RULES OF THE PIONEER JOCKEF CLUB. 563 



KuLE XXIX. Outside Bets. — In all matches made play or pay, 

 outside bets not to be considered P. P. unless so understood by the • 

 parties. 



KuLE XXX. Betting — Absent Betters. — A confirmed bet cannot 

 be let off without mutual consent. If either party be absent at the time 

 of trotting or pacing, 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 by the absentee. 



Rule XXXI. Compromised Matches. — All bets made by outside 

 betters, on compromised matches, shall be by this Club considered 

 drawn. 



. Rule XXXII. Betters of Odds, &c. — The person who bets the 

 odds has aright to choose the horse or the field. When he has chosen 

 his horse, the field is what starts against him ; but there is no field 

 unless one starts with him. If odds are bet without naming the horses, 

 before the trot or pace is over, it must be determined as the odds were 

 at the time of making it. Bets made in trotting or pacing are not 

 determined till the purse is won, if the heat is not specified at the time 

 of betting. 



Rule XXXIII. Horses Excluded from Starting, or Distanced. 

 — All bets made on horses precluded from starting, by Rule XIIL, 

 being distanced in the race, or on such horses against each other, shall 

 be drawn. 



Role XXXIV. In Cases of Dispute or Improper Conduct. — In 

 all cases of dispute, not provided for by the Rules, the Judges for the 

 day will decide finally. In case of a trot or match being proved to 

 their satisfaction to have been made or conducted improperly or dis- 

 honestly, on the part of the principals, they shall have the power to 

 declare all bets void. 



Rule XXXV. Size of "Whips to be Used. — No rider or driver 

 shall be allowed any other than a reasonable length of whip, viz.; for 

 saddle-horses, two feet ten inches ; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, 

 five feet ten inches. 



Rule XXXVI. In case of Accidents. — In case of accident but five 

 minutes shall be allowed over the time specified in the Rule V., unless 

 the Judges think more time necessary. 



Rule XXXVII. When bets are Void. — In case of the decease of 

 either party before the bets are determined, all engagements are void. 



Rule XXXVIII. Qualifications for Admission to the Quarteb 

 Stretch. — No person shall be admitted to the Quarter Stretch other 

 than a member of the Club, or invited guests wearing the Strangers' 



