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SOME RIGID RULES FOR NEW ORLEANS. New Orteaas, la., September 18. — Jockeys agetds s will have no part in the racing at New Orleans s next winter. I his is in line with the policy of the ,. Business Ileas Racing Aasociatioa to eliminate from ,, the racing as far as possible, those who might have ,. betting connections. Manager Joseph A. Murphy will introduce to the ,. New Orleans public a new official in the persoa of f Herman I. I ikiing. who has acted in many posi-tiens j. of trust under the jurisdiction of the New ■S erk Jockey Club. In addition to acting as patrol judge. Mr. CoakUag will also make all Jockey en 1- gagemeats except those provided for by written cm 1 tracts sad srrlttea calls til -d with the association. • Mr. Ooakling will be given an office next to that I of the racing secretary, in which will be panted d the name of every licensed jockey with his mini i muni riding weight. Bach art iek tin- eonditJoa book k will be distributed en Thursday of the preceding ■i week. Before !i oclock Friday morning those hat ing contracts must indicate to Mr. Conkling the e races ia which they will use their riders and their if 1 • nit ! "! as to farther engagements will cease- there. -. except that the .judges will take cognizance ..f any y protest from a contract employer in respect to the ie engagement of a rider on lmr-cs that are bad sc-tii~ - or for other reasons, on Friday morning Mr. r. Cosjfcting will preceed to accept engagements for ir all Isckeya and keep a record of the same. No ;«i owner having engaged a Jockey will be permitted to !" J *~"in.ike a change without a good excuse presented to ci the judges. Every licensed rider will be compelled tl to report at one oclock each day to Mr. Conkling ig in the scales room, whether he has any engagements ts or not ST that day. Mr. Oakling will note the ie physical condition of every rider and. if it is s:,tis s rjotoiy. the IM of engagements will be turned over •r to Mr. Campbell, tie- clerk of tin- scale*. The management knows from experience that Joek-.-v- k- must he as in a- the horses the] ride. If a a tamer Starts a horse that Is not tit he is punished. d. It in proper, therefore, that he should be I" o- tecteU from turning a perfectly nt horse over to a u 1- 1 • I d i k ■i e if -. y ie - r. ir No ;«i to !" to ci tl ig ts the ie s •r k- a a d. o- a u rider who has been seeking the white light. No Jockey will be permitted to ride in races ■; against aorsea of his contract employers, but if the persoa holding the contract does not "wish to us» the bay, or he cannot make the weight, he may fill 1 engagements to those having calls on him according to priority, with the consent of the contract employer. No call beyead a second call will be recag- ntaed. Trainers will lit held strictly responsible for the I weights. The paddock at New Orleans is arranged so that Iho stalls ami walk are segregated from the . public- and no one but those actually employed with horses in each race are allowed in this fn- closure. In the center of the walk tin scales for cheeking will be placed. The trainer or his reave- seatatlve must be at the scales and as the jockey . steps from them he will bead his "lack" to the ,. trainer, who will carry it direct to the horse. This s will place the responsibility for shortage on the ,. trainer, where it belongs. The association will pro- 1. vide valets for the jockeys and no one will therefore e lie allowed in the jockev room except employes of f the club. With the closing of the Canadian racing Seaaaa u September 25, Manager Muiphj will leave at aace e for New Orleans to start the delail of tin meet ing. He will carry with hiin the conditions for the e lirst weeks book, complied by Joseph Mole anaa, 1. the racing secretary. The conditions will call for ir a two -year-old race each day and not less than u ■; 1 three races at a mile or over with a high scale of f weights, so that the best riders may have an Oppor-• t mi it y to ride in every race. On the first Teee-■ day cif the meeting, which will he "ladies day," ■ no race will be less than a mile.
