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takes to name the winner, whether he bets odds or takes 

 odds, he must name some one horse. 



No. 26. All bets are relative to the purse, stake, or 

 match, if nothing to the contrary is specified at the time 

 of making the bet. 



No, 27. Parties wishing all the horses to start for a 

 bet, must so name it at the time the bet is made. 



No. 28. AVhen the Judges declare a heat null and 

 void, all bets on that heat shall stand for decision on the 

 next heat. 



No. 29. All pools and bets shall be governed and de- 

 cided by these rules, unless a stipulation to the contrary 

 shall be agreed upon by the parties betting. 



No. 30. Should any contingencies occurnot provided 

 for by these rules, the Judges of the day shall decide 

 them. 



No. 31, When a horse which has not been sold in the 

 pools wins the race, the best horse sold in the pools wins 

 the money. 



A true copy from record. 



Attest — 



TIIO'S. J. VAIL, 



Secretary. 



Different Styles of Betting by Turf Speculators cf the 

 Present Day. 



Perhaps a brief explanation cf the manner in which 

 wagers are laid upon turf events will not be out of place 

 in this volume. Every prominent race meeting of the 

 present day offers its patrons the opportunity of invest- 

 ing their wealth upon the " favorite," or the ''field," in 

 any race that may come off. The favorite method of 

 betting money on races is the auction pool system, which 

 was introduced here by a man named Doctor Under- 



