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CHANGES IN THE RULES. J 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 94 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 the division of declaration fees between the second and third horses. Rule 99 was made rulo 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 the words "to a purse that is run off" before the words "shall not" in line 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 7Q reads as follows : "Every entry in a purse race must be in the name of a person having ownership in the 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 the Course before it starts at any meeting, as must be 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 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 mado 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 road : "Every horse entored for a purse must be a starter unless it should be declared out." Rulo 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 rulo 74. Rulo 65 was mado rulo 75. Rulo 66 was mado rule 76. Rulo 67 was mado rulo 77 and amended by inserting after tho word "horse" in lino two, "or of the engagement, or by a duly authorized person." Rulo 74 was mado rulo 78. Rule 72 was mado rulo 79. Rulo 76 was made rulo 80 and tho words "in a stake" inserted in line one after the word "declaration." Rulo 82 was made rulo 81 and amended by adding after the word "transferee" in line six, "except, however, tho conditions of produce races or races for which nominations of tho foals are made, may provide that the nominator shall be released from further liability by filing, prior to a time 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. Rulo 70 was mado rule 8t. Rulo 71 was made rule 85. Rulo 88 was made rule 83 and amended by substituting the word "sweepstakes" for "race" in line one. Rule 81 was mado rule 88. Rulo 95 was mado rule 89 and amended by substituting "any person1 for "parties." Rule 91 was made rule 90 and amended by inserting tho words, "and its jockey fee for a losing mount," in lino three. Rule 89 was made rulo 90. Rulo 90 was mado rulo 92. Paragraph four of rule 98 was mado 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 be weighed out for any race unless there has been deposited for him with tho Clerk of the Scales the fee for a losing mount in that race ; and tho Clerk of the Scales shall pay over tho money so deposited to the jockey unless he has notice to the contrary. The failure to so deposit this fee for tho jockoy engaged for any horse, shall declare it out of tho race." Rule 10G was mado rulo 103. Rule 107 was made rulo 104 and amended to read as follows after the word "judges" in lino threo "or his horse shall be declared out of the race. No person shall bo admitted to tho weighing room except owners, trainors.and jockoys." Rule 108 was made rulo 106. Rule 109 was mado rule 107. Rule 110 was made rulo 108. Rulo 111 was made rule 109. Rule 112 was made rule 110. Rulo 113 was made rulo 111. Rulo 114 was made rule 112. Rulo 115 was mado rule 113. Rule 116 was mado rule 114. Rulo 117 was mado rule 115 and amended by substituting tho words "this rulo" for the words "those rules" in line one of paragraph five." Rule 118 was made rule 116. Rule 119 was made rule 117. Rule 120 was made rule 118. Rule 121 was made rule 119 and amended 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 made rulo 120. Rule 123 was made rule 121. Rule 124 was made rule 122 and amended by substituting the word "judges" for the words "officers of the association" in line seven of paragraph two, and by substituting tho word "such" for tho word "tho" in the concluding sentence of the same line. Rulo 125 was mado rulo 123. Rule 126 was mado rule 124. Rule 127 was made rule 125. Rule 128 was made rule 126. Rule 129 was made rule 127. Rule 130 was made rulo 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 line five of paragraph one. Rule 133 was mado rule 131. Rule 134 was made rule 132. Rule 135 was made rule 133. Rule 136 was made rulo 134. Rule 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 mado rule 138. Rule 139 is a new rule and reads as follows : "An objection to a horse that ha8 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 tho clerk of the course, as required by rule 70, must be mado not later than the day after that upon which the race was run." Rule 141 was mado rule 140. Rule 142 was mado rulo 141 and amended by substituting the words "as to tho age" for the words "of the mouth" after tho word "fit" at tho beginning of lino four. Hulo 143 was made rulo 142. Rulo 144 was mado rule 143. Rule 145 was made rulo 144. - Rule 146 was made rulo 145. Rule 147 was made rule 146. Rule 148 was mado rule 147. Rule 149 was made rule 148. Rule 150 was made rulo 149. Rulo 151 was mado rule 150. Rulo 152 was made rule 151 and amended by striking out the first seven 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 tho winner, be sold at public auction immediately after tho race, and one-half of any surplus over tho selling price shall go to tho second horse and the other to tho 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 the words "as to who he is claiming for" in the concluding line and substituting therefore- the words "that he is doing so." Rulo 153 was mado rule 152. Rule 154 was mado rule 153. Rule 155 was made rule 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 the horse also." Rule 156 was mado rule 155 and amended by inserting after the words "horse in such race" in line four tho 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 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 tho judges; but tho ownor may still require that the horse shall be taken and paid for by the purchaser or claimant, who. if ho fail or refuse to do so, shall bo suspended until he makes good his