The Washington herald., 1914-02-01

New York, Jan. 1.-7he tsll trotfing
and pacing season promisss to be the
best and HE most succsssful in the his
tory Of the harne0 game
A circuit that eliminsteg- long jumps
viii save THOUSANDS Of doiiars in rail-
road mileage, reduction In the entrance
fees for horses. and two new rules which
solve the handicap problem thst has per-
pIexed for 50 many years we're brought
about through the recent meeting Of the
Grand Circuit stewards at Grand Rapids.
Mich.
Another big factsr that suggests for =
successful season b the reayakened en-
thusiasm in the -trotting frS3ernity. and
the certainty that bscause Of The new
rules many Of the msn. prominent in
tTotting circles years ago. who had re-
tired. win do a real -coms-back"
New Rale 0esA.
One Of the new rules. received with de-
light by harness horse owners. provides
that II . horse with Q 80 mark fails to
win In that class he may be entered in
his next start IN the al class. II he
falls to WIN a race In the I'll class he
can 90 back to the slower classes until
he wins q race. no matter IL II carries
him back to the 2:20 class.
such q rule certainly will be great
! help 10 the trotting and pacing game. :"
declared 8. 8. Toman. editor of tbs Trot-
ter and PAGER magazine. ard one Of the
! best versed men on trotting affairs In
the country. Very often q horse that
cannot 70 better than AIS on an average.
through some phenomenal burst OF speed.
will travel q mile In 40. Perhaps never
AGAIN win he duplicate that mark yet
under the old rules. he was forced to
travel ever afterward In the 210 class
where he was outciassed and never had
a chance for the money.
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Admiral Dewey, the great stallion.
went heat in zoo "a where his winning
race record was 2:s - Yet, he has had
to travel IN the a;o4 Class refer yssk-
son ran heat In the Kentucky Futunty
In 1:oe -. but his winning race record u
nearly nve seconds alower. Fowler DIRECT
went q heat In z:ol last year. YET LOST
her race. and may never asaah usSe
as fast as she DID then
The injustice OF the Old rules. and me
great help the new one wn be>h ap-
parent from a perusal Of the records o.
not only these horses out nunoreos OF
others who have Travelled . single mile At
q pace beyond their natural speed ana
were compelled to enter mat ciass TOT
the rest OF their careers
The other important new RUE. JUST a.
revolutionary and equally a helpful 70
the racing game. eliminates the penaiinns
Of horse with the best marx he made
In heat provided he does not YIN the
race unoer !ne o,o suie ~, ~ . ,ns,.H,,ss
be placed in the 2:lo class whether he
won the race or not. The new rules pro.
vide that only the race winner will be
penalixed with his best heat record. How
ever, the mark OF the horse that wins
q heat, but not the race, win be kept
and recorded credit to his sire.
\Tbe new rules charge an entrance fee
OF only 3 per cent of the purse for each
horse entered In q race, with an ad-
ditional per cent TO be deducted from
pure winners.
The lsi4 circuit. laid out by the
stsvnr6S. shovs the average jump to be
0niy ! tri6e over 80 miles. Il covers
aut mile. which Is much less than In
ether ysars. The longest jump will be
from Hartford. Conn, to Detroit, Mich,
distance Of SIS miles, while the short
cot VIM be from Grand Rapids. Mich,
sisht milss.
ANOTHER big factor that will help the
Grand Circuit game this season. and IN
other seasous to come. ID the action Of
the Dstroft Trotting Association IN chang
ing the time for the 10000 N. and N
race from TN to s:iA This IL in keep
ling With the argument made By N. w.
recsnf rtic,. IN the Trotter ana PAGER
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The big purses usually are raced Tor
by heesss absolutely unknown to Che
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