530 RULES OF THE COURSE. 



In case or' any horse (in a trotting race) repeatedly breaking, or running, or pacing, 

 while another horse is trotting, the Judges shall punish the horse so breaking, run- 

 ning, or pacing, by placing him last in the heat, or by distancing him. 



A horse breaking at or near the score shall be subject to the same penalty as if he 

 broke on any other part of the track. 



RULE 31. Relative to Heats and Horses Eligible to Start. In heats, one, two, 

 three, or four miles, a horse not winning one heat in three, shall not start for a fourth, 

 unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. In heats best three in five, a horse 

 not winning a heat in the first five shall not start for a sixth, unless said horse shall 

 have made a dead heat. But where ten or more horses start in a race, every horse 

 not distanced shall have the right to compete until the race is completed subject, 

 however, to all other penalties in these rules. 



RULE 32. Dead Heats. A dead heat shall be counted in the race, and shall be 

 considered a heat which is undecided only as between the horses making it, and it 

 shall be considered a heat that is lost by all the other horses contending therein ; 

 and the time made in a dead heat shall constitute a record for each horse making 

 such dead heat. 



Whenever each of the horses making a dead heat would have been entitled to ter- 

 minate the race had he won said dead heat, they only shall start again ; and, in that 

 case, each of the horses thus prevented from starting shall retain his position in the 

 award of premiums as if said dead heat had been decided in favor of one of the 

 horses which made the same a " dead heat." 



A horse prevented from starting by this rule shall not be distanced, but ruled out. 



RULE 33. Time Between Heats. The time between heats shall be twenty min- 

 utes for mile heats ; and for mile heats best three in five, twenty-five minutes ; and 

 for two-mile heats, thirty minutes ; for three-mile heats, thirty-five minutes ; and 

 should there be a race of four-mile heats, the time shall be forty minutes. 



After the first heat the horses shall be called five minutes prior to the time of 

 starting. 



RULE 34. Time Allowed in Case of Accidents. In case of accidents, ten min- 

 utes shall be allowed ; but the Judges may allow more time when deemed nec- 

 essary and proper. 



RULE 35. Collision and Break-Down. 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 was intentional or to aid fraud, the driver in fault shall be 

 forthwith suspended or expelled, and his horse shall be distanced ; but, if necessary 

 to defeat fraud, the Judges may direct the offending horse to start again. 



No horse but the offending one shall be distanced in such a heat, except for foul 

 driving. 



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. 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 



