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week, all bets must stand ; but if the parties agree 

 to run the race in a different week, all bets made 

 before the alteration shall be void. 



27. The person who lays the odds has a right to 

 choose a horse or the field ; when a person has 

 chosen a horse, the field is what starts against him, 

 but there is no field without one horse starts against 

 him. 



28. Bets and stakes made in guineas are paid in 

 pounds. 



29. If odds are laid without mentioning the 

 horse before the race is over, the bet must be de- 

 termined by the state of the odds at the time of 

 making it. 



30. Bets made in running are not determined till 

 the plate is won, if that heat be not mentioned at 

 the time of running. 



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

 betted on does not start, is void. 



32. 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. 



33. Where horses run a dead heat for a sweep- 

 stakes or plate, and the parties agree to divide the 

 stakes, such horses shall be liable to carry extra 

 weight as winners, and all bets between such 

 horses, or between either of them and the field, must 

 be settled by the money betted being put together 

 and divided between the parties, in the same pro- 

 portion as the stakes shall have been divided. If a 



