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NEW RULES FOR NEW ORLEANS RACING. New Orleans. La.. December 7.— The Dominion of Canada was well represented in arrivals of racing stables at the Fair Grounds since Saturday. • which included liaise of J. Lumsdeu of Ottawa, a newcomer t* the ranks --f owners. He is an " exceedingly wealthy man and is taking a keen in 1 ter*Kt In racing affair-. Other arrivals included the horses of William Walker. J. «. Veager. William Woeielard. W. V Walsh. R. B- Watkins. O. I". Pons. Kre.l Foster. V M. Sheedy. W. Caliill. I.. I. Piper. J. Blown. S. P. Fine. M- C. Kellev. It. Clston. 1. S!ie-i ij.m. S. R. Howser. J. MacMauus, A. R. Bresler and ,| F. Mu-aiite. A new rule relative to the bidding up of sell I- : a li !, i , ■ , I i I ing race winners will be put into effect at the o or Fair Grounds, beginning with the opening of the a racing season. Instead of offering the winner by li auction immediately alter the race, sealed bids ac- I companied by the amount bid. will 1m- taken by the ■ clerk of the scales until fifteen minutes after the p finish of the race. In the event of a bid being C made, the owner will he notified of the amuunt bid | and he will have the privilege of advancing it by 1 ?." to retain his hor e. Judge Murphy will also recommend to the execu- tive committee that they establish a rule, whereby . all of the excess over the original entered price j of a horse, shall be placed in a general fund for j emergency purposes. This will abolish the old . system of the owner, whose horse finished second. •. getting fifty per cent of the run-up proceeds and 1 the association the remainder. The fund is intended for general purp. ses in time of distress. "The hand of providence strikes heavily and swiftly at times." tali Judge Murphy yesterday. "This was sh-ovn by the meat storm. If we had a fund • of tlO.OOO available for emergency " purposes, we ■ might do a lot of good at times. The horsemen. feel certain, will In- glad to have this system of I distributing the surplus." t Jockey Biitwcll and several minor riding lights arrived yesterday. Kvcry available stall at the track is now filled and it will be necessary to lurid a stable to ac- • commodate the horses that R. F. Carman is do- , sirous of sending here.
