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power to decide equitably between tbe horses, and 

 their decision shall be final and conclusive, and all 

 outside bets shall be governed thereby. 



24 — Dkess of Riders and Drivers. — Judges 

 may require riders and drivers to be propcfly 

 dressed. 



25. — Weights and Weighing. — Riders and 

 drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or more 

 of the judges previous to starting for any race, and 

 after each heat shall come to the starting stand, and 

 not dismount or leave his vehicle without permission 

 of the judges. Any party violating this rule shall 

 be distanced, if not of as much bodily weight as the 

 rules of the course require ; and when of sufficient 

 bodily weight it shall be discretionary with the 

 j adges to rule him off, or distance him for a con- 

 tempt of the Rules and Regulations. But a rider or 

 driver thrown or taken by force from his horse or 

 vehicle, after having passed the winning-post, shall 

 not ba considered as having dismounted without 

 permission of the judges ; and if disabled, may be 

 carried to the judges' stand to be weighed, and the 

 judges may take the circumstances into considera- 

 tion, and decide accordingly. 



26. — Foul. — If a horse, driver, or rider shall 

 cross, jostle, or strike another horse, driver, or rider, 

 or do anything that impedes another horse, accident- 

 ally or not, it is foul, and the horse that impedes the 



