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NEW APPRENTICE ALLOWANCE RULE. Contingent Interest in Winning of Horses Necessary to Secure Allowance More Rain. New Orleans. La., December 20. A change was made in the rule, regarding the apprentice allowance for the coming winter race meeting at the Fair Grounds by Judge Joseph A. Murphy today. The new rule provides that the apprentice allowance shall be available only for the contract employer or horses directly under his care or superintendency, and in whose winnings he has a contingent interest of not less than ten per cent, until a rider shall have ridden twenty races or three winners. After these conditions have been met, the apprentice shall be entitled to a five pounds allowance in all selling races, except selling handicaps, until the expiration of his apprenticeship. Under the old rule, only the contract employer was allowed to get the apprentice allowance under any conditions. The track was muddy again today, due to an early morning rain, and most of the trainers galloped their horses on the roads around the track. The course was better than at any time this season before the rain fell. It dried out rapidly, however, under a warm sun, and should be in fine condition tomorrow. Judge Murphy leaves for St. Louis tomorrow to spend Christmas at home. He will be back Wednesday morning. Application to the city council for sanction of the racing dates for the 1917 meeting of the Business Mens Racing Association, will be made at a meeting of the city fathers next Tuesday. It is understood that they will be granted immediately upon receipt of the application.
