RULES OF THE PIONEER JOCKEY CLUB. 559 



distance Judges, and shall have power to appoint all officers of the day, 

 from among the members of the Club, to fill the places of absentees. In 

 the absence of the President, the first Vice President shall preside, and 

 in his absence, the second, third or fourth Vice President, as the occa- 

 sion may require. The Judges shall keep their stand clear of any in- 

 trusion during the pendency of a heat ; also, instruct the riders or drivers 

 before starting, and proclaim from the stand the time and result of each 

 heat, and the result of the race. They shall decide all disputes, and 

 from their decision there shall be no appeal. 



Rule III. Secretary.— The Secretary shall attend the Judges on 

 each day's race; keep a set of books, in which he shall record the names 

 of members, the rules of the Club, the proceedings of each meeting, and 

 the entries of horses for each day's race. He shall keep an account of 

 each day's race, and report the result in one newspaper in the city of 

 San Francisco. Assisted by one Vice President, he shall see that the 

 riders or drivers are weighed before starting in the race, and after each 

 heat. It shall also be his duty to see that the horses start with appro- 

 priate weights. 



On the admission of each new member, the Secretary shall forthwith 

 notify the same to him in writing, furnish him at the same time with a 

 copy of the rules of the Club, and request him to remit or pay the Treas- 

 urer the amount of his entrance fee and monthly assessment. Any 

 member may propose an applicant for membership. The voting a mem- 

 bership shall be done by ballot, — five negatives to exclude a nominee. 

 An applicant proposed at a meeting of the Club shall be balloted for at 

 the next monthly meeting. 



Rule IV. Treasurer. — The Treasurer, or his authorized assistant, 

 shall collect all subscriptions due to the club. In all cases where money 

 is to be paid from the funds of the Club, the President and two Vice 

 Presidents shall audit the bills ; after which, on presentation, they shall 

 be paid by the Treasurer. He shall take proper vouchers therefor, to 

 be preserved on file by the Secretary, and by him laid before the mem- 

 bers of the Club at their next regular meeting. 



Rule V. Judges' Duty. — The Judges shall order the horses saddled 

 or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for starting. 

 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 ofi"ending, unless con- 

 vinced such delay is unavoidable on the part of the rider or driver ; in 

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

 ing to start ; at the expiration of that time, the horse or horses shall 

 receive the word. 



