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i TIGHTEN FLORIDAS RULES Provide for Stricter Supervision and Prohibit Night Racing. Track Veterinarian to Inspect All Horses Entered in Races Figuring in "Daily Doubles." MIAMI, Fla., April 15. The Florida State Racing Commission, at its recent meeting here, adopted new rules designed to prohibit night racing and provide for stricter supervision of horses before they come to the track. Following the report that the new track being built at Hollywood, near here, might attempt night racing, the commission moved to forestall such efforts by ruling that "each association shall conduct horse racing only between the hours of 12 oclock noon and 7 p. m., eastern standard time." Because of the confusion that resulted from the late scratching of a horse in one of the "Daily Double" races at the second Tropical meeting, a rule was adopted requiring the track veterinarian to inspect personally all horses entered in the "Daily Double" events before tickets are sold on the combination. The text of the new rules follows: "Rule 34 a Each association shall conduct horse racing only between the hours of 12 noon and 7 p. m., eastern standard time." MUST BE EXAMINED. "Rule 181 a No horse entered for a race on a Florida track shall be permitted to leave the paddock for the post until it has been examined by the track veterinarian to determine if it is in a condition to compete in the race, except where the trainer "as-i sumes entire responsibility for its condition. "The examination by the veterinarian shall be made on the day on which the horse is to race as. close to post time as circumstances permit. "The trainer saddling a horse for a race shall be responsible for the condition of that horse from the time it has been examined until it leaves the paddock for the post. The report of the veterinarian on a horse being accepted as prima facie evidence of its physical condition at the time of the examination; but in races where, at the request of the trainer, no examination has been made the responsibility shall be entirely his for the horses condition. . "The fact of an earlier examination shall not deprive the stewards of the- right to order a subsequent examination. "The track veterinarian shall personally inspect all horses entered in the races comprising the Daily Double before the mutuel windows open for sale of such tickets, and he shall make a personal written report to the racing steward of the condition of all the horses entered in these races before the commencement of the sale of the Daily Double tickets."
