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pole, and not to dismount until ordered to do so by the judges ; 

 any rider, so disobeying, shall be precluded, on weighing, from 

 the benefit of his saddle, whip, and two pounds allowance in lieu 

 thereof; and if his bodily weight does not make the full weight 

 required, the horse so rode shall be distanced. 



" Rule XIV. In all cases relating to this association, and not 

 provided for by these rules, the judges of the day will decide 

 according to the best of their judgment, and their determination 

 shall be final. 



" Rule XV. No person shall be permitted to enter any 

 horse for any purse, unless the owner of such horse shall first 

 become a member. 



" KULES WITH BEGARD TO TROTTING. 



" 1. All bets are understood to relate to the purse, if nothing 

 is said to the contrary. 



" 2. Where two horses are bet against each other for the 

 purse, if each win a heat and neither is distanced, they are 

 equal ; but if one win a heat and the others do not, then the 

 winner of the heat is best, unless he shall be distanced ; in 

 which case, the other, if he saved his distance, shall be deemed 

 the best, and when both are distanced, they shall be, in all 

 cases, deemed equal. 



" 3. When a bet is made upon a heat, the horse that comes 

 to the ending post first shall be considered best, provided no 

 circumstance shall cause him to be deemed distanced. 



" 4. A bet made upon a purse, or heat, is void if the horse 

 does not start. 



" 5. All bets made play orjMy, except between those who 

 are the bond jlde owners of the horses bet on, shall be deemed 

 void, if the contest do not take place. 



" FOUL RIDING. 



" The foremost nag may trot from the pole to the middle of 

 the track, or on the out edge. In the latter situation, should the 

 rider of such foremost nag attempt, on his adversary pushing to 

 pass him, to run his said adversary on the pole, or out of the 



