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horse shall have distanced all competitors in one heat, the race will then be concluded, 

 and such horse shall receive the entire purse and stakes contended for. 



When more than one horse remains in the race entitled to be placed at the finish 

 of the last heat, the second best horse shall receive the second premium, if there be 

 any ; and if there be any third or fourth premium, etc., for which no horse has won 

 and maintained a specific place, the same shall go to the winner ; provided, that the 

 number of premiums awarded shall not exceed the number of horses which started 

 in the race. 



The foregoing provisions shall always apply, in such cases, unless otherwise stated 

 in the published conditions of the race. 



In deciding the rank of horses other than the winner, as to second, third, and 

 fourth places, etc., to be assigned among such as remain in the race entitled to be 

 placed at the conclusion of the last heat thereof, the several positions which have 

 been assigned to each horse so contending shall be considered as to every heat in the 

 race — 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 heats and making a dead heat, better than one winning an equal number 

 of heats but not making a dead heat ; a horse winning a heat or making a dead heat 

 and not distanced in the race, better than a horse that has not won a heat or made a 

 dead heat; ahorse that has been placed "second" twice, better than ahorse that 

 has been placed "second" only once, etc. 



\Vhen two or more horses shall be equal in the race at the commencement of a final 

 heat thereof, they shall rank as to each other as they are placed in the decision of 

 such final heat. 



In case these provisions shall not give a specific decision as to second and third 

 monoy, etc., the Judges of the race are to make the awards according to their best 

 judgment, but in conformity with the principles of this rule. 



Rule 37. — Distances. — In races of mile heats, 80 yards shall be a distance. In 

 races of two-mile heats, 150 yards shall be a distance. In races of three-mile heats, 

 220 yards shall be a dfstance. In races of mile heats, best three in five, 100 yards 

 shall be a distance. But if any association or proprietor shall choose, they can pro- 

 vide, in heats of not over one mile, wherein eight or more horses contend, to increase 

 the distance one-half, in which case such change shall be stated in the published 

 conditions of the race before entry. 



All horses whose heads have not reached the distance-stand as soon as the leading 

 horse arrives at the winning-post shall be declared distanced, except in cases other- 

 wise provided for, or the punishment of the leading horse by setting him back for 

 running, when it shall be left to the discretion of the Judges. 



A distanced horse is out of the race, and if in any heat one horse shall distance all 

 competitors the race will then be completed, and the winner shall be entitled to the 

 entire purse and stakes contended for, unless otherwise stipulated in the published 

 conditions of the race. 



Rule 38. — Rank Between Distanced Horses. — Horses distanced in the first heat 

 of a race shall be equal, but horses that are distanced in any subsequent heat shall 



