RECOGNISED LAWS OF RACING. 
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The horse whose head is first at the ending-post wins the 
race. 
Riders must ride their horses to the weighing-post to be 
weighed, and he that dismounts his horse before reaching 
the weighing-place, or wants weight when weighed, is con¬ 
sidered distanced. 
If a rider fall from his horse, and the horse be rode in hy 
any person who is of sufficient weight, he will take place the 
same as if it had not happened, provided he go back to the 
place where the rider fell. 
Horses plates, or shoes not allowed in the weight. 
No person is entitled to start a horse without producing a 
certificate of his age, if required, at the time appointed in 
the Articles, except when aged horses are included, and in 
that case a junior horse may be entered without a certifi¬ 
cate, provided he carry the same weight as the aged. 
For the best of the plate, where three heats are run, the 
horse is second that wins one. 
For the best of the heats, the horse is second that beats 
the others twice out of three times, though he does not win 
a heat. 
A confirmed bet cannot be departed from without mu¬ 
tual consent. 
Either of the betters may demand stakes to be made, and 
on refusal declare the bet void. 
If a party be absent on the day and time fixed for run¬ 
ning, 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. If no person comes forward, the bet 
may be declared void. 
Bets agreed to pay or receive in town, or at any other 
particular place, cannot be declared off on the course. 
At Newmarket, if a match he made for a particular day 
