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should neither of them be placed by the judge ; a party laying odds 

 has the choice of a horse or the field ; " play or pay " bets are such 

 as are decided whether a horse start or not, and all double events are 

 " play or pay," as are bets on horses mounted and gone to the post ; 

 bets are off on the horses on which they were made becoming the 

 property of the same person, party, or confederates ; and bets may 

 be declared off on either of the parties refusing to make stakes on 

 being called upon to do so ; but no confirmed bet can be declared off 

 on any other ground without the mutual consent of the parties making 

 it ; bets on horses disqualified through some omission in or act annul- 

 ling the entry or nomination are void, except in cases where horses 

 so disqualified start, when bets are determined as the horses come in ; 

 bets made by sign or signal on a chase after it has been decided, or 

 on a horse after he has been declared not to start, are void ; bets made 

 between horses that run a dead heat and divide, must be taken in the 

 same proportion as the stakes ; and if a bet be made on one of the 

 horses running the dead heat against another beaten in the chase, the 

 backer of the former wins half his bet ; if the dead heat be the first 

 of a double event, or occur in running a match, all bets on such are 

 void. All stakes to be paid to the clerk or treasurer before starting, 

 or not entitled to receive though coming in first, yet still liable for the 

 whole stakes as beaten horses ; on the other hand, bets made on such 

 horses stand and are decided as the horse or horses are placed, the 

 carelessness or culpability of the owner or manager not affecting the 

 mere betting by others on his horse. Any person entering his horse 

 in the name of another, or one altogether false and fictitious, will be 

 equally liable to the stake or forfeit as if entered in his own, and to 

 any consequences or penalties that may arise from such engagements 

 not being paid. 



