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responding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and five 

 Stewards, to be appointed by ballot. 



Rule III. It shall be the duty of the President to preside in all 

 meetings of the Club, to act as Judge on each day's race, appoint his 

 assistant Judges on the evening preceding each day's race, report the 

 result of each day's race, and stand as Judge in all sweepstakes, with 

 such other persons as the parties may appoint. 



Rule IV. It shall be the duty of the first and second Vice Presi- 

 dents to attend all the meetings of the Club, assist the President in the 

 discharge of his duty. In the absence of the President the first Vice 

 President, and in his absence the second Vice President, shall act as 

 President pro tern. 



Rule V. It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary to attend 

 the Judges in each day's race, assist them with his counsel, keep a book, 

 in which he shall record the members' names, the rules of the Club, 

 and add to them any resolutions which may change the character of 

 either ; also, record the proceedings of each meeting, the entries of 

 horses, in which shall be set forth the names of the respective owners, 

 the color, name, age, and name of sire and dam of each horse, and a 

 description of the rider's dress, and an account of each day's race, in- 

 cluding the time of running each heat, and after the races are over, 

 publish the result in the next number of the " American Turf Register 

 and Sporting Magazine.'''' 



Rule VI. The Stewards shall serve for one meeting, next succeed- 

 ing their appointment. They shall wear a white rose, or some other 

 appropriate and distinctive badge. It shall be their duty to attend on 

 the course, preserve order, clear the track, keep off the crowd from 

 horses coming to the stand after the close of a heat. They may employ 

 able-bodied men to assist them, who shall be paid out of any money in 

 the hands of the Treasurer, and they shall be designated. 



Rule VII. There shall be three Judges in the starting stand, the 

 President and two assistant Judges, and the Timers ; the Judges shall 

 keep the stand clear of any intrusion during the pendency of a heat, 

 and also see that the riders are dressed in jockey style. 



Rule VIII. There shall be two distance Judges, and three patrot 

 Judges, who shall repair to the Judges' stand, after each heat, and re- 

 port the nags that are distanced, and foul riding, if there be any. 



Rule IX. All disputes shall be decided by the Judges of the day, 

 from whose decision there shall be no appeal, unless at the Judges' dis- 

 cretion, and no evidence shall be received of foul riding, except from 

 the Judges and Patrols. 



