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alleging an improper entry or any act prohibited or 

 punishable under these rules, the same shall not be with- 

 drawn or surrendered before the expiration of three weeks, 

 without the approbation of the association or proprietor 

 of the course upon which such protest or information was 

 produced; and if any association or proprietor shall permit 

 such a withdrawal of protest or information, with a corrupt 

 motive to favor any party who shall be affected by the 

 same, the association or proprietor so permitting, if con- 

 victed thereof by the Board of x^ppeals, shall be expelled 

 from all connection with the National Trotting Associa- 

 tion. [See By-Laws, Art. 7, Sec. 9.] 



Sec. 8. Associations or proprietors shall be warranted 

 in withholding the premium of any horse, during the time 

 herein mentioned, without any formal protest, if before it 

 is paid they shall receive information in their judgment 

 tending to establish fraud. Premiums withheld under this 

 rule to be forthwith sent to the Treasurer of said National 

 Association and by him be retained, awaiting the result of 

 an investigation by the member or by the Board of Ap- 

 peals. [See Rule 7, Sec. 3.] 



Sec. 9. The oath required in answer to protest shall 

 be in the following form, to wit: 



I of in the County 



of--- - State of - _ ...on oath 



depose' and say that I am the _ . of the 



called tlie same entered 



in a purse for horses that have never trotted better than 



minutes and - - seconds, 



to be trotted this day on this course, and the same that has 

 been protested, and to which protest this affidavit is in answer, 

 hereby declare and affirm that to the best of my knowled/2:e 

 and belief said before-mentioned horse is eligible to start or 

 compete in the race aforesaid; and that I fully believe all the 

 provisions and conditions required in the rules and regulations 

 for the goverment of trials of speed over this course were fully 

 and honestly complied with in making the entry aforesaid. 



Given under ray hand at this." 



day of A. D. 183 . 



Subscribed and sworn to before me, this, 

 day of A. D. 188 . 



Justice of the Peace. 



