The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-21

10 AhVse SfakfnS Application Inc!
VIII BE Distributed Free-Siany
Material Changes Have Been
Made Since Last Year-Systcm of
Registering Professional Riders
Greatly Altered.
ST. LOUIS. March 2o.-The L. A. w.
racing rules for 1888 were issued last
week and will be distributed free OF
charge TO those making application.
s. InaSmuCh as a number of material
changes have been made in the laws
GOV -rninG cycle track racing, the latest
,Iion thereof should be in the hands
of every person directly interested in
the sport for it is only through a thor
ough knowledge of the rules that the
game can be kept in smooth working
order
Every racing man, meet promoter.
referee and judge should study the new
requirements, and, for his own ad-
vantage, possess 50 intimate an ac-
CUaintance With the regulations as to
know his ground, and thus prevent I'M
dignified parleying on the track before
spectators
Among the new features Of the '9S
rules are the following: The system of
registering professional riders, and the
additional duties imposed upon racing
officials a result OF the new system
of professional national championships
and the requirement for a minimum
$i50 prize for a championship race at
every national circuit meet; the posting
of sanctions where riders can see them,
and other rules making the sanction
privilege more valuable and putting
safeguards about it; rules putting mo-
,1orcycle records in q separate class;
rules regulating contracts with racing
men and racing teams; rules for the
mr. e Ii, ,cy'' sac1,c
track abuses; new restrictions to the
amateur rule.
Every professional rider, before COM
peting in a race, must register With the
racing board and receive a registered
number which must be placed on each
entry blank that he fills out. No I'M
registered professional rider will be al
lowed to start in any race.
y novel rule, which is intended to do
away with the annoyance Of late en-
tries is the following: When a profess
sional makes an entry on the regular
blank seven days prior to the date of
contract, and thus enables the promo
ter to advertise his attractions, the pro-
feSSional may insert in the entry the
name of the wheel or tires he rides, and
the promoter must then insert the same
opposite his name on the score card or
programme. Promoters are prohibited
from inserting name of wheel or tires
of amateurs or of late entries.
Promoters may specify how many
starters must appear in order to make
a race, but the entry blank must con-
tain all the information relative to such
conditions else the race must be run
and the prizes awarded, even if there
be but one or two starters.
The sanction fees remain unchanged
from last year, but several clauses of
Importance have just been introduced
into the sanction rule Applications
air
statement that at least one professional
championship race will be run, and
that the first prize will not be less
than $3.50. Circuit sanctions carry with
them authority to exceed the prize limit
in professional events. and authority to
run match races, exhibitions, and
those other special events for which a
permit is necessary at an open meet,
except multicycle pacing. 1t is not
rule, but it is recommended that at
least one class race be run at national
circuit races. and promoters will find
IT to their advantage to do so.
n significant clause is that reQur-
Ing that all applications must name
the track on which the meet is to be
held. and if the applicant does not own
the track he should inclose the writ
ten consent of the track owner for its
Use on THE date applied for. This is
TO prevent the granting of sanctions to
irresponsible parties. The next clause
is in the same line, and provides that
in exceptional cases a guarantee of 500
must be required from applicants for
sanctions. to be forfeited if the meet
is abandoned. The board reserves the
right to waive the rule regarding con-
fiction Of sanction on any holiday
and also to revoke any sanction where
trickery, subterfuge or evasions are
attempted, or sufficient reason exists in
the judgment of the chairman or men,
Der who issued the sanction"
Sanctions Will be issued in duplicate,
and one copy must be posted near the
tape in full view of the riders, so that
contestants may know the meet is
sanctioned. Sanctions will be denied
to promoters who do not provide proper
accommodations for racing men, train
ers and managers, both in the dressing
quarters and on the track. Promoters
must send to the racing board member
granting the sanction one copy of the
entry blank Immediately upon its be-
ing printed.
The new rules governing the profess
sional championships We're printed in
the Globe-Democrat during the meeting
in this city of the L. A. w. National
assembly. They provide that one cham
pionship race shall be run at each cir
cult meet and that the rider scoring
the greatest number of points in all
the races shall, at the end of the sea-
son. he declared the champion No
tn ase races, and they shall be open to
the world In the trial heats of these
races pacemakers shall not qualify for
the final, and no one shall be allowed
to compete in the final for any other
reason than winning one of the quail
flying positions.
The amteur national championship
races shall be run at the national meet.
The winners of the first and second DO
sitions in the finals of the quarter,
third, half, two-mile and five-mile (or
any of them shall qualify for the one
mile, and the winner of the one-miIe
shall be declared the champion The
trophies for amateur national cham
pionShips shall be medals to cost in no
case more than So per set of three. gold
silver and bronze, respectively, to be
struck from dies owned by the league.
The board has decided to recognize
records made nv mntnrnvcle nacincr