| Show NATIONAL THOTTIVO ASSOCIATION Makes Several Chances In the Italri nor ornng the Turf Now York Fob 9Thp 1lennlnl congress con-gress of the National Trollln assocla Ban met today The representatives wont over the enllre turf code and after dlcnsln the various changes suggested by the rules committee approved ap-proved the great majority of them Few ot the rulos enacted at the con green held on February 12 1890 and since then In force escaped altmllon Not only will the National Trotting Association As-sociation be governed by tho revised rode but by a resolution the American Trotting association was requested to concur In the changes made theal The annual election of officcro re suite P P Johnson Lexington Ky president David Oonl1or New York and IL L Smith flan Francisco vice presidents Lewl J Powers Pprlng field anas treasurer W S Gocher Hartford Conn secretary recretaT District hoard were elected IncludIng Includ-Ing the following Pacific district K P Herald Sin Francisco c M Chase Snn Imnclsco A C Bprcckles San Francisco Two Qutlon that have excited much discussion in trollln circles The ahollllon of hobbles and the 1Inlng of ilrivers i came In for a brief discus olon The section adopted regardlne the use ot hobbles now reads Horses wearing lobbies shall not be eligible to I Start In me on the grounds ot memo i beret after January 1 199911 I The new rill licensing drivers pro vides that no rider or driver Shall be allowed to compete on the Fo undo of II member until he shall hn10 obtained II IIconoo from the secretary of the Nn tlnn1 Trotting association or shall have applied for such llcone that In ce of emergency a member may permit per-mit a rider or driver to conarets peml Ing action ro rn application I l forlicen I hut In all uh cases tile winning ot the horse Shall he withheld until the license In Issued I and In cam ef failure 1 I to receive I a license the premiums obtained ob-tained shall he distributed under the rules that a license may be tsiued free of charge to nil riders and drivers against whom thpre are no cllln on the book of the National Trotting no soolnllon The Same rule provide nisi that drivers must wear their own dim tlngulshlng colois nnd that II rider or driver shall not ride or drive a horse In a race without personal knowledge ns to the eligibility of the entry A resolution Introduce by Charles Tl Palmer ot Lowell which rft forth that I It Is I generally believed I that betting bet-ting on heats Is I detrimental to the Ivsl I Interests of tho turf the National Trotting association disapproves of the practice and declines to give It recognition recog-nition was adopted |
