, and one-half of any surplus over tho selling price shall go to tho second horse and the other to the association." Also by substituting the word "the" for "all" before the words "other horses" in the section in relation to claiming. Also by striking out tho words "as to who he is claiming for" in the concluding lino and substituting therefore the words "that he is doing so." Rule 153 was mado rule 152. Rule 154 was made rule 153. Rule 155 was mado rule 154 and amended by striking out the words "and the horse shall bo disqualified for all races" and substituting therefor the words "as shall be the horse also." Rule 156 was made rulo 155 and amended by inserting after the words "horse in such race" in line four the words "or attempt by intimidation to provent any one from running a horse in any race for which it is entered." Rulo 157 was made rulo 156 and amended so as to read as follows : "Any person who fails to pay for a horse bought or claimed in a selling race within fifteen minutes after the sale or claim has been made, shall forfeit his right to the horse, and shall be fined, suspended or ruled off by the judges ; but the owner may still require that the horse shall be taken and paid for by the purchaser or claimant, who, if he fail or refuse to do so, shall be suspended until ho makes good his default to the owner." Rulo 158 was made rule 157. Rule 159 was made.rule 158. Rule 160 was maderule 159. Rule 161 was made rule 160. Rule 162 was made rule 161. Rule 163 was mado rule 162. Rule 164 was made rule 163 and amended by adding a fifth paragraph which reads as follows : "In estimating the value of a series of races in which an extra sum of money is won by winning two or more of the series, the extra sum shall be estimated in tho last race by which it was finally won." Rule 165 was made rule 164. Rulo 166 was mado rule 165. Rule 167 was made rule 166. Rule 168 was mado rulo 167 and amended by substituting "to" for "of" after the words "in respoct" in lino two. Rulo 169 was made rule 16S. Rule 170 was made rulo 169. Rule 171 was mado rule 170. Rule 172 was mado rule 171. Rulo 173 was mado rulo 172 and amended by inserting the words "may bo fined or" in tho last line of paragraph one. Rule 174 was made rule 173 and amended by inserting the word "fined" before tho word "suspended" in line three of paragraph two and by striking out the words "to the Association which" in the last line of paragraph three and substituting therefor the words "to the judges who."
