644 THE HORSE. 



Rule XXVI. Bolting. — If any horse shall run from the track into 

 the field, he will be declared distanced, although he may come out 

 ahead, unless he turn and again enter the Course, at the point from 

 which he swerved, unless the Judges believe he lost ground by 

 swerving. 



Rule XXVII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats 

 shall be twenty minutes for mile heats ; thirty minutes for two-mile 

 heats; thirty -five minutes for three-mile heats; forty-five minutes for 

 four-mile heats ; and twenty-five minutes for mile heats, best three in 

 five. 



Rule XXVIII. Rideu Falling. — If a Jockey fall from his horse 

 while riding a heat, and another person of sufiicient weight ride him in, 

 he shall be considered as though the Jockey had not fallen, provided he 

 return to the spot where the Jockey fell. 



Rule XXIX. Foul Riding and Track. — If a horse or rider shall 

 cross, jostle, or strike another horse or rider, or do any thing that impedes 

 another horse, accidentally or not, it is foul riding, and the horse that 

 impedes the other shall be adjudged distanced. And if the Judges are 

 satisfied that the riding was intentionally foul, or that the rider was in- 

 structed so to ride, the party or parties so offending, shall not be allowed 

 to ride, enter or attend a horse over this Course in any race under the 

 control of the Club. Although a leading horse is entitled to any part of 

 the track, if he crosses from the right to the left, or from the inner to 

 the outer side of the track, when a horse is so near him that in changing 

 his position he compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if 

 he causes the rider to pull him out of his stride, it is foul riding. And 

 if in passing a leading horse, the track is taken so soon after getting the 

 lead as to cause the horse passed to shorten his stride, it is foul riding. 

 All complaints of foul riding must be made before the horses start in 

 another heat ; and if it happens in the last heat, then before the Judges 

 leave the stand. 



Rule XXX. Collusion. — No compromise or agreement between 

 two or more persons not to oppose each other, or to run jointly against 

 any other person or persons, will be permitted. Upon satisfactory proof 

 of the same being produced before the Judges, they shall declare the 

 horses of such persons distanced, and the parties so ofi"ending shall be 

 ruled off the Course. 



Rule XXXI. Of Frauds. — Every horse started shall run a bona 

 fide race. If any fraud be discovered, and the purse, stakes, or match 

 money, has been paid, the same shall be restored on demand of the 

 Judges, and by them paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If 



