Norwich bulletin., 1919-11-29
Amendments to Rules of Racing.

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 The following amendments to the rules of The National and American Trotting association are recommended by the Joint Rule Committee of The National and American Trotting asso citations, which met at Terre Haute, Indiana, Saturday, November 15. 1919.
 Rule 2. Section 5. Amended by changing the word "can' in the third line to may"
 Rule ?. Section 10. Amended by adding the following: except as pro vided for in Rule I, Section 7.''
 Rule 3. Section l. Amended to read as follows: Races shall be dashes, heats two in three. three in five, the three heat plan, or point system.
 Rule 3. Section 3. Amended to read as follows: In 8 two or three race a horse must win two heats to be en- titled to first money. If the race is. unfinished at the end of the third heat, all but the winners or horses making dead heat shall be ruled out
 Rule 5. Section 4. Amended by add ing the following For horses making dead heat"s after the word winners in the fourth line.
 Rule 3. Section 5. Amended by add ing the following: Should one horse only win heat and make dead heat he shall be declared the winner. If two horses each win heat and make dead heat they shall go a fourth heat to determine the winner.
 Rule 3. Further amended by adding the following section: (Point SystemJ. Under the Point System. if a horse wins three heats he shall be entitled to first money. and the race shall be then terminated. The race shall not be continued after the fifth heat. If at the end of the fifth heat no horse has won three heats the race shall be de- clared ended and first money shall be paid to the horse having the smallest number of points in the summary, sec | ond money to the horse having the next smallest number of points, etc. etc. The fastest time made by the winner either in first or second posi- ton shall constitute winrace.
 Rule 4. Section 2. Amended by add | ing the following sentence: Any per- son violating this rule shall be fined not less than $1o or more than $50 Rule 6, Section 1. Amended by changing the third sentence to read as follows: If only one or two of the horses entered for an early closing event shall appear on the course. ht or they shall be entitled to his owr i or their entrance money and one-hal of the entrance money received iron the other entries for said purse.
 Rule r. Amended by striking ou
 Sections and and substituting tn, 1 following:
 | Section 6. After a horse has ac. Iquired a winraee of PIP or better on { mile track or 2.16 or better on a half mile track. he shall be allowed wheth. CT raced or not, one second for tht first calendar year in which he fails tt
 reduce it. At the expiration of twt calendar years. exclusive of the yea, | in which the winrace was made, if horse has not reduced same or if 1
 was made over a mile track. won with
 in four seconds of it on a half-mil
 track it shall be cancelled togethe
 with his time allowance and the hors
 become eligible to the PIP class on mile track or the 216 class on a half
 mile track until he acquires anothe
 winrace.
 Section T. A horse with a winrac
 slower than 2.12 on a mile track or 21
 on a half-mile track shall be allowed
 whether raced or not, one second fo
 each calendar year until he reduces |
 or wins a race in faster time than tn class to which his time allowanc
 makes him eligible. A horse reducin !, his winrace. or if made over a mil , track, if he wins within four second | or IL on nall-m1le traek, loses hl l time allowance A horse winning race in faster time than the class | } which his time allowance makes hil ) eligible shall thereafter be considere } as having acquired a new winrace. 4 } the beginning of 1920 the present tim } allowance shall apply.
 Rule 16. Section l. Amended | 7 striking out the words "omitting Sur : day' Tn the third line. .e 1 | Rule 21 Section l. Amended r t chareing the second sentence to req v as follows: He shall appoint thrt l Timers, one of which must have l license from The National Trottor : association. ~;
 Rule 21. Further amended by ado
 ing the following section: At eac
 public race or performance again e time where there is not visable tin : ing clock. there shall he at least or il licensed timer in the judges or timer c stand He shall sign the judges hoe | for each race or performance again :, time and send The National Trottir ', association a special renort c'--'~o Y ' time of the first and second horse ] V each heat. In the event of the~e heir
 any suppression or misrenresentation time at meeting and the licers' -' timer fails to report same he shall l
 expelled and his license revoked 8 license shall be issued without char, 5 by the Board of Review or in vacati(