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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. In line eight of rule 12 the word "course" is stricken out. In line four of the second paragraph of rule 19 the 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 91 which reads as follows : "Declarations in sweepstakes shall be made in the same manner as is provided for making entries therein to the 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 the paragraph governing tho division of declaration fees between the 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 be 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 line three, and amended by inserting tho words "to a purse that is run off" before the words "shall not" in line four. Rule 86 was mado 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 reads 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 the full name of every person having an ownership in a horse, or, excepting the trainers per cent., any interest in its winnings, must be registered with the 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 be punished by fine 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 be forfeited to the 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 be sold, if a loser, may be claimed and if tho 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 be made by two or more owners." Rule 80 was made rule 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 tho engagement, or by a duly authorized person." Rule 74 was made rule 78. Rule 72 was mado rule 79. Rule 76 was made rule 80 and the 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, howevor, the conditions of produce races or races for which nominations of the foals are mado, may provide that the nominator shall be released from further liability by filing, prior to a time therein fixed, the proper evidence of the transfer, by public or private sale, of his entry and its engagement in that race." Rule 83 was mado rule 82. Rule 84 was made rule 83. Rule 70 was mado rule 84. . Rule 71 was made rule 85. Rule 88 was made rule 83 and amended by substituting tho word "sweepstakes" for . "race" in line one. Rule 81 was made rulo 88. Rule 95 was made rule 89 and amended by substituting "any person" for "parties." Rule 91 was made rule 90 and amended by inserting tho words, "and its jockey "fee for a losing mount," in line three. Rule 89 was made rule 90. Rule 90 was made rulo 92. Paragraph four of rule 98 was made rule 93. Rule 102 was made rule 99. Rule 103 was made rule 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 bo weighed out for any race unless thore has been deposited for him with the Clerk of tho Scales tho fee for a losing mount in that race ; and the Clerk of the Scales shall pay over the money so deposited to the 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 the race." Rule 106 was made rule 103.. Rule 107 was made rule 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 tho weighing room except owners, trainers and jockoys." Rule 108 was made rule 106. Rule 109 was mado rule 107. Rule 110 was made rulo 108. , Rule 111 was made rulo 109. Rule 112 was made rule 110. Rule 113 was made rule 111. Rule 114 was made rule 112. Rule 115 was made rule 113. Rule 116 was made rule 114. Rule 117 was mado rule 115 and amended by substituting the words "this rule" for the words "these rules" in line one of paragraph five. Rule 118 was mado rule 116. Rule 119 was made rule 117. Rulo 120 was made rule 118. Rule 121 was mado rule 119 and amendod to read as follows : "A horse should bring in its weight out, and if short of it by two or more pounds, it shall be disqualified." Rule 122 was mado rule 120. Rulo 123 was made rule 121. Rule 124 was made rule 122 and amended by substituting the word "judgos" for the words "officers of the association" in line seven of paragraph two, and by substituting the word "such" for the word "tho" in the concluding sentence of the same line. Rule 125 was made rule 123. Rulo 126 was made rule 124. Rulo 127 was made rule 125. Rulo 128 was made rule 126. Rule 129 was made rule 127. Rule 130 was mado rule 128. Rulo 131 was made rule 129. Rulo 132 was mado rule 130 and amended by inserting tho words "making the dead heat" after tho word "horses" at the termination of line five of paragraph one. Rulo 133 was mado rule 131. Rulo 134 was mado rule 132. Rule 135 was made rule 133. Rule 136 was made rule 134. Rulo 137 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 havo not been regis- tered with the clerk of tho course, as roquired by rule 70, must be made not later than the day after that upon which the race was run." Rule 141 was made rule 140. Rule 142 was made rulo 141 and amonded by substituting tho words "as to the age" for the words "of the mouth" after the word "fit" at . tho beginning of line four. Rule 143 was made rule 142. Rulo 144 was made rulo 143. Rule 145 was made rule 144. Rulo 146 was made rule 145. Rulo 147 was made rule 146. Rule 148 was made rule 147. Rule 149 was made rule 148. Rule 150 was mado rule 149. Rule 151 was made rulo 150. Rule 152 was made rule 151 and amended by striking out the first seven lines, except the words "if sold" at the termination of lino seven, and substituting therefor tho words, "every horse entered to bo sold that runs in a selling race shall, if tho winner, bo sold at public auction immediately after tho race, and one-half of any surplus ovor tho selling price shall go to tho second horse and tho other to the association." Also by substituting the word "the" for "all" before the words "other horses" in tho section in relation to claiming. Also by striking out the words "as to who he is claiming for" in the concluding line and substituting therefore the words "that he is doing so." Rule 153 was made rule 152. Rule 154 was made rule 153. Rule 155 was made rulo 154 and amended by striking out the words "and the horse shall be disqualified for all races" and substituting therefor the words "as shall be tho 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 prevent any one from running a horse in any race for which it is entered." Rule 157 was made rule 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 ro-quiro that tho horse shall be taken and paid for by the purchaser or claimant, who. if ho fail or refuse to do so, shall be suspended until he makes good his default to tho owner." Rule 158 was made rulo 157. Rule 159 was made rule 158. Rule 160 was maderule 159. Rule 161 was mado rule 