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TEETH IN NEW NEW YORK RULE Jockey Club Amends Rule Governing Suspensions to Bar Persons From Attending Races. NEW YORK, N. T., April 11. At a meeting of the license committee of The Jockey Club the applications of Thomas Quinlan and L. T. Ruff for trainer licenses were laid on the table pending further information. The application of Ernest Sietas also was I tabled without comment. The application of George Seabo for a riders license was shunted aside until he appears before the committee. James Giordanos application was tabled. The stewards of The Jockey Club approved the application of the United Hunts Racing Association to stage flat races at its meeting at Belmont Park November 3. George Hyland was appointed assistant paddock judge at the New York tracks. The secretary of The Jockey Club was directed to request all tracks in this state to recognize the button of the American Trainers Association for admission to the grandstand and paddock. The rule governing suspension was amended to permit the barring of trainers and jockeys from the race track during racing hours. The amended rule reads: "The stewards shall have the power to punish, at their discretion, any person subject to their control, either by suspension of the privilege of attending the races during the meeting or by suspension from acting or riding during the meeting, or for the period of ten days after the meeting, or by fine, not to exceed 00, or both, and if they consider necessary any further punishment or additional fine, they shall so report to the stewards of The Jockey Club." NEW YORK, N. Y., April 11. The New York State Racing Commission, at a meeting today, approved the rule applying to trainers and jockeys under suspension as passed by The Jockey Club, and approved also the following appointments of track officials: John B. Campbell, racing secretary and handicapper; George Cassidy, starter; E. C. Smith, C. Cornehlson and Albert Burlen, placing judges; Albert Burlen, clerk of scales; William Strong, assistant clerk of scales; Myron Davis, Walter Mara, James Neff and Joseph H. Reilly, patrol and paddock judges; John H. Miller, timer; E. C. Potter, assistant to stewards at start. The new rule as to trainers and jockeys under suspension prohibits their presence at all race tracks under the commissions jurisdiction during their suspensions. The rule, as passed by The Jockey Club, was originally devised by the racing commission. Its purpose is to prevent an abuse which formerly existed by which trainers and jockeys under suspension were nevertheless permitted on race tracks and were thus able to train and ride horses out of racing hours. Many trainers under suspension used to actually superintend the saddling of horses in the paddocks. The commission also approved the appointment of the following members of The Jockey Club to act as stewards of the meetings: For the spring meetitng at Jamaica, George H. Bull; for both spring and fall meetings at Belmont Park, C. V. Whitney; for the summer meeting at Aqueduct, Howard W. Maxwell; for the summer meeting at Empire City, A. H. Morris; and for Saratoga, Walter M. Jeffords. The following were approved, as recommended, by the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, as steeplechase stewards: For the summer meeting at Belmont Park, A. C. Bostwick; autumn meeting, Henry W. Bull; both for spring and autumn meetings at Aqueduct, Howard W. Maxwell; for Saratoga, H. W. Sage or F. S. Von Stade.
