Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1906-12-27
new YEARS MATINEE
AT FAIR GROUNDS
There Will be Fine Racing Program
Made Possible by Recent Changes in
The A. T. A. Rules.

! There was a meeting of the Arizona
Fair association yesterday afternoon
at which II was decided to hold a rae
Ing matinee at the fair grounds on
January LIST. A committee OF five was
appointed TO take charge OF 1t and ar
range all preliminaries. The commit
tee is composed of Hugh Campbell
chairman, w. n. Tiffany, Jack Gibson.
w. H. Cook and A. H. Davidson.
Just what the prizes will be. or the
program either, will not be announced
until the committee gets its work in
| hand. Ii is Known though, that one
race will be participated in by Jessie
Mckinney. Boralma's Brother and j. ].
NJ Jr-, all of which horses have work
ed in better than 2:I2. II can therefore
be confidently expected that some of
the racing will be as good and better
\ than some of the races during the fair
week
There will also most likely be an au-
tomobile race on the track between the
automobile Of DIR. II. II. Stone and l.
T. Hosey. There viii probably be
be arranged for to make the best mat
llCt HttliilS ever Nciu mere.
In this connection 1t is timely II
mention a matter of general news to
horsemen. as one OF the things that
make this and other matinees possible
Heretofore. horsemen have refused to
put their best horses forward in
matinee. or to let them exert then.-
selves II they did So for fear of their
taking a mark or barring them from
entry in classes they could otherwisa
have entered. 1t is horseman's
greatest profit to develop stock and
enter IL in slow classes when Il can
go fast, but before the world has dis
covered that fact, and the matinee is
not sufficient inducement to a horse
man to violate these rules. At the
same time. the rule worked a hardship
to the best development of the horse
interests in many communities. For
that reason, changes have been recent
ly made in the rules OF the American !
Trotting Association, as set forth in |
the following from THE Western !
Horseman" of Indianapolis in its is
sue of Dec. 81:
The Turf Congress Of the American /
Trotting Association, at its recent ses- [
sion. adopted practically all the pro- |
posed changes in the rules printed If /
The Western Horseman a few weeks !
ago One OF the most important is /
that allowing drivers TO lay up a heat /
or more. provided it is his intention to |
win the race. In order to make this |
and infrequent the race /
is limited to five heats and the dis I
lance flag placed at sixty yards, save /
when eight or more horses start. when 1
the distance will be eighty yards. On /
half mile tracks the distance will be 1
eighty yards. and one hundred when
six or more horses start.
Amateur driving clubs will have
chance to charge admission. fees with !
out penalizing the horses with records. /
This rule. which was presented By
Magnus Flaws. of Chicago. is:
ANY association in membership
with the American Trotting Associa-
ton may give ten days racing during
the season for premiums. but not
money purses. either in one-day meet
ings. or OF longer duration. at their
discretion. Time made in such con-
tests shall not be either a record or
bar. and the association shall have the
right to charge admission at the gate
and sell all privileges except betting"
Another new rule which will be of
interest to all under the ban of the A
T. A., to all officers OF racing asso-
Citations and owners of campaigning
stables, reads as follows:
ANY member willfully allowing the
use OF its track by an expelled man or
horse. or who permits a suspended or
man to ride or drive or a
or disqualified horse to per-
form I'm a race. after notice from. the
secretary of the American Trotting As
ISOLATION, shall. together with it's pres
ident, secretary and other officers. be
subject to a fine not exceeding $500
for each offense, or suspension OF ex
pulsion.
mo stable shall have in it's employ
in any capacity, an expelled. suspend
ed or disqualified person. Any person
found violating this rule shall be fined
a sum not to exceed $500"
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