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course for itself, through the proprietor or association 

 controlhng the same shall choose or authorize the selec- 

 tion of three (3) competent Judges, for the day or race, 

 who shall understand the rules of the said National Associ 

 ation, and shall rigidly enforce the same; and all their 

 decisions shall be subject to and in conformity with said 

 rules. [See also Art. 13 of By-Laws.] 



Sec. 2. Any person who at the time is under penalty of 

 suspension or expulsion, or who has any interest in, or 

 has any interest in either of the horses engaged therein, 

 shall thereby be disqualified and restricted from acting 

 as a Judge in that race. And if any person who is thus 

 disqualified shall intentionally and deceptively violate this 

 restriction, he shall upon conviction thereof by the Board 

 of Appeals, be adjudged guilty of a dishonorable act, for 

 which he shall be expelled from every course represented 

 in said National Association. 



Rule 26.— Authority 0/ Judges. 

 [See also Rule 28.] 

 Section i. The Judges of the d:iy or race shall have 

 authority, while presiding, to appoint Distance and Patrol 

 Judges and Timers; to inflict fines and penalties, as pre- 

 scribed by these rules, to determine all questions of fact 

 relating to the race over which they preside- to decide 

 respecting any matters of difference between parties to the 

 race, or any contingent matter which shall arise, such as 

 are not otherwise provided for in these rules; and they 

 may declare pools and bets ''off'' in case of fraud, no ap- 

 peal to be allowed from their decision in that respect, but all 

 their decisions shall be in strict conformity with the rules, 

 or with the principals thereof. They shall have control 

 over the horses about to start, and the riders or drivers 

 and assistants of the horses, and, in the absence of other 

 provisions in these rules, they shall have authority to 

 punish by a fine not exceeding $100, or by suspension or 

 expulsion, any such person who shall fail to obey their 

 orders or the rules. [See Rule 28; and Rule 52, Sec. r and 

 Sec. 2.] 



