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18. If any horse, &c. shall be named or entered 

 without being identified as before directed, he shall 

 not be allowed to start in the race, but his owner 

 shall be Hable to pay the forfeit, or if a play or 

 pay race, the whole stake. All bets on a horse so 

 disqualified for starting shall be void. 



19. No person who has once subscribed to a 

 stake, shall be allowed to withdraw his name, and 

 no nomination shall be altered, in any respect after 

 the time of closing without the consent of all the 

 parties in the race being first obtained. 



20. In every sweepstakes in which there shall be 

 any allowance of weight to the produce of untried 

 horses or mares, such allowance shall be claimed 

 on the article by each subscriber before the expi- 

 ration of the time of naming ; and if not so claimed 

 no allowance shall be made, even though the horse 

 or mare should prove to have been untried at the 

 time of naming. 



RESPECTING STAKES AND BETS. 



21. All stakes for matches, subscriptions and 

 sweepstakes, shall be made before the hour of 

 starting for the first race of the day, in cash, bank 

 bills, or banker's notes, payable on demand, and 

 be paid into the hands of the person appointed by 

 the stewards to receive the same, and in default 

 thereof by any person, he shall pay the whole stake 

 as a loser, whether his horse come in first or not, 

 unless such person shall have previously obtained 



