524 THE HORSE. 



When heats are run, the preference of the horses to be determined 

 by the place they get in the last heat. 



When a plate or subscription is given for the winner of the best of 

 three heats, a horse, to win the prize, must be the actual winner of two 

 heats, even though no horse appear against him for both or either of the 

 heats. 



When three horses have each won a heat, they only must start for a 

 fourth, and the preference amongst them will be determined by it, there 

 being before no difference amongst them. 



In running of heats, if it cannot be decided which horse is first, the 

 heat goes for nothing, and they may all start again, except it be between 

 two horses that had each won a heat. 



If a rider fall from his horse, and the horse be rode in by a person 

 who is of sufficient weight, he shall take his place the same as if his rider 

 had not fallen, provided he goes back to the place where the rider fell. 



Jockeys must ride their horses to the usual place for weighing the 

 riders, and he that dismounts before, or wants weight, is distanced ; un- 

 less he be disabled by an accident, which should render him incapable of 

 riding back, in which case he may be led or carried to the scale. 



Horses running on the wrong side of a post, and not turning back, are 

 distanced. 



Horses drawn before the plate is won are distanced. 



Horses are distanced if they cross or jostle. 



All complaints of foul riding must be made before, or at the time the 

 Jockey is weighed. 



No distance in a fourth heat. 



A confirmed bet cannot be off but by mutual consent, except in the 

 cases hereinafter mentioned. 



Either of the betters may demand stakes to be made, and on refusal 

 declare the bet to be void. 



If a better be absent on the 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 the absent party, and if no person consent to do so, 

 the bet may be declared void. 



Bets agreed to be paid or received elsewhere than at the place of 

 running, or any other specified place, cannot be declared off on the course. 



If a match or sweepstakes be made for any specified day in any 

 week, and the parties agree to change the day to any other in the same 

 week, all bets must stand ; but if the parties agree to run the race in a 

 different week, all bets made before the alteration shall be void. 



The person who lays the odds has a right to choose a horse or the 



