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Half Forfeit. As a definition of the half forfeit system 

 in running races take the following example : A sweepstake 

 for three-year olds, $50 each, half forfeit; $1000 added, of 

 which $200 to second, $100 to third, etc. In such a race each 

 horse that started would pay $50, and each horse that sub- 

 scribed to the stake and failed to start would owe $25, (half 

 forfeit) ; or in other words would owe a sum equal to half of 

 the starting fee. At the East if not paid, the owner of the 

 horse and the horse against which the forfeit existed would be 

 put in the forfeit list, and the owner's entries and the horse's 

 entry, if sold, would not be accepted to future races until the 

 forfeit was paid. In the West an order would be issued 

 against the owner and horse, and if the forfeit were lodged the 

 owner could not start a horse nor could the horse start, until 

 payment was made. As a rule, all entrance money and forfeits 

 go to the winner. Thus, there is this difference to the forfeit 

 systems East and AVest : In the East the clubs collect through 

 the forfeit list for the winner ; at the West orders are issued 

 to the winner and he does his own collecting by lodging 

 forfeits with the secretary when the horse or owner are start- 

 ing in races. At the South the clubs have entirely discarded 

 the forfeit system, and make the stakes entirely on the cash 

 entrance plan. 



Half-g'viarcls to a bit is a compromise between the snaf- 

 fle and the common bridoon with rings only. Instead of full 

 guards both above and below the rings to rest upon the cheek 

 and prevent the bit from being drawn through the mouth, 

 only that part or half of the guard below the ring or bar, is 

 retained. 



Half Mile Running. World's record to close of 1893 : 

 Geraldine, at Morris Park, West Chester, N. Y., August 30, 

 1889, 0:46. Heat race: Aged horses, Bogus, 113 lbs., at 

 Helena, Montana, August 28, 1888, 0:18 ; 0:48. Four-year-olds, 

 Eclipse Jr., Dallas, Texas, November 1, 1890, 0:48; 0:48; 0:48. 



Halters are made in considerable variety, being plain 

 neck of either leather or rope, and leather headstall with rope 

 tie. These are of many patterns ; plain, or with fancy trim- 

 mings in brass and nickel, in black or russet leather. Web 

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