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DISCUSSING SELLING RACE RULES. Racing Secretaries of Eastern Organizations Devoting Attention to Problem — Stake Entries. By Ed Cole. New York, March 31. — The subject of changing the condi t ions in selling races to keep high -class selling platers and handicap horses from being entered with the common racers is receiving much attention from secretaries and others concerned in racing hereabouts. While it is not likely there will be any material changes in conditions at Jamaica, it is pro-able races will be designed at Belmont Park which will permit any horse being claimed for his entered selling price or his selling price plus the purse. Many suggestions have been made, but there is a bit of an obstacle in the way. according to some interpreters of the rules, which may require a change in-tlie rules of the Jockey Club before definite action is taken in changing the conditions of selling races. Utile 127 rends: "Every horse running in a selling race shall, if the winner, be liable to be claimed for the selling price by the owner of any other horse running in the race, etc., etc.." after which comes the selling clause and then the claiming clause under which selling races have been run for generations. It is the first part of the rule that is the stumbling block to those who wish to experiment with "the no selling conditions," It is asserted that, according to the rule, all horses could be claimed for their entered selling price, the winner included, without the additional amount of the purse, which has always been the practice followed. If this rule was strictly lived up to. every horse could be bought for his entered selling price, no matter whether he won or not. Secretaries are somewhat at sea in the matter, as to make conditions contrary to the rules of racing would hardly do. Consequently the question of interpreting the rule will probably be put up to the Jockey Club liefore any decided change is made. To put in the conditions of a selling race. "Winner and all other starters subject to claim for entered price," would settle the whole question, and it would then be up to owners to enter their horses at a figure much nearer their true value. There would lie no need to change the existing rule, and there would lie no figuring how much a claimant had to put in the enevlope to make good his claim. - With probably a few more yet to come, the entries in three important Saratoga Stake races are of the following horses: The eligibles for the Saratoga Cup, 1 3-4 miles are: George Smith Ed Weiss Black Toney Achievement Ormesdale Ed Crump !/• Bay The Finn Dtefc Williams Stromboli Iron Duke Pandean Friar Bock Half Bock Celandria St. Bock Thunderer Watercress II. Delanrey Borrow Sharpshooter Itoamer Begret Distant Shore Kilkenny Boy Pennant Flving Fairv ILuidvi.i •Chicle Trial bv Jury Lena Misha Bromo Neville II. Old Kocnig St. Isidore Mustard Henry Jr. Skeer Face *E1 Dinero •Allumeur Oratorium *Crimper ietan Air Man Dominant •Ksconaba Sam Jackson Tipperary •Nylon Courtly Lass Boots •Indiscreet Pebbles Buskin •Henley Fair Count Short Grass I rojan *Iesmonds Day Mm Eagle P.ig Smoke The Saratoga Handicap, for three-year-olds and over, one mile and a quarter, has attracted the following: George Smith Star Hawk Sharpshooter St. Isidore Thunderer Trojan Achievement Slipshod Flving Fairy Skeer Face Indian Chant Trial by Jury Ralph Lorae Tartar Stromboli Churchill Neville II. Friar Bock *Boots Hauberk St. Bock Buskin The Finn Tea Caddy Ed Crump Iron Duke Air Man Allumeur Frizzle •Short Grass Holiday Borrow Sam Jackson Tetan Pennant Magnet «Moii dOr Begret •Gunbearer *Esconaba •Clapperhill Itoamer *Xylon Dominant Spur •Indiscreet Bromo Pebbles •Henlev •Chicle Big Smoke •Cliicklet Boly Pockichoo *Mainte:iant Grumpv Lena Misha Black Toney •Heatlierbloom •Square Deal Celandria Eligibles for the Travers Stakes, one mile and a quarter, for three-year-olds, are: George Smith *Star Hawk Franklin St. Isidore *The Cock Orniesdale Achievement Ellison *Novillo II. Skeer Face Big Smoke White Hackle Rochester Pockichoo Mustard Gillies Lena Misha Whimsy Oratorium Old Koenig *K1 Dinero St. Bock Blind Haggage •Clapperbill Delancey Dick Williams Dominant Friar Bock Plaudito Thunderer L rd Bock Vale Prince Harry Bromo Tea Caddy •Maintenant *Chicle Air Man *Iteveries Slipshod Pleioiie Celandria Meditation Sprint Watercress II. Heir Apparent •Stradivarus Shooting Star Churchill Daddys Choice Water Belle Indian bant Spur Baffouilleur Tipperary Paddy Whack Panacea Trouble Fete •Curroughaleen Esprit Guulois •Desmonds Day ♦Imported horses.
