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office of sending at or before the hour of closing, such 

 telegram to state the color, sex, and name of the horse, 

 and the class to be entered, also to give the name and resi- 

 dence of the party making the entry. 



Sec. 3. The hour for closing the entries for all purses 

 or premiums offered by any of the associated courses 

 shall be II o'clock p. m., except for stakes and purses for 

 horses to be named at the post, the entries to which shall 

 close at the hour fixed for the race. 



Se-c. 4. Nominations for sVeepstakes shall not be 

 privileged to compete unless the payments have- been 

 made as required by the conditions. And nominations for 

 premiums may be rejected when not accompanied by 

 the entrance 'money. 



Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, or 

 other person authorized, to prepare the list of entries for 

 publication, comprising all information necessary for the 

 enlightenment of the general public and parties to the 

 race. 



Rule 3.— Entrance-Fee. 



Section i. The entrance-fee shall be 10 per cent of 

 the purse, unless otherwise specified; and any person fail- 

 ing to pay his entrance dues, or in stake races his declara- 

 tion, forfeit, or entrance, may, together with his horse or 

 horses, be suspended until they are paid in full, which 

 shall be with addition of 10 per cent, penalty, and interest 

 at 7 per cent, per annum until paid — the penalty to go 

 to the National Association. [See Rule 50; also Rule 51, 

 Sec. 7; and Rule 52, Sec. 3.] 



Sf.c. 2 No suspension for non-payinents of dues as 

 aforesaid shall be lawful unless ordered within one week 

 ofthe close of the meeting, and no suspension shall be 

 imposed for non-payment of such dues contracted in a 

 class wherein the horse was permitted to start, or in any 

 case when the member has applied for membership sub- 

 sequent to the closing of its entries. 



Sec. 3. All entries shall be governed by the published 

 conditions, and shall be bound for the entrance fee 



