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Rule 13. — Purse or Stake Wrongfully Obtained. 

 Section i. A person obtaining a purse or stake 

 through fraud or error, shall return it to the Treasurer of 

 The National Trotting Association, if demanded within one 

 )r^r, by the member or by the President or Secretary of this 

 Association, or by order of the Board of Appeals, or he 

 shall be punished, as follows : He together with the parties 

 implicated in the wrong, and the horse or horses, shall be 

 suspended until such demand is complied with and such 

 purse or stake shall be awarded to the party justly entitled 

 to the same. 



Rule 14. — Fraudulent Entries or Meddling wjih 

 Horses. 



Section i. Any person found guilty of dosing or 

 tampering with any horse, or of making a fraudulent entry 

 of any horse, or of disguising a horse with intent to con- 

 ceal his identity, or being in any way concerned in such a 

 ".ransaction, shall be expelled. 



Sfc. 2. Any horse that shall have been painted or 

 disguised, to represent another or a different horse, or shal 1 

 have been entered in a purse in which he does not belong, 

 >hall forfeit the entrance money and be expelled. 



Rule 15. — Reward. 

 Section i. A reward of ^50 v/ill be paid to any per- 

 son who shall first give inform .ition leading to the detec- 

 tion and conviction of any fraudulent entry and of the 

 parties thereto, to be paid out of the funds of The National 

 Trotting Association by the Trea5urer,.upon the decision 

 and order of the Board of Review: provided^ that this shall 

 not be construed to extend protection to co;irses outside 

 of this Association. 



RuLF 16. — Protest. 

 Section i. Protests may be made verbally before 

 or during a race, and shall be reduced to writing, and 

 shall contain at least one specific charge, and •when 

 required, a statement of the nature of the evidence upon 

 vhich they are based, and they shall be filed with the 



