74 RULES NATIONAL 



drivers, or vehicles are of suck weights as have been 

 agreed upon or required by the match or handicap, and 

 thereafter the riders and drivers shall be subject to the 

 same penalties and conditions as if they were to carry 

 the weights prescribed by the rules. 



Rule 22. — -When Riders and Drivers are Over- 

 weight. 



Section i. If the bodily weight of any rider or driver 

 shall be found to exceed that which is prescribed in the 

 rules, or that which is required by the conditions of the 

 race, and the overweight shall not exceed twenty pounds, 

 it shall be announced from the stand before the heat; 

 and the judges shall have power, if in their belief such ex- 

 tra weight was imposed on the horse for an improper or 

 fraudulent purpose, to substitute another rider or driver 

 of suitable weight; and if they believe the horse has been 

 prejudiced in the race by such overweight, he shall not 

 be allowed to start again or continue in the race, and all 

 bets on such horse may be declared off. [See also Rule 

 28, Sec. 5.] 



Sec. 2, A horse prevented by this rule from continu- 

 ing in the race shall not be distanced, but ?'u!ed out. 



Rule 23. — Length of Whips. 



Section i. Riders and drivers will be allowed whips 

 not to exceed the following lengths : for saddle horses, 2 ft. 

 10 in.; sulkies, 4 ft. 8 in.; wagons, 5 ft. 10 in.; double teams, 

 8 ft. 6 in.; tandem teams and four-in-hand, unlimited; 

 snapheri, not longer than three inches, will be allowed in 

 addition to the foregoing measurement. 



Rule 24. — Judges' Stand. 



Section 1. None but the Judges of the race in pro- 

 gress, the Clerk of the Course, or Secretary and their as- 

 sistance, shall be allowed in the Judges' stand during the 

 pendency of a heat. 



Rule 25. — Selection of Judges. 



Section i. In every exhibition or race, over any course 

 represented in the National Trotting Association, each 



