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ANOTHER SELLING RACE RULING. New Orleans Judges Adopt the Views of the Horsemens Association. New Orleans. La.. January 13. — About 130 horsemen, members of the Thoroughbred Horse Association, met Friday night in the assembly room of the Grunewald Hotel and passed a resolution Staving for its object an amendment of the present selling race rule in force at the Fair Grounds.. 1 he amended rule which will be presented to judge Murphy and the Business Mens Uacing Association, with a request that it be adopted, follows: "That all races heretofore known as selling races or selling races and claiming races combined, be hanged to claiming races; that all horses, including the winner, entered and starting in such races, shall be eligible and subject to be claimed for their entered price plus the winners share of the purse, by owners, or their authorized agents, having a starter in such race." At a conference held between Joseph A. Murphy. ,i. B. Campbell and Jos. McLennan, the judges of the Business Mens Racing Association, the petition of the horsemen in respect to selling races was taken up and disposed of and the following notice, promulgated: "Commencing with races which close on Monday. January 15. 1917, all selling races, including selling handicaps and stakes will be claiming races in which all horses entered including the winner may be claimed for the entered price and the first money of the purse by any owner, or his authorized agent, having a horse entered in the race. In ill other respects the present rule of the Business M. its Racing Association in respect to selling races will be in full force and effect. Attention is called to the rule in respect to the transfer or sale by private treaty, of horses claimed for a period of thirty days. Attention is further called to rule number 215 in respect to collusion or agreements nmong owners in respect to claiming horses. This rule will be rigidly enforced." The attention of horsemen is particularly called to the "scratch rule." Where fields are reduced to light horses owners may expect to run unless they have some reasonable excuse to offer the judges, for the races should not be riddled by scratches. However, the judges do not desire that any unfit iiorse should start. Owners are eautioned not to work horses, until they find out that they have bten excused and permission will be given to work exercised horses between races if desired.
