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Show I! JOCKEY CLUD IS I Will Tend to Clear Up Several ! Points Not Clear flere- .: T fofore. I WHOLESALE DISCIPLINE WILL PREVENT FOULING ! v Radtke May Re Reinstated and ') "j Allowed to Ride Once More. 1 " Trlhune Special Sporting: Service. ! ;" ' NEW 1'ORK, Jan. 26. Tho amend- I i, nients to the rules of racing adopted 3 ' at the annual meetinc of the Jockev club were a forward step, and will i tend to clear up several points over j which controversies have arisen from time to lime. The changes wore not ' of a radical nature, however, and no , action was taken on the two most im- 1 ' portanf. amendments proposed dealing : with any error or violation of tho rule i in the entry of a horse and tho 1 punishment of jockeys for reckless I and dangerous horsemanship without disqualification of the horse. These amendments would have given greater discretionary powers to the stowards of a meeting, hut. the feeling seemed ' to be, from what could bo learned, that the stewards already had the : authority which the amendments were 1 framed to give. Jockeys have been punished in the past for roujjh arid foul riding without disqualifying disqualify-ing the horse. The stowards can still mete out punishment in this way, and it would be well if they did so of tenor. Good, wholesome discipline from tune io time would do much to prevent the foul work and lack of consideration for the safety of other riders which was all too prevalent last year. The amendment to rule 73, by the addition . of the words, "on the grounds of the association." relative to tho qualifica-1 qualifica-1 tion of starters for a race, can be Iparucuiany commcuuea. unuer me rule trainers must report on every horse they expect to start not less than thirty minutes before the race is run. This will prevent tho posting of the name of a horse as starter unless he is actually on the ground, and thus avoid the complications which arose two or three times last 3-ear when horses had to be withdrawn at V the last minute, after betting had been ; Kning on some time. This was the , case with Altuda at Saratoga and ' George S. Davis al Brighton Beach. In view of the fact that the case of Radtke. tho jockey who was i suspended at the Jamaica meeting last jj fall for a bad-looking ride on Tommy j ; Waddell, was referred to the license ' committee, it looks as if the bov would be allowed to ride again, ft I is hardly likely, however, that he will be seen in the saddle before the opening open-ing at Bcnnings. His punishment has I been severe enough to have taught him f a good lesson, and if he profits bv. it '. a good jockey lias been 'saved for'th'e H i iurf, as with all his faults he is a ; w natural horseman. ': Some surprise was expressed in racing rac-ing circles that the stewards of the ..1 Jockey club did not appoint two : j starters to work alternately at the , : t' various meetings. The rumor was cur- ! ; rent that Dade, who filled the position I so creditably at Brighton Beach last. ; 4 year, would lie named to serve with .Mars Cassidy. The latter, however, f got the appointment alone, and the 1 stewards are evidently convinced that , the plan of having two starters, as i .f tried two or three years ago, was not i , -J necessarily a good one. Dade will , probably do the starting at Brighton Beach again for the same reasons that g obtained last year. |
