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PROPOSED ENGLISH RULE IS HOSTILE. It is quite evident that, while tolerated, the "American invasion" Is not viewed favorably by . ! leant a portion of the con t rollers of the turf in F.nglaml. From the outset the American horses have been harshly weighted in all handicaps, and that practice still continues even in the case of horsi s that have raced sufficiently to expose their true form. And now the stewards of the Jockey Club bane proponed a new rule for consideration at the July meeting of the .lockev Club. It reads: "No weight shall be allotted to any horse in a handicap until be has run three limes In the United Kingdom." As the stewards proposals seldom are rejected, the probable adoption of this stringent rule has come in for much discussion. It is obviously the outcome of the recent influx of Frem-h and American horse.-, and the stewards action is by no means generally approved. However, the Jockey club is a law unto iiself. and if it adopts the rule it will be somewhat strange if the American owners now racing their horses iu England do not i-onsider the action a.i invitation to take their racers and go home.
