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12. — Judges' Duty.— The judges should be in 

 the stand fifteen minutes before the time of starting ; 

 the J shall weigh the riders or drivers, and draw for 

 positions of the horses ; ring the bell or give other 

 notice five minutes previous to the time announced 

 for the race to come off*, which shall be notice to all 

 parties to prepare for the race at the appointed time, 

 when all the horses must be ready ; and any party 

 failing to comply with this rule shall be liable to 

 forfeit or to be ruled out. The judges shall not no- 

 tice or receive complaints of foul from any person 

 or persons except those appointed by the j udges for 

 that purpose, and riders and drivers in the race ; the 

 result of a heat shall not be announced until the 

 judges are satisfied as to the weights of the riders or 

 drivers, and sufficient time has elapsed to receive the 

 reports ot the Patrol and Distance judges. 



13.- — Power of Postponement. — In cases of 

 unfavorable weather or other unavoidable cause, the 

 proprietor shall have power to postpone to a future 

 time all purses or sweepstakes, to which he shall 

 have contributed, upon giving notice thereof And 

 if darkness shall intervene during any race, it shall 

 be the duty of the judges to continue the race over 

 until next day, when it' shall be resumed and decided, 

 and all the bets shall go with the race. But in order 

 to obviate the necessity for such continuation, it shall 

 be the duty of the judges to give the word to as good 

 a start as can be had, when there has been a reason- 



