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NEW ERENCH RULES OF RACING. The Socicte dTCncouragement on March 10 agreed 1 to the publication of an extra number of the "Bulletin" or "Calendar" tending further to explain 1 ami iletine the rules of racing, recently modified. Tin- penalties, which only referred lo trainers holding : a license to use the rides and gallops at Chantilly. have been extended to all who have a Permit to ! •xeicise their functions as trainer, irrespectlre of locality, in France. Certain alterations bare beer. ; made, not affecting probable visitors from abroad. Race aoeletiea withm a radius of twenty-fire miles ol Pari.- bare to limit their number of meetings. not put more than six events on their days program. , BBd uiake certain reserves" in favor of breeders of all winners, save in handicaps and sidling races. Societies offering 30,089 as added money during j the .war must guarantee the second and third bone placed by the judge at least nine per cent, and six percent., respectively. The qualification for i 1 borae in a handicap consists In his having run prior , to the closing of the engagements. Eutries made fot horses prepared by trainers deprived of their . license iu other countries are null and void. A ■ very important point has been settled in the creation 1 bf a feiieii list by the Socicte dTBUcooragemeat on 1 the same lines as in Lngland. pre/renting anyone whose name is inscribed on the list from entering, I raining or riding horses whose forfeits remain unpaid. The question of the correct weight to be carried, according to the conditions of the race. comes under the responsibilities of trainers, who Hay be toed far any error made. The .-judge i- asked to note the fourth horse passing I lie P"s| mil the public is Informed that the winning horses whose numbers are hoisted on the board are not to 1 im- considered definite until confirmed by the stewards after the joekevs have passed the scales. The ex elusion from all premises trader the imisdiction of the Societe has been exlemleil. and studs where horses disqualified under the charge of fraud are ostracised far the future. Certain dispositions have been made as to the eeovery of JSC keys fees, which are- fixed at l-" francs for a winning ami HO flam I for a losing ride. These have lo be paid before tha end of the year under penally of a complaint ! • the stewards, • which entails the placing of the name of the de fanning owner on the forfeit list. Nothing has been 1 mentioned as a corrective for the exorbitant do mauds made bj some of tbe trst-flighl riders when 1 called mi to ride for owners who have no absolute claim on their serrices secured bj an annual pay meat. Jockeys have ben limited la their expenses, which are put down al Sri I day. exclusive of railway fates, and bare lo be divided up according to • the number of times they ride for different owners The position of apprentices and their masters, the • trainers, are death defined. Strange to say. In 1 modifying the Rules ,,t Baeing there seems to be • provision nade for tbe eventuality of dispensing with the starting uai" and restoring the Hag. The rule as to disqualification of a winner which may bare interfered during a smarl toish with an oppo-netit is made less absolate than formerly, as the • new disposition and the word shall is modified Into "may" be disqualified, while jockeys are given tn understand that severe measures may be adopted 1 against those who hinder and Inter fete with others. The question of s preliminary declaration of the ■ intentions of an owner tanning more than one leu— becomes still an open one, as till the re presents-tires wearing the -::mi colors are grouped with the one number at tbe "mutuals," and Rule So. 8 leads: Ir is forbidden to run one or more horse- ;,, 1 ■ race without the intention of winning; serai the less the imil.i who runs several horses i,:i. right in win with whichever he pleases. Doping, tracheal tubes and American clip shoes are probibl led. and Stewards are requested to enforce the rules. — Paris Letter to Tin- Sportsman.
