The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-02-14
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 usual method is to demand of the
 the evidence, but it has to be explained
 to these that to comply with their re- quested would blockade all channels of l information forever thereafter, as the ! board has no power to summon wit
 nesses, or compel evidence. This in
 brief is an outline of some of the ama-
 teur troubles.
 EFFECT OF MEMBERSHIP. The board is composed of so few per- sons, the territory it has in charge is
 so vast, and the work so enormous,
 that a full and complete explanation of ' the facts upon which all its actions are
 based would be almost absolutely inn
 possible. Therefore there is much mis-
 understanding, much unjust criticism
 which has to be borne in silence, and worse than all, some falling off in
 league membership on that account. | However, the records, correspondence, and interference from them, will illus trate, that for every ten members of the league who resign or fail to renew on account of the racing department, l there is whole league club which joins on account of the privilege of free sanctions. The gain to league member ship due to it's racing department is by far greater than the loss to it.
 REGISTRATION.
 The registration of amateurs is even | more necessary in the work of the l board than for professionals. They are so many and so widely scattered, so many of them race under assumed | names and evade the handicapper, and l so many of them in the same manner 1 escape the consequence of repeatedly | entering as novices after winning many l prizes, that it has become one of the | most common, unfair, and even repul- sive racing crimes. The only way to es- tablish the identity of all these thous- ands of amateur racing men and cor rect the evil, is to require them to reg ister with the board.
 PROFESSIONALS.
 There are nearly five thousand pro- fessionals upon the records, but only 621 participated in racing last year. There was large falling off in the number of race meets in the west, and there was no occupation for the thousands. Of the 621 registered professionals, ninety eight are under suspension for particl- pating in unsanctioned races
 The last national assembly in it's wis dow again refused to amend the consti- tuition so as to admit professionals to membership. It was but repetition of the action of former assemblies, but the professionals had counted strongly upon different result at St. Louis and i, hnnn ma much embittered. Their common com plaint was that they had been branded as unfit to associate with members of the L. A. w."
 In addition, they and their sy1npa- thizers, assumed that the "Rotier reso- luton" unanimously passed by the last national assembly, meant, in effect, that the l.. A. w. would abolish it's rae ing department after the converting of another assembly.
 Accordingly, in the spring of 1898, a rather disorganized organization was formed by racing men, adverturers, specuators, and one track association, and one of their leading men visited the office of the chairman and informed him that it was intended he the chair man) would be at the head of the new government. The proposed plans and the business transacted at their in- formal and formal meetings were well known through faithful assistants. The time before the opening of the racing season proving too short to attempt to carry their plans into effect, and ow- ing to not meeting with the expected announcement from track owners, a1;t definite action until the autumn of 1896, in the meantime keeping up the work for their cause.
 The national assembly had likewise forbidden the issuing of motions for the usual sx-day races, and the vari- ous promoters who annually give those exhibitions also promoted many other meets where sprint and middle distance races were held. The best material was required for these exhibitions; and &C., cordingly the men, who desired to form another organization, received the aid and encouragement of these promoters | in the autumn of 1898. While there was l some temporary local success Of the en- terprise during the indoor season, it | now has a precarious existence and ow- ing to well known conditions can be but | short lived.
 NATIONAL CIRCUIT.
 The national circuit of 1897 proved | generally unsatisfactory to the racing | men. In many cases the principal prize was but forty dollars and much com plaint was made to the chairman. Much time was given to visiting, travelling with, and consulting racing men, man. agers, trainers, track owners and pro- motors, during that season and the fol- lowing winter, concerning the estab- lshment of national circuit, and in working up the details from the con- census of opinions gathered. The men expressed themselves as believing that the first prizees should be one hundred and fifty dollars, and then the princi- pal men would feel not only in duty bound, but have the strongest incentive to fololw the circuit through. Promot- CTS generally willingly conceded the hundred and fifty dollar first prize and asked a reciprocal concession by adding holidays to the comparatively few Saturdays on the national circuit A mutual policy of live and let live , seemed to prevail and the latter was freely conceded. Every detail was dis cussed, and conflicting interests were and by implication every detail contracted for with racing men | a md prpmOters The r1sult was tbe al