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or pace immediately, and in ease of the rider or driver refusing to do 

 so, the penalty shall be, that the next best horse shall have the heat ; if 

 the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain 

 by such break, twice the distance so gained shall be taken away on 

 the coming out ; a horse breaking on the score shall not lose the lieat 

 by so doing. 



Art. XVI. The Winning Horse. — A horse must win two heats to 

 be entitled to the purse, unless he distance all other horses in one heat. 

 A distanced horse in a dead heat shall not start again. 



Art. XVII. Relative to Heats. — A horse not wiuuing one heat in 

 three shall not start for a fourth heat, unless such horse shall have made 

 a dead heat. When a dead heat is made between two horses, that if 

 either had won the heat the race would have been decided, they two 

 only shall start again ; in races best three in five, a horse shall win one 

 heat in five, to be allowed to start for the sixth heat, unless such horse 

 shall have made a dead heat ; such horses as are prevented from start- 

 ing by this rule, shall be considered drawn and not distanced. 



Art. XVIII. On Heats and Distances. — If two horses each win 

 a heat and neither are distanced in the race, the one coming out afiead 

 on the last heat to be considered the best. The same rule to be applied 

 to horses neither winning a heat and neither distanced. If one horse 

 wins a heat, he is better than one that does not, providing he does not 

 get distanced in the race; then the other, if not distanced, shall be best. 

 A horse that wins a heat and is distanced, is better than one not winning 

 a heat and being distanced in the same heat. A horse distanced in the 

 second heat is better than one distanced in the first heat. 



Art. XIX. Horses Drawn. — Horses drawn before the conclusion 

 of a race shall be considered distanced. 



Art. XX. Outside Bets. — In all matches made play or pay, out- 

 side bets not to be considered P. P. unless so understood by the parties. 



Art. XXI. Of P. P. Matches. — All moneys bet on P. P. matches 

 by outside betters, are not considered P. P. 



Art. XXII. Betting. Absent Bettors. — A confirmed bet cannot 

 be let ofi" without mutual consent. If either party be absent at the 

 time of trotting, and the money be not staked, the party present may 

 declare the bet void, in the presence of the Judges, unless some party 

 will stake the money betted for the absentee. 



Art. XXIII. Compromised Matches. — All bets made by outside 

 betters, on compromised matches, ai-e considered drawn. 



Art. XXIV. Betters of Odds, &c. — The person who bets the- 

 odds, has a right to choose the horse, or the field. When he has chosen 



