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that the next best horse shall have the heat ; if 

 the rider or driver should comply v/ith the above, 

 and he should gain by such break, twice the dis- 

 tance so gained shall be taken away on the 

 coming out ; a horse breaking on the score shall 

 not lose the heat by so doing. 

 ' 16. The Winning Horse. — A horse must mn 

 two heats to be entitled to the pui'se, ujiless he 

 distanced all other horses in one heat. A dis- 

 tanced horse in a dead heat shall not start 

 again. 



17. Eelatiye to Heats. — A horse not win- 

 ning one heat in three, shall not start for a fourth 

 heat. When a dead heat is made between two 

 horses, that if either had won the heat the race 

 would have been decided, they two only shall 

 start again ; in races, best three in five, a horse 

 shall win one heat in five to be allowed to start 

 for the sixth heat, unless such hoise shall have 

 made a dead heat ; such horses as are prevented 

 from starting by this rule shall be considered 

 drawn and not distanced. 



