36 ' Horse Racing. 



are so inclined ; but the present members are infi- 

 nitely wiser than the preceding generation, tliey 

 repudiate and ignore betting altogether, and thereby 

 escape the trouble and responsibility of adjudging 

 unpleasant disputes, which fall to the lot of a few 

 men who will work for the public. 



There are three modes of betting on single 

 events — Play or Pay, with a forfeit attached, and 

 not P. P. : a P. P. bet, in the event of a compromise, 

 pays and receives in that proportion. 



Betting with a forfeit, you may declare to pay. 

 according to Eule 12 ; having declared forfeit, you 

 receive nothing in the event of the horse you 

 backed winning the race, but you save your forfeit ; 

 in betting on double events, the horse which 

 receives forfeit, or a compromise, on the stakes or 

 match is the winner — " All bets on a match which 

 terminates in a dead heat are void, and if the 

 match be run over again instanter, it is considered 

 a fresh engagement. 



If two or more horses run a dead heat in a 

 sweepstakes or plate, and the owners agree to com- 

 promise, the bets would be put together and 

 divided in the same proportion as the principals 

 share the prize. There was an old rule wliicli is 

 now acted upon — " All forfeits or money paid on 

 compromising a match or sweepstakes shall hond 



