Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-16

| five ru.es OF the constitution of the Turf
Congress. Rule is retained. Bylaws
! 10 II of the constitution are dispensed
VIA, and the methods adopted in the
formation of the club already given con
4 firmel. The other bylaws dispensed
With are unimportant.
| In the actual rules of racing the
i changes are many. \ change has been
I made III Rule ~. referring to the post
! pon2ment OF races. The first part has
been allowed to stand and the last part
1 s..tckem out.
I Rule 81. in regard to the change OF
She name of a horse before starting. h IS
1 gone by he board. as we'll as Rule So,
!. felating to The collection of forfe.ts.
Z In Rue l,6. Sc lion q. which states
4 Vhdf any Incense may be revoked for
I good ana sufficient reasons by the
license committee. has been dropped.
tan Important piece Of work was the
Striking out of Ru.e ls9. which gave off
GERS of an association entire manage
merit of ',he course. and of the racing.
and of ,he appointment of the otfic ais;
and the dropping of Rule 10 takes with
il, .ae power of local officials to do az
they please.
These rules led to many injustices
being done. and their abolition will DO
away VIAL toiFSlutFdule tdlk tndl us IA
to be made thai, judges and other off,
ciits were only the tools of the loo Al
| racing magnates.
Why Rule 1873. forbidding jockeys and
grooms to frequent the betting ring,
should be done away with is a conun-
drum. The jockey club may have q,
Nised some other means ito stop this
! nuisance.
In s.eeple cha sing and hurdle racing
the rules omitted are of minor import
ance.
! Several of the old rules have been re-
wli..e ana their intention made more
| clear
| The actual changes. or, rather the
new rules made. provide that the rul 5
Shall SO into operation and be effective
! on March IS. and any other rules of rae
ing shall be annu!led from that day.
Rue Ii refers TO the regislrat ton o.
co.ors. and makes i; imperative TO regis
! ter with the secretary of the Western
Jockey club.
/ Rule is recognizes the trot,ers. and is
as follows:
Every person or horse expelled or
ru!ed off by a recognized turf authority.
of by the American OF the Nationa.
Tro; ing association. snail S,anl ruled
off all courses under The jurisdiction of
the Western Jockey club during the con-
linuance of such eNpu. sion.
O.tler changes allude to appeals made
80 stewards, definition of maidens, pal
pabe error in entry allowed to be cor
rected. collection of forfeits, weighing
in. license fees for jockeys and trainers
reduced from 81 $40 SIS, toes allowed on
front Plates. and power of judges to rule
off for dis ,urbance of the peace.
10 III r.,
trouble. because it hardly states whal
cubs ii Viii recognize and what it will
not. II the only clubs recognized are
, those which take out a incense from the
jockey club "a turf war seems likely. Tie
o,her rule regarding jockeys is all ris'i,.
An owner or trainer running hOrS IS,
or jockey riding the same, or any unrec-
ogniz7d meeting. shall be disqualitt' i
for all races to which these rules apply.
Such horses and all other horses under
! the control of such owners and trainers
shall also be disqualified. 4 person act
ing in official capacity at any IN
I recoertZed meeting may also be dis
! qualified.
! The Western Jockey club takes no
| cosnlzance of bets or betting.
| Boys who. while under age. have Of
i.l.ir own free viii ANA with the consent
| themselves ITO owners or trainers Off a
| term OF not less than three years by q
| written ing.rlment. a certified copy of
which has been .olged With the stewards
OF the Western Jockey club. shall be
permitted 20 ella a tive-pound ai!o" :
ance in all selling races. excepting Sell
ing handicaps. They shah be entitled
to this allowance for one year after tie
issuance of their license. AllowaEcf.
under this rule must be Gained at tn"
time o fentry. and the owner shall no.
be permitted to waive such allOWanc &c
except by consent of the judges.
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Nothing in racing has changed more of
late years than handicapping. Ten years
ago it was simple rule of the thumb
today it is ar intricate science.
1t consists in the art of placing num-
Der of horses on terms of equality when
the official Handicapped of club does the
| work, but when the punted does it, 1t
means finding out what slips are official
has unwittingly made, and benefiting by
them. He makes slips because his work
| is done anywhere from month to
| twenty-four hours before a race, while
| the punter has to the last minute, with
ali advantages of track conditions, exer-
| cising data, etc. to help him.
Ten years ago man took the entries
for race and avoided gathering any
| idea of the official estimate. He made
| a handicap for himself, as if he had been
the official and when 1t was finished he
| compared the result with the official
weights, picked out the most favored
| horse, according to his argument. and
| played it.
Boiled down. this menas he took each
| horse noted track, weight, distance and
| where he finished. If horse carrying
100 pounds won from a horse carrying
| 1oo pounds by half length, what weight
| would bring them together?
| This was a rude method of solving a
very delicate problem, for half length
| is a tenth part of second over six
| furlongs, and SO a rude table in use for
nearly hundred years was used, which