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of the Juiiges of the r.toe, it will be considered sufficient for 

 the purposes of the National Association.] 



Rule 17. W/ie?i Horses Shall Not be Drawn. No person 

 shall draw his horse after said horse has appeared on the 

 track — saddled or harnessed — after having been summoned 

 to i)i'epare for the race, or during a race, except by permis- 

 sion of the Judges, under penalty of being expelled. 



Rule 18. Power of Postponement. In case of unfavorable 

 weather, or other unavoidable causes, each association or 

 proprietor shall have poAver to postpone to a future time all 

 parses or sweepstakes, or any race to which they have con- 

 tributed money, upon giving notice thereof. 



Rule 19. No Trotting after Bark. No heat shall be trot- 

 ted when it is so dark tliat the horses cannot be plainly seen 

 by the Judges from the stand, but all such races shall be con- 

 tinued by the Judges to the next ftiir day, omitting Sunday, 

 at such hour as they shall designate. 



In all matches and stakes, the above rule shall govern, un- 

 less otherwise especially agreed between the parties and the 

 association or proprietors. 



Rule 20. Weights and Weighing. Every horse starting 

 for purse, sweepstakes, or match, in any trotting or pacing 

 race, shall carry, if to wagon or sulky, 150 lbs., exclusive of 

 harness ; and if under the saddle, 145 lbs., the saddle and 

 whip only to be weighed with the rider. 



Riders and drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or 

 more of the Judges previous to starting for any race, and, 

 afier each heat, shall come to the starting stand and not dis- 

 mount or leave their vehicle without permission of the 

 Judges, and those who are deficient in bodily weight shall be 

 re-weighed after each heat. Any rider or driver not bringing 

 in his required weight shall be distanced,^unless such decis- 

 ion shall be deemed to favor a fraud. But a rider or driver 

 thrown or taken by force from his horse or vehicle, after 

 having passed the winning post, shall not be considered as 

 having dismounted without permission of the Judges ; and if 

 disabled may be carried to the Judges' stand to be weighed, 



