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22. If a Party is absent on the Day of Running, a 

 publick Declaration of the Bett may be made on the Course, 

 and require if any Person will make Stakes for the absent 

 Party ; if no Person consents to it, the Bett may be de- 

 clared void. 



23. Betts agreed to pay, or receive in Town, or at 

 any other particular Place, cannot be declared off on the 

 Course. 



24. The Person that lays the Odds has a right to chuse 

 his Horse, or the Field. 



25. When a Person has chose his Horse, the Field is 

 what starts against him, but there is no Field without one 

 starts with him. 



26. Betts made for Pounds are paid in Guineas. 



27. If Odds are laid without mentioning the Horse 

 before it is over, it must be determined as the Betts were 

 at the time of making it. 



28. Betts made in running, are not determined till the 

 Plate is won, if that Heat is not mentioned at the Time of 

 Betting. 



29. Betts are void for the best of the Plate, on Horses 

 that have run, not being qualified. 



30. Betts are won and lost, for the best of the Heats, if 

 Horses are not qualified. 



31. Where a Plate is won by two Heats, the Preference 

 of the Horses is determined by the Place they are in at the 

 second Heat. 



32. Horses running on the wrong Side of the Post, and 

 not turning back, distanced. 



33. Horses drawn before the Plate is won, are distanced. 



34. Horses distanced, if their Eiders cross and jostle, 

 when the Articles do not permit it. 



35. [If a Horse wins the first Heat, and all others draw, 

 they are not distanced if he starts no more, but if he starts 



