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annoiincernent, or publication of the time made by a horse 

 in a public race, the time so questioned shall not be 

 changed to favor said horse or owner, except upon the 

 sworn statement of the Judges and Timers who officiated 

 in the race. [See also Article 20, of By-Laws; Rules 40, 

 41, and 43-] 



Rule 40. — Horses to be Timed. 



Section i . The two leading horses shall be separately 

 timed, and if the heat is awarded to either, his time only 

 shall be announced and be a record or bar as the case 

 may be; and if the winning horse shall afterwards be ruled 

 out of the race for fraud or ineligibility, he shall retain 

 the record or bar acquired by the time so announced. 

 [See also Rules 39, 41, and 43.] 



Sec. 2. In case of a dead heat, the time shall con- 

 stitute a record or bar for the horses making the dead 

 heat; and if for any other cause the heat is not awarded 

 to either of the leading horses, it shall be awarded to 

 the next best horse, and no time shall be given out by the 

 Judges or recorded against either horse; and the Judges 

 may waive the application of the rule in regard to distance 

 in that heat, except for foul riding or driving. [See also 

 Rule 32, Sec. i.] 



Sec. 3. The time shall be taken from tlie pole horse, 

 or from the horse that is selected to score by. 



Rule 41. — Suppression of Time. 



Section i. In any public race, if there shall be any 

 intentional suppression or misrepresentation in either the 

 record or the announcement of the time of any heat in 

 the race, it shall be deemed fraudulent. And any horse 

 winning a heat or making a dead heat wherein there was 

 such a fraudulent suppression of time, together with the 

 parties implicated in the fraud, shall by operation of the 

 rules be henceforth disqualified from the right to compele 

 on the grounds of members; which disqualification may 

 be removed only by order of the Board of Review, when 

 upon investigation the board shall believe that the con- 



