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out any right to compete during suspension, and further 

 provided that any suspended person who shall ride or 

 drive in a race on the grounds of a member while so sus- 

 pended shall be fined not less than ^50, or more than 

 ^100, for each offence; one-half of such fine to go to the 

 informant upon conviction and recovery. 



Sec. 2. If no limit is fixed in an order of suspension 

 and none is defined in the rule ai)plicable to the case, the 

 punishment shall be considered as limited to the season 

 in which the order was issued. [See Section 7.] 



Sec. 3. Whenever the penalty of expulsion is pre- 

 scribed in these rules, it shall be construed to mean un- 

 conditional exclusion and disqualification from any 

 participation in the privileges and uses of the course and 

 grounds of the association or proprietor. 



Sec. 4. No penalty of expulsion for fraud shall be 

 removed or modified after confirmation by the Board of 

 Review, and on an appeal to the Board of Review the 

 burden of proof shall be on the applicant, but expulsions 

 for offenses not fraudulent may be so modified or removed. 



Sec. 5. Any associate member allowing the use cf 

 their track by any expelled man or horse, after notice 

 from the Secretary of The National Trotting Association, 

 shall be subject to a fine not exceeding ^loo- 



Sec 6. Whenever either of these penalties has been 

 imposed on any horse or person, on the grounds of any 

 association or proprietor holding membership in said 

 National Association, written or printed notice thereof 

 shall immediately be forwarded to the Secretary of said 

 National Association, giving the name and residence of 

 the person, and the color, sex, and name of the horse, 

 and stating the offense and the character of punishment, 

 who shall at once transmit the information to each asso- 

 ciated course or member; and thereupon the offender thus 

 punished shall suffer the same penalty and disqualification 

 with each and every association and proprietor holding 

 membership in said National Association. 



Sec. 7. All suspensions imposed on horses for non- 



