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although he may come out ahead, and the race awarded to the next best 

 horse. Any rider offending against this rule, shall never be permitted 

 to ride over or attend any horse on this course again. 



EuLE XXXVIII. Every horse that shall fail to run outside of every 

 pole, shall be deemed distanced, although he may come out ahead, and 

 the race shall be awarded to the next best horse. 



KuLE XXXIX. If a rider fall from his horse, and another person 

 of sufficient weight rides the horse into the Judges' stand, he shall be 

 considered as though the rider had not fallen — provided he returns to 

 the place where the rider fell. 



Rule XL. A horse that does not win one heat out of three heats, 

 shall not be allowed to start for the fourth heat, although he may have 

 saved his distance, but shall be considered better than a horse that is 

 distanced in the third heat. 



Rule XLI. A distanced horse in a dead heat shall not be allowed 

 to start again in the race. 



Rule XLII. When a dead heat is made, all the horses not distanced 

 in the dead heat may start again, unless the dead heat be made by two 

 horses, that if either had been winner of the heat the race would have 

 been decided ; in which case the two only must start to decide which 

 shall be entitled to the purse or stake. Such as are prevented from 

 starting by this Rule shall be considered drawn, and all bets made on 

 them against each other shall be drawn, excepting those that are dis- 

 tanced. 



Rule XLIII. A horse receiving forfeit, or walking over, shall not 

 be deemed a winner. 



Rule XLIV. A bet made after the heat is over, if the horse betted 

 on does not start again, is no bet. 



Rule XLV. A confirmed bet cannot be off without mutual consent. 



Rule XL VI. If either party be absent on the day of a race, and 

 the money be not staked, the party present may declare the bet void in 

 the presence of the Judges, before the race commences ; but if any 

 person present offer to stake for an absentee, it is a confirmed bet. 



Rule XLVII. A bet made on a heat to come, is no bet, unless all 

 the horses qualified to start shall run, and unless the bet be between 

 such named horses as do start. 



Rule XLVIII. The person who bets the odds may choose the horse 

 or the field: when he has chosen his horse, the field is what starts 

 against him, but there is no field unless one starts against him. 



Rule XLIX. If odds are bet without naming the horses before the 

 race is over, it must be determined as the odds were at the time of 

 naming it. 



