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other may be adjudged distanced. Althougli a lead- 

 ing horse is entitled to any part of the track, except 

 after selecting his position on the home-stretch, if he 

 cross from the right to the left,' or from the inner to 

 the outer side of the track, when a horse is so near 

 him that, in changing his position, he compels the 

 horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if he causes 

 the rider or driver to pull him out of his stride, it is 

 foul ; and if, in passing a leading horse, the track is 

 taken so soon after getting the lead as to cause the 

 horse passed to shorten his stride, it is foul. A rider 

 or driver committing any act which the judges may 

 deem intentionally foul, must be declared distanced ; 

 this rule should at all times be rigidly enforced. All 

 complaints of foul by riders and drivers must be made 

 at the termination of the heat, and before the rider 

 or driver dismounts or leaves his vehicle by order 

 of the j udges. 



27. — Handicaps and Miscellaneous "Weights. 

 — In matches or handicaps, where extra or lesser 

 weights are to be carried, the judges shall carefully 

 examine and ascertain, before starting, whether the 

 riders, drivers, or vehicles are of such weights as 

 have been agreed upon or required by the match or 

 handicap, and the riders, or drivers, who shall carry 

 during the race and bring home with them the 

 weights which have been pronounced correct and 

 proper by the judges, there shall be no penalty at- 

 tached to any party for light weight in that heat, 



