548 THE HORSE. 



RrivE XTII. Bets Off by Posti'Onemknt. — When a race is post- 

 poned from one day to another, all by-bets, except they are play or pay, 

 shall be off. 



Rule XIV. The Field. — A field shall comprise all the horses en- 

 tered except the one who may be named against the remainder, unless in 

 a stake, where one horse is a field. The person who lays the odds can 

 choose his horse or the field ; the withdrawal of a horse, previous to 

 starting in the race, annuls the bet. 



Rule XV. Play or Pay. — When a bet is made on a horse, play 

 or pay, the horse must s^tart, or the party betting on him loses his bet. 



Rule XVI. Untried and Maiden Horsed — An untried stallion or 

 mare, is one whose produce has never won. A maiden horse or mare, 

 is one that has never won. 



Rule XVII. Placing Horses. — Where a better undertakes to 

 place the horses in a race, he must give each a specific place, as 1st, 2d, 

 3d, and so on. The 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 XVIII. Bets and Placing. — Horses shall be placed in a 

 race, and bets decided as they are placed in the ofiicial record. 



ENOLISH LAWS OF RACING. 



FROM " nRITISH RURAL SPORTS," BY " STOXEHENGE." 



The following rules are applicable at Newmarket, and those courses 

 in which it is specially appointed and published that the Newmarket 

 rules shall apply. 



Rule I. The age of all horses is taken from the first of January. 



Rule II. In catch weights any person can ride without going to 

 scale. A feather weight is defined to be four stones, but the usual de- 

 claration must be made if the jockey intends to ride more than that 

 weight. 



Rule III. Horses are not entitled to start without producing a cer- 

 tificate of age, &c., if required, except where aged horses are included; 

 in which case the younger horse may run without such certificate, but 

 carrying the weight allotted to the aged horse. 



Rule IV. A maiden horse or mare is one that has never won. An 

 untried stallion or mare is one whose produce has never started in 

 public. 



