The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
CHANGES IN TURF RULES.
National Trotting Association
Meets in Its Biennial
Congress.
Many Alterations to the Law Govern.
ing Racing Are Considered
and Adopted.

NEW YORK, n. Y, Feb. IL. - The
seventeenth biennial congress of the Ma
tional Trotting Association was held to-
day at the Murray Hill Hotel. The fol-
lowing nominations for officers for the
ensuing year were made:
/ President, Hon. P. P. Johnson, Lexington,
KY; first vice-president, David Bonney, New
York; second vice-president, n. T. Smith,
Menlo Park, Cal.
ton; NJ. NJ. Morse, Hartford, and c. Dana
Palmer, Lowell, Mass.
Atlantic-G. ". Archer, Rochester; J. c. sib-
lev, Franklin Pa; Frank Bower, Philadelphia
Central-Van i. Kirkman, Nashville, Tenn. /;
William Edwards, Cleveland, Ohio; William
Russell Allen, St. Louis.
Western-U. C. Blake. Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
John L. Mitchell, Milwaukee; F. s. Gorton,
Chicago.
Pacifc-E. c. Field, A. B. spreckels, c. NJ.
Chase, all of San Francisco.
The proposed amendments to the rules
were then gone into and changes made as
follows:
Section of rule was amended to do away
with entry by telephone.
Rule 8, section 2, reads: .No suspension for
non-payment OF dues as aforesaid shall be law
tul unless ordered within one week of the time
OF the meeting" The time was extended to
two weeks.
In section 3 of the same rule the words "re-
gardless of were stricken out and the words
conditions"
Section of rule deals with false descrip-
tlols tor fraudulent purposes and orders that
guilty persons be expelled. The section was
amended to read "shall be fined, suspended or
expelled"
Sections and of this rule were done away
with, and section becomes section 6.
Rule 16, on protests, becomes rule 8 and was
amended in section z. The amendment calls
lot the expulsion on conviction OF fraud, in
allowing protests or Information to be with
drawn, not only of the member so permitting,
but also of the executive officers. Rule be-
comes rule 8, and so on.
The words fined, suspended orr are inserted
before expelled in section 2 of rule 10.
In rule 16 (old rule 15) the words "not other
wise obtainable' are inserted after the word
"information."
Rule IL was changed so that horse shall
not be drawn except by permission of the
Judges, unless at or before the day preceding
shah have lodged with the secretary Of the
course valid notice of his intention not to
start.
The rule before amended provides for
written notice or notice by telegraph to the
president. secretary or proprietor of the
course.
Section 1 of rule 1s was changed, making it
compulsory to postpone, in case of unfavor-
able weather, or any other unavoidable cause,
to a definite hour, fair day and good track
(omltt1ng sunday, all stakes and purses closed
on the installment plan upon giving notice
thereof, etc.
The second paragraph of the section reads,
as amended: ANY purse race except those
closed on the installment plan that has not
been started by 5 O'Clock p. NJ. on the day of
the week on which the member had limited
Its meeting during the months of May, June,
July or August, or o'clock P. NJ. during the
balance of the year, shall be declared off and
the entrance money refunded.
ANY purse race that has been started and re-
mains unfinished on the last day of the week
to which the member has limited its meeting
shall be declared ended, and the money di.
Vlded according to summary"
On the resolution of rule 90 period is put
after the word trace" and new sentence
made, which reads as follows: after each
heat riders shall come to the judges stand
and not dismount or leave their vehicles with
out the permission of the judges, and shall be
reweighed.'
new section was added to rule %. Mr.
simpson was the author OF the section, which
says that every heat in race must be con.
tested by every horse in the race.
Rule ~, section 2, was amended to read
Nv hen two or more horses have each won two
heats and dead heat.or heat and two dead
heats, or. three dead heats, those alone shall
start in the next heat"
| A few other changes of an unimportant
nature were made, the rest of the business
being OF routine nature. 1t was after II
O'Clock P. NJ. when motion to adjourn
Was passed and the congress adjourned.
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