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Here and There on the Turf Registration Rule. There is a rule of racing that is pretty generally observed by all race courses and religiously observed by the cours;s of importance and reputation. This rub is the one requiring that a.l horses must be registered and named with the registrar of the Jockey Club before becoming eligible for racing. Of course, Tijuana, being out of the jurisdiction of all governing bodies of the turf, is not amenable to any of the rules that govern other race courses, but a violation of the rules of racing might readily result in the outlawing of the meetings and all of the owners, trainers and jockeys taking part in the meeting. From all available information a horse was permitted to start at Tijuana Thursday that lias not been named with the registrar of the Jockey Club. This horse was sent out as Imlay and the only information that could be obtained was that Imlay was by Dr. Leggo Ditid. An Imlay has been registered and named, but she is a scven-ycar-ol.l marc by Honeywood Eleven Bells and was bred by the Nevada Stock Farm. What made it all the more confusing is that the two-year-old product of Dr. Leggo Ditid has been registered as a bay colt named Pop Ryan. No authorization was made from the Jockey Club to change the name of the celt and he stands as the only result of the mating of Dr. Leggo Ditid now a two-year-old. He was bred by the late A. B. Spreckcls. Accordingly, as far as has been discovered, it was Imlay that raced Thursday. It was a seven-year-old mare starting among a lot of two-year-olds. And it- also has been proved that the breeding sent for this mare was that of the two-year-old Pop Ryan, whose name has not been changed, according to the records in the office of the registrar of the Jockey Club. To say the least, there was carelessness in the accepting of this entry and a serious error was made by some one. The rules regarding registry and naming were particularly explicit and mandatory. In the rules of racing for New York the regulations read: No horse shall start in any race unless duly registered and named. The Kentucky lacing commission has as its nile: No horse shall be allowed to start unless duly registered and named through the registry office of the Jockey Club. In Maryland the commission governing the racing has this regulation: No horse is qualified to run unless he is registered in the registry office of the Jockey Club or the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association. These are the three big governing bodies of the turf in this country, and a3 a matter of fact the Canadian Racing AssDciations in Canada has a like rule. All rules of racing are patterned after the regulations of New York, Kentucky and Maryland and all arc virtually identical on the question of registration. It is not charged that there was any sharp practice in the starting of Imlay or that an intentional mistake was made, but the fact remains that the name sent out as the product of the mating of Dr. Leggo and Ditid for 1922 is the name of a seven-year-old mare of different breeding and there is no record of that product being other than the colt Pop Ryan. To say the least, there has been rank carelessness somewhere and a carelessness that could readily lead to serious results should advantage be taken of such a loosely conducted acceptance of entries. $
