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Show FOR THE PONY LOVERS I nnn nnn nnn nnn j TURF NEWS AND YARNS j By JACK SALLEE LOUISVILLE Ky Dec 4. W nter tracks received one of the hardet blows of the present decade when a decision was made in New York this week that in th future ' year-olds will not be al lowed to race before April of their 2 year-old form. This step nas not been made official, but it is certain to be adopted Tne rule, which was passed upon by Johnson K Camden, representing the Ken ky rac ng associations, August Belmont the New York Jockey elub, and W P Fraser of the Canadian Rac ing as o ation, follows No horse foaled in 191o or there after ha run in anv race before April ot h ear old year under penalty of the 0 d-squalifying himself for all ra c nder these rules until December ol ot h s vear-old ear Former Senator -Camden vnU make his report to the Kentuckv associations for adoption, while Mr Belmont will report re-port to the New York Jockey club and Sir Fraser will report to the Canadian racine bodies. It is understood that the adoption of the rule will be made shortlv It will not affect Canada thei east or Kentuckv inasmuch as spring rac ng aoes not begin until late in April ca h jear and no winter meet ngs are he i It is probable that a few ' rear -olds will be raced at Juarez rn the winter, inasmuch as manv of the horsemen of the far west do not take part m the pr ng summer and fall meetings n Kentucky the east or Canada. How ever even should the rule be passed at once it will nat interfere with the rac ing of juven les th s winter at Havana, Juarez or Now Orleans Bnt in 101 the ruling viU be in effeet and it will be watched with interest as to how much good the ruling will work toward the betterment of the sport j Premium on Stamina I The object of the rule is to place a prem m on stamina and to impro e the I American thoroughbred. Statist cians haie shown from tune to time the large number of promising baby racers which never shins as 3 year-olds owing to the fact that they have hal too much racing aa year-olds. By VprU it is behoved by the experts that thorough breds hae come along far enough in their growth to withstand the test of ra ing and weights. Tndge Murphy ot New Orleans is an ardent believer in keeping the 8-year olds baek and letting them ahow their real caliber In the 3 vear-ol i division Kenh ckians are in ay npathv with the movement The only big -njienile stake decided each vear at Lexington is tho IN t ritv and "beginning in 11 it will be run u August instead of in j.nl While the moguls of racing are con sidenng steps toward improving the strain ot thoroughbreds in this country, it might be well If the low scale of weights now in force might be changed and a higher one aibstituted As it stands now in all races especially sell ine events, the scale is iecidedly low and horsemen are prone to trv to get light bojs, though thev may be inexperi enced to do the riding for them Thn keeps the heavier more experienced ' riders on the ground There are many good riders in this co ntn who are on The ground became thev cannot make the weight no v in force on all tracks. With a higher scale it would give the p ibl c the benefit of more experienced ilders anl above all would help a great deal in add ng stamina to the breed of thoro ghbreis which are jot to be crowned Distance Heil Test 5?pr nters predom nate in this day and tine ani the more speed the owners, can get by ross ng the strains of thor 0 ghbreds the greater thev are pleased-but pleased-but the d sta e horse, has fallen back in tl e mounting of the game to a h gh er plane To the spectator aud enl lover of tho tl oroughbreds the is hps do not g vo the pleasure that s to nl in tie races over a ro to of gro nd It la too oarl in the breedinc 1 ack to stamina for horsemen or jockey clubs jl to think of two and four mile races but 9 mile, mile and a sixteenth and mile and 9 a quarter races are much higher in M favor than the usual six furlong dash S where more depends upon the start than " the true merit of the racer It is a ; great horse which can get off in a tan ; gled field of a dozen and worm his way the front in that distance. Over a route it is different. The fight waged by a certain element among the turfmen to elect Edwin P Morrow Republican, to the governor ship was lost and A. O. Stanley, Democrat Demo-crat was elected. That means that the ' present racing commission will be held '- and the men who have planned to help raise the sport in Kentucky to even higher standards will be allowed by the new chief executive to work out their j plans unhindered bv newcomers on tha j supreme court of racing in the Blue-grass Blue-grass state i The appointment of the eommi'Sion ers will come next spring and tne chances are that no fight will be made against the appointment of any cf the ; members. It is possible that more changes will be made by the eommis 4 sion next spring but they are only j formative and will not be drastic , Off for New Orleans. J Lew Tauber the popular Louisville g turfman will leave next week with. . Bnnghurst the Camden star which he purchased recently from J N Camden, m for New Orleans along with eighteen head from tie stable of J "W bchorr "I of Memph s. In the shipment Schorr 1 will send Goldcrest Boy Eddie Delling, h j Ed Crump, Dick "Williams and others I of note. He has a few yearlings in the - J shipment which will be readv for the 1 barrier when the meeting opens in the j Credent City January f j During the recent ales of thorough breds m the Newmarket ring in Ensr- t land E. R Bradley master of the Idle Hour stud at Lexington, Ky obtained at prices which were admittedlv far below be-low their normal value several purchases pur-chases which should stimulate breeding in the outh. Cliff Hammon, trainer for Bradley boucht Padula for o00 -and a four year-old fillv rr Tails, by Farunan Padilla, for 400 Hammon got etui another one, a two vear-old, De 1 mond e Day a bay colt bv Desmond out of Palmy Days The purchase price was $4o0 Al of the purchases bv Hammon Ham-mon were regarded by the English sportsmen as very good buys. These ; thoroughbreds will be brought to Ken tucky The mares will go tn the nur scry and the two-vear-elds will be given a trial on the turf Juarez Meet Propers. , The Juarer. meeting is progressing fa ' vorablv and no apprehension is felt by the pron oters across tho Rio Grande about the forfeiture of the franchise held bv them This franchise, or rather concession was obtained from Porfirio Diaa instead of Villa as was assumed d by tha Carranaa forces, and it still haa jft1 twenty vears to run This, according to fl M J Winn is enough to make the Car- ransa government keep hands off dur- fl ing the lifetime cf the concession 11 There are several good horses at 9 Juarez and the sport has been keen so jM far Mondavs are to be the lay-off 9 (lava during the meeting and there is iwJ to Tie Sunday racing as usual This is a gala day across the border and tha Me' S01 cans turn out in large crowds to witness the sport. s.ppa.rentlv there is the best JK9 of feel ng between Mexicans who live J in J tare and the turfmen f 3 TXsp te the fact that there are nojL j stakes at the Mexican track all eventsS 1 re filling well and turfmen express tliejf ' opinion that there will be plenty of nK , . , tries for six races each day during thV a meeting "a J With the end of Bowie last Tuesday il man of the horsemen shipped direct t for Havana kme of the horses are et to go from Lexington but a ma P ont? of horses to race n Cub Uia S, w nter have already cached Hamas. M Nearlv all of the of fir, als have reached 1 Mir anao park 1 |