St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-03-13
ADOPTS SOME IMPORTANT
AMENDMENTS.
NEW LAW FOR BOY JOCKEYS.
THEY ARE GIVEN A FIVE-POUND
ALLOWANCE IN ALL SELLING
RACES.
-UMEROUS SLIGHT CHANGES,
Regarding Division of Purses, Quail
ificatiOn of Jockeys. Etc., Are
Also Made.

NEW YORK, March 12-At a meet
ing of the Jockey club, held today,
three new members were elected, as
follows: William c. EustiS, Cornelius
Fellows and w. F. Thompson, son of
the late Col. w. P. Thompson. The
amendments proposed by the stewards
Were acted upon, and all of them adopt
ed, after some changes or minor i'm
portance had been made. Additional
amendments were also proposed which
will be brought up at the next meet
ing of the club in April. The follow
ang amendments to the rules of racing
were among those adopted:
Rule Amended TO read as follows: Any
pwncr or trainer of running horses, any
Jockey riding the same at any unrecognized
neetng should be disqualified for all races to
Wnlch these rules apply. Such horses and
all others under control of such owners or
trainer shall also be disqualified. Any per-
son acting in an official capacity may also be
disqualified.
Rule 56-Third paragraph provides that in
the event OF the death of the real owner of
morse. the name, as registered, may be re-
issued TO surviving partners.
Rule 57-As amended provides that any ac-
oldentai error or violation of the rules in the
entry OF horse may be corrected on the pay
nent OF line Of $40 for each entry at any
time before the number of the horse is ex-
hlblted for that race, or, in handicap, before
perfect description, provided the identity of
the horse is satisfactorily established Entry
without partnership or other joint interests
existing at time of entry having been regis
tered.
Rule IS, paragraph l. now reads: In es-
Imatlng the value of the race, there shall
De deducted the amount Of the winners own
stake and any money payable to other horses
or out Of the stakes by the conditions of the
race or by the general conditions of the meet
ing; entrance money to purse or entrance
money going to the race fund shall also be de-
Quoted. Rule 122 now reads: When owners
eIvlae, they Shall divide equally all the mon
take II the dead heat were run off, but
OWNERS CANNOT DIVIDE
In a race of heats, or where division would
conflict with its conditions. The second para
graph of rule 125 has been amended so as to
provide that any horse running a dead heat
Tor a second or lower place shall be liable
to any disability attaching to the place. A
new rule, designated as No. 1885, provides
that all boys who, while under age have
OF their own free will and with the consent
OF their parents and guardians, bound them
selves to an owner or trainer for term of
not less than three years by a written in
strument, copy Of which has been lodged
with the jockey club are permitted during
their apprenticeship to claim a five-pound
allowance in all selling races. They will be
entitled to this allowance for one year Tor 365
days. after winning their first race in any
country. Several minor exceptions to this
new rule are, however, noted.
Rule 127, third paragraph, has been so
amended as to provide that horses starting
may be claimed for the selling price, plus
the value of the stakes or purse to the win
ner by the owners of the horses running in
the race. Section l. rule 131, says: In case
of dead heat, the time for claiming or
selling is postponed until the dead heat is
run off. In case of a division, each of the
horses dividing is a winner for the purposes
of the rules relating to claiming and selling.
Rule 40 now says: An apprentice license
for boys never having ridden in a race may
be granted upon application of an owner or
trainer A boy having ridden twenty races
under such license shall make application
for a Jockeys license. Rule 159 says, among
other things: Jockeys must wear the colors
of the owners of the horse and a number
on the arm or saddlecloths corresponding
to the number of the horse exhibited
after weighing out.