Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-09
TROTT|NC BOARD MAKES
new TIME ALLOWANCE
Adopted in Face of Protests From
Wilmington and Other
Racing Centres.

The National Trotting Association has
adopted new time allowance rule In
spite Of the strenuous opposition Of sccre-
tarics or representatives of large num-
Der of the biggest fair and racing associa-
tions in the East. Protests from members
of the PENNSYLVANIA Fair Circuit, the
Metropolitan Circuit of New York, Min
cola, Trenton, Mount Holly, Wilmington,
Bvberry, LANCASTER, Allentown, Nazareth
and the Philadelphia md Syracuse Grand
Circuits meetings were unheedcd and the
proxy holders, headed by A. L. Saundles,
president of the Ohio Fair Circuit, calmly
followed a schedule by voting for every
amendment just as it was read.
Several of these proxy holders appeared
to take a different view after 1t was too
late and il is possible that a more careful
consideration of the immense amount of
damage which will be caused by these
radical innovations will induce the gov
erning bodies to convene the JOINT rules
committee and formulate more con
sistent time allowance rule.
As passed the rule reads as follows
Section 6. After horse has acquired a
winrace of 2. IL or better on n mile track
or 2.I6 or better on half-mile track, he
shall be allowed, whether raced or not,
one second for the first calendar year IN
which he fails 10 reduce It. At the explra-
tion Of two calendar years, exclusive OF the
wear in which the winrace was made, II n
horse has not reduced same or II 1t was
made over n mile track, won within four
seconds Of il on n half track, II shall
be Cancelled together with his time allow
ancr and the horse became eligible TO the
. II class on mile track or the 2. 10 class
on n half mile track until he acquires an
other wlnrace.
Section 7. A horse with a wInrace
slower than 2 ID on mile track or 2 l6 on
a half-milc track shall be allowed, whether
raced or not, one second for each calendar
wear until he reduces it, or WINS race IN
faster time than the class to which his
time allowance makes HIM eligible A
horse reducing his winrace, or If made
over a mile track, il he wins within four
seconds of it on a half-mile track, loses
his time allowance. 4 horse winning
race in faster time than the class to which
his time allowance makes him eligible
shall thereafter be considered as having
acquired new winrace-
Section G looks very innocent, and at
first glance will create the impression that
il brings many outclassed horses back to
the track This is probably true, but it
does not allow for any classification be
tween 2 l5l4 and 2.01s4 trotter. For
instance, take the case Of Barton Pardee.
one of the most prominent owners of
Grand Circuit horses Last fall at Lexing
ton he purchased +. Colorado, record
211L4, trial, 2.0624, for $4,000, hoping
to have a good enough trotter to stake in
the 211 and 2.l2 classes down the big
line. With few exceptions, all the richest
purses have been offered for these classes.
Now under the new time allowance he
finds that he owns Busy S Lassic, 205 !.
also eligible, and in 1921 Mabel Trask,
2O1s4, or Lu Princeton, 2.02.
In the pacing division Miss Harris NJ,
1854. is among the eligibles 70 the 2.I2
class, her fastest winning heat this year
being 200Sa Is she outclassed?
Over tho half-mile tracks conditions
will be worse, as the tine-winning average
generally ranges from 2 13 10 2 i6, thereby
throwing all the fresh performers IN
among the free-for-allers after winning
race The board Of review spent couple
of hours one morning eypelllng a man for
starting Little Prince, 2.0414 mile track,
207A half-mile track, IN . l6 class,
which he won in 2.10l4, and IN the after
noon made the same horse eligible 10 that
cIas.. Well-known PAGERS in this section
that will go into the , 16 class are Ben Ali,
2.0314: Sellers d., 206l4; Joe Boy,
2.O7L4; Cussewago Boy. 2l214 Hal Boy
2.O112; Ben Earl, 20012 Ashlook,
2.O54; r. H Brett, 20314 The Savoy,
2.02l; jay FL Mack, 2,0214 Jay Mack
2.0514; Betty NJ, . 1914 and hundreds of
Others OF that calibre
Time allowance OF some kind Is needed