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Show JOCKEYS"MUST LOOK AFTER OWN AFFAIRS Probably Not Be Permitted to Engage Manager. Riders Pay Moro Attention to Per sonal- Representatives Than to , Trainers or Owners Also Prohibited From Betting. Jockeys who rccelvo licenses to rldo on the New York tracks next year mny not bo permitted to employ agents or managers to look after their nffalrs. Tim governors of racing havo been carefully Investigating tlio' methods employed by tho Jockeys' pcrsonul ref. resentntlvcs and thq need for reform In that direction seems to bo imperative. impera-tive. It will not bo surprising, therefore, there-fore, to learn that tho riders in future fu-ture will bo under tho direct control of. sovcral trustworthy ofllcials appointed ap-pointed by tho stewnrds of tho Jockey club and that outside ngents or managers mana-gers wilt bo pronounced nonessential. According to woll-Informed turfmen who desire clean racing several Jockeys Jock-eys the last season had as many as threo or four agents. Theso agents, It is charged, frequently came In contact with persons who had little regard, fot tho wclfaro of racing. Naturally tho riders paid more attention to their per. sonal representatives thnn to the owners own-ers .or trainers who engaged their services. Consequently owners or trainers train-ers frequently snw their horses sustain sus-tain defeat as n result of poor riding. "If tho Jockeys' engagements nra mado by recognized ofllcials In the employ of tho racing nssoclatlon you'll see u big Improvement next season," said n prominent horseman. "It also might bo n wlso movo to keep the names of tho riders secret until 10 minutes beforo each race. Then col. luslon between ngents nnd spectators would bo 'impossible. Of course, owners own-ers who had first call on the services of ccrtnln Jockeyu would not bo affected affect-ed when competing for stakes, but It might bo posslblo to clmngo present conditions regarding tho engagement of riders for overnight races." It also has been suggested that a rulo strictly prohibiting tho placing ot wagers for Jockeys by their employers should bo adopted beforo 1010. |