70 RULES NATIONAL 



judges, association, or proprietor, before the close of the 

 meeting; and the protesting party shall be allowed to file 

 additional charges with evidence. [See Rule 7, Sec. 3. ] 



Sec. 2. The Judges shall in every case of protest 

 demand that the rider or driver, and the owner or owners, 

 if present, shall immediately testify under oath in the 

 manner hereinafter provided; and in case of their refusal 

 to do so, the horse shall not be allowed thereupon to 

 start or continue in that race, but shall be considered and 

 declared ruled out, with forfeit of entrance money. 



Sec. 3. But if the parties do comply, and take the 

 oath as herein required, unless the Judges find conclusive 

 evidence to warrant excludmg the horse, they shall allow 

 him to start or continue in the race under protest, and 

 the premium, if any is won by that horse, shall be retained 

 a sufficient length of time (say three weeks) to allow the 

 parties interested a chance to sustain the allegations of 

 the protest, or to furnish information which shall warrant 

 an investigation of the matter by the associate member, or 

 the Board of Ay^'^qsXs: provided, that where no action as 

 aforesaid has been taken to sustain a protest, or to 

 furnish information, during three weeks, the associate 

 member may proceed as if such protest had not been 

 made. 



Sec. 4- In any heat such protested horse shall win, 

 the Judges shall waive the application of a distance as 

 to all other horses, except for " fouls " defined in rule 48. 



Sec- 5. When a protest is presented before or during 

 a race, and the parties refuse to make the prescribed oath, 

 if the Judges believe the refusal 13 designed to favor a 

 fraud, they may require the horse under protest to start 

 or continue in the race. 



Sec. 6. Any person found guilty of protesting ahorse 

 falsely and without cause, or merely with intent to em- 

 barrass a race, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding 

 $100, or by suspension or expulsion. 



Sec. 7. When a protest has been duly made, or any 

 information lodged with the Judges in support of a protest, 



