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member; and thereupon the offender thus punished shall suffer the same penalty 

 and disqualification with each and every association and proprietor holding member- 

 ship in said National Association. 



Rule S2. — Right of Appeal. — Any person who has been subjected to the penalty 

 of suspension, or a fine, by the decision of the Judges of a race, can appeal from such 

 decision to the association or proprietor upon whose grounds the penalty was im- 

 posed, and from their decision can appeal to the Board of Appeals ; provided, that 

 where the penalty was a fine, it shall have been previously paid. 



All decisions and rulings of the Judges of any race, and of the several associations 

 and proprietors belonging to said National Association, may be appealed to the Board 

 of Appeals, and shall be subject to review by said Board, upon facts and questions 

 involving the proper interpretation and application of these rules, and their decisions 

 shall be final ; provided, that parties to be affected thereby, shall be notified as the 

 Board shall direct, of a time and place when such appeal will be acted on by the 

 Board. 



Proziided further, if the appeal relate to the decision of a race, immediate notice 

 shall have been given to the Judges of the race, of the intention so to appeal. No- 

 tices of all other appeals must be given within one week from the announcement of 

 the decisions appealed. 



Any person who shall appeal from any order suspending him or his horse for non- 

 payment of entrance money or a fine, may deposit the amount claimed with the 

 Treasurer of said National Association, who may thereupon issue a certificate or 

 notice temporarily reinstating or relieving the party and his horse from such penalty, 

 subject to the final action of the Board of Appeals. 



Rule 53. — Age of a Horse — How Reckoned. — The age of a horse shall be reckoned 

 from the first day of January of the year of foaling. 



Rule 54. — Colts and Fillies Equally Eligible to Enter. — All colts and fillies shall 

 be eligible alike to all premiums and stakes for animals of their age, unless specially 

 excluded by the conditions imposed. 



Rule 55. — A Green Horse. — A green horse is one that has never trotted or paced 

 for premiums or money either double or single. 



Rule 56. — Races made and " No Hour Named." — All races shall be started at 3 

 o'clock p. M., from the ist day of April to the 15th day of September, and after that 

 aate at 2 o'clock p. m., until the season closes, unless otherwise provided. 



Rule 57. — Race made and no Distance Specified. — When a race is made and no 

 distance specified, it shall be restricted to the following distances, viz.: One mile and 

 repeat ; mile heats, best 3 in 5 ; two miles and repeat, or three miles and repeat, and 

 may be performed in harness to wagon, or under the saddle. 



Rule 58. — Race made to " Go as they Please." — When a race is made to go as they 

 please, it shall be construed that the performance shall be in harness, to wagon, or 

 under the saddle ; but after tne race is commenced no change shall be made in the 

 mode of going, and the race shall be deemed to have commenced when the horses 

 appear on the track. 



