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plaints by ridors 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 by permission of the Judges.. 



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 otfending shall be p.unished by a line not exceeding $ 100, 

 or by suspension or expulsion. [See, also. Rule 48.] 



Rule 47, Loud Shouting. Any rider or driver guilty of 

 loud shouting, or of making otlier unnecessary noise, or of 

 making improper use of the whip, during the pendency of a 

 heat, shall be punished by a tine not to exceed 8 25, or by 

 suspension during the meeting. 



Rule 48. Fouls. If any act or thing shall be done by any 

 owner, rider or driver, or their iiorse or horses, during any 

 race, or in connection therewith, which these rules define or 

 warrant the Judges in deciding to bs foul ; and if no special 

 provision is made in these rules to meet the case, the Judges 

 shall have power to panisli the offender by fine not to exceed 

 $ 100, or by suspension or expulsion. And in any case of foul 

 riding or driving, they shall distance the offending horse, un- 

 less they believe such a decision will favor a fr;iud. The 

 term " foul " shall be construed to apply to riding or driving 

 contrary to rule, or to any act of a fraudulent nature, and to 

 any unprincipled conduct, such as tends to debase the char- 

 acter of the trotting turf in the estimation of the public. — 

 (See, also. Rules 23, 29. 35, 46 and 47.] 



Rule 49. Fines. All persons who shall have been fined 

 under these rules, unless they pay the fines imposed, in full, 

 on the day of assessment, shall be suspended until they are 

 so paid or deposited with the Treasurer of said National As- 

 sociation. 



All fines which shall be baid to the association or proprie- 

 tor, on whose grounds they were imposed, shall by them be 

 paid to the Treasurer of the Xiitional Association upon de- 

 mand. 



