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RULES OF THE |) await Comitg ^gritiiltttntl Sfltietjj, TO GOVERIT ALL TRIALS OF SPEED OF THOROUGHBREDS OVER THEIR GROUNDS, AT PATERSON, N. J. « Rule I. Judges. — The Presiding Judge shall decide which horse wins a heat; but, should he be unable to decide, he shall call for the opinions of his assistants, and the majority shall govern. The Judges shall keep their stand clear of any intrusion during the pendency of any l^eat; see that the riders are dressed in jockey style; instruct the riders before starting, and proclaim from their stand the time and result of each heat, and the result of the race. They shall decide all disputes, and from their decision there shall be no appeal; they shall receive no evidence of foul riding, except from the officers of the day. They shall have entire control and authority over the horses about to start, the jockeys and all assist- ants of the horses ; and any such persons refusing to obey their orders shall be fined or ruled off tfie Course at the discretion of the Judges; if the person fined does not pay the same within twelve hours from its imposition, he shall be ruled off the Course. They shall have the power, in cases of urgent necessity, of postponing the races. II. Clerk op the Course. — The Clerk of the Course, or his De- puty, shall attend the Judges on each day's race; keep a book, in which he shall record the entries of horses for each day's race, and of the colors claimed. He shall keep an account of each day's race, and the Secretary shall publish the result in at least one news- paper published in New York. He shall see that the riders are weighed before starting in the race, and after each heat. It shall also be his duty to see that the horses start with and bring in their appropriate weights. 6 RULES AND REGULATIONS OP RACING AND BETTINO. ITI. Patrol Jupges. — It shall bo at the discretion of the Pre- siding Judge to appoint Patrol Judges; and it shall be tlieir dut}', preceding each heat, to repair to the places designated by the Pre- siding Judge to see there is no foul riding ; and, after the heat, immediately to return to the stand and make their report; before vhich report the heat shall not be decided. IV. Distance Judges. — During heats the Distance Judges shall remain in the distance stand. At the termination of each heat they shall repair to the Judges' stand and report the horse or horses that may be distanced, and any foul riding they may de- tect. Y. Timers. — The Presiding Judge shall appoint one or more gentlemen to act as Timers, who will occupy a separate stand, and repoi't to the Judges the time of each heat run, which shall be the ofRcial time to be recorded. VI. Riders. — Two riders from the same stable will not be permitted to ride in the same race, except by consent of the Judges; nor shall two horses from the same stable be allowed to run in the same race, except in a single heat race. VII. Duty of Riders. — Riders, after a heat is ended, shall re- pair to the Judges' stand ; they must not dismount until ordered by the Judges, nor suffer any person to touch or put cover upon their horses until ordered by the Judges to dismount, on pain of being distanced ; and then, with their saddles, shall repair to the scales to be weighed. A ridei* thrown, or taken by force from his horse, after passing ihe winning-post, shall not be considered as having dismounted without permission of the Judges ; and, if dis- abled, may be carried to the Judges' stand to be weighed. VIII. Rider Falling. — If a jockey fall from his horse while riding a heat, and another person of sufficient weight ride him in, be shall be considered as though the jockey had not fallen — pro- vided he return to the spot where the jockey fell. IX. Colors. — All riders shall be dressed in jockey costume ; the cap and jacket to be of silk, satin, or velvet; the breeches of white cords, corduroy, or drilling, with white-topped -^boots. Gentlemen who first record their colors with the Secretary shall be entitled PASSAIC COUNTT A.GRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 7 to them, and no one else shall be permitted to ride in them. Gen- tlemen having recorded their colors shall continue to ride in them until the record be altered witli the Secretary. Jockeys shall not ride iu colors not aunouuood ia bills of the day. The Secretary shall post ou the Judges' stand all the colors that have been re- corded. X. "Weights. — The following weights shall be carried, viz., two- year-olds, seventy -five pounds ; three-year-olds, ninety pounds ; four-year-olds, one hundred and four pounds; five-year-olds, one hundred and fourteen pounds ; six-year-olds, one hundred and twenty pounds; seven-year-olds and upwards, one hundred and twenty-four pounds ; three pounds allowed to mares and geldings. If any horse carry five pounds over his proper weight it shall bo the duty of the Judges to announce it from the stand previous to the race. No horse shall be allowed to start in any race carrying more than five pounds over weight. In making weight nothing shall be weighed from which a liquid can be wrung, and nothing shall be weighed off that was not weighed on. In all races exclusively for tbree-year-olds, the weights shall be one hundred pounds, and in all races exclusively for two-year-olds, the weights shall be ninety pounds; In all cases three pounds to bo allowed to fillies and geldings. XI. Of Age, — A horse's age shall be reckoned from the first day of January; that is to say, a colt foaled in the year 1863 shall be considered one year old on the first day of January, 1864. XII. Places ofHorses. — The horse to which the track is allotted shall take his place on the inner or left-hand side of the Course ; the others shall take their places on his right, according to allot- ment. The winner of a heat shall, at the next start, have the track ; the others shall take their positious on his right, in the or- der in which they came out iu the previous heat. XIII. Of Starting. — The horses shall be started by the tap of the drum, after which there shall be no recall. The horses shall be summoned for each heat by the bugle-call, or by the bell on the Judges' stand. In races where the horses do not start from the Judges' stand, the horses shall h% started by flag ; and any jockey or assistant who refuses to obey the orders of the starter shall, for the first of- 8 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF RACING AND BETTTNff, fence, be subject to a fine of ten dollars ; for the second offence> fifty dollars ; and foi' the third offence sliall be suspended, or ruled off the Course, at the discretion of the Judges, Any person who is fined, and does not pay the same within twelve hours from its imposirion, shall be ruled off the Course. XIV. False Starts. — When a false start is made, no horse making the false start, nor any horse remaining at the stand or starting place, shall have clothes thrown upon him, nor shall the rider be permitted to dismount, nor shall any delay be permitted ; but the horses shall be started as soon as brought to the score. Horses making a false start shall return to the stand or starting place by the nearest way. Any infringement of this rule shall be punished by not allowing the party or parties violating it to start in the race. XV. Op Aids. — No person shall be permitted to strike a horse with a whip over three feet in length to get him from the stand in the start, or to assist his speed in the running of a race ; nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the rider, tinder the penalty of expulsion from the Course. XVI. Accidents. — If an accident happens to a horse or rider at a start, the Judges may grant as much delay as there is time al- lowed between the heats in the race in which the horses are about to contend ; if the race is to be a single-heat race, the delay grant- ed shall be discretionary with the Judges. XVII. Bolting. — If any horse shall run from the track into the field, he will be declared distanced, although he may come out ahead, unless he turn and again enter the Course at the point from which he swerved, or unless the Judges believe he lost ground by s werving. XVIII. Foul Riding and Right to the Track. — If a horse or rider shall cross, jostle, or strike another horse or rider, or do any- thing that impedes another horse, accidentally or not, it is foul riding, and the horse that impedes the other shall be adjudged distanced ; and if the Judges are satisfied that the riding was in- tentionally foul, or that the rider .was instructed so to ride, the party or parties so offending shall not be allowed to ride, enter, or attend a horse over this Course in any race. Although a lead- PASSAIC COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 9 ing horse is entitled to any part of the track, if he crosses from the right to the left, or from the inner to the outer side of the track, when a horse is so near him that in changing his position he compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if he causes the rider to pull hiai out of his stride, it is foul riding; and if, in passing a leading horse, the track is taken so soon after getting the lead as to cause the horse passed to shorten his stride, it is foul riding; and in single heat races, every horse belonging to the same owner, or in which he may have a share, running in the same race, will be disqualified from winning. All complaints of foul riding must be made before the horses start in another heat; and if it happens in the last heat, then before the Judges leave the stand. XIX. Collusion. — No compromise or agreement between two or more persons not to oppose each other, or to run jointly against any other person or persons, will be permitted. Upon satisfactory proof of the same being produced before the Judges, they shall de- clare the horses of such persons distanced, and the parties so of- fending shall be ruled off the Course. XX. Of Frauds. — Every horse started shall run a bojia-fids race. If any fraud be discovered, and the premium, stakes, or match money have been paid, the same shall be restored on demand of the Judges, and by them paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If the money be not restored by the illegal holder he shall be prohibited from ever running a horse over the Course again. XXI. Winner op a Race ; Dead Heats ; Ruling Out. — In the race best two in three, a horse that wins two heats, or distiinces the field in one heat, wins the race. In the race best three in five, the horse that wins three heats, or distances the field, wins the race. The horse that first gets his head to the winning post shall be considered the winner of the heat. In heats best two in three, a horse not winning one heat in three shall be ruled out; and in heats best three in five, a horse not winning one heat in five shall be ruled out. A dead heat shall be considered a heat, except with the horses that make it. When a dead heat is made, and the winning of the heat by any of the horses making the dead heat would have terminated the race, then the horses making the dead heat only shall be allowed 1* 10 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF RACING AND BETTINa. to start for another heat, and the others in the race shall be ruled out. When the owners of the horses making a dead he.it agree to di- vide, both horses njaking the dead heat shall be liable to carry extra weight as winners. XXII. Distanced Houses and Distances. — All horses, whose he ids have not readied the distance stand as soon as the leading horse arrives at the winning post, shall be declared distanced. All horses not bringing out their proper weight, or within two pounds of it, shall be declared distanced. If any jockey shall ride foul, his horse shall be declared distanced. V/henever the winner of a heat is distanced by any defiiult in riding, Aveight, or otherwise, the heat shall be awarded to the next best horse. In heats of one mile, fifty yards shall be a distance ; in heats of two miles, sixty yards shall be a distance; in heats of three miles, eighty yards .shall be a distance; iu heats of four miles, one hundred yards shall be a distance ; in heats of one mile, best three la five, fifty yards shall be a distance. XXIII. Time between Heats — The time between heats shall be twenty minutes for mile heats ; thirty minutes for two-mile heats; thirty-five minutes for three-mile heats; forty-five minutes for four-mile heats ; and twenty-five minutes for mile heats, best three in five. Thirty minutes allowed between races. ■(. XXIV. Entries. — All entries of horses to run for a premium shall be made under cover, scale d and deposited with the Secre- tary in a box (kept for that purpose by him) before four o'clock p. M. of the day previous to the race, unless the race of the day be not finished, and in such case thirty minutes after the close of the race. Every entry shall describe the age, name, color, sex, sire, and dam of the horse, with the owner's name and colors. Any horse! having run under a name, if said name be changed, the entry shall state the fact the first time of entering after said change, and if sire or dam bear a name, said name must be stated. No entry shall be received after the time specified; and the box shall not be opened unless in the presence of two members of the Executive Committee. The place of horses in starting to be determined by the order in which they are drawn from the box. XXV. Sweepstake Premiums and Matches — Death. — In sweep- PASSAIC COtTNTY AGRI&ULTURAl SOCIETY. 11 stake premiums or matches, stakes shall be put up or forfeits paid before the riders are weighed for the race, in the order in which the horses are to be placed in the start — the order of starting to be determined by lot. All sweepstake premiums and matches advertised by the Asso- ciation are to be under its conti-ol and governed by its rulcL ; and when a stake has been closed, no nomination .hall be cLinged without the consent of all parties to the stake. If an d tercd horse die, or a subscriber entering him die before the race, no for- feit shall be required. Horses not properly identified in naming or entering are disqual- ified from starting for any premium or sweepstake premium. Com- plaint must be made to the Judges before tlie race; they shall then investigate the case and decide upon it. XXVI. Ownership op Entered Horses. — "When any person en- ters a horse or subscribes under a fictitious name, or in the name of a person not fully identified at the time, he will be considered in all respects as the owner of the horse, and as the subscriber to the stake. The Secretary fihall have power to call upon a nomina- tor to produce testimony that the horse named is not the property, either wholly or m part, of any person whose name appears in the list of defaulters ; and if he fail to do so, the Secretary may cause the nomination to be erased. XXVII. Of Forfeits. — A person owing a forfeit in any stake or match run over, or agreed to be run over, any Course under the control of any recognized Association, subsequent to the adoption of these rules, shall not bo allowed to start a horse for any pre- mium or sweepstake premium; but no charge that such foifeit is due shall be heard, unless before starting. No horse, owned by a person prevented from starting one under these rules, shall be allowed to run, though said horse be entered in another name, or found in another stable. Whenever the Judges are informed that a person has entered, or caused a horse to be entered or named, in a race in violation of any of these rules, they shall immedialely make au examination of the evidence, so as to enable them to come to a correct decision upon the case. The Secretary shall keep a list of the names of all persons owing forfeits, and shall continue to publish them with the report of each race meeting, till they are paid, or the person ruled oflf. 12 RULES AND REGULATIONS OF RACINQ AND BETTING. XXVni. Disqualification as to Age. — Where there is a doubt about the age of a horse, the Judges may call ia the assistance of persons, in whose knowledge and honesty they have confidence, to aid them in deciding the question. When a clear case of disqual- ification is made out, the entrance-money is forfeited, and they shall not allow the horse to start in the race ; but if they have doubts, they may allow the horse to run ; and if he proves a win- ner, they shall retain the money, or premium^ and give the par- tics sixty days to procure testimony touching the case. If the disqualificaiion is made out, they shall pay the money to the own- er of the horse that was placed second in the race ; and if it is not made out, they shall pay the money to the owner of the horse that was placed best in the race. XXIX. Selling and Drawing. — Xo person shall be permitted to draw or sell his horse (if by the sale the horse be drawn) dur- ing the pendency of a race, except with the permission of the Judges, under the penalty of being ruled off the Course. XXX. IIoRSE Sold with His Engagements. — When a horse ia sold with his engorgements, the seller has not the power of striking the horse out; but, as the original subscriber remains liable for the forfeits, he may, if compelled to pay them, place them on the forfeit list, as due from the purchaser to himself, and both the pur- chaser and the horse remain under ihe same disabihties as if the purchaser had been the original subscriber. In all cases of pri- vate sale, the written acknowledgment of both parties that the horse was sold with the engagement, is necessary to entitle cither buyer or seller to the benefit of this rule. XXXI. For the Protection op Owners and Trainers. — No owner or trainer, who employs a rider, rubber, or helper from an- other stable, without a written discharge from his hist employer, or other satisfactory evidence of such discharge, shall be allowed to enter, start, turn, or manage any horse, mare, or gelding for any stake or premium to be run for on this Courso. The Secre- tary, on receiving a complaint in writing, from any owner or train- er claiming to be aggrieved by an infringement of this rule, may, in his discretion, notify the person so complained against, in writ- ing, of the matter of complaint, and stating his liabilities under this rule; and such person shall remain subject to the above pen- PASSAIC COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 13 alty until the Secretary shall be satisfied that he is no longer liable to the same, and shall notify him to that effect in writing. XXXII. For the Protection of Hired Riders, Rubbers, &c. — No owner or trainer who shall be in arrears to any hired rider, rubber, or helper for more than three months' wages sliall be al- lowed to' enter, start, turn, or manage any horse, mare, or geld- ing for any stake or premium to be run for on this course ; pro- vided, that the Secretary shall not receive any complaint of an in- fringement of this rule, except from the party aggrieved, person- ally, or by his affidavit duly attested before a magistrate ; and if the complaint is then substantiated by evidence satisfactory to the Secretary, he shall notify the person complained against, stating the case in point, and his liabilities under this rule ; an IIorse. — If any horse nominated in a stake die, or the person nominating him die before the race, no forfeit shall be required. XXXI. Joint Nominations. — Death. — In joint nominations, if one of the persons nominating die, tlie survivor shall be liable for the forfeit, and entitled to the benefit of the noraiuation. I ■WOODLAWN RACE-COURSE ASSOCIATTOX. 85 XXXII. No MORE THAN OnE HoRSE TO StART FROM THE SAME Stable. — Exception. — No two riders from the same stable shall be allowed to ride in the same race, except by special pennissioa of the Judges ; nor shall more than one horse from the same sta- ble be arllowed to start in the same race, unless it be in a single heat. Nor shall two or more horses, owned in whole or in part by tlie same person^, be allowed to start in the same race, unless it be in a single heat. XXXIII. Jockey's Dress. — Each member of the Association, before starting horses over this Course, shall be required to report to the Secretary the colors in which his jockey will ride; but no member shall adopt the same combination of colors previously se- lected and reported by another member. Persons not members of this Association making entries in stakes to be run over this Course, shall be required to report to the Secretary the evening before the race the colors in which their jockeys will ride. The declaration that the rider's dress will be "fancy" is not a proper designation of colors. Jockey's caps and jackets shall be made of silk, satin, merino, or velvet ; the pants of linen, cotton, or other appropriate material. For any violation of this rule, a penalty of ten dollars shall be assessed by the Judges, and the amount added to the purse or stake of the occasion. XXXIV. Ages. — A horse's age shall be reckoned from the first of January; that is to say, that a horse foaled in 1859 shall be reckoned one year old on the first day of January, 1860. XXXV. Weights and Weighing. — The following weights shall be carried : two year-olds, 80 pounds; threc-yeai--olds, 90 pounds; four-year-olds, 104 pounds; five-year-olds, 115 pounds; six-year-olds, 121 pounds ; aged, 124 pounds. There shall be allowed to mares, fillies, and gelduigs a deduction of three pounds from these weights. The Judges shall see that each rider has his proper weight before the start, and that he has within two pounds of it after each heat. Weights shall not be made by whetting the blanket placed on or under the saddle. At the close of each heat, every rider must re- pair with his horse to the Judges' stand and await their order to dismount, and no groom shall be permitted to clothe any horse until the rider shall have been dismounted by the Judges. The rider shall then repair to the scales to be weighed. For any viola- tion of this rule the horse involved shall be declared distanced. XXXVI. Placing. — The placing of the horses at starting shall 86 RtTLES AND REGlTLATrONS FOR RACING AND BETTINa, be determined as drawn from the entry-box, and in stakes they shall start in the order in which they ai-e nominated. XXXVII. Starting. — In every race run over this Course the mode of starting shall be as follows : The Judges of the day shall have the horses taken back a proper distance from the stand under the care of one of the Stewards ; from that point they shall, in the order of their placing, be led at a walk until the signal to start is given. The Judge may give the signal at any moment when the horses are approaching the stand, andi, should the signal not be given before reaching the stand, the horses shall again be taken back to the place whence they were led. Should any groom, while approaching the stand, fail or refuse to obey the orders of the Stewards, or intentionally let his horse go so that he shall break away, the owner of such horse shall, for every such offence, be fined five dollars, which shall go to the Treasury of the Association. Unruly and vicious horses may be assigned any position at the start which the Judges may deem necessary to secure the safety of the other horses and riders. The signal for starting shall be the tap of the drum, after which there shall be no recall. The steward shall report to the Judges any disobedience or misconduct of the persons starting the horses. XXXVIII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be twenty minutes for mile heats, thirty minutes for two-mile heats, forty minutes for three-mile heats, and forty-five minutes for four- mile heats, XXXIX. Foul Riding. — A horse tliat has won a heat shall be entitled to the track in starting for the next heat, other horses taking position in the order of their placing in the previous heat. The leading horse in any part of the race shall have the right to select his own ground, from which he shall not swerve to the right or left so as to impede any other horse. Should any rider cross, jostle, or strike another, or his horse, run on his horse's heels, or do anything else that may impede his adversary, he will be deemed distanced, and, if intentionally, the offending rider shall never be permitted again to ride over or attend a horse on this Course. XL. Of Aids. — No person other than the rider shall be per- mitted to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or otherwise, to assist a horse in getting a start or to increase his speed in running in any race, nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the rider, under penalty of exclusion from the Course for WOODLAWN RACK-COURSE ASSOCIATION. 