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word " last " shall not be construed to mean fourth, and distanced if 

 four start, but fourth only, and so on. A distanced horse must be 

 placed distanced. 



Rule XIII. If, in the final heat of a race, there be but one horse 

 placed, no horse shall be considered as " second " in the race. 



Rule XIV. Horses that win a heat, shall be considered better than 

 those which do not win a heat ; and those that win two heats, better 

 than those which win but one heat, provided they are not distanced in 

 the race. Of the horses that each win a heat, he shall be considered 

 best that is best placed in the final heat of the race. Of the horses that 

 have not won a heat, he shall be considered best that is best placed in 

 the final heat of the race. 



Rule XV. " Distanced " horses are beaten by those that are not 

 distanced. " Drawn " horses shall be considered distanced. Horses 

 " ruled out " shall not be considered distanced. A horse distanced in a 

 subsequent heat, beats a horse distanced in a previous heat. Horses 

 distanced in the same heat are equal. 



Rule XVI. In running heats, if it cannot be decided which horse is 

 first, it shall be deemed a " dead heat," and shall not be counted, but 

 shall be considered a heat as regards all the rest of the horses in the 

 race ; and those only shall start for the next heat which would have 

 been entitled, had the heat been won by either horse making the dead 

 heat. 



Rule XVII. Horses shall be placed in a race, and bets decided as 

 they are placed in the official records. 



RULES OF THE METAIRIE JOCKEY CLUB. 



Rule I. Name. — This Association shall be known by the name of 

 the " Metairie Jockey Club of the State of Louisiana." 



Rule II. Officers. — The Officers of the Club shall consist of a Pres- 

 ident, first and second Vice Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, 

 who shall be elected annually, at a meeting succeeding the April meet- 

 ing; on his election, the President shall apjjoint five Stewards, three 

 Timers, and a Ladies' Committee of Three. 



Rule III. Duties of the President and Vice Presidents. — The 

 President shall preside at all meetings of the Club ; shall act as judge in 

 all races of the Club, assisted by two Vice Presidents ; he shall appoint 

 two Distance Judges, and shall have power to appoint all officers of the 

 day necessary to fill the places of absentees. 



