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Jockeys must ride their horses to the usual place for weighing the 

 riders, and he that dismounts before, or wants weight, is distanced ; vm- 

 less he be disabled by an accident, which should render him incapable 

 of riding back, in which case lie may be led or carried to the scale. 



Hoi'ses running on the wrong side of a post, and not turning back, 

 are distanced. 



Horses drawn before the plate is won, are distanced. 



Horses are distanced if they cross or jostle. 



All complaints of foul riding must be made before, or at the time the 

 Jockey is weighed. 



No distance in a fourth heat. 



A confirmed bet cannot be off but by mutual consent, except in the 

 cases hereinafter mentioned. 



Either of the bettors roay demand stakes to be made, and on refusal 

 declare the debt to be void. 



If a bettor be absent on the day of running, a public declaration of the 

 bet may be made on the Course, and a demand whether any person will 

 make stakes for the absent party, and if no person consent to do so, the 

 bet may be declared void. 



Bets agreed to be paid or received elsewhere than at the place of run- 

 ning, or any other specified place, cannot be declared off on the Course. 



If a match of Sweepstakes be made for any specified day in any week, 

 and the parties agree to change the day to any other in the same week, all 

 bets must stand; but if the parties agree to run the race inadifierent 

 week, all bets made before the alteration shall be void. 



The person who lays the odds has a right to choose a horse or the field ; 

 when a person has chosen a horse, the field is what starts against him ; but 

 there is no field without one horse starts against him. 



If odds are laid without mentioning the horse before the race is 

 over, the bet must be determined by the state of the odds at the 

 time of making it. 



Bets made in running are not determined till the plate is won, if 

 that heat be not mentioned at the time of running. 



A bet made after the heat is over, if the horse betted on does not 

 start, is void. 



Bets determined, though the horse does not start, when the words 

 " play or pay," are made use of in betting. Bets made on horses win- 

 ning any number of races within the year shall be understood, however 

 the expression may be varied, as meaning the year of our Lord. 



Matches and bets are void on the decease of either party, before 

 the match or bet is determined. 



