St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-09-19
CONCESSIONS TO THE WEST.
Pacific Coast Clubs Given a
Year in Which to Conform
to the Rules.
WINTER RACING RULES
Promulgated for the Benefit
OF the SOuth--ShaW Was
There.

CINCINNATI. o., Sept. 18.-The Amer
lean Turf congress met in special session
1T the Burnett house here tonight. Pres
ident Van l.. Kirkman, president of the
Cumberland FAIR association. was in the
chair. The other members present
we're: James ii. Rees, representing the
new Memphis Jockey club; j.
w. Schorer, the Little Rock
Jockey club; Col. Nj. Lewis
Clark. the new Louisville Jockey
club; Milton Young. the Kentucky Fair
Association of Lexington; l.. p. Tart
ton, of Latonia: e. c. Matfet, OF the ST.
Louis Fair association; +. n. Shaw. the
Twin City Jockey club; K. Corrigau, the
Chicago Racing association, Hawthorne;
James Howard. the Washington Park
association; Joseph Murphy. the Chi
cago FAIR association, Harlem;
Elex Labold, the Cincinnati Driv-
ing Park association, Oakley.
Tha Cincinnati Livestock and
Driving Park association Oakley was
elected to membership with one dissent
ing vote. The election was afterwaId
made unanimous. The new Louisville
Jockey club was also elected to mem-
bership. The East st. Louis Jockey
club made application for membership,
but its application received no second
and was consequently rejected. The
application of the California
Jockey club was then taken
up and the applicant admitted to mem
bershlp. Later, however. L. ii. Will
Jams. representing the California Rae
ing association. asked to have the appii-
cation Withdrawn. The following reso-
luton, offered by Col. Clark, was then
adopted: "lnasmuch as the California
Jockey club and other racing associa-
tons west of the Rocky mountains have
not had sufficient time to perfect an
organization, and whereas. their Gus
toms and racing require more time in
which 10 conform the rules of the turf
congress it is hereby agreed that all of
the racing acts of said associations
shall be recognized by the turf congress.
and all fOrfeits and rulings OF the
jockey club and turf congress shall be
enforced by said associations i'll Cali
fOrnia, and the rulings and f0rfeits of
the California associations shall be
enforced by tho members of
the turf congress and Jockey
club for term of twelve
months, al the expiration of which time
or before il possible the California asso-
Citations shall confer with and submit to
the turf congress a plan for the fusion
Of the two territories under one set of
rules. W.. }. Scott. representing the
Dallas state fair and other racing aSso-
Citations i'll Texas, came before the
congress and asked that the rule
barring horses and persons rae
ing on tracks unrecognized by
the congress be suspended as To
the associations which lie represents.
After hearing Mr.. Scott, the congress
refused to grant his request. A new
rule was passed. From the LIST of Octo-
Der to the 1st OF June of each year two
races day may be given by members
OF the congress at distance OF less
than three Quarters of mile for three
year-olds and upward. The congress
appointed Messrs. Clark, Maifet and
Labold Il committee to act temporarily
upon all matters arising, their action 10
be subject 10 the revision Of the COLI
greSS at its next meeting.