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Here and There on the Turf Rules in Far Away India Trainers and Owners Rigidly Supervised The Western India Turf Club has a rule for the government of trainers that could readily be adopted by other governing turf bodies bodiesIn In a recent issue of the Racing Calendar of that faroff club there appeared the fol ¬ lowing notice to trainers trainersIt It is notified for information that any trainer who wishes to train horses on the race courses at Poona or Bombay during the years 19221923 must apply to the stewards of the W I T C for a license and on making such application must specify the horses then under his charge and the names of their own ¬ ers He must also undertake not to take any horses from any other owner without first obtaining the permission of the stewards to do so and further stipulate that he will report the names of all new horses which may subse ¬ quently come under his charge belonging to those owners for whom he has been granted permission to train trainThis This is a rule that is designed to keep a close line on both horses and trainers and to prevent the indiscriminate transfer of horses from one trainer to another without notice This has been done on various occasions under the existing American rules and is one manner in which responsibility may be dodged dodgedThe The rule is also of value from the fact that the registrations from the trainers amounts to an adequate horses in training Some years back such a volume was published It was of great value to the students of racing but the frequent transfer of horses eventually made the publication of practically no use Of course all sales are reported to the Jockey Club and other governing bodies but these rules of the Western India Turf Club go much further when the trainers at all times must first ob ¬ tain permission to add to their training stables and then must at all times report the addi ¬ tions tionsUnder Under this rule a racing secretary then can have ready at hand a complete list of tha horses he has to draw from for his programs and knows just where these horses are to be found at all times There are several other interesting regulations for racing in India Tht fact that the sport there attracted English Australian native bred and Arabian horses as well as a vast number of ponies makes necessary a classification classificationThe The horses are divided into three divisions and as they race they may be transferred from a higher to a lower or from a lower to a higher division It might be mentioned that the hurdler Not Much which R H Specs Crawford purchased abroad to be raced for the Clark brothers over here has his name in the first division In this classfiication a horse is permitted to race six times in the third division and then if not placed in the first second or third divisions he is barred from starting at Bombay or Poona It is possible to reinstate a horse that subsequently wins one or more races at an upcountry mesting but this is at the discretion of the stewards stewardsThis This classification frequently changes in a racing season but it serves to keep the horses well matched and the horse that cannot remain in the third division is not wanted in racing racingAnother Another notice in this interesting calendar requires that all persons who are dissatisfied with the weights allotted their horses in han dicaps should state their complaints in writ ¬ ing to the stewards and not to the handicap pers personally Any breach of this makes the offenders subject to a fine Thus it will be seen that the handicapper is no more popular in India than any where else and it is neces ¬ sary to afford him this protection from the horsemen horsemenAlso Also there is a rule that prohibits the use of shoes known as American clipped shoes and those having sharp flanges Still another of the regulations of the Western India Turf Club requires that the owner himself take an interest in his stable This is set forth in this fashion fashionIt It has come to the notice of the stewards that numerous owners of race horses take little or no interest in the management of their horses and leave them entirely in the hands of their trainers trainersIn In the interest of clean racing the stew ¬ ards consider it essential that owners must interest themselves in the management of all horses owned or partly owned by them and they hereby warn all owners that in the event of any case of neghct of his duty coming to their notice they will refuse to accept entries from such persons personsFor For the above reasons the stewards have already decided not to accept the entries of certain persons
