New Britain herald., 1918-02-14
UNIFORM RULES IN
TROTTING CIRCUITS
Important Action Is Taken at
Annual Congress Of Horseme1

New York, Feb. 14-Another stepl
toward the amalgamation of the twol
leading trOtting associations of Amer
lca was taken yesterday at the annual
congress of the National Trotting ASH
SocIauon in the MURRAY Hill Hotel. !
1t adopted rules to conform with thoseI
desired hy the American Association
with the request that that body ac-|
cept them so that the two governing
bodies may hereafter work in har1
monY
1t was the thirtieth biennial meeting
Of the association and thirty-hvel
members, with proxies aggregatingI
300, were present. President John CI
Welty of Canton, Ohio, presided. All
Of the old officers were re-electedy \
That the two associations were Gag
CT to cooperate to help harness rac-s
'- in this country and Canada be-
came known last December, when thda
-3ociutions appointed committees tc
,..lut and consider uniformity of rulesa
/ was the report of these committee&
lat the congress adopted unanimousJ
~ yesterday. Z
The report was presented by Sec
rotary w. H. Gocher of Hartford
Conn. He pointed out that uniformit.
OF rules for harness racing was of vi T.
tai importance to The sport. He saic
that the National Association ha4
more than 5000 driving clubs, Ii
ccnsed tracks and country fair organ&
izations in its membership and that i
reaches over INTO Canada, where salk,
racing is still popular.
WIZ Now Co-opcrate f
Heretofore the National and Amer
lean associations have been at war
Uniform rules were impossible and
ringers" went from one track to an
other and won purses under changed
names. To stop this it was necessar
for the two organizations to co-opelS
ate.
The most important changes IS thE
rules were:
In a two in three race a horse mus
win two heats to be entitled to frs
money. If the race is unfinished y
the end of the second heat a horse ne
standing for money shall be ruled ON
In a three in five race a horse mu
win three heats to be entitled to firsH
money. If the race is unfinished
the end of the third heat q horse nd
! standing for money shall be ruled GU
provided that after the fourth he'd
only heat winners shall start unles
two horses have each won two heat
In that event they alone shall start
the next heat.
A three heat plan race is an ever
limited to three heats, the purse fl
which shall be awarded to the hors
standing best in the summary. In til
event of three horses each winning
heat a fourth heat shall be run to d.
termine the winner.
Decisions May BE Appealed
In stakes stable names may be us
by owners or lessees upon the pal
ment of a fee Of $25. One registr
ton card shall apply to the tracks
both associations, hut two stables ca
not be registered under the san
name.
After a horse has acquired a W
race he shall be allowed one secof
until he reduces it and the nominal
is required to claim time allowan
when making entry. ;,
An application for removal OF q
pulsiOn imposed for starting nor
out of its class or under a change
name shall net be docketed for
hearing until all the unlawful wi
nings are returned for distribution,
gethcr with fine Of $3.50.
All decisions and rulings of tt
judges of any race may be appeal
before the close of the meeting to
board of review, to a district board
to board Of stewards To appeal
decision an appellant shall within
days deposit IS to cover the expens
incurred.