The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-13
MAY BET ON HEATS
NATIONAL eNOTTING CONGRESS RE.
FUSES I } AMEND RULES TO
lORBID 1T
NEW DISQUALIFICATION RULE
Persons Interested in Any Way in
Race May Not Hold Any Of
fetal POsitiOn-Mnny
Minor Changes.

NEW YORK, Feb 12-The National
Trotting congress held it's biennial SEES
sion here today. The committee on Gre
dentials reported 322 delegates, many
represented by proxy.
Mr.. Willis moved an amendment for
bidding betting on heats in a race, and
calling for the expulsion of any member
who should allow it. 1t was not adopted,
2S6 votes being against it, and only four
Votes for it.
The committee on nominations reported
for the reelection of the present Off
GERS, including the members of the board
of review, ]. Malcolm Forbes Of Boston;
john c. Welty, of Canton, Ohio, and r.
H, Plant, of Macon, Ga.
A change making the rule against hop
pies more stringent, but requiring action
by the American Trotting association to
become effective, was proposed by Mr..
Jewett. but was voted down, the rule re-
manning as it was
New Disqualification Rule.
A new rule, 16, section 1, referring to
disqualification, was adopted. 1t pro-
vides:
Owners who start horses; riders or
drivers who ride or drive and all horses
started at meetings conducted by persons
under penalty by either the National
Trotting association or the American
Trotting association, shall, by operation
of the rules, be henceforth disqualified
from the right to compete on the grounds
of members, which disqualification may
be removed only by order of the board of
review upon the payment of a fine of 500,
to go to this association, the fine to ap-
ply to the horse or horses disqualified, re-
gacdlless of any change of ownership
Another change provides that written
or telegraphed notice for the drawing Of
horse shall be given instead of the oral
notice sometimes given in the past. An
other change provides that no heat shall
be called after sunset.
Rule a. section 2, was amended so as
not to permit any persons interested in
any horse in a race to act 'in any Of
fetal capacity in that race" This is
broader than the recommendation of the
conference, which mentioned only
Judges and timers"
Sandwiching Heats.
Rule 81 was amended so as to allow
printed conditions of a race to arrange
for other than the usual number Of
heats. The rule covering sandwiching
of heats was changed so as to allow the
sandwiching of heats of three races on
one day.
Rule 80, section 8, was left unchanged
after a long discussion over a PROPOSE
ton to allow judges to declare any heat
void for pulling or other Irregularities.
The rule regarding distances was also
left unchanged. A new section allowing
the waving of distance on consent was
also adopted.
Besides other penalties the fine for al
lowing suppression of the correct time
was increased from 500 to $500. A board
for determining records was established
to consist of the presidents of the Ma
tional, American and Register associa-
lions.
The following was added to rule A
by vote of 272 to u: Records cannot
be made or bars incurred In trials of
speed where there is no pool selling, book
making or other public betting on the
event, no money competed for, no en-
trance charged or collected from compel
ing horses, no admission fee to the gate
or grandstand and no privileges of any
kind sold. Such performances shall not
be considered public races"