87 cither offence ; and if such person be the owner, trainer, or rubber of such horse, or instigated to the act by either of said persons, such horse shall be declared distanced. But this rule shall uot be construed to forbid the starter of any horse i'rom striking him with an ordinary riding whip in order to get him off. XLI. Horses to Run a Fair Race. — Every horse started shall run a bona-fide race. If any horse shall run to lose, the owner, trainer, and rider shall forfeit all rights under the rules of this As- sociation, and no longer be allowed to hold any connection with it. No compromise or agreement between any two persons starting horses, or their agents, or grooms, not to oppose each other, upon a promised division, shall be permitted, and no persons shall run their horses with determination to oppose jointly any other horse in the race. In either case, upon satisfactory proof of such agree- ment, the Judges shall award the purse to the next best horse, and the person offending shall never be permitted again to start a horse over this Course. XLII. Winner. — A horse that wins two heats or distances the field in one wins the purse ; but one that does not win a heat in three shall not be allowed to start for a fourth. When thus pro- hibited from starting, however, he shall not be deemed distanced, and all bets on his being distanced shall be void. The race called "best three in five" is an exception to this rule, where the winner must win three heats, and all others are allowed to run five heats, if there be so many. Dead heats not to be counted against the horses making them. XLIII. Of the Beaten Horses. — He shall be declared the best that wins a heat. Of beaten horses that hare won each a heat, that one which is first in the last heat of the race shall he declared best in the race. Those not winning a heat shall be placed and bets decided accordingly as they come to the stand at the termi- nation of the race. If the winner of a heat is afterwards distanced, he is beaten by those that save their distance. A horse distanced in a second heat is better than one distanced in the first, and so on through the race. XLIV. Drawing. — No person shall be permitted to draw or sell his horse during the race, except by permission of the Judges, un- der the penalty of being excluded from the Club and not being al- 88 RULES AND REGULATIOKS FOR RACING AND BKTTING. lowed any participation in its racing hereafter. A drawn horse shall be considered distanced XLV, Distance. — There shall be two distance Judges appointed by the President, who shall repair to the Judges' stand afcer each heat and report the distanced horses and any foul riding, if any have been observed by thein. A horse whose head reaches the distance as soon as the winner reaches the winning-post shall not bo considered distanced. A horse who fails to bring in his proper weight, or is disqualified from winning by foul riding, is to be deemed distanced. The distance in a mile shall be GO yards. " two miles " 80 " . " three " " 100 " " four " " 120 " In match races there shall be a distance unless the contrary be expressly stipulated by the parties. XLVI. Doubtful Age, Ownership, etc. — On snggesiion of any doubts as to age, ownership, etc., of any horse entered for a race, it shall be the duty of the Judges to inquire into the facts, and, if satisfied that any rule of the Association is about to be violated, to exclude such horse from the race; and if the horse is permitted to run from a doubt not being sustained, and any doubt remaining on the minds of the Judges, the purse, if won by snch horse, shall be withheld until the doubt is confirmed or done away with. On being eventually sustained, the purse shall be awarded and paid to the next best horse in the race. XLVII. If ant Fraud shall be Discovered, by which the win- ner shall have been improperly" paid the purse, such as deception as to weight, age, ownership, partnership, etc., the Judges shall demand its I'estoration, and it shall be paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If not restored, the illegal holder of the purse, if a member, shall be expelled from the Club, and he shall not be allowed to hold any connection with it. If not a member, no horse which has been trained by liira, or in which he may be iutei'ested, shall be allowed to start on this Course. XLVIII. Matches. — In match races, the Rules of this Associa- tion shall govern, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated. All matches run over this Course shall be under the control of the olB- cers of this Association. The parties to matches may change the weights and distances. WOODLAWN RACE-COURSE ASSOCIATION. 89 XLIX. Sweepstakes. — All sweepstakes advertised to be run over this Course shall be subject to the cognizance of this Asso- ciation, and no change of nominations once made shall be allowed after closing, unless by consent of all the parties. The Secretary shall receive all the forfeits, and enforce the rule against default- ers. He shall be allowed five per cent, on all forfeits paid him after the race. L. If any owner, trainer, rider, starter, or attendant of a horse shall use any threats, or other improper language, towards any offi- cer of the Association in the discharge of his official duty, the per- son so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course. LI. Gambling. — No gambling shall be permitted on the grounds of the Association, and the officers will see that this Rule be re- garded. LII. Females. — No female shall be admitted within the Course or upon the stand unless she be under the escort of a gentleman. BETTING-. 1. All bets are understood to relate to the purse, if nothing is said to the contrary. 2. A bet upon a purse or heat is void if the horse bet on does not start. 3. Where a bet is against the field, it is understood to be upon one horse, against as many as start ; but one other must start, or it is no bet. 4. When both parties are present, either party has a right to demand that the money be staked before the horses start ; and if one refuse, the other raay, at his option, declare the bet void. 5. If either party be absent on the day of the race (the money not being staked), the party present may declare the bet void in the presence of respectable witnesses, before the race commences; but if any person offer to stake for absentee, it is a confirmed bet. 90 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTINQ. RULES OF THE WOODLAWN TROTTING COURSE. The officers of the Race Course shall also be the oflficers of the Trotting Course. All powers conferred, and all duties prescribed, to them as offi- cers of the Race Course shall obtain on the Trotting Course. All Rules provided for the Race Course, so far as they are ap- plicable, shall govern the Trotting Course. Such changes and additions as are required are herein expressed : Rule I, Weights and Weighting. — Every trotting horse, mare, or gelding starting for match, purse, or stake, shall carry one hun- dred and forty-five pounds ; if in harness, the weight of the sulky and harness not to be considered. Pacing horses, mares, or geld- ings subject to the same rule. The Judges shall see that each rider has his proper weight before the start, and that he has within two pounds of it after each heat. Weight shall not be made by wet- ting the blanket placed on or under the saddle, nor on or in the sulky or wagon. At the close of each heat every rider must repair with his horse to the Judges' stand, and await their order to dis- mount ; and no groom or other person shall be permitted to cover any horse until the rider shall have been dismounted by the Judges. The rider shall then repair to the scales, with his saddle, to be weighed. For any violation of this rule, the horse involved shall be declared distanced. II. Placing. — The places of the horses at starting shall be deter- mined as drawn from the entry-box ; and in stakes, they shall start in the order in which they are nominated. III. Starting. — The Judges shall order the horses to be sad- dled or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for starting. Any rider or driver causing undue detention after being called up, by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word to start without reference to the situation of the horse so offending, unless convinced such a delay is unavoidable on the part of the rider or driver — in which case not more than thirty minutes shall be consumed in attempting to start, and at the expiration of that time the horse or horses ready to start shall receive the word. IV- Time between IIeats. — The time between heats shall be, for WOODLAWN RA€E-COURSE ASSOCIATION. 91 one mile, twenty minutes, and for every additional mile an addi- tional five minutes. V. Foul Riding. — A horse that has won a heat shall be entitled to the track in starting for the next heat, other horses taking posi- tion in the order of their placing in the previous heat. The, leading horse, in any part of the race, shall have the right to select his ground, from which he shall not swerve, either to the right or left, so as to impede another horse. Should any rider or dinver cross, jostle, or strike another or his horse, run on his horse's heels, or do anything else that may impede his adversary, he shall be deemed distanced ; and if intentionally, the offending rider or driver shall never be permitted again to ride, drive over, or attend a horse on this Course. VI. Horses owned in part by the same person within three days shall not start for a purse, and horses so entered shall forfeit their entrance. A horse starting alone shall receive one-half the purse. Horses deemed by the Judges not fair trotting horses shall be ruled off previous to, or distanced at, the termination of the heat. VII. Bolting. — If any horse shall bolt from the track into the field, he shall be declared distanced, although he may come out ahead, unless he return and again enter the Course at the point from which he swerved. VIII. Of Aids. — No person other than the rider or driver shall be permitted to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or other- wise, to assist a horse in getting a start, or to increase his speed in any race. Nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the rider or driver, under penalty of exclusion from the Course for either offence ; and if such person shall be the owner, trainer, or rubber of such horse, or instigated to the act by either of the said persons, such horse shall be declared distanced. IX. Horses to go a Fair Race. — Every horse started shall go a hona-Jide race. If any horse shall trot or pace to lose, the owner, trainer, and rider or driver shall forfeit all rights under the Rules of this Association, and no longer be allowed to hold any connection with it. No compromise or agreement between any two persons starting horses, or their agents or grooms, not to oppose each other, upon a promised division of the purse, shall be permitted ; and no .person shall trot or pace their hoises with a determination to op- pose jointly any other horses in the race. In either case, upon satisfactory proof of such agreement, the Judges shall award the 92 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. purse to the next best horse, and the persons offending shall never be permitted again to start a horse over this Course. X. Winner. — A horse that wins two heats, or distances the field in one, wins the purse; but one that does not win a heat in three shall not be allowed to start for the fourth. When thus prohibited from starting, however, he shall not be deemed distanced ; and ail bets on his being distanced shall be void. The race called "best tliree in five" is an exception to this rule, where the winner must win three heats, and all others are allowed to start live heats, if there be so many, no horse having previously won three heals ; but no horse that has not won a heat shall start more than live heats, unless the horse should make a dead heat. XL Placing noRSE. — Of the beaten horses he shall be de- clared the best that wins a heat. Of beaten horses that have each won a heat, that one which is best in the last heat of the race shall be declared best in the race. Those not winning a heat shall be placed, and the bets decided accordingly, a? they come to the stand at the termination of the race. If the winner of a heat is after- wards distanced, he is beaten by those who save their distance. - A horse distanced in a second heat is better than one distanced iu the first, and so on through the race. XII. Drawing. — No person shall be permitted to drav?- or sell his horse during the race, except by permission of the Judges, un- der the penalty of being excluded from the Club, and not being allowed any participation in its racing hereafter. A drawn horse shall be considered distanced. XIII. In the matches made against time, the parties making tlie match shaU be entitled to three trials, unless expressly stipulated to the contrary, which trials shall be had on the same day. It is also understood that a trial horse may be used, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties making the match. XIV. Distance. — There shall be two distance Judges appointed by the President, who shall repair to the Judges' stand after each heat, and report the distanced horses and any foul riding, if any has been observed by them. A horse whose head reaches the dis- tance as soon as the winner reaches the winning-post shall nut be considered distanced. A horse who fails to bring in his proper weight, or is disqualified from wiiuiing by foul riding, is to be deemed distanced. The distance in a mile shall be 80 yards ; two miles, IGO yards; WOODLAWN RACE-COURSE ASSOCIATION. 93 three miles, 210 yards ; four miles, 240 yards. In match races there shall be a distance, unless the contrary be expressly stipu- lated by the parties. XV. Dead Heats. — If a dead heat would have decided the race had either of the contending horses won it, they alone shall start for another heat. If the third heat be a dead heat, none but tho contending horses in that heat, with such others as may have w^on a previous heat, shall start for the fourth heat. Horses distauc-;d in a dead heat shall be treated as though the heat had been won. XVI. Should any horse break from his trot or pace, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his horse to a trot oi* pace immediately ; and in case of the rider or driver refusing to do so, the penalty shall be that the next best horse shall have the heat. If the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain by such break, twice the distance so gained shall be taken away on the coming out. A horse tti'eaking on the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. XVII. No rider or driver shall be allowed any other than a reasonable length of whip, viz., for saddle horses, two feet ten inches ; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, five feet ten inches. XVIII. In case of accident, but five minutes shall be allo^^ed over the time specified in Rule No. 3, unless the Judges think more time necessary. XIX. Doubtful Age, Ownership, etc. — On suggestion of any doubts as to the age, ownership, etc., of any horse entered for a race, it shall be the duty of the Judges to inquire into the facts, and if satisfied that any rule of the Association is about to be violated, to exclude such horse from the race ; and if a horse is permitted to start from a doubt not being sustained, and any doubt remains on the minds of the Judges, the purse, if won by such horse, shall be withheld until the doubt is confirmed or done away with. On be- ing eventually sustained, the purse shall be awarded and paid to the next best horse in the race. XX. If any fraud shall be discovered by which the winner shall have been improperly paid the purse, such as a deception as to weight, age, ownership, partnership, etc., the Judges shall demand its restoration, and it shall be paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If not restored, the illegal holder of the purse, if a member, shall be expelled from the Club, and he shall not be al- lowed to hold any connection with it. If not a member, no horse 04 RULES AND REGtTLATIOKS TOR RACING AND BETTING. which has been trained by him, or in which he may be interested, ehall be allowed to start on this Course, XXI. Matches. — In match races the Rules of this Association ehall govern, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated. XXII. Sweepstakes. — All sweepstakes advertised to be trotted or paced over this Course shall be subject to the cognizance of this Association, and no change of nominations once made shall be allowed after closing, unless by consent of all the parties. The Secretary shall receive all forfeits, and enforce the rule against defaulters. He shall be allowed five per cent, on all forfeits paid after the race. XXIII. Quarter-Stretch. — No person, except those attending the horses, shall be allowed in the quarter-stretch during the pen- dency of a heat, nor until the riders or drivers are weighed after its conclusion. XXIV. If any owner, tramer, rider, starter, or attendant of a horse shall use any threats, or other improper language, towards any officer of this Association in the discharge of his official duty, the per- son so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course. XXV. Gambling. — No gambling shall be permitted on the grounds of the Association, and the officers shall see that this Rule is regarded. XXVI. Females. — No female shall be admitted within the Course or upon the stand unless she be under the escort of a gentleman. B E T T I ]Sr G-. 1. All bets are understood to relate to the purse, if nothing is said to the contrary. 2. A bet upon the purse or heat is void if the horse bet on does not start. 8. Where a bet is made against the field, it is understood to be on one horse against as many as start ; but one other must start, or it is no bet. 4. When both parties are present, either party has a right to demand that the money be staked before the hoi'ses start ; and if one refuse, the other may, at his option, declare the bet void. WOODLAWN RACE-COURSE ASSOCIATION. 95 5. If either party be absent on the day of a race (the money not being staked), the party present may declare the bet void in the presence of respectable witnesses, before the race commences ; but if any person offer to stake for the absentee, it is a confirmed bet. 6. In all cases of dispute, not provided for by the Rules, the Judges of the day will decide finally. In case of a trot or match being proved to their satisfaction to have been made or conducted improperly or dishonestly on the part of the principals, they shall have the power to declare all bets void. EULES AKD EEGULATIOlSrS FOU THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CfjHMIje ©rotting- IP aril ^sscdatiait, CniLLICOTHE, OHIO. Rule I. Members. — No person shall be admitted as a member of this Association unless nominated by a member, and admitted by a vote of the members, at a meeting of the Association. In voting upon the admission of new members, one blackball in ten shall exclude the applicant. II. Quorum. — Ten members, including the officers present, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business ; but no altera- tion of the Rules shall be made, or new rules adopted, unless by a two-thirds vote. III. Privilege of Members. — Every member shall have the privilege of introducing to the Course and to the stands the mem- bers of his family — the males not to be over twenty-one years of age. IV. Regular Meetings. — Tliere shall be two regular meetings of the members in each year -— one during the race week in the Spring, and one during the r 'oo week in the Fall, and at such time and place as may he fi^:cl by the Association, or its officers. V. Called Meetings. — A members' meeting may at any time be called by the President, or any three members, and signed by the Secretary. Two weeks' notice shall be given of any called meeting by publication in some newspaper. VI. Expulsion of Member'^ — To expel a member, two-thirds of the members present shall consent. VII. Stock Transfers. — No transfer of stock shall be author- ized until the certificate of stock be sun^endered, and a transfer thereof be made on the transfer-book, by the owner or his attorney, to the purchaser, when a new certificate shall be issued, sealed with the seal of the corporation, attested by the President and Secretary. CHILUCOTHB TROTTINQ-PARK ASSOCIATION. 97 VIII. Officers — The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, four Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer, all of whom shall serve durinc^ the pleasure of the Association. IX. Elections. — AU ei.caoab bhall be by ballot. Elections for officers shall be held at the regular Fall meeting, when a majority of the voters present shall elect. X. Vacancies. — When a vacancy shall occur in any oflSce, the appoiatment of which is reserved to the members, it shall be the duty of the President and Vice-President to provide for the dis- charge of its duties at the next regular Fall meeting. XI. Officers Make Rules. — The President and Vice-Presidents (three of them concurring) shall have power to make all useful rules for the preservation of good order and decorum on the Course, and shall decide all matters relating thereto not otherwise provided for. XII. President's Duties. — The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association ; shall, assisted by the Vice-Presidents, act as Judge of all races run over its Course, and in the absence of the Vice-Presidents, shall appoint his assistant Judges for the day. In the absence of the President, his duty shall be discharged by the oldest Vice-President present. XIII. Secretary's Duties. — It shall be the duty of the Secretary to attend the Judges in each day's race ; keep a book in which shall be recorded the names of the members, the rules of the Club, the proceedings of each meeting, the entries of horses, the names of their respective owners, the color, name, age, sire, and dam of each horse, with a description of each rider's dress ; also, an ac- count of each day's race, and the time of each heat ; and after the races are over he shall publish the results, with a description and pedigree of the winner. XIV. Treasurer's Duty. — The Treasurer shall receive and dis- burse all the funds of the Association. He shall give bond, with security, to be approved by the President, in such sum as he shall require, for the faithful performance of his duties. At each Fall meeting he shall present in writing a statement of his receipts and expenditures during the year. XV. Superintendent and Stewards. — There shall be a Super- intendent and five Stewards, all of whom shall be appointed by the President and Vice-Presidents. XVI. Salaries. — The salary of the Secretary, Treasurer, and 5 98 RULES AND REGTTLATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTINC?. Superintendent shall be regulated by the President and Yice* Presidents., XVII. Stewards. — The Stewards shall attend on the Course, preserve order, clear the track, keep the crowd from the horses when approaching the stand, and exercise vigilance to prevent dis- order, and ta detect foul riding and other misconduct. XVIII. Superintendent. — The Superintendent shall, under the direction of the President and Vice-Presidents, exercise a general supervision over the grounds of the Association. He shall have the outside track pat in conle shall bi allowed to ride in the same race, except by special perrai.ssiou of the Judges ; nor shall more than one horse from any sta- ble be allowed to start in the same race, unless it be in a single heat. Nor shall two or more horses, owned in whole or in part by the same person, be allowed to start in the same race, unless it be a single heat. XXXIII. Jockey's Dress. — Each member of the Association, before starting horses over this Course, shall be required to report to the Secretary the colors in which his jockey will ride; but no member shall adopt the same combination of colors previously se- lected and reported by another member. Persons not members oi this Association making entries in stakes to be run over this Cour.se, shall be required to report to the Secretary the evening before the race the colors in which their jockeys will ride. The declaration that the rider's dress will be *' fancy" is not a proper designation of colors. Jockey's caps and jackets shall be made of silk, satin, merino, or velvet ; the pants of linen, cotton, or other appropriate material. For any violation of this rule, a penalty of ten dollars shall be assessed by the Judges, and the amount added to the purse or stake of the occasion. XXXIV. Ages. — A horse's age shall be reckoned from the first of January ; that is to say, that a horse foaled in 1859 shall be reckoned one year old on the first day of January, 1860. XXXV. Weights and Weighing. — The following weights shall be carried : two year-olds, 86 pounds; three-year-clds, 90 pounds; four-year-olds, 104 pounds; five-year-olds, 115 pounds; six-year-olds, 121 pounds; aged, 121 pounds. There shall be allowed to mares, fillies, and geldmgs a deduction of three pounds from these weights. The Judges shall see that each rider has his proper weight before the start, and that he has within two pounds of it after each heat. Weights shall not be made by wetting the blanket placed on or under the saddle. At the close of each heat, every rider must re- pair with his horse to the Judges' stand and await their order to dismount, and no groom shall be permitted to clothe any horsQ until the rider shall have been dismounted by the Judges. The rider shall then repair to the scales to be weighed. For any viola- tion of this rule the horse involved shall be declared distanced. XXXVI. Placing. — The placing of the horses at starting shall CHILLICOTnE TROTTINO-PARK ASSOCIATION. 