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5tli. A horse named for an engagement hona 

 fide the property of officers or of members of a 

 particular chib, Avhich on investigation turns out 

 to belong to a stranger. In these cases, if the 

 objection be not made until after the race, the 

 bets go to the horses which come in first, if they 

 are not otherwise disqualified by the 'Laws of 

 Racing/ and if no especial fraud has been perpe- 

 trated in obtaining permission to start, but the 

 stakes or plate go to the second horse. 



The object of this Rule is transparent. It is 

 presumed that the owners or trainers of the horses 

 engaged ought to have known that No. 1 was not 

 a maiden, that No. 2 had won 100/., wdiich was 

 registered in the ' Racing Calendar,' that No. 3 

 was named in the Newmarket Stakes, that No. 4 

 was registered a defaulter, and that No. 5 w^as 

 entered under suspicious circumstances. Then of 

 course the proper time to complain was before the 

 race, when these horses would not have been 

 allowed to start, instead of waiting with a nest 

 egg to ascertain the result of the race, which if 

 favourable to the possessor of the secret would 

 not be mentioned, but reserved for a future 

 occasion. The authorities will not countenance 

 this cunning and duplicity. 



Rule 3. — All double bets must be considered 



