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GRAVESEND TRACK SALE NOT CLOSED NEW YORK N Y April i The reported sale of the Gravesend race track was prematurely pub ¬ lished while negotiations are going nil for the dis ¬ posal of the property So far nothing blit a propo ¬ sition has been advanced and the stockholders are willing to sell but no transfer has yet been mad or decided upon The report that horsemen have but ninety days remove their stock from the old track is premature After the sale if it is consummated due notice will be given to horse ¬ men menAt At the meeting of the Jockey Club which is sched ¬ uled for next Thursday the change in the claiming rule whereby owners cannot claim their own horses will be discussed and possibly approved approvedApplications Applications for jockeys and trainers licenses will nKo be n part of the business to be transacted transactedJockey Jockey Rutwolls application which was laid on II table at the last meeting will probably be bniught up again as his offense was a minor one involving according 1 report from an official source a financial misunderstanding between But well and an owner of lior es which had to be straightened out