101 be determined as drawn from the entry-box, and in stakes they shall start in the order in which they are nominated. XXXVII. Starting. — In every race run over this Coiirse the mode of starting shall be this : The Judges of the day shall have the horses taken back a proper distance from the stand under the care of one of the Stewards ; from that point they shall, in the order of their placing, bo led at a walk until the signal to start is given. The Judge may give the signal at any moment when the horses are approaching the stand, and, should the signal not be given before reaching the stand, the horses shall again be taken back to the place whence they were led. Should any groom, while approaching the stand, fail or refuse to obey the orders of the Stewards, or intentionally let his horse go so that he shall break away, theowner of such horse sliall, for every such offence, be fined five dollars, which shall go to the Treasury of the Association. Unruly and vicious horses may be assigned any position at the start which the Judges may deem necessary to secure the safety of the other horses and riders. The signal for starting shall be the tap of the drum, after which there shall be no recall. The Steward shall report to the Judges any disobedience or misconduct of the persons starting the horses. XXXVIII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be twenty minutes for mile heats, thirty minutes for t vt'o-mile heats, forty minutes for three-mile heats, and forty-five minutes for four- mile heats. XXXIX. Foul Riding. — A horse that has won a heat shall be entitled to the track in starting for the next heat, other horses taking position in the order of their placing in the previous heat. The leading horse in any part of the race shall have a right to select his ground* from which he shall not swerve to the right or left so as to impede any other horse. Should any rider cross, jostle, or strike another, or his horse, run on his horse's heels, or do anything else that may impede his adversary, he will be deemed distanced, and, if intentionally, the offending rider shall never be permitted again to ride over or attend a horse on this Course, and the Judges may change the rider of any horse, at any time during the race, they being lirst satisfied that the race is being run to lose. XL. Of Aids. — No person other than the rider shall be per- mitted to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or otherwise, to 102 / RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. assist a horse in getting a start or to increase his speed in running in any I'ace, nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the rider, under penalty of exchision from the Course for either offence ; and if such person shall be the o\Yner, trainer, or rub- ber of such horse, or instigated to the act l)y cither of said persona, such horse shall be declared distanced. But this rule shall not be construed to forbid the starter of any horse from striking him with an ordinary' riding whip in order to get him ofT, XLI. Horses to Run a Fair Race. — Every horse started shall run a hona-jide race. If any horse shall run to lose, the owner, trainer, and rider shall forfeit all rights under the Rules of this As- sociation, and no longer be allowed to hold any connection with it. No compromise or agreement between any two persons starting horses, or their agents, or grooms, not to oppose each other, upon a promised division, shall be permitted, and no persons shall run their horses with determination to oppose jointly any other horse in the race. In either case, upon satisfactory proof of such agree- ment, the Judges shall award the purse to the next best horse, and the person offending shall never be permitted again to start a horse over this Course. XLII. Winner. — A horse that wins two heats or distances the field in one wins the purse ; but one that does not win a heat in three shall not be allowed to start for a fourth. When thus pro- hibited from starting, however, he shall not be deemed distanced, and all bets on his being distanced shall be void. The race called "best three in five'' is an exception to this rule, where the winner must win three heats, and all others are allowed to run five heats, if there be so many. Dead heats not to be counted against the horses making them. XLIII. Ok the Beaten Horses. — He shall be declared the best that wins a heat. Of beaten horses that have won each a heat, that one which is first in the last heat of the race shall he declaied best in the race. Those not winning a heut shall be placed and bets decided accordingly as they come to the stand at the termi- nation of the race. If the winner of a heat is afterwards distanced, he is beaten by those that save their distance. A horse distanced in a second heat is better than one distanced in the first, and so on through the race. XLIV. Drawing. — No person shall be permitted to draw or sell CHILLICOTHE TROTTTNG-PARK ASSOCIATTOH. 103 bis horse during the race, except by permission of the^ Judges, un- der the penalty of being excluded from the Club and not boing al- lowed any participation in its racing hereafter. A drawn horse shall be considered distanced. XL y. DiSTANCK. — There shall be two distance Judges appointed by the President, who shall repair to the Judges^ stand after each heat and report the distanced horses and any foul riding, if any have been observed by them. A horse whose head reaches the distance as soon as the winner reaches the winning-post shall not be considered distanced. A horse who fails to bring in his proper weight, or is disqualified from winning by foul riding, is to be deemed distanced. The distance in a mile shall be 60 yards. " two miles " 80 " " three " " 100 " " four " " 120 " In match races there shall be a distance unless the contrary be expressly stipulated by the parties. XLVI. Doubtful Age, Ownership, etc. — On suggestion of any doubts as to the age, ownership, etc., of any horse entered for a race, it shall be the duty of the Judges to inquire into the facts, and, if satisfied that any rule of the Association is about to be violated, to exclude such horse from the race; and if the horse is permitted to run from a doubt not being sustained, and any doubt remaining on the minds of the Judges, the purse, if won by such horse, shall be withheld until the doubt is confirmed or done away with. On being eventually sustained, the purse shall be awarded and paid to the next best horse iu the race. XL VII. If any Fraud shall be Discovered, by which the win- ner shall have been improperly paid the purse, such as deception as to weight, age, ownership, partnership, etc., the Judges shall demand its restoration, and it shall be paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If not restored, the illegal holder of the purse, if a member, shall be expelled the Club, and he shall not bo allowed to hold any connection with it. If not a member, no horse which has been trained by him, or iu which he may "be interested, shall be allowed to start on this Course. XLVIII. Matches. — In match races, the Rules of this Associa- tion shall govern, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated. All matches run over this Course shall be under the control of the o2i- 104 RULES AND REGULATIOKS FOR RACING AND BETTINO. ccrs of this Association. The parties to matches may change the weights and distances. XLIX. Savkepstakes. — All sweepstakes advertised to be run over this Course shall be subject to the cognizance of this Asso- ciation, and no change of nominations once made shall be allowed after closing, unless by consent of all the parties. The Secretary shall receive ail the forfeits, and enforce the rule against default- ers. He shall be allowed five per cent, on all forfeits paid him after the race. L. If any owner, trainer, rider, starter, or attendant of a horse shall use any threats, or other improper language, towards any officerof the Association in the discharge of his official duty, the per- son so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course. LI. Gambling. — No gambling shall be permitted on the grounds of the Association, and the officers shall see that this Rule is regarded, and all liquors excluded. LIT. J'emales. — No female shall be admitted within the Course or upon the stand unless she be under the escort of a gentleman. B E T T I K" O 1. All bets are understood to relate to the purse, if nothing ia said to the contrary. 2. A bet upon the purse or heat is void if the horse bet on doe3 not start. 3. Where a bet is made against the field, it is understood to be on one horse against as many as start ; but one other must start, or it is no bet. 4. When both parties are present, either party has a right to demand that the money be staked before the horses start ; and if one refuse, the other may, at his option, declare the bet void. 5 If either party be absent on the day of a race (the money not being staked), the party present may declare the bet void in the presence of respectable witnesses, before the race commences ; but if any person offer to stake for absentee, it is a confirmed bet. CniLLICOTHE TROTTING-PARK ASSOCIATION. 105 TBOTTING- I^TJLES. The officers of the Race Course shall also be the officers of the Trotting Course. All jiowtTS conferred, and all duties prescribed, to them as offi- cers of the Race Course shall obtain on the Trotting Course. All Rules provided for the Race Course, so far as they are ap- plicable, shall govern the Trotting Course. Such changes and additions as are required are herein expreised : Rule I. Weights and Weighing. — Every trotting horse, mare, or gelding starting for match, purse, or stake, shall carry one hun- dred and forty-five pounds ; if in harness, the weight of the sulky and harness not to be considered. Pacing horses, mares, or geld- ings subject to the same rule. The Judges shall see that each rider has his proper weight before the start, and that he has within two pounds of it after each heat. Weight, shall not be made by wet- ting the blanket placed on or under the saddle, nor on or in the sulky or wagon. At the close of each heat every rider must repair with his horse to the Judges' stand, and await their order to dis- mount ; and no groom or other person shall be permitted to cover any horse until the rider shall have been dismounted by the Judges. The rider shall then repair to the scales, with his saddle, to be weighed. For any violation of this rule, the horse involved shall be declared distanced. II. Placing. — The places of the horses at starting shall be deter- mined as drawn from the entry-box ; and in stakes, they shall start in the order in which they are nominated. III. Starting. — The Judges shall order the horses to be sad- dled or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for starting. Any rider or driver causing undue detention after being called up, by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word to start without reference to the situation of the horse so offending, unless convinced such a delay is unavoidable on the part of the rider or driver — in which case not more than thirty minutes shall be consumed in attempting to start, and at the expiration of that time the horse or horses ready to start shall receive the word. 5* 106 RULES AND EEGin.ATIONS FOR RACING AND BEITING. IV. Time between Heats. — The time "between heats shall be, for one mile, twenty minutes, and for every additional mile an addi- tional five minutes. 9 V. Foul Riding. — A horse that has won a heat shall be entitled to the track in starting for the next heat, other horses taking posi- tion in the order of their placing in the previous heat. The leading horse, in any part of the race, shall have the right to select his ground, from which he shall not swerve, either to the right or left, so as. to impede another horse. Should any rider or driver cross, josUe, or strike another or his horse, run on his horse's heels, or do anything else that may impede hia adversary, he shall be deemed distanced ; and if intentionally, the offending rider or driver shall never be permitted again to ride, drive over^ or attend a horse on this Course, and the Judges may change the rider or driver of any horse at any time during the race, they being first satisfied that the race is being trotted or paced to lose. VI. Horses owned in part by the same person within three days shall not stai't for a purse, and horses so entered shall forfeit their entrance. A horse starting alone shall receive one-half the purse. Horses deemed by the Judges not fair trotting horses shall be ruled off previous to, or distanced at, the termination of the heat. VII. Bolting.— If any horse shall bolt from the track into the field, he shall be declared distanced, although he may come out ahead) unless lie return and again enter the Course at the point from which lie swerved* VIII. Of Aids. — No person other than the rider or driver shall be permitted to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or other- wise, to assist a horse in getting a start, or to increase his speed in any race. Nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the rider or driver, under penalty of exclusion from the Course for either offence ; and if such person shall be the owner, trainer, or rubber of such horse, or instigated to the act by either of the said persons, such horse shall be declared distanced. IX. Horses to go a Fair Race. — Every horse started sliall go a bona-Jide race. If any horse shall trot or pace to lose, the owner, trainer, and rider or driver shall forfeit all rights under the Rules of this Association, and no longer be allowed to hold any connection with it. No compromise or agreement between any two persons starting horses, or their agents or grooms, not to oppose each other, upon a promised division of the purse, shall be permitted; and no CHlLLICOTHfi tROTTING-PARK ASSOCIATION. \0^ person shall trot or pace their horses with a determination to op- pose jointly any other horses in the race. In either case, upon satisfactox-y proof of such agreement, the Judges shall award the purse to the next best horse, and the persons offending shall never be permitted again to start a horse over this Course. X. Winner. — A horse that wins two heats, or distances the field in one, wins the purse; but one that does not win a heat in three shall not be allowed to start for the fourth. When thus prohibited from starting, however, he shall not be deemed distanced ; and all bets on his being distanced shall be void. The race called " best three in five" is an exception to this rule, where the winner must win three heats, and all others are allowed to start five heats, if there be so many, no horse having previously won three heats ^ but no horse that has not won a heat shall start more than five heats, unless the horse should make a dead heat. XL Placing Horse. — Of the beaten horses he shall be de- clared the best that wins a heat. Of beaten horses that have each won a heat, that one which is best in the last heat of the race shall be declared best in the race. Those not winning a heat shall bQ placed, and the bets decided accordingly, as they come to the stand at the termination of the race. If the winner of a heat is after- wards distanced, he is beaten by those who save their distance. A horse distanced in a second heat is better than one distanced in the first, and so on through the race. XII. Drawing. — No person shall be permitted to draw or sell his horse during the race, except by permission of thO Judges, Un- der the penalty of being excluded from the Club, and not being allowed any participation in its racing hereafter. A drawn horse shall be considered distanced. XIII. In the matches made against time, the parties making the match shall be entitled to three trials, unless expressly stipulated to the contrary, which trials shall be had on the same day. It is also understood that a trial horse may be used, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties making the match. XIV. Distance. — There shall be two distance Judges appointed by the President, who shall repair to the Judges' stand after each heat, and report the distanced horses and any foul riding, if any has been observed by them. A horse whose head reaches the dis- tance as soon as the winner reaches the winning-post shall not be considered distanced. A horse who fails to bring in his proper 108 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. weight, or is disqualified from winning by foul riding, is to be deemed distanced. The distance in a mile shall be 80 yards ; two miles, IGO yards ; three miles, 2-10 yards ; four miles, 240 yards. In match races there shall be a distance, unless the contraiy be expressly stipu- lated by the parties. XV. Dead Heats. — If a dead heat would have decided the race had either of the contending horses won it, they alone shall start for another heat. If the third heat be a dead heat, none but the contending horses in that heat, with such others as may have won a previous heat, shall start for the fourth heat. Horses distanced in a dead heat shall be treated as though the heat had been won. XVI. Should any horse break from his trot or pace, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his horse to a trot or pace immediately ; and in case of the rider or driver refusing to do so, the penalty shall be that the next best horse shall have tho heat. If the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain by such break, twice the distance so gained shall be taken away on the coming out. A horse breaking on the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. XVII. No rider or driver shall be allowed any other than a reasonable length of whip, viz., for saddle horses, two feet ten inches; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, iife feet ten inches. XVIII. In case of accident, but five minutes shall be allowed over the time specified in Rule No. 3, unless the Judges think more time necessary. XIX. Doubtful Auk, Ownership, etc. — On suggestion of any doubts as to tlie age, ownership, etc., of any horse entered for a race, it shall be the duty of the Judges to inquire into the facts, and if satisfied that any rule of the Association is about to be violated, to exclude such horse from the race ; and if a horse is permitted to run from a doubt not being sustained, and any doubt remains on the minds of the Judges, the purse, if won by such horse, shall be withheld until the doubt is couSrmed or done away with. On be- ing eventually sustained, tlu purse shall be awarded and paid to the next best horse in the race. XX. If any fraud shall be discovered by which the winner shall have been improperly paid the purse, such as a deception as to weight, age, ownership, partnership, etc., the Judges shall demand its restoration, and it shall be paid over to the owner of the next CHILLICOTHE TROTTING-PARK ASSOCIATION. 109 best horse. If not restored, the illegal holder of the purse, if a member, shall be expelled from the Club, and he shall not be al- lowed to hold any connection with it. If not a member, no horse which has been trained by him, or in which he may be interested, shall be allowed to start on this Course. XXI. Matches. — In match races the Rules of this Association shall govern, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated. XXII. SwEEPSTAKKS. — All swccpstakes advertised to be run over this Course shall be subject to the cognizance of this Associa- tion, and no change of nominations once made shall be allowed after closing, unless by consent of all the parties. The Secre- tary shall receive all the forfeits, and enforce the rule against de- faulters. He shall be allowed five per cent, on all forfeits paid him after the race. XXIII. Quarter-Stretch. — No person, except those attending the horses, shall be allowed in the quarter-stretch during the pen- dency of a heat, nor until the riders or drivers are weighed after its conclusion. XXIV. If any owner, trainer, rider, starter, or attendant of a horse shall use any threats, or other improper language, towards any officer of the Association in the discharge of his official duty, the pex'- son so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course. XXV. Gambling. — No gambling shall be permitted on the grounds of the Association, and the officers shall see that this Rule is regarded, and all liquors excluded. XXVI. Females. — No female shall be admitted within the Course or upon the stand unless she be under the escort of a gentleman. B E T T I iSr G-. 1. All bets are understood to relate to the purse, if nothing is said to the contrary. 