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operation of this section is suspended during thirty days in 

 each year on the grounds of the said association, and all like 

 associations, and the day of the race on which the alleged 

 offense is jDredicated was one of those days. 



Law. Compendium of the laws and statutes of the dif- 

 ferent States in regard to racing, trotting, ringing, disguising, 

 welching, betting, book-making, pool-selling, fraudulent entries 

 and change of name of horses : 



Alabama: Race tracks must be licensed; towns and cities 

 of less than five thousand inhabitants pay $100 annually; 

 those of over that number <$200. 



Arkansas: A race course is prohibited within three miles 

 of any institution of learning, under a fine of not less than |50, 

 nor more than $1,000. 



Connecticut: For entering any horse, mare, gelding, colt 

 or filly for any prize, stake, purse, premium or sweepstake 

 under an assumed or false name, or out of its proper class ; or 

 for misrepresenting the previous performance of a horse when 

 he is entered, is punishable by a fine not to exceed $1,000, or 

 imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both. Bets on 

 horse racing are void. Pool-selling or book-making on any 

 race is punishable by a fine of $500, or imprisonment not 

 more than one year, or both. Horse racing within two miles 

 of any public assembly or religious meeting in a field, is pun- 

 ishable by a fine of from $8 to $50, or imprisonment for thirty 

 days. 



Delaware: Stallions kept for service must be licensed; 

 betting on a horse race is punishable by a fine of $30. 



Florida : Associations for the purpose of driving, racing, 

 or otherwise improving the speed and breed of horses, duly 

 incorporated, or which shall be incorporated in the future, are 

 allowed the privilege of selling pools, except between the first 

 day of ISTovember and the first day of May of each year ; and 

 all pool-selling shall be confined to the track, and on days only 

 on which the races take place. All associations shall pay to 

 the State three per cent, on the gross receipts for admissions to 

 the tracks or grounds. Racing within one mile of a camp- 

 meeting is punishable by a fine of $20. 



Georgia : Entering a horse in a race under a false name, 

 or out of his proper class or division, is punishable by a fine 

 not to exceed $1,000 ; imprisonment not to exceed six months, 

 or to work in the chain-gang on the public works not to 

 exceed twelve months. 



Idaho : To mark or brand any horse, mare, colt, jack or 

 other animal not belonging to the person so marking it; to 



