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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIER? 
in any meeting, and the parties agree to change the day, 
all bets must stand; but if run in a different meeting, the 
bets made before the alteration are void. 
The person who lays the odds has a right to choose the 
horse or the field. 
When a person has chosen his horse, the field is what 
starts against him ; but there is no field unless one starts 
against him. 
Bets made in pounds are paid in guineas.—If odds are 
laid without naming the horse before it is run, it must be 
determined as the bets were 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 betting. 
Where a plate is won by two heats, the preference of 
the horses is determined by the places they are in in the 
second heat. 
Horses running on the wrong side of the post, and not 
turning back, are distanced. 
Horses drawn before the plate is won are distanced. 
Horses are distanced if their riders cross or jostle. 
A bet made after the heat is over, if the horse betted on 
does not start, is considered no bet. 
When three horses have each won a heat, they only must 
start for a fourth, and the preference between them will 
be determined by it, there being no difference between 
them. 
During a fourth heat, there is no distance. Bets deter- 
mined, though the horses do not start, when the words 
‘ Absolutely/' “ Bun or Pay," or “ Pay or Play," are made 
use of in betting. 
Example. —I bet, that the horse Godolphin “ absolutely" 
wins the Queen's Plate at Newmarket. 
Next meeting, I lose the bet although he does not start, 
and win although he goes over the course alone. 
