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CLAIMING HORSES BEFORE A RACE An incident of tlie racing at Saratoga last Thursday was the claiming of the threeyearold Ballot gelding Scotch Verdict by E E Moore from the first race before its time for starting arrived This procedure was under a rule adopted by the Jockey Club a few years back It is usually called the French way of claiming and has no place in western or Canadian racing The rule is thus set forth in the Rules of Racing If the conditions of the selling race permit any horse to be claimed before the race he may so be claimed by anyone except tlie owner for his entered price plus the value cf the race to the winner and as much more as the claimer wishes to bid and any horse so claimed shall be ineligible to start in the race intended starters in a race where horses are liable to be claimed before the race shall be in the paddock fortyfive 45 minutes before tlie time fixed for the race and may be claimed from that time up to thirty 30 minutes before the time of starting when the right to claim before starting expires
