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EDICT AGAINST CHICKENS AND CANINES. New York, October 10. Captain Hawes, of Colonel Bob Piukertons forces, is greatly worried over the way in which trainers allow their dogs to run loose over the course at Belmont Park. One day last week there were not less than three dogs snapping at the horses heels while starter Cassidy was trying to get them off before a race. These dogs are apt to-get out on the track and seriously affect the result of a race, and Captain Ilawes has warned trainers about it repeatedly. At one of the tracks at a meeting not long ago a certain horseman, a chicken fancier, had his stable near the backstretch, and his leghorns and cochins used to flutter over and scratch for worms on the track. It Is not recorded that their industry was magnificently rewarded, but they kept on grubbing for manna in the wilderness, so to speak, and several times chose race time for their operations. Their squawks and llutterings as the horses bore down upon them didnt exactly tend to steady the nerves of the highly strung thoroughbreds, and naturally Captain Hawes had a heated discussion with the owner of the fowls. Now lie has sent out a warning that all chickens and dogs found on the course after 11 oclock in the morning will be killed.
