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MODIFIES PROPOSED GELDING RULE Xew York December 4 Frank Hitchcock stew ¬ ard of the Jockey Club has amended his proposed rule concerning geldings being eligible to certain stake races by confirming it to threeyearolds and over The rule proposed now reads Xo gelding three years old or over shall be qualified to start in any race closing seventytwo hours before the day of running except handicaps and selling races The changes will now permit geldings to start in races like the Hopeful and Futurity from which they would have been excluded under Mr Hitch ¬ cocks first proposition propositionTom Tom Welch who trains for J E Widener ex ¬ pects to leave for France next week to look over the stock on Mr Wideners French farm He does not expect to stay there anticipating his return trip in about six weeks
