83 RULES XATIOXAL 



Passing to the Left. 

 Sec. 4. The rule of the road is reversed on the track; 

 that is, horses meeting shall pass to the left. 



Horses Permitted on the Track. 



Sec. 5. Horses called for a race shall have the exclu- 

 sive right of the course, and all other horses shall vacate 

 the track at once. 



Rule 34. — Time Allowed in Case of Accidents. 



Section i. In case of accidents, ten minutes shall be 

 allowed; but the judges may allow more time when 

 deemed necessary and proper. 



Rule 35. — Collision and Break-Down. 



Section i. In case of collision and break-down, the 

 party causing the same, whether willfully or otherwise, 

 may be distanced; and if the Judges find the collision 

 v.-as intentional or to aid fraud, the driver in fault shall 

 be forthwith suspended or expelled, and his horse may be 

 distanced; but if necessary to defeat fraud, the Judges 

 shall direct the offending horse to start again. 



Sec. 2. No horse but the offending one shall be dis- 

 tanced in such a heat, except for foul driving. 



Sec. 3. The Judges in a concluding heat, finding that 

 a collision involved a fraudulent object, may declare that 

 heat void. [See also Rule 48.] 



Rule 36. — Placing Horses. 



Section i. A horse must win a majority of the heats 

 which are required by the conditions of the race to be 

 entitled to the purse or stake; but if a horse shall have 

 distanced all competitors in one heat the race will then 

 be concluded, and such horse shall receive the entire 

 purse andstakes contended for. [See Rule 37, Sec. 3.] 



Sec. 2. When more than one horse remains in the race 

 entitled to be placed at the finish of the last heat, the 

 second best horse shall receive the second premium, if 

 there be any; and if there be any third or fourth premium, 

 etc., for which no horse has won and maintained a specific 



