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test, in the absence of which the protest or appeal shall 

 be regarded as and become void, and the deposit may 

 be administered as a payment applicable to the claim in- 

 volved. 



Sec. 4. In any case of deposit with any member of 

 this Association for account of any claim of another 

 member, or on account of any claim of which notice has 

 been furnished from the office of this Association, the 

 deposit shall be forwarded, within one week of the close 

 of the meeting, to the office of this Association, for custody 

 of its Treasurer, pending appropriate action thereor; 

 and it shall be the duty of the member receiving any such 

 deposit to notify the Secretary of this Association of the 

 same, by telegraph when possible, otherwise by mail, 

 within forty-eight hours from the receipt of the deposit. 

 Rule 53. — Age of a Horse — How^ Reckoned. 



Section i. The age of a horse shall be reckoned from 

 the first day of January of the year of foaling. 



Rule 54. — Colts and Fillies — Equally Eligible 

 TO Enter. 



Section i. All colts and fillies shall be eligible alike 

 to all premiums and stakes for animals of their age, unless 

 specially excluded by the conditions imposed. 

 Rule 55.— tGreen Horse. 



Section I. A green horse is one that has never trotted 

 or paced for premmms or money either double or single. 



Rule 56. — Races Made and " No Hour Named." 



Section 1. All races shall be started at 2 o'clock 

 p. M , from the ist day of April to the 15th day of Sep- 

 tember, and after that date at i o'clock p. m., until the 

 season closes, unless otherwise provided. 

 Rule 57 — Race Made and no Distance Specified. 



Section i. When a race is made and no distance 

 specified, it shall be restricted to the following distances, 

 viz : One mile and repeat; mile heats, best 3 in 5; two 

 miles and repeat, or three miles and repeat, and may be 

 performed in harness, to wagon, or under the saddle; the 



