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Rule XXIII. The time between heats shall be 



For one-mile heats 20 minutes. 



For two-mile heats 25 " 



For three-mile heats 30 " 



For four-mile heats ----- 35 <' 



Rule XXIV. Some signal shall be given from the starting stand 

 five minutes before the period of starting, after the lapse of which time, 

 the Judges shall give the word start to such riders as are then ready, 

 but should any horse prove restive in being brought up to the stand, or 

 in starting, the Judges may delay the word a short interval, at their own 

 discretion. 



Rule XXY. Any horse winning a purse of this Club, shall not be 

 allowed to start for any other purse during the same meeting. 



Rule XXVI. If a horse be entered without being properly identi- 

 fied, he shall not be allowed to start, but be liable to forfeit, or the 

 whole, if play or pay, and all bets on a horse so disqualified, shall be 

 declared void. 



Rule XXVII. Where more than one nomination has been made by 

 the same individual, in any Sweepstakes to be run on the Union Course, 

 and it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Club, that all 

 interest in such nomination has been bona fide disposed of before the time 

 of starting, and the horses have not been trained in the same stable, all 

 may start, although standing in the same name in the list of nominations. 



Rule XXVIII. No conditional nomination or entry shall be re- 

 ceived. 



Rule XXIX. Should any person who has entered a horse formally 

 declare to the Judges that his horse is drawn, he shall not be permitted 

 to start his horse. 



Rule XXX. Any person entering a horse younger than he really is, 

 shall forfeit his entrance money, and if the horse wins a heat or race, 

 the heat or race shall be given to the next best horse, if the objection be 

 made to the age of the horse after the heat or race is run. The disquali- 

 fication must be proved by the person making the objection. 



Rlle XXXI. If an entered horse die, or a subscriber entering him 

 die, before the race, no forfeit shall be required. 



Rule XXXII. No compromise or agreement between any two 

 persons entering horses, or by their agents and grooms, not to oppose 

 each other upon a promised division of the purse or stake, or for any 

 other purpose, shall be permitted or allowed, and no persons shall run 

 their horses in conjunction, that is, with a determination to oppose jointly 

 any other horse that may run against them. In either case, upon satis- 

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