RULES OF THE METAIKIE JOCKEY CLUB. 543 



KuLE XXI. Accidents.— If an accident happen to a horse or rider 

 at a start, the Judges may grant as much dehiy as there is time allowed 

 between the heats in the race in which the horses are about to con- 

 tend. 



Rule XXII. Distanced Horses— Distances.— All horses whose 

 heads have not reached the distance stand as soon as the leading horse 

 arrives at the winning post, shall be declared distanced. All horses not 

 bringing out their proper weight, or within two pounds of it, shall be 

 declared distanced. If any Jockey shall ride foul, his horse shall be 

 declared distanced. Whenever the winner of a heat is distanced by any 

 default in riding, weight, or otherwise, the heat shall be awarded to the 

 nest best horse. 



In heats of one mile, 60 yards shall be a distance. 



In heats of two miles, 100 yards shall be a distance. 



In heats of three miles, 130 yards shall be a distance. 



In heats of four miles, 150 yards shall be a distance. 



In heats of one mile, best three in five, 80 yards shall be a distance. 



Rdle XXIII. Places of Horses. — The horse to which the track is 

 allotted shall take his place on the inner or left-hand side of the Course ; 

 the others shall take their places on his right according to allotment. 

 The winner of a heat shall, at the next start, have the track; the others 

 shall take their positions on his right in the order in which they came 

 out in the previous heat. 



lluLE XXIV. Winner os a Race — Dead Heats — Rdling Out. 



In the race best two in three, a horse that wins two heats, or distances 

 the field in one heat, wins the race. In the race best three in five, the 

 horse that wins three heats or distances the field, wins the race. The 

 horse that first gets his head to the winning post, shall be considered 

 the winner of the heat. 



In heats best two in three, a horse not winning one heat in three 

 shall be ruled out. And in heats best three in five, a horse not winning 

 one heat in five, shall be ruled out. A dead heat sliall be considered a 

 heat, except with the horses that make it. 



Rule XXV. Duties of Riders. — Riders, after a heat is ended, shall 

 repair to the Judges' stand ; they must not dismount until ordered by 

 the Judges, nor sufier any person to touch or put cover upon their horses 

 until ordered by the Judges to dismount, on pain of being distanced ; 

 and then, with their saddles, shall repair to the scales to be weighed. A 

 rider thrown, or taken by force from his horse, after passing the winning 

 post, shall not be considered as having dismounted without permission 

 of the Judges ; and if disabled, may be carried to the Judges' stand to 

 be weighed. 



