El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-10
JUAREZ CLAIMING
CLAUSE WAIVED
What the New Rule at the
Jockey Club Track Means
to Horse Owners.

When the stewards of the Juarez
race track some days ago announced
that claiming clause would hereafter
be waived in selling races, Il caused
much comment This rule has been
waived on many race courses is is said
and is often resorted to where horse
men are claiming the thorOughbreds of
other owners and then shipping them
to other tracks.
There are several kinds Of selling
races. Some are for horses entered
70 be sold for $500 at public auction,
others $500 and on upward When
a horse is running in $500 top and
bottom race and wins he IS played on
sale at public auction in ring in
front of the judges stand following
the running of the event II an own
er, or for that matter any person at
the course. desires to run the winner
up. he can do so by making an adj
vance over his entered price. OIten
times a horse is run up several hundred
dollars over his entrance price and sold
to the bidder But the owner can
retain his horse by paying the run up
of the bidder with IS advance
How 1t Is Done.
In races where the claiming clause
is not waived. any horseman having
a horse entered in the same race can
claim any other horse in the event
he desires by paying the amount ne
is entered for, together with tne
amount Of first money. II the morse
horse claimed is purchased for S4z5,
the first money to the winner being
S225 where the purse is $500 But
with the rule waived, no horse can pc
claimed but the winner is always SOLD
at public auction.
Weights governing selling handlcaps
are fixed by the secretary he places
the amount of weight on each horse
according to what he believes will give
each entry an equal chance to win
That is to say If one Of the horses ems
tered in a $1,000 selling handicap
sticks out" and appears &c De mucn
accOrds him top weight and ranges
the imposts downward until the cheap
er horses that seem inferior TO the
favorites, carry but small amount OF
weight.
Two Kinds of Handieaps.
There two kinds Of selling handi-
caps. The other is for horses entered
to be sold for $4,000 or other large
fixed by the amount the horse is en-
tered to be sold for. In $4,000 selling
handicap, horses entered to be sold for
lesser price are given reduction in
are entered to be sold for under the
amount Of the race If the claiming
clause is not waived, the horse en-
tered can be claimed by an owner hav-
ing a horse in the race for the amount
he IS entered for, together with the
amount of money the winner receives
In Selling Races
In selling races, not selling handi-
caps. the horses are weighted by the
secretary according to the conditions
of the race Often times the horses
run many pounds below the scale Of
weights. Geldings and mares carry
less than do stations but there are no
penalties for the number Of wins a
horse has to his credit unless spect-
fled in the conditions There are
many different conditions in selling
races. which are governed by the sec
rotary, who arranges the races and
makes these conditions to suit the
horses quartered at the track
horses quartered at the track
stakes or handicaps. Neither are the
winners put up at public auction These
are the races in which the better
class of horses are entered