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as possible. In exceptional cases, or where the delay of a previous race has ren- 

 dered punctuality impossible, the Stewards may extend the time allowed for 

 weighing, declaring weight, and for exhibiting the numbers. 



130. When the numbers have been exhibited, no alteration or addition can be 

 made without the leave of the Stewards, whose reasons for such permission shall 

 be reported at the Registry Office. Should any horse not start whose number has 

 been exhibited, the owner and any other person responsible may be fined, or 

 otherwise dealt with, at the discretion of the Stewards. 



131. If a jockey intend to carry over- weight, he must declare the amount 

 thereof at the time of weighing out, or, if in doubt as to his proper weight he may 

 declare the weight he intends to carry. 



132. It is optional for the jockey to weigh out or in with his bridle, and the 

 Clerk of the Scales shall, if requested, allow lib for a curb or double bridle, but if 

 a horse run in a hood, muzzle, martingale, breastplate, or clothing, it must be put 

 into the scale, and included in the jockey's weight. 



133. No whip or substitute for a whip shall be allowed in the scales. 



Starting. 



134. The horses must be started by the official Starter or his authorised 

 substitute. 



135. Every horse shall be at the post, ready to start, at the appointed time. 



136. All jockeys, on arrival at the starting post, must immediately place them- 

 selves under the Starter's orders. 



137. No horse, when once under the Starter's hands, shall go back, except in 

 the case of an accident. 



138. The horses shall (so far as is practicable) be drawn up before the start in 

 an order to be determined by lots to be drawn by the jockeys at the time of weigh- 

 ing out. 



Running and Walking Over. 



139. An owner running two or more horses in a race may declare to win with one 

 of them, and such declaration must be made at scale. A jockey riding a horse 

 with which the owner was not declared to win, must on no account stop such horse, 

 except in favour of the stable companion on whose behalf declaration to win has 

 been made. 



140. (i) A horse which crosses another in any part of the race so as to interfere 

 with that or any other horse's chance is liable to disqualification, unless it be 

 proved that he was two clear lengths in front when he crossed. 



(ii) If a horse or his jockey jostle another horse, or jockey, the aggressor is dis- 

 qualified unless it be proved that the jostle was wholly caused by the fault of some 

 other jockey, or that the jostled horse or his jockey was partly in fault. 



(iii) If a horse run the wrong side of a post he must turn back and run the 

 course from such post. 



141. If a race has been run by all the horses at wrong weights, or over a wrong 

 course, or distance, or before the appointed time, or if the Judge is not in the box 

 at the time the horses pass the winning post, the Stewards shall order the 

 race to be run again the same day if practicable, but if otherwise, it shall be 

 void. 



142. Walking Over. When one horse pays forfeit for a match, the other need 

 not walk-over, but for a sweepstakes even if all the horses but one, have declared 

 forfeit, that horse must walk-over, except by the written consent of the persons 

 who pay forfeit ; in the case of a plate, the consent of the Stewards is necessary. 



143. On a division after a dead heat it shall not be necessary for a horse to walk- 

 over. 



Dead Heats. 



144. Every horse running a dead heat for first place shall be deemed the 

 winner of the race until the dead heat is run off or the owners agree to divide, and, 

 if the owners agree to divide, each horse which divides shall be deemed a winner 



