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NEW YORKS CLAIMING RULE Jockey Olub Eliminates the Set Claiming Price of ,000. -9 Parker Corning and F. S. Von Stade Elected Members of Club Succeed Three Deceased Members. NEW YORK, N. Y., April 12 At a meeting of The Jockey Club, which was held at 250 Park Avenue with William Woodward presiding, a new claiming rule, which placed no set claiming price on a starter, was adopted. The new rule eliminates the set claiming price of ,000 limit, which was adopted following the meeting of the National Racing Commissioners last winter. Under the provision of the rule adopted and which goes to the state racing commission for concurrence, a racing secretary is permitted to offer a race with any claiming price for starters that he can fill. In addition to adopting the new rule, the following new members were elected: Hon. Parker Corning, proposed by R. L. Gerry and seconded by J. E. Davis; F. S. Von Stade, proposed by John E. Cowdin and seconded by George D. Widener. The newly elected members succeed E. D. Morgan, William Aster Chandler and Raymond Belmont, deceased. Present at the meeting were: William Woodvard, J. E. Widener, John F. Cowdin, Robert L. Gerry, Walter Jeffords, H. W. Maxwell, A. H. Morris, Theodore Knapp, P. A. B. Widener, Ogden Mills and C. V. Whitney. The new rules read as follows: "Rule 167 Every horse except the winner may be claimed for its entered price by any one registered in good faith for racing at that meeting and also starting a horse at that meeting such starter includes all horses that go to the post up to and including the race in which the claim is made, or by his authorized agent, but for the account only of the one making the claim or for whom the claim was made by the agent, provided, however, that no person shall claim his own horse or cause his horse to be claimed directly or indirectly for his own account. "No horse shall be entered in a selling race for less than twice the value of the race to the winner, selling stakes closing at least thirty days before the meeting, excepted. If a horse is claimed it shall not start in a selling or claiming race for a period of thirty days from the date of claim for less than 25 per cent more than the amount for which it was claimed. "If more than one person should enter a claim for the same horse, the disposition of the horse shall be decided by lot by the stewards. "Rule 170 In claiming races any horse is subject to claim for its entered price by any one registered in good faith for racing at that meeting and also starting a horse at that meeting such starter includes all horses that go to the post up to an including the -race in which the claim is made or by his authorized agent, but for the account only of owner making the claim or for whom the claim was made by the agent; provided, however, that no person shall claim his own horse or cause his horse to be claimed directly or indirectly for his own account. No horse shall be entered in a claiming race for less than twice the "value of the race to the winner, claiming stakes closing at least thirty days before the meeting excepted. "If a horse is claimed it shall not start in a claiming or selling race for a period of thirty days from date of claim for less than 25 per cent more than the amount for which it was claimed. "Rule 171: All claims shall be in writing, sealed and deposited in a locked box provided for this purpose by the clerk of the course, at least fifteen minutes before post time. No money shall accompany the claim. Each person desiring to make a claim, unless he shall have such amount to his credit with the association, must first deposit with the association the whole amount of the claim in cash, for which a receipt will be given. If more, than one person shall enter a claim for the same horse, the disposition of the horse shall be decided by lot by the stewards and the person so determined to have the right of claim shall become the owner of the horse, whether it be alive or dead, sound or unsound, or injured, during the race or after it. Any horse that has been claimed shall, after the race has been run, be taken to the paddock for the delivery to the claimant. "Rule 221: No new rule of racing can be passed nor can any existing rule be rescinded or altered without the proposed new rule, recession or alteration being previously advertised twice in the Racing Calendar, nor without notice being given in such advertisement of the meeting of The Jockey Club at which it is to be acted upon, except that in the event of an "emergency," so declared by the New York State Racing Commission, new rules may be passed and any existing rule rescinded or altered at a meeting of The Jockey Club called upon twenty-four hours notice, which notice shall contain the reason for the meeting."
