30 Horse Bacing, 



CHAPTER V. 



ON THE RULES OF BETTING. 



Rule 1. — In all bets there must be a possibility 

 to win when the bet is made. 



Remark. — If money be betted P.P. against 

 horses dead or legally struck ont at the time the 

 bet was laid, it would be void ; but not so if the 

 horse was dying, or if laid before the declaration 

 was made ; or if by any possibility at the time the 

 bet was made the horse could start, it would hold 

 good. With respect to bets on facts, if A., after 

 measuring the height of a room, backs his opinion 

 against B., who has never ascertained it, and is 

 ignorant that A. has taken this advantage, the bet 

 would be void ; equally so if A., after consulting 

 a dictionary, betted on the spelling of a word, the 

 wager would not hold good, because these are 

 attempts to commit robberies. 



Rule 2. — The interests of the bets are insepa- 

 rable with the interests of the stakes, except when 

 the winning horse is disqualified, owing to a de- 