default to the owner." Rule 158 was mado rule 157. Rule 159 was made rule 158. Rulo 160 was maderulo 159. Rule 161 was made rule 160. Rule 162 was mado rule 161. Rule 163 was mado rulo 162. Rulo 164 was mado rulo 163 and amended by adding a fifth paragraph which reads as follows : "In estimating the value of a series of races in which an oxtra sum of money is won by winning two or more of tho series, tho extra sum shall be estimated in the 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. Rulo 168 was made rulo 167 and amended by substituting "to" for "of" aftortho words "in respect" in line two. Rule 169 was made rule 168. Rule 170 was made rule 169. Rule 171 was mado rulo 170. Rule 172 was made rule 171. Rule 173 was made rule 172 and amended by inserting tho words "may bo fined or" in the last line of paragraph one. Rulo 174 was mado rulo 173 and amended by inserting the word "fined" before tho word "suspended" in lino three of paragraph two and by striking out tho words "to the Association which" in the last lino of paragraph threo and substituting therefor the words "to tho judges who." Rule 175, part of rulo 176 and rule 183 were consolidated and mado rule 174, which reads as follows : "Every person that trains or ride3 a horse, whether his own or tho 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 rido ponding action on his application ; except no rider with an apprentices license shall be required to apply for a jockeys license until after he shall have ridden a winner for tho first time. "An apprentice license for a boy who has never ridden a winner, may be granted for one year, or until ho does rido a winner, to and upon the application of his employer, and tho apprentice shall not bo permitted to ride for anyone excopt that employer without his permission. Tho license shall bo prima facio evidence of the employment of the apprentice." A new rule, 175, was adopted which reads as follows : "Any porson who shall start a horse trained by any one not a licQused trainer, or permit it to be ridden by any but a licensed jockey or apprentice, shall bo fined or suspended as shall also be such person who so trained or rode the horse: and if an objection is duly mado and sustainod 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 173 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 tho 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 tho word "jockoys" before tho word "license" in lino one and the words "his service as a jockey" in line six. Paragraph "c" was amended by striking out the words "of a jockey" after tho word "avocation," and substituting therefore the words "which he desires to follow." Paragraph "o" was amended by striking out the word "jockey" in line eight, and by inserting the words "of tho jockey license" in place of the words "of it" in the concluding lino of said paragraph. Paragraph "f" was amended by substituting the word "one" for the word "jockey" before tho word "ruled" in line one. Paragraph "i" was made paragraph "h" and amended by substituting the words "each member of the Congress" for tho words "each association in the Congress," and by substituting the word "person" for tho word "jockey" in lino four. Paragraph "k" was made paragraph "i". Rulo 177 was amended by substituting the word "judges" for tho word "association" in line two. Rule 178 was amended by substituting tho word "judges" for the word "association" in lino three. Rule 184 was made rule 183. Rulo 185 was made rulo 184 and amended by substituting tho words "declaring an entry out of" for the words "scratching an ontry in" before tho words "a purse" in line two of paragraph four. Rule 186 was made rule 185 and amended by substituting tho words "every horse wholly or partly owned by him shall also be ruled off or outlawed, and he shall not be qualified" in place of the words "he shall not be allowed on tho grounds of tho course, or bo qualified" in line 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 bo void, and tho money, if any, paid for such entry t refunded. And any money or prizo won under said entry shall be returned by the party that received it," and by amending second paragraph of said rule so that it reads as follows : "When a porson is ruled off for any fraudulent practice in relation to a paricular horse, wholly or partly belonging to him, ho shall return all money or prizes which such horse has fraudulently won in any race at any meeting." Rulo 187 was made rule 186. Rulo 188 was made rule 187. Rulo 189 was mado rulo 188. Rule 190 was made rulo 189 and amended by substituting tho word "an" for tho word "the" before the word "association" in line one. Rulo 191 was made rule 190. Rulo 192 was made 191 and amended by substituting tho word "an" for tho word "tho" before the word "association" in line three. Rule 193 was made rulo 192. Rule 194 was made rulo 193. Rulo 195 was made rule 194 and amended by inserting the words "or judges" after the word "officers" in lino three and by striking out the words "tho officers" in line six and substituting therefor the word "them." Rule 196 was mado 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 tho word "courso" in line three. Rule 198 was mado rule 197. Rulo 199 was mado rule 198. Rulo 200 was mado rulo 199. Rulo 201 was made rule 200. Rulo 202 was made rulo 201 and amended by striking out the words "in tho timers stand" in lino four and substituting therefor the word "therein." Rule 203 was mado rulo 202. Rule 204 was made rule 203. Rulo 205 was mado rule 204 and amended by striking out all after the word "moridian" in line fourteen, do .vn to and including tho word "whomsoever" in lino twenty-four. The part so stricken out being mado a part of tho by-laws of the Congress. Rulo 206 was made rulo 205. Rule 207 was mado rule 206. Rulo 208 was made rulo 207. Rulo 209 was mado rule 208.
