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allow appeals to be taken in cases of suspension imposed by 

 the judges of a race or an officer acting for the member ; and 

 all decisions and rulings of the judges of any race, and of the 

 members and proprietors of the Association, may be appealed 

 to the Board of Review or Board of Appeals, and become sub- 

 ject to review upon the facts and questions involving the proper 

 application and interpretation of the rules of the Association. 



Appeals. Under the by-laws of the American Trotting 

 Association, appeals from the decision of the_ judges, members 

 or officers of members, lie to the Board of Review for that State, 

 unless the appellant shall in his notice of appeal signify his 

 desire for it to go to the Board of Appeals, in which case it shall 

 go direct to such Board ; or unless all parties reside west of the 

 continental divide, in which event the case shall go to the 

 Board of Review unless the parties otherwise agree. All 

 appeals must be taken within ten days from the date of the 

 decision appealed from, or if from a decision made at a meet- 

 ing of a member, must be taken before the close of the meeting. 

 Appeals must be filed with the secretary of the Association, 

 accompanied with a fee of $5, and also all written evidence in 

 the case, at least ten days prior to the meeting of the Board to 

 which the case goes. A fine of |100 is imposed provided all the 

 terms and rules pertaining to appeals are not complied with. 



Appeals, Board of. The Board of Appeals of the 

 National Trotting Association consists of fifteen members, three 

 from each of the official districts of the Association, viz.: East- 

 ern — comprising the New England States and foreign countries ; 

 Atlantic — com23rising the States of New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Delaware, Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland, and the District of 

 Columbia; Central — comprising the States of Ohio, Indiana, 

 West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and 

 all States south of the southern border of Virginia and Ken- 

 tucky ; Western — comprising the States of Illinois, Wisconsin, 

 Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, and Texas, and all the Western 

 States and Territories not included by name in other districts ; 

 Pacific — California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Montana, 

 Colorado, and Idaho. Upon this Board is " conferred the man- 

 agement, direction, and control of all the business and affairs 

 of the Association." It has "power to settle all disputes 

 between members, to hear all complaints, to determine with 

 whom its corporators shall do business, review and regulate the 

 manner of reviewing all decisions of the individual corporators, 

 or of the judges of a race on the track or course of any corpo- 

 rators, enforce the rules and by-laws and exercise all the power 

 of the Association." In the American Trotting Association 



