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titled to them, and no one else sliall be permitted to ride in them. 

 Gentlemen having recorded their colors, shall continue to ride in them 

 until the record be altered with the Secretary. Jockeys shall not ride 

 in colors not announced in the bills of the day. The Secretary shall 

 post on the Judges' stand all the colors that have been recorded. 



Rule XVI. Entries. — All entries of horses to run for a purse, 

 shall be made by a member of the Club, sealed and deposited in a box — 

 kept for the purpose by the Secretary — before four o'clock, p. m., of the 

 day previous to the race, unless the race of the day be not finished ; and 

 in such case, 15 minutes after the close of the race. Every entry shall 

 describe the age, name, color, sex, sire and dam of the horse, with the 

 owner's name and colors. Any horse having run under a name, if said 

 name be changed, the entry shall state the fact the first time of entering 

 after said change ; and if sire or dam bear a name, said name must be 

 stated. No entry shall be received after the time specified ; and the 

 box shall not be opened unless in the presence of two members of the 

 Association. The place of horses to be determined at starting as they 

 are drawn from the box. 



Rule XVII. Weights. — The following weights shall be cai-ried, viz. 

 — two-year-olds, 80 pounds ; three-year-olds, 86 pounds ; four-year- 

 olds, 100 pounds; five-year-olds, 110 pounds; six-year-olds, 118 pounds; 

 seven-year-olds and upwards, 124 pounds ; — three pounds allowed to 

 mares and geldings. If anj"^ horse carry five pounds over his proper 

 weight, it shall be tho duty of the Judges to announce it from the stand. 

 No horse shall be allowed to start in any race, carrying more than five 

 pounds over weight. In making weight, nothing shall be weighed from 

 which a liquid can be wrung, and nothing shall be weighed off" that was 

 not weighed on. 



Rule XVIII. Of Age. — A horse's age shall be reckoned from the 

 first day of May ; that is to say, a colt foaled in the year 1850, shall be 

 considered one year old on the first day of May, 1851. 



Rule XIX. Of Starting. — The horses shall be started by the tap 

 of the drum, after which there shall be no recall. 



Rcle XX. False Starts. — When a false start is made, no horse 

 making the false start, nor any horse remaining at the stand, shall haA'e 

 clothes thrown upon them, nor shall the rider be permitted to dismount, 

 nor shall any delay be permitted, but the horses shall be started as soon 

 as brought to the score. Horses making a false start, shall return to 

 the stand by the nearest way. Any infringement of this rule, shall be 

 punished by not allowing the party or parties violating it to start in the 

 race. 