160. Rule 162 was made rule 161. Rulo 163 was mado rule 162. Rule 164 was mado rule 163 and amended by adding a fifth paragraph which roads 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. Rule 166 was made rule 165. Rule 167 was made rule 166. Rule 168 was made rule 167 and amended by substituting "to" for "of" after the words "in respect" in line two. Rule 169 was made rule 168. Rule 170 was made rule 169. Rule 171 was made rule 170. Rule 172 was made rule 171. Rule 173 was made rule 172 and amendod by inserting the words "may be fined or" .in the last line of paragraph one. Rule 174 wa3 made rule 173 and amended by inserting the word "fined" before the word "suspended" in line three of paragraph two and by striking out tho words "to tho Association which" in the last line of paragraph three and substituting therefor the words "to the judges who." Rule 175, part of rule 176 and rule 183 were consolidated and made rule 174, which reads as follows : "Every person that trains or rides a horse, whether his own or the property of another, on a track where these racing rules are in force, must obtain a license from the Congress to so do as trainer, jockey or apprentice, respectively, and no horse unless so trained or ridden, shall be permitted to start in any race run on such tracks. But in cases of emergency a jockey may be permitted to ride pending action on his application ; except no rider with an apprentices license shall bo required to apply for a jockeys license until after he shall have ridden a winner for the first time. I "An apprentice license for a boy who has never ridden a winner, may be granted for one year, or until he does ride a winner, to and upon the application of his employer, and the apprentice shall not be permitted to ride for anyone except that omployer without his permission. Tho license shall be prima facie ovi- of the employment of tho apprentice." Idenco A new rule, 175, was adopted which reads as follows : "Any person who shall start a horse trainod by any one not a licensed trainer, or permit it to be ridden by any but a licensed ; jockey or apprentice, shall bo fined or suspended as shall also bo such person who so trainod or rode tho horse : and if an objection is duly mado and sustained that a horse which had run in any race was so trained or ridden, then its winnings in that race shall be forfeited to the horse that finished next behind it." Paragraph "h" of rule 176 was made paragraph "a" and amended so as to read as follows "Every license shall be for not more than one year and shall expire on the thirty-first day of December, next, after its issuance. The fee, which must bo paid by the applicant and accompany the application, shall be for a license to a trainer, twenty-five dollars; to a jockey, ten dollars ; to an apprentice, one dollar." Paragraph "b" was amended by striking out the word "jockeys" before the word "license" in lino one and the words "his service as a jockey" in lino six. Paragraph "c" was amendod by striking out the words "of a jockey" after the word "avocation," and substituting therefore the words "which he desires to follow." Paragraph "e" was amended by striking out the word "jockey" in line eight, and by inserting the words "of the jockey license" in place of the words "of it" in the concluding line of said paragraph. Paragraph "f" was amended by substituting the word "one" for the word "jockey" before the word "ruled" in line one. Paragraph "i" was made paragraph "h" and amended by substituting the. words "each member of tho Congress" for the words "each association in tho Congress," and by substituting the word "person" for tho word "jockey" in line four. Paragraph "k" was mado paragraph "i". Rulo 177 was amended by substituting the word "judges" for the word "association" in line two. Rulo 178 was amended by substituting the word "judges" for the word "association" in line three. Rulo 184 was made rule 183. Rulo 185 was made rule 184 and amended by substituting the words "declaring an entry out of" for the words "scratching an entry in" before the words "a purse" in line two of paragraph four. Rule 186 was made rule 185 and amended by substituting the words "every horse wholly or partly owned by him shall also be ruled off or outlawed, and he shall not bo qualified" in place of tho words "he shall not be allowed on tho grounds of the course, or be qualified" in lino two after the word "continues," and by adding the words "and if an entry from any person or of any horse that has been ruled off or outlawed is received, snch entry shall be void, and the money, if any, paid for such entry, refunded. And any money or prize won under said entry shall be returned by tho party that received it," and by amending second paragraph of said rule so that it reads as follows : "When a person is ruled off for any fraudulent practice in relation to a paricular horse, wholly or partly belonging to him, he shall return all money or prizes which such horse has fraudulently won in any raco at any meeting." Rule 187 was made rule 186. Rulo 188 was made rule 187. Rule 189 was made rule 188. Rule 190 was made rule 189 and amended by substituting the word "an" for the word "the" before the word "association" in line one. Rule 191 was made rule 190. Rule 192 was made 191 and amended by substituting the word "an" for the word "the" before the word "association" in line three. Rule 193 was made rule 192. Rule 194 was made rule 193. Rule 195 was made rule 194 and amended by inserting the words "or judges" after the word "officers" in line three and by striking out the words "the officers" in line six and substituting therefor the word "them." Rule 196 was made rule 195. Rule 197 was made rule 196 and amended by transferring and adding to it all of the first paragraph of rule 198 after the word "course" in line three. Rule 198 was made rule 197. Rule 199 was made rule 198. Rule 200 was made rule 199. Rule 201 was made rule 200. Rule 202 was made rule 201 and amended by striking out the words "in the timers stand" in line four and substituting therefor the word "therein." Rule 203 was made rule 202. Rule 204 was mado rule 203. Rule 205 wa s made rule 204 and amendod by striking out all after the word "meridian" in lino fourteen, dost n to and including tho word "whomsoever" in line twenty-four. The part so stricken out being made a part of the by-laws of the Congress. Rule 206 was made rule 205. Rule 207 was made rule 206. Rule 203 was made rule 20X Rule 209 was made rulo 203.
