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so ordered by the Judges. If so ofFending, he or they shall be 

 distanced. 



Rule XXTI. 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. 



Rule XXIII. Horses Breaking. — Should any horse break from his 

 trot or pace, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his horse 

 to a trot or pace immediately ; and in case of the rider or driver refus- 

 ing 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 heat by so doing. 



Rule XXIV. The Winning Horse. — A horse must win two heats to 

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

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



Rule XXV. Relative to Heats. — A horse not winning 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. 



Rule XXVI. Heats and Distances. — If two horses win a heat 

 each, and neither are distanced in the race, the one coming out ahead on 

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

 horses neither winning a heat nor being distanced. If one horse wins a 

 heat, he is better than one that does not, providing he does not get 

 distanced in the race; but if he should be, 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. 



Rule XXVII. Matches against Time. — In matclies made against 

 time, the parties making the match shall be entitled to tliree trials — 

 unless expressly stipulated to the contrary — which trials shall be had on 

 the same day. It is also understood that a " tcazer " may be used, 

 unless otherwise agreed upon by parties making the match. 



Rule XXVIII. Horses Drawn. — Horses drawn before the conclu- 

 sion of a race, shall be considered distanced. 



