446 MANUAL OF MODERN FARMERY 



in any meeting, and the parties agree to change the daj, 

 all bets must stand ; but if run in a different meeting, the 

 bets made before the alteration are void. 



The person who lays the odds has a right to choose the 

 horse or the field. 



When a person has chosen his horse, the field is what 

 starts against him ; but there is no field unless one starts 

 against him. 



Bets made in pounds are paid in guineas. — If odds are 

 laid without naming the horse before it is run, it must be 

 determined as the bets were at the time of making it. 



Bets made in running are not determined till the plate is 

 won, if that heat be not mentioned at the time of betting. 



Where a plate is won by two heats, the preference of 

 the horses is determined by the places they are in in the 

 second heat. 



Horses running on the wrong side of the post, and not 

 turning back, are distanced. 



Horses drawn before the plate is won are distanced. 



Horses are distanced if their riders cross or jostle. 



A bet made after the heat is over, if the horse betted on 

 does not start, is considered no bet. 



When three horses have each won a heat, they only must- 

 start for a fourth, and the preference between them will 

 be determined by it, there being no difference between 

 them. 



During a fourth heat, there is no distance. Bets deter- 

 mined, though the horses do not start, when the words 

 " Absolutely," " Run or Pay," or " Pay or Play," are made 

 use of in betting. 



Example. — I bet, that the horse Godolphin "absolutely" 

 wins the Queen's Plate at Newmarket. 



Kext meeting, I lose the bet although he does not start, 

 a3id win although he goes over the course alone. 



