New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-11
TROTTING MEN MAKE RULES.
IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS OFFERED AT THEM
TURF CONGRESS.

| IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS OFFERED AT THEM
TURF CONGRESS
The Turf Congress the Murray Hll Hotel yesterday
number OF trong horsemen from ese.y
part OF country Following some oil those present.
p p Johnston OF Lexington Ky Frederick j. Lake, Of
Chicago c. Blake OF Cedar Rapids Iowa u H. fsse'
OF Phlade!phia: w. Archer OF Rochester; T. D.
Hann of Buffalo William Edwards, OF Cleveland ONO
| f. A. Upton, OF Lexington, KY. A. L. fairchlld OF
Kansas CITY Mo-. o. L. Whtelaw, OF St. Louis; LeroN
Andrews OF Buffalo; Il. ". Rogers IT, oil Chcago W. H.
Wooev OF Buffalo: A. s. Lawrence, OF Cedar l'aldsio"a
NJ. NJ Morse, w. II. Allen, Robert Haugh L. u KING ana
H. NJ. whitehead OF Brooklyn
In the Nelson Alcryon case F. NJ Noble and his morse
Alcryon expelled. c. II. Nelson and MS hors''
Nelson have been ruled of since December 1871 lhs
case will have a hearing Mr. Nelson's application IN
May
The Rule made its report on the rules ana
the bylaws OF National Trotting Association Inc
report bylaws was accepted with lew changes. Inv
Nominating Committee made It's report anu '"'
foIowipg officers were chosen for the season
OF 1872: President, T. p. Johnston, Lexington, hy''
first vice president David Bonner New-York; second vice.
Dre ,dent Frank l.. COombs Ndla, Sa Dlsuct boaru''
Eastern dstrict-eorsc NJ Searns, Chcopee Mass Nor
! ,o 9; Rulkelev Hartford Conn. C. ID. Palmer, Lowell.
Mass Atlantic di,trict,i. w Archer, Rochester ~ ~
J. C. SiDley Franklin, Penn frank Bowers, Phllaaei'
mia Penn Central disrct-ti. NJ. Fogg, Nashville.
Tom William Edwards, Cleveland, Ohio William Rus
sou Alien St Louis Western distrct-U. {. Blake.
Cedar Rapids Iowa; John H. Mitchell, Milwaukee Charles
schwartz Chicago. Pacific dstrict-N J. smith, San
Er,nc
Portland, oregon.
The report OF the Committee Rules was then taken
up Many changes made The first OF importance
which provoked discussion WIS rule four Ihe ola r"e
read as follows I'm all three or more entries are
required and start, unless otherwise sec'ed.
The new rule f. that any association advertises
aye to enter and star: the race must be
declared of II there not The advertised hur OF en-
tries {. o. Wills of the New-iork Driving Club bega"
IN object TO everything which proposed, and had
ifst ten which
congress 70 adopt lie objected 30 much that
one OF the members said that he must
have been trained by William y Holman, "
Indiana In every rule where the word shall occurred
H., wanted the word nay substituted and where the word
may appeared he wanted to change to shall When ons
memle r proposed to refer TO dictionary he sad he OBJ
Jected TO the dictionary
Rule - caused long debate, in which a number OF
the members took part. The Rule Committee added
clause permit association TO put three judges
in the stand add fonith If desirable to acs
a. starter Mr. Willis objected Mr.. Archer Offered
the following amendment: THAT starter could be en-
poyec II Necessary and that he should have full control
Of the horse while they remained under he
super, ison" This was adopted.
David Bonner moved 10 reconsider Mr. Archer's amend
mcnt and the debate became decidedly hot and amend
ne,t ~, ro made by many mer bers voted down.
At the end following adopted, and Is now the rue
"A starter may be employed, and he tho Judge may
control OF the drivers and horses aer inc hss score
until the word Co Is given"
Several rules were adopted without amendment. notwith
standing Mr. Wis's objections. Rule 20. however gave
him another chance Introduce one OF his rules. Hs
wanted any driver who laid up neat expelled and " have
every horse driven out to his utmost capacity In every
he.t also that IN re should betting In the Paris
mutu,s or books the result OF heat but that all
bets be made on the result Of the This caused an
other distressing debate.
It was said by many OF the horsenen present a, mo
oc,nc tina. the Western American Association would
rr Mr. Nelson off Ut its meeting, and that both
the National and American Associations would respect each
others DEGREES in regard eNpulsion made by either body
There was change made In the RUE rcS'"uins INC
measurements OF TRACKS. resolution was MADE ana
aao that the members OF the National Association uss
every endayor 10 have laws passed which VIII make 1t
flony either TO race horse out of class or use other
,d,,on. schemes, seyecl have made such laws.
and the members OF the National Trottng Association
want IN see such laws satutebcoks OF every State
p T. Johnston and H. NJ. Whitehead Instructed Seers-
tarv NJ NJ Morse u send copies OF the rules and BY.
laws TO tho dsly papers az they are printed