RULES OF THE COURSE. 



rank as to each other in the order of the positions to which they were entitled at the 

 start of the heat in which they were distanced. 



RULE 39. Time and its Record. In every public race the time of each heat 

 shall be accurately taken and placed in the record, and upon the decision of each 

 heat the time thereof shall be publicly announced by the Judges, except as provided 

 in these rules concerning those heats which are "not awarded to either of the leading 

 horses." 



It shall be the duty of the Judges of the race to take the time as aforesaid, or to 

 appoint some suitable person or persons to assist them in that respect, and no unoffi- 

 cial timing shall be announced or admitted to the record. [See also Rule 40.] 



RULE 40. Two Leading Horses to be Separately Timed. 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. 



In case of a dead heat, the time shall constitute a record 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 appli- 

 cation of the rule in regard to distance in that heat, except for foul riding or driving. 



RULE 41. Suppression of Time. In any public race, if there shall be any inten- 

 tional suppression or misrepresentation in either the record or the announcement of 

 the time of any heat in the race, procured through any connivance, or collusive 

 arrangement, or understanding between the proprietor or Judges or Timers and the 

 owner of the winning horse or his driver or other authorized agent, 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 thenceforth expelled. 



RULE 42. A Public Race. Any contest for purse, premium, stake, or wager, on 

 any course, and in the presence of a Judge or Judges, shall constitute a public race. 



RULE 43. When Time Becomes a Par. Time made at fairs and on any track, 

 whether short or not, shall constitute a bar, the same as if made over a track that 

 was full measurement. 



RULE 44. When Time shall not be a Bar. Time made under the saddle, as 

 well as .time made when two or more horses are harnessed together, shall constitute a 

 record for races of the same character, but shall not be a bar for races of a different 

 character. 



RULE 45. Complaints by Riders or Drivers. All complaints by riders or drivers, 

 of any foul riding or driving, or other misconduct, must be made at the termination 

 of the heat, and before the rider or driver dismounts or leaves his vehicle. 



RULE 46. Decorum. If any owner, trainer, rider, driver, or attendant of a horse, 

 or any other person, use improper language to the officers of the course or the Judges 

 in a race, or be guilty of any improper conduct, the person or persons so offending 

 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $100, or by suspension or expulsion. [See 

 also Rule 48.] 



