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shall be one hundred yards ; for one-mile heats, eighty yards ; and for 

 every additional mile, an additional eighty yards. 



Art. VII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall 

 be, for one mile^twenty minutes ; and for every additional mile, an ad- 

 ditional five minutes. 



Art. VIII. Power of Judges. — There shall be chosen, by the pro- 

 prietor of the Course, or Stewards, three Judges to preside over a race 

 for a purse, and by them an additional Judge shall be appointed for the 

 distance stand ; they may, also, during or previous to a race, appoint 

 Inspectors at any part of the Course, whose reports, and theirs alone, 

 shall be received of any foul riding or driving. 



Art. IX. Difference of Opinion between Judges. — Should a dif- 

 ference of opinion exist between the Judges in the starting stand on 

 any question, a majority shall govern. 



Art. X. Judges' Duties. — The Judges shall order the horses sad- 

 dled or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for start- 

 ing; any rider or driver causing undue detention after being called up, 

 by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word to 

 start without reference to the situation of the horse so offending, unless 

 convinced such delay is unavoidable on the part of the rider or driver, 

 ill which case not more than thirty minutes shall be consumed in at- 

 tempting to start, and at the expiration of that time, the horse or 

 horses ready to start shall receive the word. 



Art. XI. Starting of Horses. — The pole shall be drawn for by the 

 Judges; the horse winning a heat shall, for the succeeding heats, be 

 entitled to a choice- of the track ; on coming out on the last stretch, 

 each horse shall retain the track first selected; any horse deviating 

 shall be distanced. 



Art. XII. Eiders or Drivers. — Riders and drivers shall not be 

 permitted to start unless dressed in jockey style. 



Art. XIII. Weights of Riders and Drivers. — Riders and drivers 

 shall weigh in the presence of one or more of the Judges previous to 

 starting; and after a heat, are to come up to the starting stand, and not 

 dismount until so ordered by the Judges; any rider or driver disobey- 

 ing, shall, on weighing, be precluded from the benefit of the weight of 

 his saddle and whip, and if not full weight shall be distanced. 



Art. XIV. Penalty for Foul Riding or Driving. — A rider or 

 driver committing any act which the Judges may deem foul riding or 

 driving, shall be distanced. 



Art. XV. Horses Breaking. — Should any horse break from his 

 foot or pace it shall be the duty of the rider to pull his horse to a trot 



