2!48 MODERN FAllRIEU. 



The horse that has his head at the ending-post 

 first wins the heat. 



Riders must ride their horses to the weighing- 

 post to weigh, and he that dismounts before, or 

 wants weight, is distanced. 



If a rider fall from his horse, and the horse be 

 rode in by a person that is sufficient weight, he will 

 take place the same as if it had not happened, pro- 

 vided he go back to the place where the rider fell. 



Horses' plates or shoes not allowed in the weight 



Horses not entitled to start without producing a 

 proper certificate of their age, if required, at the 

 time appointed in the articles, except where aged 

 horses are included, and in that case a junior horse 

 may enter without a certificate, provided he carry 

 the same weight as the aged. 



For the best of the plate, where there are three 

 heats rim, the horse is second that wins one. 



For the best of the heats, the horse is second that 

 beats the other twice out of three times, though he 

 doth not win a heat. 



A confirmed bet cannot be off without mutual 

 consent. 



Either of the betters may demand stakes to be 

 made, and on refusal declare the bet void. 



If a party be absent on t-he day of running, a 

 public declaration of the bet may be made on the 

 course, and a demand whether any person will make 

 stakes for th? absent party ; if no person consent to 

 it, the bet may be declared void. 



Bets agreed to pay or receive in town, or at any 

 other particular place, cannot be declared off on the 

 course. 



At Newmarket, if a match be made for a particu- 

 lar day in any meeting, and the parties agree to 

 change the day, all bets must stand ; but if run in a^ 

 different meeting, the bets made before tlie altera- 1 

 tion are void. 



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