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ing heat in the same positions with reference to the pole 

 that they occupied in the finish of the dead heat. 



Sec. 8. In coming out on the homestretch the fore- 

 most horse or horses shall keep the positions first selected, 

 or be liable to be distanced; and the hindmost horse 

 or horses, when there is sufficient room to pass on the in- 

 side or anywhere on the homestretch without interfering 

 with others, shall be allowed to do so, and any party inter- 

 fering to prevent him or them shall be distanced. 



Sec. 9. If a horse, in attempting to pass another on the 

 home stretch, should at any time cross or swerve, so as to 

 impede the progress of a horse behind him, he shall not 

 be entitled to win that heat. 



Sec. 10. Although a leading horse is entitled to any 

 part of the track, except after selecting his position on 

 the homestretch, he shall not change from the right to 

 the left, or from the inner to the outer side of the track, 

 during any part of the race, when another horse is so near 

 him that in altering his position he compels the horse be- 

 hind him to shorten his stride, or causes the rider or 

 driver of such other horse to pull him out of his stride; 

 neither shall any horse, rider, or driver cross, jostle, or 

 strike another horse, rider, or driver, nor swerve, or "car- 

 ry him out," "sit down in front of him," or do any other 

 act which constitutes what is yjopularly known as "help- 

 ing," or which shall impede the progress of another 

 horse. 



Sec. it. In any heat wherein there shall be a viola- 

 tion of any of these restrictions, the offending horse, shall 

 not be entitled to win the heat, and he shall be placed 

 behind all other horses in that heat. And if the impro- 

 priety was intentional on the part of the rider or driver, 

 the offending horse may be distanced, and the rider or 

 driver shall be suspended or expelled. [See Sections 8, 

 9, and 10 ; also Rule 48.] 



Rule 30. — Horses Breaking. 



Section i. When any horse or horses break from 

 their gait in trotting or pacing, their riders or drivers shall 



