MODERN FARRIER, 249 



The person who lays the odds has a right to 

 choose his horse or the field. 



When a person has chosen his horse, the field is 

 what starts against him, but there is no field with- 

 out one starts \vith him. 



Bets made in pounds are paid in guineas. 



If odds are laid without mentioning the horse 

 before it is over, it must be determined as the bets 

 W'ere 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. 



^^''here a plate is won by two heats, the preference 

 of the horses is determined b}^ the places they are in 

 the second heat. 



Horses running on the wrong side of the post, 

 and not turning back, distanced. 



Horses drawn before the plate is won are distanced. 



Horses distanced if their riders cross or jostle. 



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

 betted on does not start, is no bet. 



When three horses have each won a heat, thetj 

 only must start for a fourth, and the preference be- 

 tween them will be determined by it, there being 

 before no difference between them. 



No distance in a fourth heat. 



Bets determined, though the horse does not start, 

 when the words Absolutely, Run or pay, or Play or 

 Pay, are made use of in betting. 



Example. — I bet that IMr. Robinson's bl. horse, 

 Sampson, absolutely wins the king's plate at Newmar- 

 ket next meetinp' ; I lose the bet thoug-h he does not 

 start, and win though he goes over the course alone. 



In running of heats, if it cannot be decided v*diich 

 is first, the heat goes for nothing, and tliey may all 

 start again, except it be between two horses that had 

 each won a heat. 



Horses that forfeit are the beaten hoi*ses, where it 

 is run or pay. 



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