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regardless of any proposed deviation from such published 

 condition, and any member who shall make a collusive 

 arrangement to allow a nominator privileges differing 

 from those allowed by the terms of the race to other 

 entries in the same class, shall upon satisfactory evidence 

 therof produced to the Board of Review to be held to for- 

 feit to the National Association, the amount of the purse in 

 which such collusive arrangement was made, one-half of 

 such forfeit to go to the informant upon recovery of the 

 same, and the member, upon a second conviction of like 

 character, shall be expelled. 



Rule 4. — How' Many to Enter. 



Section i. In all purses three or more entries are re- 

 quired, and two to start, unless otherwise specified 



Rule 5. — Horses to be Eligible when Entries 

 Close. 

 Section i. A horse shall not be eligible to start in any 

 race that has beaten the advertised time prior to the clos- 

 ing of the entries for the race in which he is entered, un- 

 less otherwise specified in the published conditions. Frac- 

 tions of a second shall be considered in determining the 

 time made, and shall be entered in the record, but they 

 shall not operate as a bar in making entries; that is, a 

 horse gaining a record of 2.29J shall remain eligible in 

 the 2.30 class. 



Sec. 2. A horse shall not be eligible if the time 

 specified has been beaten by him at a greater distance ; 

 that is, a horse having made tw^o miles in five minutes 

 shall take a record of 2.30 and be eligible for a 2.30 race, 

 but not for a race limited to horses of a slower class than 

 that. 



Rule 6. — Description and Name of Each Horse 

 Required. 



Section i. An accurate and sufficient description of 

 each entry will be required; such as shall identify the ani- 

 mal, and shall embrace the following particulars, to wit : 

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