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NEW JOCKEY CLUB RULES AMENDMENTS. Definitions Which Clear Up Somewhat Obscure Points in the Present Rules. New York, December 30. The amendments to the rules of racing, which will be acted upon at the annual meeting of the Jockey Club on January 11, 1917, contain many changes in respect to definitions and interpretations, while a number of additional clauses are inserted to cover situations not provided for in the old rules. Here are some of the proposed changes and additions: A horse is "bred" at the place of his birth. An untried horse is one whose produce are maidens. The "breeder" of a horse is the owner of his dam at the time of foaling. No iiart owner of a horse shall assign his share or any -part of it without the written consent of the other partners. .A person making a wrong entry or nomination is liable for stakes or forfeits under that nomination. A match is a race between two horses the property of two different owners on terms agreed upon by them and to which no money or prize is added; it is void if either party dies. An overnight race is a race for which the entries close forty-eight hours or less before the time set for the first race of the day on which such race Is to be run. To remove the mandatoriness of the punishment meted out by the stewards of the Jockey Club, one of the rules relating to the regulation of meetings was changed. The new rule gives .them the power to treat leniently with men who violate the rules. The old rule made it necessary for them to rule off any person concerned in any fraudulent practices on the turf. Hereafter they will have all their former power and permission to "otherwise less severely punish."
