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distanced, or lose the heat, as the judges may deter- 

 mine ; any party violating this rule willfully shall 

 be distanced. If a horse should at any time cross 

 or swerve on the home stretch, so as to impede the 

 progress of a horse behind him, he shall not be en- 

 titled to beat him in that heat ; and if, in the opinion 

 of the judges, such crossing or swerving was will- 

 ful on the part of the rider or driver, he shall be 

 distanced. ■*» 



18. — Decorum. — If any owner, trainer, rider, 

 driver or attendant of a horse use improper language 

 to the officers of the course, or be guilty of improper 

 conduct, the person so offending may be, by the 

 judges of the day or race, ruled off the course, and 

 not be permitted to ride, drive, or attend a horse on 

 this course again, in any race under the control of 

 the Association, unless such ruling-off be rescinded 

 at a regular monthly meeting of the members of the 

 Pleasure Ground Association, by a majority vote of 

 the members then present. 



19. — Placing Horses. — Horses distanced in the 

 first heat are equal in the race ; but in all succeeding 

 heats, horses that are distanced in the same heat shall 

 rank in the race in the order which they were enti- 

 tled to at the start of the heat ; that is, horses having 

 won two heats, better than those winning one ; a 

 horse that has won a heat, better than a horse only 

 making a dead heat ; a horse winning one or two 



