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is void. Bets between liorses that run a dead heat for a match are 

 void. 



Rule XII. Bets cannot be transferred without the consent of both 

 parties to it. 



Rule XIII. Money given to have a bet laid is not to be returned, 

 though the race be not run. 



Rule XIV. Bets between horses are void if neither of them should 

 win. 



Rule XY. A defaulter for bets may, within two years from the 

 date of his defalcation, after having settled with his creditors, demand 

 the sums due to him, but after the expiration of that term loses all 

 claim on the person indebted to him. 



RULES OF THE UNION COURSE, LONG ISLAND. 



Article I. Nature of Rules. — All matches or sweepstakes which 

 shall come off over this Course, will be governed by these rules, unless 

 the contrary is mutually agreed upon by the parties making such match 

 or stake. 



Art. II. Power of Postponement. — In case of unfavorable weather, 

 or other unavoidable causes, all purses, matches, or sweepstakes, an- 

 nounced to come off, to which the proprietors contribute, they shall 

 have the power to postpone to a future day upon giving notice of the 

 same. 



Art. III. Qualification of Horses Starting. — Horses trained in 

 the same stable, or owned in part by the same person, within three days, 

 shall not start for a purse ; and horses so entered shall forfeit their en- 

 trance. A horse starting alone shall receive but one-half the purse. 

 Horses deemed by the Judges not fair trotting horses, shall be ruled 

 off previous to, or distanced at the termination of the heat. 



Art. IV. Entries. — All entries shall be made under a seal, enclos- 

 ing the entrance money (ten per cent, on the purse), and addressed to 

 the proprietor, at such time and place as may have been previously de- 

 signated by advertisement. 



Art. V. Weight to be Carried. — Every trotting horse starting for 

 match, purse or stake, shall carry one hundred and forty-five pounds, if 

 in harness ; the weight of the sulky and harness not to be considered. 

 Pacing horses liable to the same rule. 



Art, VI. Distances. — A distance for mile heats, best three in five 