2. A bet upon the purse or heat is void if the horse bet on does not ^tart. 3. Where a bet is made against the field, it is understood to be on one horse against us many as start ; but one other must start, or it is no bet. 4. When both parties are present, either party has a right to JIO RULIES AND RE^trLAttONS 1?0B. RACING AND fiETTING. demand that the money be staked before the horses start ; and il one refuses, the other may, at his option, declare the bet void. 5. If cither party be absent on the day of the race (the money not being staked), the party present may declare the bet void in the presence of respectable witnesses, before the race commences ; but if any person offer to stake for the absentee, it is a confirmed bet. 6. In all cases of dispute^ not pmvided for by the Rules, the Judges of the day will decide finally. In case of a trot or match being proved to their satisfaction to have been made or conducted improperly or dishonestly on the part of the principals, they shall have the power to declare all bets void. n XT I. E B OF THE WiiBkxn Caitubii Cwrf €lnh. <»» I. Name. — This Association to be named " The Western Cana* DA Turf Club." II. Meetings. — There shall be two regular meetings held annual- ly by the Club, at the St. Lawrence Course, Cornwall, to be called and known as the Spring and Fall Meetings. The Spring Meeting shall commence on the last Wednesday in June of each year ; and the Fall Meeting shall commence on the second or third Wednes- day in September in each year. III. Officers. — The officers of the Club shall consist of a Presi- dent) two Vice-Presidents, one Secretary, one Treasurer, and five Directors, who shall be elected in the month of March in each year, from among the stockholders of the St. Lawrence Race Course* IV. Duties of Officers. — It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Club ; to act as Presiding Judge at each day's race ; appoint his Assistant Judges on the evening preceding each day's race ; report and publish the proceedings of each day's race, and to act as Judge, in sweepstakes and matches, with such other persons as the parties may appoint. At all regu- lar meetings of the Club, his Assistant Judges in sweepstakes shall be the Vice-Presidents, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Club. V. It shall be the duty of the First Vice-President to attend all meetings of the Club, and assist the President in the discharge of his duties. In the absence of the President, the First Vice- President, and in his absence the Second Vice-President, shall act as President joro tern, VI. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to assist as Judge in each day's race ; keep a book, in which he shall record the names of the members, the rules of the Club, the proceedings of each meeting, and the entries of horses for each day's race. He shall proclaim from the stand the time and result of each heat and re- 112 RULES AND REGULATI01|P FOR RACING AND BETTING. suit of the race. He shall keep an account of each day's race, and publish the results in the Spirit of the 27mes newspaper. He shall see that the riders arc weighed before and after each heat and that the horses start with the appropriate weights. He shall also put up, and keep up, during every meeting, at some convenient place at or near the stand, a copy of the rules and regulations of the Club then in force. VII. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to collect all money due the Club, whether from subscriptions of members, entries of horses, or from any other source ; pay the same over from time to time, upon the order of the President of the Club, and in case of his absence, upon the order of the acting Vice-President ; and with- in thirty days after the closing of each regular meeting he shall furnish the President, or in his absence the acting Vice-President, a full statement of the receipts and disbursements of the iunds of the Club, from the date of the last statement up to the date of that which he then renders, showing the balance of money in hand, subject to the order of the President or acting Vice-President ; which statement shall be deposited with the Secretary of the Club, as one of the records of the Club, and so be entered by him. VIII. Stewards and Directors. — It shall be the duty of the Direc- tors to attend at each regular meeting of the Club. They shall wear some appropriate badge of distinction, to be determined upon by themselves. They shall attend on the Course, preserve order, clear the track, keep it clear, keep off the crowd of persons from the horses coming to the stand after the close of each heat ; and they may employ, in their discretion, at the expense of the Club, a sufficient number of able-bodied men to assist them in the effec- tual discharge of their duties. IX. Judges. — There shall be five Judges in the stand, viz., the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Secretary, and Treasurer. They shall keep the stand clear of any intrusion during the pen- dency of a heat; see that the riders are dressed in full jockey style ; weigh the riders before starting in the race, and after each heat, and instruct them as to their duty under the rules, before starting in the race. The parties chcseu as official timers by the Judges, and the reporters of the press, shall also be admitted to the Judges' stand. X. Distance Judges, etc. — There shall be two Distance Judges, one Starting Judge, and three Patrol Judges, appointed by the Presi- I WESTERN CANADA TURP CLUB. 113 dent, or acting Vice-President, who shall repair to the Jndg(js' stand immediae void, except those made between the parties who enter the horses. Every rider shall declare to the Judj^es who weigh him where and how his extra WESTERX CANADA TURP CLUB. 115 weight, if any, are carried. The member of the Club who enters a horse shall be responsible for putting up and bringing out the pioper Aveight. lie shall be bound to weigh the rider of his horse in the presence of the Judges before starting ; and if he refuses or neglects to do so, he shall be prevented from starting his horse. XX. Distances. — In running a race, a distance is : In one mile, 60 ytu^ds; in "one and a half miles, 80 yards; in two miles, 100 yards; in two and a quarter miles, 105 yards; in three miles^ 120 yards; in four miles, 150 yards; in three quarters of a mile, 45 yards ; in one mile heats, three in five, 80 yards. In a match of heats there shall be a distance, but none in single heats. XXI. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be: For one mile heats, 20 minutes; for two-mile heats, 25 minutes; or three-mile heats, 30 minutes ; for four-mile heats, 35 minutes. XXII. Age. — A horse's age shall be reckoned from the 1st day of January. That is to say, a colt foaled in the year 1850 shall be considered one year old in January, 1851. XXIII. False Starts. — Where a false start is made, no horse making the false start, nor any horse remaining at the stand, shall have clothes thrown over him, nor shall the rider be permitted to dismount, nor shall any delay be permitted, but the horses shall be started as soon as brought to the score. Horses making a false start shall return to the stand the nearest way. Any violation of this rule shall be punished by not allowing the party or parties violating it to start in the race. XXIV. Starting. — The horses shall be started by Judges ap- pointed for that purpose. After the word " Go !" there shall be no recall. Some signal shall be given from the starting stand five minutes before the period of starting ; after the lapse of which time, the judges shall give word, "Start!" to such riders as are then ready ; but should any horse prove restive in being brought to the stand, or in starting, the Judges may delay the word a short mterval in their own discretion. XXV. Accioents. — If any accident happen to a horse .or rider at the start, the Judges may grant as much delay as there is time be- tween the heats in the race in which the horses are about to con- tend. XXVI. Disqualifications. — If a horse be entered without be- ing properly identified, he shall not be allowed to start, but be liable to forfeit, or the whole, if play or pay. All bets on a 118 RTTLES AND RKRTTLATIONS FOR RACING ANO BETTING. hor?e ?o disqualified shall be declared void. Where more than one nomination has been made by the same individual, in any sweppstal the Club Dinners by paying for the same. No ladies admitted to the ladies' pavillion, unless intro- duced by a member. No rilizen of Canada West can be admitted to the privileges of the inclosed space, members' stand, or ladies* pavillion, unless he be a member. XLVII. Hurdle Races. — Iu all hurdle races over the St. Law- rence Course, the distance to be run, as also the number of hur- dles, shall be determined by the Committee to whom the duty of preparing the programme of the races for each general meeting is entrusted. Except when specially advertised as a handicap race, the weights to be carried by each horse shall by lOst. 71b. XLVIII. — In all handicap hurdle races, the President, or acting Vice-President in his absence, shall handicap the horses ; and in so doing shall be guided entirely by their previous performances, as shown by the records, viz., " The Racing Calendar." Provided, always, that nothing iu this rule shall be construed to exclude from WESTERN CANADA TtJRP CLUB. 121 consideration any regularly authenticated performances of the horses, or any of them, that may have taken place between the last issue of the " Calendar'' n;id the day of the race. XLIX. Race Mcetixo CoM:«iiH£E. — At each annual meeting for the appointment of officers, a Committee of two members shall bo appointed, to whom shall be intrusted the duty of preparing the pro- gramme of races for the general Spring and Fall Meetings, and causing them to be printed and properly circulated. L. Entrance to Course. — All members, and such of their fam- ilies as reside with them, shall pass the gates free ; and the members themselves shall have free admission to the members' stand. No person shall pass into the inclosed space on the St. Lawrence Course without showing his ticket at the gate ; nor shall any person be permitted to remain within the inclosure, or mem- ber's stand, unless he wears a badge, that the officers on duty may be enabled to distinguish those privileged. Ofiicex'S who shall permit the infraction of this rule shall forfeit all claim to com- pensation, and must be employed on this express condition. THOTTIISra R.ULES. I. What Rules shall Govern. — The " Western Canada Turf Club" rules shall govern in all cases not provided for in the fol- lowing rules, which are especially trotting rules. II. Entries. — All entries shall be made under a seal, inclosing the entrance-money (10 per cent, on the purse), and addressed to the Secretary, at such time and place as may previously have been designated by advertisement. Entries to state age, etc., as in Rule XV, W. C. T. C. Rules. III. Qualification of Horses. — Horses entered without being properly identified shall be liable to forfeit, or the whole; if play or play, and shall not be allowed to start. Horses deemed by the Judges not fair trotting horses shall be ruled off previous to, or distanced at the termination of a heat. IV". Weight to be Carried. — Every trotting horse shall carry (145) one hundred and forty-five pounds. If in harness, the weight of the sulky and harness not to be considered. 6 122 RTTLES AND REGtrLATTONg FOR RACIMG AND BTITTIWO. V. Distances. — In trotting, a distanco is : — la one-mile heatg, best three in five, 100 y^rds ; in one-mile heats, 80 yards; in every additional mile, 80 yards. VI. Time Between Heats. — The time between heats shall be : — For one-mile heats, 20 minutes ; for every additional mile, an addi- tional 5 minutes. VII. Starting op Horses. — The polo shall be drawn for by the Judges ; the horse winning a heat shall, for the succeding heat, be entitled to the choice of the track. On coming out on the last stretch, each horse shall retain the track first selected ; any horse deviating shall be distanced. VIII. Horses Breaking. — Should any horse break from his trot, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his horse to a trot immediately ; and in case of the rider or driver refusing to do so, the penalty shall be that the next best horse shall have the heat. If the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain by such break, twice the distance so gained shall be taken away on the coming out. A horse breaking on the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. IX. The WiNNiN(i Horse. — A horse must win two beats to be entitled to the purse, unless he distance all other horses in one heat. A distanced horse in a dead heat shall not start again. X. Heats. — A horse not winning one heat in three, shall not start for a fourth heat, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. When a dead heat is made between two horses, that if either had won the heat the race would have been decided, they two only shall start again. In races best three in five, a horse shall win one heat in five to be allowed to start in the sixth heat, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. Such horses as are prevented from starting by this rule shall be considered drawn, and not dis- tanced. XI. Horses Drawn. — Horses drawn before the conclusion of a race shall be considered distanced. XII. Difference op Opinion between Judges. — Should a dif- ference of opinion exist between the Judges in the stand on any question, the majority shall govern. XIII. Accidents. — In case of accident, but five minutes shall be allowed over the time specified in Rule XXV., W, C. T. C, Rules, unless the Judges think more time necessary. XIV. Judges' Stand. — Xo person shall bo allowed in the Judges' WESTERN CANADA fVRi' CLtTC. 123 Stand but the Judges, reporters, directors, and timers, at the time of trotting. XV. Judges — How Chosen.— All trots for matches, purses, and stakes, over the St. Lawrence Course, shall be presided over by the officers of " The Western Canada Turf Club," who shall be elected annually, in the month of March, as provided in Rule III., W. C. T. C. Kules. RULES FOR RUNNING AND BETTING. 1. Four inches are a hand ; fourteen pounds are a stone. Catch weights are parties to ride without weighing. Feather weights Bignify the same. 2. A Post Match is to insert the terras of the race in the articles, and to run any horse, without declaring what horse until they come to the post to start. 3. A horse receiving forfeit or walking over shall not be deemed a winner. 4. A bet made after a heat is over, if the horse betted on does not start again, is no bet. 5. A confirmed bet cannot be off without mutual consent, ex- cept in cases hereinafter mentioned. 6. Bets made are not determined until the purse is won, if the heat is not specified at the time of betting. Y. A bet made on a heat to come is no bet, unless all the horses qualified to start shall run, and unless the bet shall be be- tween sucli named horses as do start. 8. Bets made on particular horses are void, if neither of them be the winner of the race, unless specified to the contrary. 9. A bet made on a horse is void if the horse betted on does not start. 10. All bets are understood to relate to the purse or stake, if nothing is said to the contrary. 11. Bets on the field are off, unless all the horses advertised to run start, sweepstakes excepted ; in them, if one horse is backed against the field, and only one of the field starts, the bets must stand. 12. A field shall comprise all the horses entered, except the one 124 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. who may be named against the remainder, unless in a stake, where one horse is a field. 13. The person who lays the odds can choose his horse or the field. The withdrawal of a horse will nullify the bet. 14. If the odds are bet without naming the horses before the race is over, it must be determined as the odds were at the time of making it. 15. When bets are made on a heat, the horse that comes first to the ending-post is best, provided no circumstance shall cause him to be deemed distanced. 16. When a race is postponed from one day to another, all by- bets, except they are play or pay, shall be off. 17. Either of the bettors may demand stakes to be made, and on refusal declare the bets to be void. 18. When a horse carries more than five pounds over his stipu- lated weight, and the Judges announce the fact from the stand, all bets shall be void, except those made between the parties who en- ter the horses. 19. Horses drawu before the purse is won are distanced. 20. Horses that forfeit are beaten horses, where it is play or pay, and not otherwise. 21. All bets, matches, and engagements are void upon the de- cease of cither party before determined. 22. A distanced horse in a dead heat shall not be allowed to start again in the race. 23. Horses that win a heat shall be considered better than those who do not win a heat ; and those that win two heats better than those that win but one, provided they be not distanced in the race. Of the horses that each win a heat, he shall be considered best that is best placed in the final heat in the races. Of the horses that have not won a heat, he shall be considered best that is best placed in the final heat of the race. 24. Distanced horses are beaten by those that are not distanced. Horses ruled out shall not be considered distanced. Horses dis- tanced in the same heat are equal. A horse distanced in a subse- quent heat beats a horse distanced in a previous heat. When a bet is made upon two horses against each other for ihe purse, if each win a heat and neither are distanced, they are equal ; but if one wins a heat and the other does not, the winnnr of the hc.'.t is best, unless he shall be distanced — in which case the other, if he 1 WESTERN CANADA TURP CLUB. 125 saves his distance, shall be considered best. If a horse wius a heat and is distanced, he shall be better than a horse that dues not win a heat and is distanced. 25. In runnhig heats, if it cannot be decided which horse is first, it shall be deemed a dead lieat. 26. When a dead heat is made, all the liorsesnot distanced may- start again, unless the dead heat be made by two horses, that if either of them had been winner of the heat the race would have been decided ; in which case the two only shall start, to decide which shall be entitled to the purse or stake. Such as are pre- vented from starting by this Rule shall be considered drawn ; and all bets made on them against each other shall be drawn, except- ing those that are distanced. 27. The words "absolutely" or "play or pay" are uece?sary to be used to make a bet play or pay. " Done" and " done" are also necessary to confirm a bet. If a bet be made play or pay, and the horse die, the bet shall stand. But if the person entering the horse, or either of the parties making the engagement on him, dies, then the bet is void. When a bet is made on a horse play or pay, the horse must start or the party betting on him loses his bet. 28. In all matches made play or pay, moneys bet by outside bettors not to be considered play or pay unless so understood by the parties distinctly at the time of making the bet or bets. 29. All bets made by outside bettors on compromised matches are considered drawn. 30. If a bettor be absent on the day of running, a public declar- ation of the bet may be made on the Course to the Judges, and a demand whether any person will make stakes for the absent par- ties; and if no person consent to do so, the party present may declare the bet void. 31. Bets agreed to be paid or received elsewhere than at the place of running, or any other specified place, cannot be declared off on the Course. 32. Where the bettor undertakes to place the horses in a race, he must give each a specific place, as fii-st, second, third, and so on. The word last shall not be construed to mean fourth and distanced, if four start, but fourth only and so on. A distanced horse must be placed nowhere or distanced, 33. If, in the final heat of a race, there be but one horse placed, no horse shall be considered as second in the race. 126 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. 34. Horses shall be placed in a race, and bets decided, as they are placed in the official record of the Club. 35. In all cases of dispute not provided for by the Rules, the Judges will decide finally. 36. In the event of a race, trot or match being proved to the satisfaction of the Judges to have been made or conducted im- properly or dishonestly on the part of the principals, or any of them, they have the power to declare all bets void. 37. No rider or driver shall be allowed any other than a reason- able length of whip, viz., for saddle, two feet ten inches; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, five feet ten inches. 38. All matches, sweepstakes, and purses over the St. Lawrence Course, whether running, trotting, or pacing, shall be governed by the above Rules. I EXILES AND EEaULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF THE MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE BREED OF HORSES, DETROIT. MICH. R.UNNIISrC^ RULES. I. Privilege of Members. — Every member shall have the privilege of 'mtroducing to the Course and to the stands the mem- bers of his family — the males not to be over twenty-one years of age. IL Superintendent. — Tlie Superintendent shall, under the direction of the President and Vice-Presidents, exercise a general supervision over the grounds of the Association. He shall have the outside track put in condition for trial runs two weeks before each race meeting ; but no one shall go upon the same at any time without his permission, he being the sole judge of the propriety of its being used, III. Judges. — There shall not be less than three Judges in the stand during the pendency of a heat, who shall decide all disputes that may arise, and no appeal shall be allowed from their decision with a. 3r s ! ^fW Prizes cashed and information furnished. The highest rates paid for Doubloons and all kinds of Gold and Silver. TAYLOR & CO., BANKERS, No. 16 Wall St., N. Y. M. B. BROWN & CO.r Corner of Frankfort, NEW YORK. This Establishment invites the atten- tion of Turfmen and others to its supe- rior facilities for the prompt and proper execution, upon the very Lowest Cash Terms, of every description of Printing, such as Plain and Illuminated Stallion Posters, stallion Cards, By-Laws, etc., for Racing: Associations, &c. Orders from the Country promptly at- tended to. MARTIN B. BROWN. CHAS. SUYDAM. CNION COURSE. 