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BuflBcient space for a horse to pass him on the outside ; but he shall not, 

 when locked by a horse, leave the track he may be running in, to press 

 him to the outside, doing which will be deemed foul riding. A rider 

 may take the track on the inside, but he must do it at his own peril, as 

 should he be poled in making the attempt, it will not be considered foul. 

 Should any rider cross, jostle, or strike an adversary, or his horse, or 

 run on his heels, intentionally, or do any thing else that may impede 

 the progress of his adversary, he will be deemed distanced, though he 

 may come out ahead, and the purse be given to the next best nag, and 

 any rider offending against this rule, shall never be permitted to ride 

 over, or attend any horse on this course again. 



Rule XX. If any nag shall run on the inside of any poll, they will 

 be deemed distanced, although they may come out ahead, and the purse 

 be awarded to the next best nag, unless he turns round and again enters 

 the course at the point from which he swerved. 



Rule XXI. A nag that does not win a heat out of three, shall not 

 be entitled to start for a fourth, although he may have saved his dis- 

 tance. 



Rule XXII. No compromise, or agreement, between any two per- 

 sons starting horses, or their agents, or grooms, not to oppose each other, 

 upon a promised division of the purse, shall be permitted, or allowed ; 

 and no persons shall run their nags in conjunction, that is, with a deter- 

 mination to oppose, jointly, any other horse, or horses, which they may 

 run against. In either case, upon satisfactory evidence produced before 

 the J udges, the purse shall be awarded to the next best nag, and the 

 persons so offending shall never again be permitted to start a horse on 

 this course. 



Rule XXIII. All members and their families shall pass the gate 

 free ; and all who are not members shall pay the following tolls, viz. — 

 For every four-wheel carriage, one hundred cents ; for every gig, cart, 

 or two-wheel carriage, and every man on horseback, seventy-five cents ; 

 for every person on foot, twenty-five cents. 



Rule XXIV. The age of horses shall be reckoned by the year in 

 which they are foaled, viz. — a horse foaled in the year 1830, shall be 

 considered a yearling during the year 1831, and shall be considered a 

 two-year-old during the year 1832, and so on. 



Rule XXV. The following weights shall be carried, viz. — two years 

 old, a feather ; three years old, 86 lbs. ; four years old, 100 lbs. ; five 

 years old, 110 lbs.; six years old, 118 lbs.; seven years old, and up- 

 wards, 124 lbs. — An allowance of three pounds to mares and geld- 

 ings. The Judges shall see that each rider has his proper weight 



