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Show HARNESS RULES TO BE MADE UNIFORM NEW YORK, Dae. 5. To revise the code of rules governing harness racing to make them uniform on all traeks- of the : I'nited States, the board :f review of the National Trotting association tr.r.ieiit ap- pointed a committee of six members to co-t.perale with a committee of the Amer- : kan Trotting association in drafting the I new code. i Owners of trotting horses, it was stat- '. ed. have been at a disadantage in racing 1 their horses under the different ru'es oi , the two organizations. It was decided in : call a meeting of the horse owners to pass i upon the proposed new code before it shall ' be adopted. It is planned that when the' rules have been put into effect thev shall 1 not be subject to change for one year. The following were appoints members J of the committee to rewrite the co:lr : ; John C. Welly. Trenton. N. J. ; V.. H. ! Gocher, Hartford, Conn.; Pierre Lorijlard, 1 Jr., Tuxedo, N- Y. ; John FarJev. Nashville. Tenn.; Deforest Settle. Syracuse. N. Y.. , and E. W. Swisher, Columbus, Ohio. |