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Rale 52d. — All bets, matches, and engagements are void on the decease of eithei 

 party before determined. 



Jiule 54/A. — Horses drawn before the purse is won are distanced. 



Rule 55th. — A bet made on a horse is void if the horse betted on does not start. 



Rule 56lh. — When a bet is made on a heat, the horse that comes first to the ending 

 post is best, provided no circumstance shall cause him to be deemed distanced. 



Rule 57th. — All bets are understood to relate to the purse or stake, if nothing is 

 said to the contrary. 



Rule 5Sth. — When a bet is made upon two horses against each other for the purse, 

 if each win a heat, and neither are distanced, they are equal — if neither win a heat, 

 and neither distanced, they are equal. But if one wins a heat, and the other does not, 

 the winner of the heat is best unless he shall be distanced, in which case the other, 

 if he saves his distance, shall be considered best. If a horse wins a heat and is 

 distanced, he shall be better than a horse that does not win a heat and is distanced; 

 so too if one be distanced the second heat, he shall be better than one distanced the 

 first heat. 



Rule 59th. — The words "absolutely," or "play or pay," are necessary to be used 

 to make a bet play or pay. "Done" and "Done" are also necessary to confirm a 

 bet. If a bet be made, using the expression "play or pay," and the horse die, the 

 bet shall stand. But if the person entering the horse, or making the engagement on 

 him, dies, then the bet is void. 



Rule 60th. — All members, and such of their families as reside with them, shall 

 pass the gates free ; and the members themselves shall have free admission to the 

 members' stand. 



Rule Gist. — New members can only be admitted on recommendation. Any person 

 wishing to become a member, must be so for the unexpired term of the Club, and 

 must be balloted for. Three black balls shall reject. A non-resident of New York 

 introduced by a member, can have the privilege of the inclosed space and members' 

 stand, by payino'^Y-e dollars for the meeting. 



Rule 62cl. — Ten members of the Club shall be deemed a quorum for the transac- 

 tion of ordinary business and admission of members, but not less than twenty to alter 

 a fundamental rule, unless public notice shall have been given ten days of such con- 

 templated meeting. The President or Secretary may call a meeting, and the Presi- 

 dent and Vice President failing to attend, a Chairman may be selected. Members 

 of the Club privileged to invite their friends to the Jockey Club Diiiuers, by paying 

 for the same. No ladies admitted to the Ladies' Pavilion unless introduced by a 

 member. No citizen of the State of New York can be admitted to the privileges of 

 the inclosed space, Members' Stand, or Ladies' Pavilion, unless he be a member. 



Rule 63f/. — No person shall be permitted to pass into the inclosed space, on the 

 Union Course, without showing his ticket at the gate, nor shall any person be per- 

 mitted to remain within the inclosure, or Members' Stand, unless he wears a badge, 

 that the officers on duty may be enabled to distinsfuish those privileged. Officers 

 who shall permit the infraction of this rule shall forfeit all claim to compensation, and 

 must be employed on this express condition. 



Rule G4th. — Membership of the New York Jockey Club, shall be for three years, 

 commencing Spring 1842 — subscription Ten Dollars per annum, payable each Spring 

 — subscription to be paid whether present or absent. Members joining at any time, 

 whether by original signature, or on nomination, will be bound for the unexpired terra 

 of the Club from the period of joining. 



The following gentlemen comprised the Executive Officers of the New York 

 Jockey Club, at the period (Sept. 13th, 1842,) when the foregoing Rules and Regu 

 lations were adopted : — 



J. Prescott Hall, Esq., President. 

 John C. Stevens, Esq., 1st Vice President. 

 ■* John A. King, Esq., 2d „ „ 



J. Hamilton Wilkes, Esq., 3d „ „ 



Gerard H. Coster, Esq., 4th „ „ 



Henry F Toler, Esq., Secretary and Treasurer. 



