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ANNUAL MEETING, 1899. OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR. W. F. Schulte, President. Address, Louisville, Ky. James Howard, Vice-President. Address, Chicago, HI. O. L. Bradley, Treasurer. Address, Lexington, Ky. E. C. Hopper, Secretary. Address, Covington, Ky. J. B. Dillon, Assistant Secretary. New member elected The" Western Turf Association of South San Francisco, Cal. By-Law XVI changed so as to provide for an. assistant secretary. By-Law XIX changed by adding the words "through the secretary" after the word "Congress" in seventh line. Rule No. 6 was stricken out. Rule No. 17 was changed to read as follows : The colors selected by owners must be registered with the Secretary of the Congress and when thus registered shall not be used by others except in case of death or after five years withdrawal from the turf. Any owner racing in colors not registered shaU be fined. A fee of .00 shaU be charged for registering and the Secretary shall issue a certificate of registration. In case of conflicting claims those now registered with the Secretary shaU have prior claim. A list of colors that have been registered shall be furnished each member by the Secretary of the Congress and shaU be posted in-the office of the Clerk of the Scales. Rule 18 Every person or horse expelled or ruled off by any reputable running association, or by the American or the National Trotting Association, shaU stand ruled off the courses of the members of this Congress during the continuance of such expulsion. Any Association that shaU knowingly aUow any ruled-off or expelled person or horse to participate in its racing shaU be outlawed. Rule 27 Any owner, strainer, jockey or horse, that shail in any way participate in racing under injunction, proceedings, or any owner, trainer or. jockey that shaU attempt to nullify by legal process the rulings of officials in case of fraud shall be barred from aU privileges of the tracks of this Congress. This rule to take effect from date of passage. Rule 95 Declarations in purse races must be made by the owner,trainer or other person, deputed by him, to the Secretary or his assistant by 12 oclock noon of the day of the race, or at such other time as he may-appoint. When a party having more than one horse entered in a purse, shall declare one out, he thereby declares aU out, but this rule shall not apply to handicaps. Declarations in purse races must be accompanied by five 5 per cent, of the first money. In purse races with more than eight? entries, owners can declare out to that number free of charge, the right to declare free being determined by lot, as occasion may require. AU declaration fees in purse races shall go ; 60 per cent, to second horse and 40 per cent, to third horse. In case one horse distances the field in heat races, all entrance and declaration money must go with the purse. Rule 105 No jockey, except when riding for his contract employer, shaU be weighed out for any race unloss 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 keep the accounts for tho:jockeysj pay over to them the moneys collected, unless he has notice to the contrary, and for his services shaU receive two per cent, of the amount collected. The.failuro to deposit this fee for the jockey engaged for any horse shaU declare it out of the race. Rule 157 Stricken out. Rule 100 In selling races the horses engagements are included if the horse is boug or claimo Rule 172 Owners and trainers employing ridors, grooms or attendants shall make their contracts in writing, properly signed and witnessed, -whenever the time covered by the contract exceeds thirty days. Any person who shall entice or attempt to entice away from an employer, a rider, groom or attendant who is under contract, may be fined or ruled off. No contract shall be bindine under these rules, the provisions of which give an employer any interest whatever in the earnings of a jockey, and the License Committee shall grant no license to jockeys bound by such contracts. Any employer or jockey misrepresenting the terms of any contract shall be ruled off. In the absence of written agreement the engagement of a jockey, groom or attendant terminates with the last day of each month. If a jockey, groom or attendant be prevented from riding or service by suspension for fraudulent practices or other misconduct, any person who has retained or employed him may cancel the contract or retainer. In like cases, if any owner or trainer be prevented from running or training by suspension for fraudulent practices or other misconduct, the rider, groom or attendant may cancel the contract or retainer. Rule 176 Jockey fee is fixed at 23. Rule 178 If a jockey engaged for a certain race, or for a specified time, refuses to fulfill an engagement, the Judges shall fine or suspend him. Rule 19 Steeplechases stricken out. It is a duplicate. The following new Rulo was adopted: No person against whom there are outstanding forfeit orders or other arrears issued by members of the Congress shall receive a trainers or jockeys license until the same are paid. The following new Rule was passed: Any person who shall enter or run a horse or allow a horse to be entered in a selling race while any claim is held against such horse, either as a bill of sale, chattel mortgage or lien of any nature, by anyone, without making the fact known at the time of entry shall be considered guilty of fraud and shall immediately be ruled off by the Judges, and any and all persons claiming title or ownership of any horse after such horse has run in the name of another person, having peaceable and undisturbed possession of same, shall be considered guilty of fraud and be ruled off by the operation of this rule. This rule to take effect immediately. Messrs. Tarlton, Fowler and Hopper were appointed committee to edit rules. The name of the Chicago Racing Association was changed on the records to the Chicago Jockey Club. L. D. Hall, James Arthur and J. R. Hand, who participated in racing at Woodstock, 111., run contrary to American Racing Rules, were reinstated. The horses, Barrier and Ramona, were refused reinstatement. The mare Maxine, formerly Fleur de Lis, whose name was changed East to conform to their registration rule, was permitted to run under the name of Maxine on Congress tracks. The following resolution was adopted : Inasmuch as the fund of the Turf Congress has -accumulated beyond all possible future neces-aities, and as the fixed revenues are ample for annual expenses, Resolved, That the Congress appropriate to each of its members the sum of ,000, or as much thereof as the different clubs may designate, to which a like amount shall be added by each club, to be known as the Turf Congress Sweepstakes of 1900, and to be run in one or more stakes as each club may provide. Of the sum appropriated one-half shall be paid to the trainers and jockeys of the three placed horses, as follows : Forty per cent., 20 per cent, and 10 per cent, to the trainers of the first, second and third horses respectively, and 15 per cent., 10 per cent, and 5 per cent, respectively to the jockeys riding them. And when any Association shall show to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Congress that the above stake has been given and that its conditions have been complied with in full, he shall authorize the Treasurer of the Congress to pay over to each one complying the requisite amounts. The time for forfeiture of membership on account of not giving a meeting within the year was extended to September 1, 1900. The registration rule was amended so as to conform to the rule governing the Stud Book, except that portion of the Stud Book rule relating to the naming of foals. The old naming rule still stands.