14? ttiatcb, purse, or stake, shall carry one hundred and forty-five pounds ; if in harness, the weight of the sulky and harness not to be considered. Pacing horses liable to the same rule. VI. Distances. — A distance for mile heats, best three in five, shall be one hundred yards ; for one-mile heats, eighty; yards; and for every additional mile, an additional eighty yards. VII. Time between Heats. — The time between beats shall be, for one mile, twenty minutes; and for every additional mile an ad- ditional five minutes. VIII. Power of Jodges. — There shall be chosen, by the pro- prietor of the Course, or Stewards, three Judges to preside over a race for purses, and by theni an additional Judge shall be appoint- ed for the distance stand ; they may, also, during or previous to a race, appoint Inspectors at any part of th? Course, whose reports, and theirs alone, shall be received of any foul riding or driving. IX. Difference of Opinion between Judges. — Should a dif- ference of opinion exist between the Judges in the starting stand on an}' question, a majority shall govern. X. Judges' Duties. — The Judges shall order the horses saddled or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for start- ing ; any rider or driver causing undue detention after being called up, by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word to start without reference to the situation of the horse so offending, unless convinced such delay is unavoidable on the part of the rider or driver, in which case not more than thirty minutes shall be consumed in attempting to start ; and at the ex- piration of that time, the horse or horses ready to start shall re- ceive the word. XI. Starting Horses. — The pole shall be drawn for by the Judges; the horse winning a heat shall, for the succeeding heats, be entitled to a choice of the track ; on coming out on the last stretch, each horse shall retain the track first selected ; any horse deviating shall be distanced. XII. PaDERS OR Drivers. — Riders and drivers shall not be per- mitted to start unless dressed in jockey style. XIII. WEKiHTs OF Riders and Drivers. — Riders and drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or more of the Judges previous to starting; and after a heat, are to come up to the starting stand, and not dismount until so ordered by the Judges ; any rider or driver disobeying shall, on weighing, be precluded from the bcuo- 148 Ror.Eg and nsoULATioNg for RACiNa and bettincj. fit of the weight of his saddle and whip, and if not full weight, shall be distanced. XIV. Penalty for Foul Riding or Driving. — A rider or driver committing any act which the Judges may deem foul riding or driving shall be distanced. XV. iloKSES Breaking. — Should any horse break from his trot or pace, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his hor.se to a trot or pace immediately, and in ease of the rider or driver re- fusing to do so, the penalty shall be that the next best horse shall have the heat; if the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain by such break, twice the distance so gained shall be taken away on the coming out ; a horse breaking on the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. XVI. The Winning Horse. — A horse must win two heats to be entitled to the purse, unless lie distance all other horses in one heat. A distanced horse in a dead heat shall not start again. XVII. Relative to Heats. — A horse not winning one heat in three shall not start for a fourth heat, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. When a dead heat is made between two horses, that if either had won the heat the race would have been decided, they two only shall start again ; in races best three in five, a horse shall win one heat in five to be allowed to start for the sixth heat, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat ; such horses as are prevented from starting by this rule shall be considered drawn, and not distanced. XVIII. On Heats and Distances. — If two horses each win a heat, and neither are distanced in the race, the one coming out ahead on the last heat to be considered the best. The same rule to be applied to horses neither winning a heat and neither dis- tanced. If one horse wins a heat, he is better than one that does not, providing he does not get distaneed in the race ; then the other, if not distanced, shall be best. A horse that wins a heat and is distanced is better than one not winning a heat and being distanced in the same heat. A horse distanced in the second heat is better than one distanced in the first heat. XIX. Horses Drawn. — Horses drawn before the conclusion of a race shall be considered distanced. XX. Outside Bets. — In all matches made play or pay, outside bets not to be considered play or pay, unless so understood by the parties. UNION COURSE. 149 XXI. Op Plat or Pay Matches. — All moneys bet on play or pay matches by outside betters, are not considered play or pay. XXII. Bettino, — Absent Bettors. — A confirmed bet cannot be let off without mutual consent. If either party be absent at the time of trotting, and the money be not staked, the party present may declare the bet void in the presence of the Judges, unless some party will stake the money betted for the absentee. XXIII. Compromised Matches. — All bets made by outside bet- tors on compromised matches are considered drawn. XXIV. Bettors op Odds, etc. — The person who bets the odds has a right to choose the horse or the field. When he has chosen his horse, the field is what starts against him ; but there is no field unless one starts with him. If odds are bet without naming the horses before the trot is over, it must be determined as the odds were at the time of making it. Bets made in trotting are not de- termined till the purse is won, if the heat is not specified at the time of betting. XXV. — Horses Excluded from Starting or Distanced. — All bets made on horses precluded from starting (by Rule 19), being distanced in the race, or on such horses against each other, shall be drawn. XXVI. In Cases op Dispute and Improper Conduct. — In all cases of dispute not provided for by the Rules, the Judges for the day wiil decide finally. In case of a trot or match being proved to their satisfaction to have been made or conducted improperly or dishonestly on the part of the principals, they shall have the power to declare all bets void. XXVII. Size op Whips to be Used. — No rider or driver shall be allowed any other than a reasonable length of whip, viz, for saddle horses, two feet ten inches; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, five feet ten inches. XXVIII. In Case op Accidents. — In case of accidents, but five minutes shall be allowed over the time specified in Rule No. 10, unless the Judges think more time necessary. XXIX. — Judges' Stand. — No person shall be allowed in the Judges' stand but the Judges, reporters, and members, at the time of trotting. XXX. In Case op Death. — All engagements are void upon the decease of either party before being determined. EULES AND EEGULATIOKS OF THE oixittr €xtn ^rottiixg (flitb, ST. LOUIS, MO. <♦> Rule I. Membership. — N'o person, after the adoption of these Rules, shall be admitted as a member of this Club unless nomi- nated by a member, and admitted by a vote of the members, at a meeting of the Club ; provided, however, that the President — Vice- Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary unanimously agreeing — may admit a person as member until the next regular meeting, when his name shall be placed in noroination and voted on. In voting upon the admission of new members, one blackball in ten shall ex- clude the applicant. II. Officeks. — The officers of this Club shall consist of a Presi- dent, three Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and Secretary, all of whom shall be elected for one year, and shall serve until their successors are duly elected. III. Officers make Rules. — The President and Vice-Presidents, a majority of them concurring, shall have tlfe power to make all useful Rules for the preservation of good order and decorum on the Course, and to employ such persons as they may deem neces- sary to enforce them. IV. Duties of Officers. — The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club ; shall have general supervision and control of the track ; in the absence of the Treasurer or Secretary shall appoint a person or persons to perform their duties ; shall appoint the Judges of all races for purses given b;/ the Club, and with the Vice-Presidents, a majority of them concurring, shall have the power to give purses and order repairs or alterations on the track. In his absence his duties shall be performed by the oldest Vicc- Presiident present; provided, however, that nothing in this Rule shall authorize the giving of purses or the making of repairs or al- MOtlNB CITY TROTTING CLUB. 151 terations, the cost of which shall exceed the funds in the hands of the Treasurer, V. The Treasurer shall receive all the funds of the Club, and shall disburse the same under the direction of the President and Vice-Presidents. He shall give bond, with security to be approved by the President, in such sum as he shall require, for the faithful performance of his duties. He shall, at each annual meetino- make a detailed statement of the financial condition of the Club. VI. The Secretary shall attend the Judges on each day's race, keep a book in which shall be recorded the names of the mem- bers, the Rules of the Club, the proceedings of each meeting, the entries of horses and the names of their respective owners, and also an account of each day's race and the time of each hea,t. Vn. Salaries.— The salaries to be paid by the Club shall be regulated by the President and Vice-Presidents, a majority con- trolling, VIII. Elections. — All elections shall be by ballot. Elections for officers shall be held on the second Monday in March of each year. A majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to elect. IX. Vacancies. — When a vacancy shall occur in any office, the appointment of which is reserved to the members, the President and Vice-Presidents, a majority controlling, shall fill the vacancy until the next regular election, X. Meetings. — There shall be one regular meeting of the Club on the first Monday in March of each year. Notice of time and place to be advertised by the Secretary for at least two weeks pre- ceding the meeting, XI. Called Meetings. — A members' meeting may be called at any time by the President or any three members, and signed by the Secretary. Notice of time and place to be advertised as in the preceding rule. XII. Quorum. — Ten members, including the officers present, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but no 'alterations of the rules shall be made, or new rules adopted, un- less by a two-thirds vote of the members. XIII. Expulsion of Members. — To expel a member, not less than a quorum shall be present and two-thirds of the membeTS present shall vote for expulsion. A member on being expelled shall not be eligible to membership for six months from the date of Buch expulsion. 152 RULKS AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. XIV. Judges. — There shall not be less than three Judges in the stand during the pendency of a heat, who shall decide all disputes that may arise, and no appeal shall be allowed from their decision witliout their consent. In all questions relating to the race, and not provided for by these Rules, the Judges shall decide accord- ing to iheir best judgment and the usage of the turf in like cases. XV. The Judges for the day may postpone a purse race, on ac- count of bad weather, but for no other cause. No fresh entry of horses shall be allowed in such a case. During the pendency of a race, none but the Judges of the day and the Timers, attended by the Secretary, shall be admitted in the Judges' stand. The Timers shall be appointed by the Judges of tlie day by the con- sent of the President or acting President present, or by the Presi- dent or acting President who may be present. XVI. Entries. — All entries of horses for any purse shall be in writing, sealed, and delivered to the Secretary at such time and place as may be prescribed by the officers of the Club. Each entry shall state the name, age, color, and sex of the horse entered. The entrance fee (ten per cent, on the purse) shall accompany the entry. As soon as the entries shall be closed, the Secretary sliall proceed to open the same, and make out a list and post them up. XVII. Death of Entered IIorse. — If any horse nominated in a Stake or purse die, or the person nominating him die before the race, no forfeit shall be required. XVIII. Joint Entries. — Death. — In joint nominations, if one of the persons nominating die, the survivor shall be liable for the forfeit, and entitled to the benefit of the nomination. If the horse dies no forfeit shall be required. XIX. Defaulters. — No person shall be permitted to start a horse in a race over this Course who shall have failed to pay all forfeits due by him on account of stakes gone oeer this Course; nor shall any horse be permitted to go over this Course in the name of any person whatever, so long as forfeits incurred by the horse^ remain unpaid. Nor shall a nomination be made by another per- son of a horse in which a defaulter has an interest, and all such nominations are hereby declared void. The Secretary shall keep a record on the books of all defaulters to the Club. XX. No TWO Drivers, nor two Horses, etc. — No two drivers from the same stable shall be allowed to drive in the same race, except by special permission of the Judges. No two horses from MOUND CITY TROTTING CLUB. 153 the same stable, nor no two horses owned in whole or in part by the same person, shall be allowed to start in the same race, unless it be a single heat, except by the imanimous consent of the Judges. XXI. Matches. — In match races, the Rules of tliis Club shall govern, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated. All matches run over this Course shall be under the control of the officers of this Club. The parties to matches may change the weights and distances. XXII. Sweepstakes. — All sweepstakes to come off over this Course shall be subject to the cognizance of this Club, and no change of nominations shall be allowed after closing, unless by consent of all parties. XXIII. Timing Horses. — If any person shall time a horse whilst training on this Course, or being timed by his owner or agent, un- less expressly requested to do so by such owner or agent, the per- son so doing shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, drive, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course ; and, if a member of this Club, shall be expelled from his membership. XXIV. Privilege of Members. — Every member who is not in arrears to the Club shall have free entrance at all times to the Course and to the stands. Also, the privilege of exercising or training his horse on the track when it does not interfere with races, or is not forbidden by the President or Vice-Presidents. XXV. Weights and Weighing. — Every trotting horsp, mare, or gelding starting for match, purse, or stake shall carry one hundred and forty-five pounds ; if in harness, the weight of the sulky and harness not to be considered. Pacing horses, mares, or geldings subject to the same rule. The Judges shall see that each rider or driver has his proper weight before the start, and that he has within two pounds of it after each heat, unless waived unanimously by the drivers and consented to unanimously by the Judges. Weights shall not be made by wetting the blanket placed on or under the saddle, nor on or in the sulky or wagon. At the close of each heat, every rider or driver must repair with his horse to the Judges' stand and await their order to dismount, and no groom or other per- son shall be permitted to cover any horse until the rider or driver shall have been dismounted by the Judges. The rider shall then repair to the scales to be weighed, unless excused as provided in this rule. For any violation of this rule the horse involved shall be declared distanced. 154 RTTLES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. XXVI. Placing. — The places of horses at starting shall be de- termined by lottery by the Judges ; and in stakes they shall start in the order iu which they are nominated, unless expressly stipu- lated otherwise. XXVII. Starting. — The Judges shall order the horses saddled or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for start- ing. Any rider or driver causing undue detention after being called up, by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may, after giving notice of their intention to the riders or drivers, give the word to start without reference to the situation of the horses so offending, unless convinced such delay is unavoidable on the part of the riders or drivers, in which case not more than thirty minutes shall be consumed in attempting to start, and, at the ex- piration of that time, the horse or horses ready to start shall re- ceive the word. XXVIII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be, for one-mile, twenty minutes, and for every additional mile five minutes. XXIX. Foul Riding. — A horse that has won a heat shall be entitled to the track in starting for the next heat, other horses taking position in the order of their placing in the previous heat. The leading horse in any part of the race shall have a right to select his ground, from which he" shall not swerve either to the right or left so as to impede any other horse. Should any rider or driver cross, jostle, or strike another or his horse, run on his horse's heels, or do anything else that may impede his adversary, or cause his horse to break or bolt, he shall be deemed distanced, and, if in- tentionally, the oflfending rider or driver shall never be permitted again to ride, drive over, or attend a horse on this Course. XXX. Horses owned, etc. — Horses owned iu part by the same person within three days shall not start for a purse, and horses so entered shall forfeit their entrance, unless by special agreement of all persons making the nominations and by the unanimous con- sent of the President and Vice-Presidents present. A horse start- ing alone shall receive one-half the purse, unless the purse was othei'wise posted or advertised. Horses deemed by the Judges not fair trotters shall be ruled off previous to or distanced at the termination of the heat. XXXI. Bolting. — If any horse shall bolt from the track he shall be declared distanced, although he may come out ahead, un- MOUND CITY TROTTING CLUB. 155 less he return and again enter the track at the point from which he swerved. XXXII. Of Aids. — No person other than the rider or driver shall be permitted to sti-ike ahorse, or attempt, by shouting or otherwise, to assist a horse in getting a start or to increase his speed in any race ; nor shall any person stand in the track or Course, or go to any point in the track or Course, to point out a path for the rider or driver, or to give instructions after the starting for the heat, undur a penalty of expulsion from the Course for either offence ; and if such person shall be the owner, trainer, agent, or rubber of such horse, or instigated to the act by either of the said persons, such horse shall be declared distanced, and the person so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, drive, or attend a horse again on or at this Course. XXXIII. Horses to go a Fair Race. — Every horse started shall go a hona-Jide race. If any horse shall trot or pace to lose, the own- er, agent, trainer, and rider or driver shall forfeit all rights under the Rules of this Club, and no longer be allowed to hold any connec- tion with it. No compromise or agreement between any two per- sons starting horses, or their agents or grooms, not to oppose each other upon a promised division of the purse, shall be permitted, and no persons shall trot or pace their horses with a determina- tion to oppose jointly any other horses in the race. In either case, upon satisfactory proof of such agreement, the Judges shall award the pm-se to the next best horse, and the persons offending shall never be permitted again to start a horse over this Course. XXXIV. Winner. — A horse that wins two heats, or distances the field in one, wins the race; but one that does not win a heat in three shall not start again in the race. When thus prohibited from starting, however, he shall not be deemed distanced ; and all bets on his being distanced shall be void. The race called "best three in five" is an exception to this rule, where the winner must win three heats, and all others are allowed to start five heats, unless distanced, if there be so many, no horse having previously won three heats ; but no horse that has not won a heat shall start more than five heats, unless he shall have made a dead heat. XXXV. Placing Horses. — Of the beaten horses, he shall be de- clared the best that wins a heat. Of beaten horses that have each won a heat, that one which is best in the last heat of the race shall be declared best in the race, and the others as they come to the 158 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACIXO AND BETTING. Stand iu tlie last heat in the race. Those not winning a heat shall be placed, and the bets decided accordingly, as they come to the stand at the termination of the race. If the winner of a heat is afterwards distanced, he is beaten by those who save their dis- tance. A horse distanced in a second heat is better than one dis- tanced iu the first heat, and so on through the race. XX.iVI. Drawing, — No person shall be permitted to draw or sell his horse during the race, except by permission of the Judges, nuder the penalty of bf.ing excluded from the Club, and of any horse in which he is interested being excluded from the track. A drawn horse shall be considered distanced. XXXVII. Matches against Time. — In the matches against time the parties making the match shall be entitled to three trials (unless expressly stipulated to the contrary), whicli triab sliall be had on the same day. It is also understood that a trial horse may be used, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties making the match. XXXVIII. Distances. — There shall be two Distance Judgrs ap- pointed by the Judges, who shall repair to the Judges' stand after each heat, and report the distanced horses and foul riding or driving, if any has been observed by them. A horse whose head reaches the distance as soon as the winner reaches the winning-post shall not be considered distanced. A horse who fails to bring in his proper weight, or is disqualified from winning by foul riding or driving, is to be deemed distanced. The dis- tance for mile heats shall be 80 yards; two mile heats, IGO yards ; three-mile heats, 24'' yards ; four-mile heats, 240 yards. In match races there shall be a distance, unless the contrary be expressly stipulated ))y the parties. XXXIX. Dead IIkats. — If a dead heat would have decided the race, had cither of the contending horses won it, they alone shall start for another heat. Horses distanced in a dead heat shall be treatt^d as though the heat had been won. XL. Houses Breaking, etc. — Should any horse break from his trot or pace, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his horse to a trot or pace immediately ; and in case the rider or dri- ver omits to do so, the penalty shall be that the next best horse shall have the heat. If the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain by such break, twice -the distance gained shall bo taken away on the coming out. A horse breaking on the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. MOTTND CITY TROTTING CLUB. 157 XLI. Whips. — The length of whips shall be, for saddle horses, two feet ten inches ; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, five feet ten inches. XLII. Accidents. — In case of accident, but five minutes over the time specified in Rule No. 27 shall be allowed, unless the Judges think more time necessary and that it is proper to grant it. XLIII. DoDDTFUL Age, etc. — On suggestion of any doubts as to the ago, ownership, partnership, etc., of any horse entered for a race, the Judges shall inquire into the facts, and, if satisfied that any rule of the Club is about to be violated, shall exclude such horse from the race ; and if a horse is permitted to start from a doubt not being sustained, and any doubt remains on the minds of the Judges, the purse, if won by such horse, shall be withheld until the doubt is confirmed or done away with. On being eventually sustained, the purse shall be awarded and paid to the next best horse in the race. XLIV. Frauds. — If any fraud shall be discovered, by which the winner shall have been improperly paid the purse, such as a deception as to weight, age, ownership, partnership, etc., the Judges shall demand Its restoration, and it shall be paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If not restored, the illegal holder of the purse, if a member, shall be expelled from the Club, and he shall not be allowed to hold any connection with it. If not a member, no horse which has been trained by him, or in which he is interested, shall be allowed to start agaiti on this Course. XLV. Quarter-Stretch. — No person, except those attending the horses, shall be allowed in the quarter-stretch during the pendency of a heat, nor until the riders or drivers are weighed after its conclusion. XLVI. Threats, etc., towards Judges. — If any owner, trainer, rider, driver, starter, or attendant of a horse shall use any threats or other improper language towards any officer of the Club in the discharge of his official duty, the person so oflending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, drive, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course. XLVII. Gambling. — No gambling shall be permitted on the grounds of this Club, and the officers shall see that this Rule is regarded. XLVIII. Females. — No female shall be admitted within the Course or upon tlie stands unless under the escort of a gentleman, vouched for by a member of the Club. 158 RITLRS AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. B Ii: T T I IST G-, 1. All bets at"? understood to relate to tlio purse, if notbing is Baid to the contrary. 