New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-18

tlafc, bat their meaning Is too inyoNcd M
OF tw, viii suffice 10 show THE ";ech DE- ''''''
Of the best Informed OF un'ducatcc o"He''' hy1
avc.ag. nan In the bu,nes', could not u o'"cr"'S'
than puzz,ad nv ,hc meaning 4 Rules NO. : ana D.
which arc sir,u.y dc1nl.!oas. Rule No. = says
4 maiden /, a horse which has never Won a iacc
(oher mail a match pTiYats sWeep''aHc'' At any
country.
4 race Includes parse sweepstakes, private weep
stokes mach, bat not eteepte'"sc o' hr,"'0 -,
OF coarse II Is srcn nj onre tia' 'lc ''o -
the amateur ard the professional IS what the Ia"Sof
was aiming at bit why DID he not 50 a'out uIa"'"s
I'm a more satisfactory wayl Turn over 10 hi'o w.
40: 49, Al. ,.,o,
In al cases Of sniss by private treaty inc ne wfe a
Acknowledgement Of both Parties ~ AZ nr0ve the fact
INF when Tie horse Is sold BY pubic auction OF sIen
ont Ji a selling race. the advertised cohuii''S Va '''
sale or race sufficient evidence
Now there is nothing in the rules OF racing re
qulrng that Jockey clubs shall state In the conuoHH
Of selling races whether or not the horses olai'o' '
od with their engagements, and there Is not Secie
inry who eau show that selling race ever was run IA
this country with this understanding Inc Se'i,"e
race VA, ORG Of Mr. Wtherss hobbies. lie behe'o' ~
Il and cod no; be Induced to part with 1t, though IL
has been the cause OF ill-iccling than anything
else on the turf. II has severed friendships ana uo
graded racing 1t has been the medium oil fraud anu
The promoiioT Of rlscaity.
Ru!. No. 30 says
When a horse /, sold with his engagements or any
pari OF them tho seller cannot strike tho morse OUT Vi
any Of such engagements, but on DEFAULT OF tne Pl
cha1cr, rcMnlEs HaDc IOr INC ahou'' Vi wv ~ "
each. $500
IN. conditions Of an English selling race invariably
specify whether the horses caimed are sod WIKI 'eir
Engagements not, that all trouble on tna1 scOic
IS avoided. In THIS country the un"ntch law IS u'"'
a horse is not sold with his engagements. Rlcin3
men have simply grown up with that understanding
they never Lad 10 Lean 1t. curious ense uiooe "
Monmouth two years ago in connection WIN uIs
| matter James Mccormick owned the MY Massie No.
ran her In a selling and Loot her to Larry iia',
| who claimed hcr ia tic usual way without WIN
| being said about engagements. huie "ih'c d''oi
ward Maggie X. III the race for the Mo'n'ou' a
oak, win Her lIS!nc-7. Cleaning, Flora ban n.o
starlight. finishing last D fos olvo, tno "' en
trance, was sent to Mccormick, VINO thtTeupon "enV
before tho steward, with protest that thc MY VIZ
started WltiVst h, kEOWioNse or cOn"tht' nc SILL
could have cIiiIrd tnc stake though the my was ule
properly OF Mr. Kart ami ran Ia NJ name ana eoi9 b
Muggic Il. not eligible Cor tho OAKS without NC,
Clmicks consent. but !nnrmuch as she e., ad In't
then charged against NJ. Hart lieIe WI, '"g i
y TSn9ine NJ: ' hor for SAX Which, II he had Won IT,
wonll have gone T. another man Ii thc cohuu0h5
OF the setting race cut OF which MaSso n, vas cl d ~
not thc:c could have been no misunderstanding and no
'MrCo,m,ck made the mistake Of not declaring his
GlIy ont OF all her engagements tho moment Hart
claimed her. That Is the practice OF al able turi,
/ mem and lt IS their only protection. The DwytrS
never cell u horse with lis engagements, but strike
hin ~ every thing rs SOON aa he !, disposed OF
forflt, follow tue horse. but if the purchaser Is IN
able Ia pay, tho seller according TO raoihS Law" Is
II The condition provided That engagements should
De soid with horse claimed out OF rl,nE e r''r.
Reckon Ia be- sold Cor eJ.0Oo. II Is projection 20 nun
TO know that tie vaiac OF his horse Nona oe 10 -
! nobody woad care 10 claim HIN. TERRIER; Wen Ell
s.gcd. might be worth 10000 Terrllcr without en-
! 10 l.rfl n.