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disabled by an accident which should render him 

 incapable of riding back, in which case he may be 

 led, or carried to the scale. 



16. Horses' plates or shoes not allowed in the 

 weight. 



17. Horses running on the wTong side of a post, 

 and not turning back, are distanced. 



18. Horses drawn before the plate is won, are 

 distanced. 



19. Horses are distanced, if their riders cross or 

 jostle. 



20. All complaints of foul riding must be made 

 before, or at the time the jockey is weighed. 



21. No distance in a fourth heat. 



22. A confirmed bet cannot be off but by mutual 

 consent, except in the cases hereinafter men- 

 tioned. 



23. Either of the betters may demand stakes to 

 be made, and on refusal, may declare the bet to be 

 void. 



24. If a better be absent on the day of running, 

 a public declaration of the bet may be made on 

 the course, and a demand whether any person will 

 make stakes for the absent party, and if no person 

 consent to do so, the bet may be declared void. 



25. Bets agreed to be paid or received in Lon- 

 don, or any other particular place, cannot be de- 

 clared off, on the course. 



26. If a match or sweepstakes be made for any 

 particular day in any race week, 9,nd the parties 

 agree to change the day to any other in the same 