2. A bet upon the purse or a heat is void if the horse betted on does not start. 3. Where a bet is made against tlie field, it is understood to be on one horse against as many as start ; but one other must start, or it is no bet. 4. When both parties are present, either party has a right to demand that the money be staked before the horses start ; and if cue refuses, the other may, at his option, declare the bet void. 5. If cither party be absent on the day of a race (the money not being staked), the party present may declare the bet void in the presence of respectable witnesses, before the race commences ; but if any person offer to stake for the absentee, it is confirmed. 6. In all cases of dispute, not provided for by the Rules, the Judges of the day will decide finally. In case of a race being proved to their satisfaction to have been made or conducted im- properly or dishonestly on the part of the principals, they shall have the power to declare all bets void. A CHROMO-LITHOGRAFH OF BTSDTK'S FAMOUS STALLION HAMBLETONIAN! From the Original Paintingr by J. H. WRIGHT. It is printed in brilliant colors, and closely resembles the oil painting, and is the only perfect likeness of this celebrated horse. NOTICES OF THE PRESS- "Portrait of Hambletonian, by J. H. Wright.— It is a capital picture of the man and horse, for the likeness of Rysdyk is perfectly life- like, and he himself certifies that it gives an exact likeness of his horse." [Wilkes' Spirit of the Times, March 10, 1866. "BbautifttlI— That is the universal verdict of those who looked upon a chromo-lithograph of Mr Rysdyk's celebrated horse Hambletonian. a most noble looking animal indeed. ' The lithograph is from the oiiginal painting by J. H. Wright, an artist of renown in this branch of the fine arts. Every admirer of that noble animal, the horse, should purchase one of these lithographs. A copy ornaments the Clipper's sanctum."— [Clipper. " Rysdyk' s Hambletonian. — We hazard nothing in saying the lithograph published by Olone, 945 Broadway, is by far the best likeness offered lor sale to the public of this celebrated stallion."- [Turf, March 10, 1866. Hambletonian was sired by Old Abdallah, he by Mambrino, and he by imported Messenger. His dam was the Charles Kent mare, by imported Belfounder. Grand dam Old One Eye, by Old Hambletonian, and he by imported Messenger, and his dam also by imported Messenger, and the dam of Old One Eye was by im- ported Messenger. Hambletonian is the sire of Dexter, the king of the turf; also, George Wilkes, Brunette, Bruno, Volunteer, Grey Miller, Shark, &c., &c., and a host of the fastest trotters in America. SIZE OF PICTURE, - - 28X36. Price, in Colors $5 00 Plain Black and Tint 3 00 Neatly Framed in Walnut and Gilt 10 00 Can be sent to any part of the United States or Canada. JOHW J. OLONE, 945 Broad vray^ NEIV TORK* I 5^ 3. I if I" J?^. § "^ I ^.q^ts i § § 5S a ^ S H o ■ ■ ;o S M o o EULES AND EEGULATIONS OF THE xbtxBXiit ^arli %&Bathxtwn, BOSTON. MASS. Article I. All trotting and pacing over the Riverside Park shall be governed by the following Rules and Regulations, unless other- wise agreed upon by parties making matches or sweepstakes. II. Entries. — All entries must be made under seal, inclosing the entrance- money for the purse and forfeit in sweepstakes, and be addressed to the Manager, at such time and place as may have been announced by public advertisement ; an accurate and satis- factory description of all unknown entries will be required. After the time has expired for closing the entries, the Manager shall open and make known the entries in public, and publish them in one or more newspapers. No purse will be given for a walk- over. All entrance-money for purses is one-half forfeit to the Association, and when only one entry appears on the Course he shall receive the other half. III. In Case of Death. — All engagements are void upon the death of either party. If a race is made "play or pay," or with a forfeit, the death of a horse shall not affect the engagement. lY. Qualifications. — As many entries may be made by one owner, or as many horses trained in the same stable, as may be de- sired, but only one that has been owned in whole or in part by the same person or persons, or trained in the same stable within ten days previous to the race, can start in any race of " ^eats;" and all such forfeited entries will be added to the purses, or given to the second best horse in the race, at the option of the Manager. V. Weights. — Every horse starting for a purse, sweepstakes, or match, or in any trotting or pacing race, shall carry, if to wagon 01 sulky, 150 lbs., exclusive of harness; and if imder the saddle, 145 lbs., the saddle and whip only to be weighed. VI. Distances. — In heats of one mile, 80 yards shall be a dls- ICO RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. tance; in heats of two miles, 150 yards shall be a distance ; in " heats of three miles, 220 yards shall be a distance ; in heats of one mile, best three in five, 100 yards shall be a distance. All horses whose heads have not reached the distance stand as soon as the leading horse arrives at the winning-post shall be declared dis- tanced. If any jockey shall ride or drive foul, his horse shall be declared distanced. Whenever the winner of a heat is distanced by any default of riding, weight, or otherwise, the heat shall be. awarded to the next best horse. VII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be, twenty-five minutes for mile heats, best three in five ; and for mile heats, twenty minutes ; for two-mile heats, thirty-five minutes ; and should there be a race of four-mile heats, the time shall be forty minutes. VIII. Size of "Whip. — Riders and drivers will be allowed whips of the following lengths : for saddle-horses, two feet ten inches; sulkies, four feet eight inches ; wagons, five feet ten inches. IX. Selection of Judges. — There shall be chosen by the Mana- ger three Judges for the day or I'ace, except in matches, when the parties making the race can each select a Judge, the Manager to select the third Judge, who shall be acceptable to the parties. X. Power of Judges. — The Judges of the day or race shall have power to appoint Distance and Patrol Judges ; they shall de- cide all questions and matters of dispute between the parties to the race that are not provided for in the Rules and Regulations ; when deemed requisite they may call to their assistance compe- tent and disinterested persons for consultation and advice ; when any rider or driver shall cause unnecessary delay after the horses are called up, either by neglecting to prepare for the race in time, or by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word without regard to the offending party or parties ; when any horse or horses keep so far ahead of others that the Judges can- not give a fair start, they shall give the offending party or par- ties notice of the penalty attached to such conduct, and, should they still persist in their offensive course, the Judges shall give the word, and such offending panics shall not win the heat, although they come to the score ahead of all others, and shall be placed behind all others in the heat ; when horses are refractory, or from other causes which may prevent the Judges from giving the word, they may, after a reasonable time, give the word with- out reference to the position of the refractory horse or horses, or, RIVERSIDE PARK ASSOCIATION. l61 after the lapse of twenty-five minutes, may call them to the score and start them. XL Distance and Patrol JtinaES. — In all races of heats, there shall be a Distance Judge appointed by the Judges of the day, who shall remain in the distance stand during the heats, and im- mediately after each heat shaH repair to the Judges' stand, and re- port to the Judges the horse or horses that may be distanced, and any act of foul, if any has occurred under his observation ; the Patrol Judges shall repair in hke manner to the Judges' stand, and report any act of foul, if any has occurred under their observa- tion ; the reports of the Distance and Patrol Judges shall be alone received. XII. Judges' Duty. — The Judges should be in the stand fifteen minutes before the time of starting; they shall weigh the riders or drivers, and draw for the positions of the horses ; ring the bell or give other notice five minutes previous to the time announced for the race to come off, which shall be notice to all parties to pre- pare for the race at the appointed time, when all the horses must be ready, and any party failing to comply with this rule shall be liable to forfeit or be ruled out. The Judges shall not notice or receive complaints of foul from any person or persons except those appointed by the Judges for that purpose and riders or drivers in the race. The result of a heat shall not be announced until the Judges are satisfied as to the weights of the riders or drivers, and sufficient time has elapsed to receive the reports of the Patrol and Distance Judges. XIII. Power of Postponement. — In case of unfavorable weather, or other unavoidable causes, the Manager shall have power to postponp to a future time all purses or sweepstakes, or any race to which they have contributed, upon giving notice thereof. But there shall be no postponement after the race is started. In matches, the race can only be postponed by the consent of the par- ties thereto, after being started. XIV. Judges' Stand. — None but the Judges shall be allowed in the Judges' stand. XV. Accidents. — In case of accidents, ten minutes shall be al- lowed ; but the Judges may allow more time when deemed neces- sary and proper. XVI. Disputes and Contingencies. — When disputes and con- tingencies arise which are not provided for in the Rules and Regu- lations, the Judges shall have power to decide in such cases. 162 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. XVir. Starting and keeping Positions. — The Judges shall in- form the riders and drivers of their positions in starting for the race ; the horse winning the heat shall take the pole the succeed- ing heat, and all others shall take their positions in the order in whicli they came home in tlie last heat. When two or more horses shall make a dead heat, the horses shall start for the succeeding heat in the same positions they occupied at the finish of the dead heat. In coming out in the home-stretch, each horse shall keep the position first selected, except the hindmost horse, who, when there is sufficient room to pass on the inside, or anywhere in the home- stretch, without interfering with others, shall be allowed to do so; and any party interfering to prevent him shall be distanced, or lose the heat, as the Judges may determine ; any party violating this rule wilfully shall be distanced. If a horse should at any time cross or swerve on the home stretch, so as to impede the progress of a horse behind him, he shall not be entitled to beat him in that heat ; and if, in the opinion of the Judges, such crossing or swerv- ing was wilful on the part of the rider or driver, he shall be distanced. XVII. Dkcorum. — If any owner, trainer, rider, driver, or attend- ant of a horse use improper language to the officers of the Park, or be guilty of improper conduct, the^erson so offending may be, by the Judges of the day or race, rmed ofiF the Park, and not be permitted to ride, drive, or attend a horse on this Park again in any race under the control of the Manager, unless such ruling- oflf be rescinde'd, XIX. Placing Horses. — Horses distanced in the first heat are equal in the race ; but in all succeeding heats, horses that are dis- tanced in the same heat shall rank in the race in the order which they were entitled to at the start of the heat ; that is, horses hav- ing won two heats better than those winning one ; a horse that has won a heat better than a horse only making a dead heat ; a horse winning one or two heats and making a dead heat better than one winning an equal number of heats, but not making a dead heat. When horses winning an equal number of heats shall be distanced in the same heat, they shall rank in the race in the order in which they started for the heat in which they were distanced. When two or more horses shall have won an equal number of heats, they shall rank in the race as they are placed in the last heat in which they contend ; horses not winning or making a dead heat the same. In case this article should not give a specific decision as to second or third money, etc., the Judges are to decide according to the best RIVERSIDE PARK ASSOCIATION. 163 of their ability and turf usages in general, and all outside bets to be governed thereby. XX. HoRSKS Breaking. — When any horse or horses break from their gait, in trotting or pacing, their riders or drivers shall imme- diately pull them to the gait in which they Avere to go the race ; and any party refusing or neglecting to comply with this rule shall be distanced. Should the rider or driver comply with this rule, and a horse should gain by breaking, twice the distance so gained shall be taken from him or them at the coming out. A horse breaking at the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. XXI. Winning Horses. — A horse must win a majority of the heats to be entitled to the purse or stake, unless such hor^e should have distanced all others in one heat. if"' XXII. Relative to Heats and Horses Eligible to Start. — In heats, one, two, three, or four miles, a horse not winning one heat in three shall not start for a fourth, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. In heats best three in five, a horse not win- ning a heat in five shall not start for a sixth, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. A dead heat shall be considered a heat as regards all excepting the horses making such dead hciit, and those only shall start for the next heat which would have been entitled had the heat been won by either horse making the dead heat ; a horse prevented from starting by this rule shall not be dis- tanced, but ruled out. XXIII. Collusions or Frauds. — When the Judges are satisfied that any race is being, or has been, conducted improperly or dis- honestly, either on the part of the riders, drivers, or the parties controlling the horses or race, they shall have the power to declare that neither horse nor horses have won the race nor the money ; and all outside bets shall be declared null and void. Also, when there is any interference with riders, drivers, their horses or vehicles, either at the start or during the race, the Judges shall have power to decide equitably between the horses, and their decision shall be final and conclusive, and all outside bets shall be governed thereby. XXIV. Dress op Riders and Drivers. — Judges may require riders and drivers to be properly dressed. XXV. Weights and Weighing. — Riders and drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or more of the Judges previous to starting for any race, and after each heat shall come to the starting stand, and not dismount or leave his vehicle without permission of the Judges. Any party violating this rule shall be distanced, if not of 164 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. as much bodily weight as the rules of the Park require ; and when of sufficient bodily weight, it shall be discretionary with the Judges to rule him off, or distance him, for a contempt of the Rules and Regulations. But a rider or driver thrown or taken by force from his horse or vehicle, after having passed the winning- post, shall not be considered as having dismounted without per- mission of the Judges ; and if disabled may be carried to the Judges' stand to be weighed, and the Judges may take the circum- stances into consideration, and decide accordingly. XXVI. Foul. — If a horse, driver, or rider shall cross, jostle, or strike another horse, driver, or rider, or do anything that impedes another horse, accidentally or not, it is foul, and the horse that impedes the other shall be adjudged distanced. Although a lead- ing horse is entitled to any part of the track, except after select- iug his position on the home-stretch, if he crosses from the right to the left, or from the inner to the outer side of the track, when a horse is so near him that, in changing his position, he compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if he causes the rider or driver to pull him out of his stride, it is foul ; and if, in passing a leading horse, the track is taken so soon after getting the lead as to cause the horse pissed to shorten his stride, it is foul. A rider or driver committing any act which the Judges may deem intentionally foul must be declared distanced ; this rule should at all times be rigidly enforced. All complaints of foul by riders and drivers must be made at the termination of the heat, and before the rider or driver dismounts or leaves his vehicle, by order of the Judges. XXVII. Handicaps and Miscellaneous Weights. — In matches or handicaps, where extra or lesser weights are to be carried, the Judges shall carefully examine and ascertain, before starting, whether the riders, drivers, or vehicles are of such weights as have been agreed upon or required by the match or handicap, and the riders or drivers who shall carry during the race and bring home with them the weights which have been pronounced correct and proper by the Judges, there shall be no penalty attached to any party for light weight in that heat, provided the Judges are satis- fied of their mistake, and that there has been no deception on the part of the rider or driver who shall be deficient in weight. Rut all parlies thereafter shall carry full weight. XXVIII. All races shall be started at 3^ o'clock p, m., from the first of May to the first of September. WILKES THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S NEWSPAPER. S Cbl'ooicie of ll]e Jiit'f, Iiel5 Spoirfg, li)e fil-h)]!, m^ §tqcje. "Wilkes' Spirit" is the great Sporting Paper of America. It is now the only Spirit of the Times in existence — the Old Spirit and Porter's Spirit both having become merged in its existence. From its superb Sketches ; its masterly Criticisms, Military as well as Literary ; its graphic and detailed Reports of the Turf, the Ring, the Road, the Field ; its current accounts of Hunting, Fish- ing, and Shooting ; its Departments of Cricket, Base-Ball, Billiards, Chess, Draughts, and other Parlor Games ; and its profuse and matchless Musical and Dramatic Literature, it has justly been characterized as the " American Gentleman's Newspaper." As such, it has united on its staJBf the ablest writers on its various specialties, and has long been recognized as the only sporting au- thority in America. Its circulation is second to but one other weekly journal in the country ; and its chief boast is, that while acquiring this vast prosperity, it has earned, by its careful morals and its chaste propriety of language, a respected place on the family centre-table. GEORGE WILKES, Editor and Proprietor, Office, 201 William Street, New York. AMEBICAN NEWS CO., Wholesale Agents, 119 & 121 Nassau Street, New York. TIMING WATCHES ! A beautiful Assortment of Independent One-Fourth and One- Fifth Second TIMING WATCHES, made hy Jules Jurgensen, Copenhagen, and Jules Emmery, Sagne. These watches have AL.I. THE L.ATEST IlWiPROVEMENTS, and are acknowledged to be the BEST TIM:ERS in the 'WORI^ID ! ! ! THOMAS KIKKPATEIOK, Importer, 30 i» S roadway, cor. Duane St., JV. Y, THE PATRIOT'S REFEREE; [CONTAINING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, '$\t Original llriirlts ti '^anMnzim, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WASHINGTON'S FAREWELL ADDRESS, a.TjTj com:i»il.ete5. Affording to every one a means of Reference at once Reliable and Convenient. Mailed, free of postage, on receipt of Price, by M. B. BROWN & CO, PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS, 201 & 203 William Street, New York. EULES AND EEGULATIONS FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF TROTTING^ AND FAOING- OVER THE PHILADELPHIA, PENN. » ♦» Rule I. Nature of Rules. — All matches or sweepstakes which shall come off over this Course will be governed by these Rules, unless the contrary is mutually agreed upon by the parties making such match or stake. II. Power of Postponement. — In case of unfavorable weather, or other unavoidable causes, all purses, matches, or sweepstakes announced to come off, to which the proprietor contributes, he shall have the power to postpone to a future day, upon giving notice of the same ; nor will trotting be allowed after dark. III. Qualification op Horses Starting. — Horses trained in the same stable, or owned in part by the same person, within three days, shall not start for a purse ; and horses so entered shall for- feit their entrance. A horse starting alone shall receive but one- half of the purse. Horses deemed by the Judges not fair trotting horses shall be ruled off previous to, or distanced at the termina- tion of, the heat. IV. Entries. — All entries shall be made under a seal, inclosing the entrance-money (ten per cent, on the pufse), and addressed to the proprietor, at such time and place as may have been previous- ly designated by adverl-isement. V. Weight to be Carried. — Every trotting horse starting for match, purse, or stake shall carry one hundred and forty-five pounds ; if in harness, the weight of the sulky and harness not to be considered. Pacing horses liable to the same rule. 1G6 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. VI. Distances. — A distance for mile heats, best three in five, shall b(f one hundred yards ; for one-mile heats, eight j yards ; and for every additional mile, an additional eighty yards. VII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be, for one mile, tAventy minutes; and for every additional mile an ad- ditional five minutes. VIII. Power op Judges. — There shall be chosen, by the pro- prietor of the Course, three Judges to preside over a race for purses, and by them an additional Judge shall be appointed for the dktance stand ; they may, also, during or previous to a race, appoint Inspectors at any part of the Course, whose reports, and theirs alone, shall be received of any foul riding or driving. IX. Difference of Opinion between Judges. — Should a dif- ference of opinion exist between the Judges in the starting stand on any question, a majority shall govern. X. Judges' Duties. — The Judges shall order the horses saddled or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for start- ing ; any rider or driver causing undue detention after being called up, by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word to start without reference to the situation of the horse so offending, unless convinced such delay is unavoidable on the part of the rider or driver, in which case not n\ore than thirty minutes shall be consumed in attempting to start ; and at the ex- piration of that time, the horse or horses ready to start shall re- ceive the word. XI. Starting Horses, — The pole shall be drawn for by the Judges ; the horse winning a heat shall, for the succeeding heats, be entitled to a choice of the track ; on coming out on the last stretch, each horse shall retain the track first selected ; any horse deviating shall be distanced. XII. Riders or Drivers. — Riders and drivers shall not be per- mitted to start unless dressed in proper style. XIII. WEKmTs OP Riders and Drivers. — Riders and drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or more of tlie Judges previous to starting; and after a heat, are to come up to the starting stand, and not dismount until so ordered by the Judges ; any rider or driver disobeying shall, on weighing, be precluded from the biMio- fit of the weight of his saddle and whip, and if not full weight shall be distanced. XiV. Penalty for Foul Riding or Driving. — A rider or driver SUFFOLK PARK COURSE. 