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upon a promised division of the purse, shall be permitted or allowed, 

 and no persom shall run their nags in oonjunction, that is, with a 

 determination to oppose, jointly, any other horse or horses which 

 may run against them. In either case, upon satisfactory evidence 

 produced before the Judges, the purse shall be awarded to the next 

 best horse, mare, or gelding ; and the persons so offending, shall 

 never again be permitted to start a horse on this course. 



I9th. No two riders from the same stable shall be allowed to ride 

 in the same race ; nor shall two horses, trained in the same stable, 

 be allowed to start in the same race. 



20th. Riders shall not be permitted to ride in a race unless dressed 

 in the jockey style. 



21sf. Riders, after the heat is ended, must repair to the Judges' 

 stand, not dismount until ordered by the Judges, and then carry 

 their saddles themselves to the scales, there to be weighed. 



22(Z. The Rider who has won a heat shall be entitled to the track, 

 and the foremost entitled to any part of the track, he leaving a suf- 

 ficient space for a horse to pass him on the outside, but shall not, 

 when locked by another horse, leave the track he maybe running 

 in to press him to the outside, doing which will be deemed foul 

 riding. A Rider may take the track on the inside, but he must do 

 it at his own peril, as, should he be posted in making the attempt, it 

 will not be considered as foul. Should any rider cross, jostle, strike 

 an adversary or his horse, or run on his heels intentionally, or do 

 any thing else that may impede the progress of his adversary, he 

 will be deemed distanced, though he come out ahead, and the purse 

 given to the next best nag : and any rider offending against this 

 Rule, shall never be permitted to ride over or attend any horse on the 

 course again. 



236?. If any nag shall run on the inside of an}^ pole, they will be 

 deemed . distanced, although they may come out first, and the purse 

 awarded to the next best nag. 



24:th. The distance stand shall be sixty yards from the Judges' 

 stand for mile heats, and sixty additional yards for every mile in a 

 heat, unless it be the best three in five, and then ninety yards to 

 a mile. 



25th. The time between heats shall be 20 minutes for mile heats, 

 30 minutes for two mile heats, 40 minutes for three mile heats, 

 and 45 minutes for four mile heats. Some signal shall be sounded 

 from the Judges' stand five minutes before the period of starting, 

 after the lapse of which time, the Judges shall give the word to 

 such riders as are ready — but should any horse be restive in sad- 

 dling, the Judged may delay the word a short interval, at their 

 own discretion. 



26th. A horse that does not win a heat out of three, shall viot be 

 entitled to start for a fourth, although he may save his distance. A 

 drawn horse shall not be considered as distanced. 

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