167 committing any act which the Judges may deem foul riding or driving shall be distanced. XV. Horses Breaking. — Should any horse break from bis trot or pace, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his horse to a trot or pace immediately, and in* case Of the rider or driver refusing to do so, the penalty shall be that the next best horse shall have the heat. If the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain by such break, twice the distance ST> gained shall be taken away on the coming out. A horse break- ing on the score shall not lose the heat so doing. XVI. The Winning Horse. — A horse must win two heats to be entitled to the ^urse, unless lie distance all other horses in one heat. A distanced Iiorse in a dead heat shall not start again. XVII. Relative to Heats. — A horse not winning one heat in three shall not start for a fourth heat unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. When a dead heat is made between two horses, that if either had won the heat the race would have been decided, they two only shall start again. In races best three in five, a horse shall win one heat in five to be allowed to start for the sixth heat, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. Such horses as are prevented from starting by this Rule shall be considered drawn, and not distanced. XVIII. On Heats and Distances. — If two horses each win a heat, and neither are distanced in the race, the one coming out ahead on the last heat to be considered the best. The same rule to be applied to horses neither winning a heat and neither dis- tanced. If one horse wins a heat, he is better than one that does not, providing he does not get distanced in the race ; then the other, if not distanced, shall be best. A horse that wins a heat and is distanced is better than one not winning a heat and being distanced in the same heat. A horse distanced in the second heat is better than one distanced in the first heat. XIX. Horses Drawn. — Horses drawn before the conclusion of a race shall be considered distanced. XX. Outside Bets. — In all matches made play or pay, outside bets not to be considered play or pay unless so understood by the parties. XXI. Op Play or Pay Matches. — All moneys bet on play or pay matches by outside bettors are not considered play or pay unless mentioned. 168 RULKS AND REQULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. XXII. Betting. — Absent Bettors. — A confirmed bet cannot be let off without mutual consent. If either party be absent at the time of trotting, and the money be not staked, the party present may declare the bet void, in the presence of the Judge.^, unless some party will stake the money betted for the absentee. XXIII. Compromised Matches. — All bets made by outside bet- tors on compromised matches are considered drawn. XXIV. Bettors of Odds, Etc. — The person who bets the odds has a right to choose the horse or the field. When he has chosen his horse, the field is what starts against him ; but there is no field unless one starts with him. If odds are bet without naming the horses before the trot is over, it must be determined as the odds were at the time of making it. Bets made in trotting are not de- termined till the purse is won, if the heat is not specified at the time of betting. XXV. Horses Excluded from Starting or Distanced. — All bets made on horses precluded from starting (by rule XIX), being distanced in the race, or on such horses against each other, shall be drawn. XXVI. In Cases of Dispute and Improper Conduct. — In all cases of dispute not provided for by the Rules the Judges for the day will decide finally. In case of a trot or match being proved to their satisfaction to have been made or conducted improperly or dishonestly on the part of the principals, they shall have power to declare all bets void. XXVII. Size op Whips to be used. — No rider or driver shall be allowed any other than a reasonable length of whip, viz., for saddle horses, two feet ten inches ; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, five feet ten inches. XXVIII. In Case of Accidents. — In case of accident, but five minutes shall be allowed over the time specified in Kule X, unless the Judges think more time necessary. XXIX. Judges' Stand. — Xo person shall be allowed in the Judges' stand but the Judges and reporters at the time of trotting. XXX. In case of Death. — All engagements are void upon the decease of either party. EULES AND BEGULATIONS OF THE PORTLAND, MAINE. Article I. All trotting and pacing over the Forest City Trotting Park shall be governed by the following Rules and Regulations, unless otherwise agreed between parties making matches or sweep- stakes. II. Entries, — All entries must be made under seal, inclosing the entrance-money for the purse and forfeit in sweepstakes, and be addressed to the Secretary, or some person authorized by the As- sociation, at such time and place as may have been announced by public advertisement ; an accurate and satisfactory description of all unknown entries will be required. After the time has expired for closing the entries, the Secretary, or some person authorized, shall open and make known the entries in public, and publish them in one or more newspapers. No purse will be given for a walk-over. All entrance-money for purses is one-half forfeit to the Manager, and when only one entry appears on the Park, he shall receive the other half. III. In Case of Death. — All engagements are void upon the decease of either party. If a race is made " play or pay," or with a forfeit, the death of a horse shall not affect the engagement. IV. Qualifications. — As many entries may be made by one owner, or as many horses trained in the same stable, as may be de- sired, but only one that has been owned in whole or in part by the same person or persons, or trained in the same stable within ten days previous to the race, can start in any race of " heats ;" and all such forfeited entries will be added to the purses, or given to the second best horse in the race, at the option of the Manager. V. Weights. — Every horse starting for a purse, sweepstakes, or match, or in any trotting or pacing race, shall carry, if to wagon 8 I'ZO RULES AND REGULATIONS FOB RACrN& AND BETTING; or sulky, 150 lbs-., exclusive of harness; and if under tlie saddle, 145 lbs., the saddle and whip only to be weighed. VI. Distances'. — In heats of one mile, 80 yards shall be a dis- tance; in heats of two miles, 150 yards shall be a distance ; in heats of three miles, 220 yards shall be a distance ; in heats of one mile, best three in five, 100 yards shall be a distance. All horses whose heads have not reached the distance stand as soon as the leading horse arrives at the winning-post shall be declared dis- tanced. If any jockey shall ride or drive foul, his horse shall be declared distanced. Whenever the winner of a heat is distanced by any defjiult of riding, weight, or otherwise, the heat shall be awarded to the next best horse. VII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be, twenty-five minutes for mile heats, best three in five ; and for mile heats, twenty minutes ; for two-mile heats, thirty minutes ; for three-mile heats, thirty-five minutes ; and should there be a race of four-mile heats, the time shall be forty minutes. VIII. Size of Whip. — Riders and drivers will be allowed whips of the following lengths : for saddle-horses, two feet ten inches ; sulkies, four feet eight inches ; wagons, five feet ten inches. IX. Selection of Judges. — There shall be chosen by t'le Forest City Trotting Association three Judges of tlie day, from among the members of the Association, except in matches, when the parties making the race can select their Judges, who must be members of the Association. X. Power of Judges. — The Judges of the day or race shall have power to appoint Distance and Patrol Judges ; they shall de- cide all questions and matters of dispute between the parties to the race that are not provided for in the Rules and Regulations ; when deemed requisite they may call to their assistance compe- tent and disinterested persoiis for consultation and advice ; when any rider or driver shall cause unnecessary delay after the horses are called up, either by neglecting to prepare for the race in time, or by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word without regard to the offending party or parties ; when any horse or horses keep so far ahead of others that the Judges can- not give a fair start, they shall give the offending party or parties notice of the penalty attached to such offensive conduct, and, should they still persist in their offensive course, the Judges may give tlie word, and such olfeuding parties shall not win the heat, FOREST CITY TROTTTNG PARK. 171 although they come to the score ahead of all others, and shall be placed behind all others iu the heat ; when horses are refractor}', or from other causes which may prevent the Judges from giving the word, they may, after a reasonable time, give the ^yo^d with- out reference to the position of the refractory horse or horses, or, after the lapse of twenty-five minutes, may call them to the score and start them. XI. Distance ano Patrol .ToDaES.— In all races of heats, there shall be a Distance Judge appointed by the Judges of the day, who shall remain in the distance stand during the heats, and hn- mediately after each heat shall repair to the Judges' stand, and re- port to the Judges the horse or horses that may be distancetl, and any act of foul, if any has occurred under his observation ; the Patrol Judges shall repair in like manner to the Judges' stand, and report any act of foul, if any has occurred under their observa- tion ; the reports of the Distance and Patrol Judges shall be alono received. XII. Judges' Duty. — The Judges should be in the stand fifteen minutes before the time for starting; they shall weigh the riders or drivers, and draw for the positions of the horses ; ring the bell or give other notice five minutes previous to the time announced for the race to come off, which shall be notice to all parties to pre- pare for the race at the appointed time, when all the horses must be ready, and any party failing to comply with this rule shall be liable to forfeit or be ruled out. The Judges shall not notice or receive complaints of foul from any person or persons except thee appointed by the Judges for that purpose and riders or drivers in the race. The result of a heat shall not be announced until the Judges are satisfied as to the Aveights of the riders or drivers, and sufficient time has elapsed to receive the reports of the Patrol and Distance .Judges. XIII. Power of Postponement. — In case of unfiivorable weather, or other unavoidable causes, the Manager shall have power to postpone to a future time all purses or sweepstakes, or any race to which they have contributed, upon giving notice thereof. But there shall be no postponement after the race is started. Iu matches, the race can only be postponed by the consent of the par- ties thereto, after being started. XIV. Judges' Stand. — iNone but the Judges shall be allowed in the Judges' stand. 172 RULES AND REatTLATIONS FOR RACING AND fiK'l'TlNa, XV. Accidents. — In case of accidents, ten minutes shall be al- lowed ; but the Judges may allow more timcAvlien deemed neces- sary and proper. XVI. Disputes and Contingencies. — When disputes and con- tingencies arise which are not provided for in the Rules and Regu- lations, tlie Judges shall liave power to decide in sU'.-h cases. XVII. Stauting and keeping Positions. — The Judges shall in- form the riders and drivers of their positions in starting for the race ; the horse winning the heat shall take the pole the succeed- ing heat, and all others shall take their positions in the order in which they came home in the last heat. When two or more horses shall make a dead heat, the horses shall start for the succeeding heat in the same positions they occupied at the finish of the dead heat. In coming out in the home-stretch, each horse shall keep the position first selected, except the hindmost horse, who, when there is sufficient room to pass on the inside, or anywhere in the home- stretch, without interfering with others, shall be allowed to do so; and any party interfering to prevent him shall be distanced, or lose the heat, as the Judges may determine ; any party violating this rule wilfully shall be distanced. If a horse should at any time cross or swerve on the home-stretch, so as to impede the progress of a horse behind him, he shall not be entitled to beat him in that heat ; and if, in the opinion of the Judges, such crossing or swerv- ing was wilful on the part of the rider or driver, he shall be distanced. XVIII. Decorum. — If any owner, trainer, rider, driver, or attend- ant of a horse use improper language to the officers of the Park, or be guilty of improper conduct, the pei'son so offending may be, by the Judges of the day or race, ruled off the Park, and not be permitted to ride, drive, or attend a horse on this Park again in any race under the control of the Manager, unless such ruling- off be rc.-cinded. XIX. Placing Horses. — Iloi'ses distanced in the first heat are equal in the race ; but in all succeeding heats, horses that are dis- tanced in the same heat shall rank in the race in the order which they were entitled to at the start of the heat ; that is, horses hav- ing won two heats better than those winning one ; a horse that has won a beat better than a horse only making a dead heat ; a horse winning one or two heats and making a dead heat better than one winning an equal number of heats, but not making a dead heat. When horses winning equal numbers uf heats shall be distanced FOREST CITY TROTTING PARK. 1*73 in the same heat, they shall rank in the race in the order in wliieli they started for the heat in which they were distanced. AVhen two or more horses shall have won an equal number of heats, tlii^y shall rank in the race as they are placed in the last heat in whioli they contend ; horses not winning or making a dead heat the same. In case this article should not give a specific decision as to second or third money, etc., the Judges are to decide according to the best of their ability and turf usages in general, and all outside bets to be governed thereby. XX. HoRSKS Breaking, — When any horse or horses break from their gait, in trotting or pacing, their riders or drivers shall imme- diately pull them to the gait in which they were to go the race ; and any party refusing or neglecting to comply with this rule shall lose the heat, and the next best horse shall win the heat, and all other horses shall be placed ahead in the heat ; the Judges shall also have discretionary power to distance the offending horse or horses. Should the rider or driver comply with this rule, and a horse should gain by breaking, twice the distance so gained shall be taken from him or them at the coming out. A horse breaking at the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. XXI. Winning Horses. — A horse must win a majority of the heats to be entitled to the purse or stakes, unless such horse should have distanced all others in one heat. XXII. Relative to Heats and Horses Eligible to Start. — In heats, one, two, three, or four miles, a horse not winning one heat in three shall not start for a fourth, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. In heats best three in five, a horse not win- ning a heat in five shall not start for a sixth, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. A dead heat shall be considered a heat as regards all excepting the horses making such dead heat, and those only shall start for the next heat which would have been entitled had the heat been won by either horse making the dead heat ; a horse prevented from starting by this rule shall not be dis- tanced, but ruled out. XXIII. Collusions or Frauds. — When the Judges are satisfied' that any race is being, or has been, conducted improperly or dis- honestly, either on the part of the riders, drivers, or the parties controlling the horses or race, they shall have the power to declare that neither horse nor horses have won the race nor the money ; and all outside bets shall be declared null and void. Also, when there 1*74 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND DETTING. is any interference with riders, drivers, their horses or vehicles, either at the start or during the race, the Judges sliall have po\ver to decide equitably between the horses, and their decision shall bo final and conclusive, and all outside bets shall be governed thereby. XXIV. DuESS OF Riders and Drivers. — Judges may require riders and drivers to be properly dressed. XXV. Weights and Weighing. — Riders and drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or more of the Judges previous to starting for any race, and after each heat shall come to the starting stand, and not dismount or leave liis vehicle without permission of the Judges, Any party violating this rule shall be distanced, if not of as much bodily weight as the rules of the Park require ; and when of sufficient bodily weight, it shall be discretionary with the Judges to rule him off, or distance him, for a contempt of the Rules and Regulations. But a rider or driver thrown or taken by force from his horse or vehicle after having passed the winning- post, shall not be considered as having dismounted without per- mission of the Judges ; and if disabled may be carried to the Judges' stand to be weighed, and the Judges may take the circum- stances into consideration, and decide accordingly. XXVI. Foul. — If a horse, driver, or rider shall cross, jostle, or strike another horse, driver, or rider, or do anything that impedes another horse, accidentally or not, it is foul, and the horse that impedes the other shall be adjudged distanced. Although a lead- ing horse is entitled to any part of the track, except after select- ing his position on the home-stretch, if he crosses from the right to the left, or from the inner to the outer side of the track, when a horse is so near him that, in changing his position, lie compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if he causes the rider or driver to pull him out of his stride, it is foul ; and if, in passing a leading horse, the track is taken so soon after getting the lead as to cause the horse passed to shorten his stride, it is foul. A rider or driver committing any act which the Judges may deem intentionally foul m.ust be declared distanced ; this rule should at all times be rigidly enforced. All complaints of foul by riders and drivers must be made at the termination of the heat, and befoi'c the rider or driver dismounts or leaves his vehicle, by order of the Judges. XXVII. Handicaps and Miscellaneous Weights. — In matches or handicaps, where extra or lesser weights are to be carried, the FOREST CITY TROTTrNG PARK. 175 Judges shall carefully examine and ascertain, before starting, vvliether the riders, drivers, or vehicles are of such weights as have been agreed upon or required by the match or handicap, and the riders or drivers who shall carry during the race and bring home with them the weights which have been pronounced correct and proper by the Judges, there shall be no penalty attached to any party for light weight in that heat, provided the Judges are satis- fied of their mistakCj and that there has been no deception on the part of the rider or driver who shall be deficient in weight. But all parties thereafter shall carry full weight. BETTIISra I^ULES. Rule 1. All bets are understood to relate to the purse, or stake, or match, if nothing be said to the contrary at the time of making the bet. 2. A bet made on a horse is void if the horse betted ou does not start. 3. Horses shall be placed in a race, and bets decided as they are placed in the official records. 4. When a race is postponed beyond the first day published for it to come off, all by-bets, except they are play or pay, shall be off. 5. A bet made during the running of a heat is not determined until the race is over, if the heat is not mentioned at the time of making the bet. 6. When a play or pay bet is made on a horse or horses, they must start, or the party betting on them loses. 7. Either of the bettors may in person demand stakes to be made, and on a refusal declare the bet to be void. 8. Outside bets cannot be declared off on the Course, unless that place was named for staking the money, before the race should take place, and then it must be done by filing such declaration in writing with the Judges, who shall read it from the stand boioi-e the race commences, and demand if any person will make stakes for the absent party, and if no person consent to do so, the bet may be declared void. 9. When a bet is made on one horse against the field, he must start, or the bet is off, and the field is what starts against him ; but there is no field unless one start against him. 176 RULES AND REOULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. 10. When a bet is made between two horses, they both must start, or the bet is off. 11. A person betting odds has the right to choose a horse or the field, and when he has chosen his horse, the field is whatever starts against him ; but there is no field unless one or more start with him. 12. Parties wishing all the horses to start for a bet must so name it at the time the bet is made. 13. If, in the final heat of a race, there be but one horse placed, no horse shall be considered as second in the race. 14. All races made play or pay, outside bets not to be consid- ered play or pay, unless so understood by the parties. 15. If a race of a single dash at any distance is made, and the horses make a dead heat, the race is a draw. 16. When a bettor undertakes to place the horses in a race, he must give each a specific place, as first, second, third, and so on. The word "last" shall not be construed to mean fourth and distanced, if four start, but fourth only, and so on. A distanced horse must be placed distanced. IV. If a bet is made on any number of straight heats, and there is a dead heat made, the heats are not straight, and the party bet- ting on straight heats loses. 18 It is optional with the Judges of the race to decide disputes left to their arbitration by bettors, but it is their duty to decide disputes between parties to the race. 19. When a bet is made between two or more horses in a race, and neither wins a heat, nor makes a dead heat, and neither is dis- tanced, the horse coming out ahead in the last heat is best. A horse distanced in a dead heat is beaten by one that is drawn at the termination of the same heat. A horse making a dead heat is better than one not winning a heat, nor making a dead heat, if neither is distanced, or both distanced in the same heat. A dis- tanced horse, although having made a dead heat or won a heat, is beaten by a horse that is not distanced, or distanced in a succeed- ing heat. 20. Betting on Time. — When a race is coming off, and a party bets that a heat will be made in two minutes and thirty seconds (2:o0), and they shall make two-thirty (2:S0), he would win. If he bets they will beat two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30), and they make exactly two-thirty (2:30), he loses; but if he takes two FOREST CITY TROTTING PARK. 177 minutes and thirty seconds (2:30) against the field, and they make exactly two-thirty (2:30), it is a tie, or draw bet. All time bets to be decided accordingly. 21. Horses drawn before the conclusion of a race shall be con- sidered distanced. 22. Bets between outside bettors are void on the decease of either party. 23. All horses that are ruled out or drawn before the conclusion of a race shall be considered distanced, in betting and placing, un- less the contrary is specified at the time the bet is made. 24. In pools and pool-betting, the pool stands good for all the horses that start in the race ; but for those horses that do not start, the money must be returned to the purchaser. 8* EXILES AND EEGULATIONS OF THE C^iciT0O ^ribinrj; ^nrk ^ssnrbtmn: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. Article I. Name. — This organization shall be called the Chi- cago Driving Park Association. II. Capital Stock. — The capital stock of this Association shall be ten thousand dollars, divided into shares of two hundred and fifty dollars each — the money to be called in as needed. III. Distribution op Shares. — No one member shall own more than ten shares of the capital stock of this Association. IV. What Constitutes a Member. — No subscriber to the stock of this Association shall receive or be entitled to a certificate of the same, except by a two-thirds vote of the other subscribers present ; and no vote shall be called unanimous in which there is a one-third negative vote of the subscribers or members present voting. This Rule shall apply, not only in effecting the organization, but in the election of members who may hereafter be nominated. No person can be a member of the Association who is not a stockholder. V. Transfer of Stock. — No transfer of stock shall be made, nor any certificate of transfer be given, except by a two-thirds affirmative vote of members present ; and no vote is requisite to transfer stock to members, to the number of ten shares. VI. To Expel a Member. — It shall require a two-thirds vote of the members present at any regular meeting of the Association to expel a member ; and no member expelled shall be eligible for re- election during the year following his expulsion. VII. A Quorum. — Nine members, including officers of the Asso- ciation, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. VIII. Annual Meeting. — The annual meeting of the Associa- tion, for the election of officers, shall be held the first Saturday in TIMING WATCHES! A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF INDEPENDENT One-Fourth and One-Fifth Second TI3Vi:i3XrC5- TTVua-TOHES, mnrlp hv TmEs JuRGBNSBN, Copenhagen, and Jules Emmery, Sagne. These w'atchefhaveauX Wroyements, and are acknowledged to he the BEST TIMERS IN THE WORLD 1 THOS. KIRKPATRICK. Importer, 805 Broadway, cor. Duane Street. M. B. BROWN & CO., JOB PRINTERS, 201 & 203 William St., Corner of Frankfort, NEW YORK. This Establishment invites the atten- tion of Turfmen and others to its supe- rior facilities for the prompt and proper execution, upon the very Lowest Cash Terms, of every description of Printing, such as Plain and Illuminated Stallion Posters, Stallion Cards, By-Laws, etc., for Racing Associations, &c. Orders from the Country promptly at- tended to. MARTIN B. BROWN. CHAS. SUYDAM. M. B. BROWN & GO. 201 & 203 WILLIJIM STIiEET, Corner of Frankfort, NEW YORK. Tliis Establishinent invites the attention of Turfmen and otJiers to its superior facilities for the prompt and proper execution, upon the very Lowest Cash Terms, of every description of JPrinting, such as Racing Programmes, Stallion Posters, Stallion Cards, Rules, By-Laws, &c., &c., &c., &c. Orders froin the Country promptly attended GHAS. SUYDAM. to, MARTIN B. BROWN CftlCAOO DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. 179 January of each year, at such time and place as the Directors may specify in the call to be issued by the Secretary. IX. How Notices of Mkktings auk to be Given. — The Secre- tary shall mail a written (or printed) notice of any annual, regular, or special meeting that may be called to each member of the Asso- ciation, at least three days before the time specified in the call for the meeting. X. Who may Call a Meeting. — A majority of the Board of Directors, or any five members of the Association, may direct the Secretary to call a special meeting at any time, giving three days' notice ; provided always, that the call for the meeting be made in writing, signed by the members calUng it, and filed with the Sec- retary as his voucher. XI. Officers. — The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, five Directors, a Treasurer, and a Secretary ; and the Secretary, in lieu of being elected, shall be ap- pointed and employed by the President, Vice-President, and Board of Directors. XII. How AND WHEN ELECTED. — The officcrs of this Association shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Associaiion, and shall serve one year, and until their successors are elected. All elec- tions shall be by ballot. A majority of the voters present shall elect. Each member shall be entitled to as many votes as he holds shares of capital stock. XIII. Vacancies. — When a vacancy shall occur in any office, it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors to provide for the dis- charge of its duties until the next annual meeting and election. XIV. Board of Directors. — The President and Vice-President, with the Directors of the Association, shall constitute a Board of Directors, endowed with all executive power in the direction and management of the business of the Association and of the Chicago Driving Park. The President shall be, ex officio, President of the Board ; and the Secretary of the Board shall be, ex officio, Secre- tary of the Board of Directors, but without a vote therein. XV. Quorum of the Board, — Five members of this Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. XVI. Responsibility of the Board. — The Board of Directors shall be responsible to the members of the Association for the manner in Avhich its business is conducted, and for the acts of the Sccretai'y and Treasurer, over whom it shall exercise control. 180 RULES AND RKaULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. XVII. Reports. — At the annual meeting of the Association the Board shall make, or cause to be made, a detailed report of its transactions during the year, embracing the reports of the Secre- tary and Treasurer. XVIII. President's Duties. — It shall be the duty of the Presi- dent to preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors, and, assisted by the Vice-President, to act as Judge at all exhibitions, races, etc., on the grounds of the Association. In the absence of the Vice-President and Directors, he shall ap- point such assistant Judges as may be necessary. XIX. Vice-President's Duties. — In the absence of the Presi- dent, his duties shall be discharged by the Vice-President. XX. Treasurer's Duties. — The Treasurer shall receive the funds of the Association, and disburse the same, in such a manner and by such order as the Board of Directors may designate. He shall keep a detailed and accurate account of receipts and expen- ditures, with vouchers, and make statements of the same to the Board of Directors, from time to time, as it shall direct. lie shall give bond, with security, to be approved by the Board, for the faithful performance of his duties. XXI. Secretary's Duties. — The Secretary shall keep a f lithfal record of all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Di- rectors. He shall keep a record of the name.^ of members, of the issue and transfer of all certificates of stock, attend the Judges at the exhibitions of the Association, and keep such records and file such papers as the Board of Directors may direct. XXII. Salaries. — The salary of the Seci-etary, Treasurer, and such other employees as may be needed, shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. XXin. Meetings of the Board op Directors. — The President shall have power to call a meeting of the Board of Directors at any time ; and any three members of the Board may unite in directing the Secretary to call the Board together, whenever they may deeui it necessary. In all such cases, a written notice shall be served to each, member of the Board, stating the time and place of meeting. XXIV. Privileges of Members. — Every member of the Associ- ation shall have free access or entrance to the grounds, to the Course, and to the stands, at all times, for himself, his family — no male member of the family go introduced to be over twenty-one CHICAGO DRITING PARK ASSOCIATION. 181 years of age — and his team ; also the privilege of exercising and training his horses upon the track when it docs not interfere with races, or is npt forbidden by the Board of Directors. He may also inti'oduce a stranger or friend to the grounds, at any time except upon days of exhibition or racing. XXV. Annual Subscribers' Privileges. — Any person whose name has been proposed by a member and approved by the Board of Directors, may, upon the payment of twenty-five dollars to the Secretary of the Association, become an annual subscriber, and enjoy all the privilege of free access to the grounds of the Associ- ation for himself, his family — except males over twenty-one years of age — and liis team, at all times during the year for which the ticket is given, including days of exhibition ; except at such time and times as the grounds may be closed for repairs of track, build- ings, or other necessary specific purpose, by the Board of Direc- tors. He is also entitled to the privilege of exercising or training his horses upon the track, when it does not interfere with races, or is not forbidden by the Board of Directors. He may, at any time except on days of exhibition or races, introduce a stranger or friend accompanying him to the grounds. In the enjoyment of the priv- ileges thus conferred by the Association, he is to be governed by its Rules and Regulations. If he violate them, he is subject to the penalties herein specified. XXVI. Ladies must have an Escort. — No female shall be ad- mitted to the grounds of the Association, unless under the escort of a gentleman. XXVII. Lmproper Characters Excluded. — No improper char- acter, known to be such, shall be admitted to the grounds under any circumstances; and, if found upon the grounds, shall be promptly removed, together with the party introducing her. XXVIII. No Gambling shall be permitted upon the grounds of the Association. Any person detected gambling shall be expelled from the grounds. XXIX. Liquors may be sold by sanction of the Board of Di- rectors. XXX. Ungentlemanly Conduct. — It shall be the duty of the officers of the Association to promptly arrest and expel from the grounds of this Association any person guilty of ungentlemanly conduct, or indulging in boisterous, profane, or obscene language. It shall be the duty of the Directors to report to the Association 182 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. the name of any member so offending, and recommending his ex- pulsion as a member, XXXI. How THESE Articles MAY be Amended. — These Articles of Association may be amended by a two-tliirds vote of the members present at any regtdar meeting of the Association, provided the proposed amendment be incorporated in the call for the meeting mailed to each member, as prescribed in Article IX. XXXII. Transient Visitors. — Xo person will be admitted to the grounds, except on days of exhibition, who is not a member or an annual subscriber, unless introduced by a member or annual subscriber personally, or lias a pass signed by a member of the Board of Directors, or the Secretary. RULES REGULATING TROTTING. I. These Rules Govern. — There may be trotting for a purse, or for purse and stakes, or for stakes, or trotting matches, on the Course of the Chicago Driving Park Association, on such days as the Board of Directors may think proper ; provided, always, that such matches and stakes are made under the auspices of the Asso- ciation, and subject to the rules hereafter given. II. Who shall act as Judges. — The President, if present, and Vice-President of this Association, together with one or more of the Directors, shall act as Judges of all races or matches made on its Course. The presiding officer of the day shall have power to appoint one or more Associate Judges of all races or matches made on its Course, and not more than three Judges shall occupy the stand, as such, during the pendency of any race. III. Power to fill Vacancies. — The President, or Vice-Presi- dent in the absence of the President or acting presiding officer, shall appoint assistant Judges to act in the place of any officer who may be absent ; provided, always, that no gentleman shall be al- lowed to act as Judge of a race if it be shown that he is in any- wise interested pecuniarily in its results. IV. Number op Judges Necessary. — There shall not be less than three Judges on the stand during the pendency of a race. V. Duty of Judges. — The Judges shall decide all disputes that may arise; and no appeal shall be allowed from their decision, CniCAGO DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. 183 without their consent. In all questions relating to the race, and not ]irovidefl for in tlio "Rules, the Judges shall decide according to their best judgment and the usages of tlie turf in such cases, and the majority shall govern. VI. Whose Testimony SHALL THE Judges Receive. — The Judges shall not receive testimony of foul riding or driving from any per- son except Patrolmen and Distance Judges. VII. Distance Judges' Duties. — The President, or acting pre- siding officer, may appoint two Distance Judges. They shall re- main at the distance stand during the heats ; and immediately after each heat they shall repair to the Judges* stand, and report to the Judges the horse or horses that may be distanced, and any foul riding or driving that may have occurred under their observation. VIII. Patrolmen. — The President may appoint as many Patrol Judges as may be necessary, whose duty it shall be to watch for and report to the Judges at the Judges' stand, immediately after a heat, any foul riding or driving that may occur under their obser- vation. IX. Timers. — The President may appoint one or more Timers, who shall occupy the stand with the Judges. The time of each heat shall be reported to the Secretary, who shall make a record of the same on the books of the Association, X. AVho may Postpone a Race. — The Judges for the day, and they alone, may, on account of bad weather or other unavoidable cause, postpone a race advertised to take place on the grounds of this Association. No fresh entry of horses shall be allowed in such case ; and when once horses start, the race cannot be post- poned. XI. Who shall Occupy the Judges Stand. — During the pen- dency of a race, no one but the Judges of the day, attended by the Seci-etary and Timers, shall be admitted to the Judges' stand. XII. How Entries shall be Made. — All entries of horses for any purse shall be made in writing, accompanied by the entrance- fee, sealed, and delivered to the Secretary at such time and place as shall be named by the Board of Directors. Each entry shall state name, age, color, and sex of the horse entered, and the pedi- gree so far as known. As soon as the entries are closed, the Sec- retary shall proceed to open the same, and post them up. XIII. Entry-Fees. — Any member entering a horse for his own benelit shall pay an entry-fee of five per centum on the amount of 184 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. the purse ; but where a horse is entered by or for the benefit of a person not a member, the entry shall be ten per centum of the amount of the purse. XIV. What Horses shall Start. — Horses trained in the same stable, or owned in part by the same person, within three days, shall not start for a purse ; and horses so entered shall forfeit their entrance. Horses deemed by the Judges not fair trotting horses shall be ruled off previous to, or distanced at the termination of, a heat. XV. Starting Alone. — A horse starting alone shall receive one- half the purse, unless the purse was otherwise posted or advertised. XVI. Weights to be Carried. — Every trotting horse, mare, or gelding starting for match, purse, or stake shall carry one hundred and forty-five pounds ; if in harness, the weight of the sulky and harness shall not be considered. Pacing horses, mares, or geldings shall be subject to the same rules. XVII. Weighing Riders or Drivers. — Riders or drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or more of the Judges, previous to starting ; and, after a heat, are to come up to the starting stand, and await the Judges' order to dismount; and no groom or other person shall be permitted to clothe any horse until the rider or driver shall have been so ordered by the Judges. Any rider or driver disobeying shall be precluded from the benefit of the weight of his saddle and whip ; and if not full weight, shall be declared distanced. XVIII. Placing Horses. — The pole shall be drawn for by the Jud"-es. The horse winning a heat shall, for the succeding heats, be entitled to a choice of the track. On coming out on the last stretch, each horse shall retain the track first selected ; any horse deviating shall be distanced. XIX. Starting the Horses. — The .Judges shall order the horses saddled or harnessed five minutes previous to the time appointed for starting. Any rider or driver causing undue detention after being called up, by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word to start without reference to the situation of the horse so offending, unless convinced such delay is unavoid- able on the part of the rider or driver, in which case, not more than thirty minutes shall be consumed in attempting to start, and, at the expiration of that time, the horse or horses ready to start shall receive the word. CHICAGO DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. . 185 XX. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be, for one-mile, twenty minutes, and for every additional mile an additional five minutes. XXI. Foul Riding or Driving. — A rider or driver commit- ting any act whicli the Judges may deem foul riding or driving shall be declared distanced. Should any rider or driver cross, jostle, or strike another or his horse, or shout at his adversary's horse, or do anything else that may impede his adversary, or cause liis horse to break or bolt, ho shall be deemed distanced, and, if in- tentionally, the offending rider or driver shall never be permitted again to ride, drive over, or attend a horse on this Course. Any horse distanced by foul driving can be placed back with another driver. XXII. Horses Breaking. — Should any horse break from his trot or pace, it shall be the duty of the rider or driver to pull his horse to a trot or pace immediately ; and in case the rider or dri- ver omits to do so, the next best horse shall have the heat. If the rider or driver should comply with the above, and he should gain by such break, twice the distance so gained shall be taken away on the coming out. If, by running, a horse maintain his position, it is discretionary with the Judges to distance him or not. A horse breaking on the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. XXIII. The Horse that Wins. — A horse must win two heats to be entitled to the purse, unless he distance all other horses in one heat. XXIV. What Horses shall Start again. — A distanced horse in a dead heat shall not start again. A horse that does not win one heat in three shall not start for a fourth heat, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. When a dead lieat is made between two horses, that if either had won the heat the race would have been decided, they two only shall start again. In races best three in five, a horse shall win one heat in five to be allowed to start for the sixth heat, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. Such horses as are prevented from starting by the rule shall be considered drawn, and not distanced. XXV. The Best Horse. — If each of two horses win a heat, and neither is distanced in the race, the one coming out ahead on the last heat is to be considered best. The same rule is to be applied to horses, neither of which wins a heat, nor is distanced. If one horse wins a heat, he is better than one that does not, providing 186 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. he dops not get distanced in tlierace; if he be distanced, the other, if not distanced, shall be the best horse. A horse that wins a heat and is distanced is better than one that does not win a beat and is distanced in the same lieat, A horse distanced in the second heat is better than one distanced in the first heat. XXVI. Drawing. — No person shall be permitted to draw or sell liis horse during the race, except by permission of the Judges, under penalty of being expelled from the grounds, and, if a member, from the Association ; and any horse in which he is in- terested shall be excluded from the track. XXVII. Matches against Time. — In the matches against time, the parties making the match shall be entitled to three trials (unless expressly stipulated to the contrary), which trials shall take place on the same day. A trial horse may be used, unless otherwise agreed upon by the parties making the match. XXVIII. Distances. — A distance for mile heats, best three in five, shall be one hundred yards; for one-mile heats, eighty yards; for two-mile heats, one hundred and sixty yards; for three-mile heats, two hundred and forty yards. XXIX. Length of Whips — Xo rider or driver shall be allowed any other than a reasonable length of whip, viz., for saddle horses, two feet ten inches ; sulky, four feet eight inches ; wagon, five feet ten inches. XXX. Time allowed in case of Accidents. — In case of acci- dent, but five minutes over the time specified in Rule No. 19 shall be allowed, unless the Judges think more time necessary and that it is proper to grant it. XXXI. Doubts as to Age, Ownership, etc. — On the suggestion of any doubts as to the age, ownership, partnership, etc., of any horse entered for a race, the Judges shall inquire into the facts, and, if satisfied that any rule of the Association is about to be violated, shall exclude such horse from the race; and if a horse is permitted to start from such doubt not being sustained, or any doubt remains on the minds of the Judges, the purse, if won by such horse, shall be withheld until the doubt is confirmed or re- moved. If the doubt is sustained, the purse shall be awarded and paid to the next best horse in the race. XXXII. TiiK Psnalty for Fraud. — If any fraud shall be dis- covered, by which the winner shall have been paid the purse im- properly, such as a deception as to weight, age, ownership, partner- •CHICAGO DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. 18T ship, etc., tlie Judges shall demand its restoration, and it shall be paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If not rcstoix-d, the illegal owner of the purse, if a member, shall be expelled fi-oui the Association, and shall not be allowed to hold any connection with it. If not a member, no horse owned in whole or in part, or in which he is interested, or which has been trained by liim, shall be allowed to start again on this Course. XXXIII. Horses to go a Bona-Fide Race. — Every horse started shall go a bona-Jide race. If any horse shall trot or pace to lose, the owner, agent, trainer, and rider or driver shall forfeit all rights under the Rules of this Association, and shall no longer be allowed to hold any connection with it. No compromise or agreement be- tween any two persons starting horses, or their agents or grooms, not to oppose each other upon a promised division of the purse, shall be permitted, and no persons shall trot or pace their horses with a determination to oppose jointly any other horses in the race. In either case, upon satisfactory proof of such agreement, the Judges shall award the purse to the next best horse, and the per- sons offending shall never be permitted again to start a horse over this Course. When it is satisfactory to the Judges that there is a collusion on the part of all the riders or drivers in a race to allow a certain horse to win, the purse will not be in part, but wholly, withheld. XXXIV. Threats toward Judges. — If any owner, trainer, rider, driver, starter, or attendant of a horse shall use any threats or other improper language toward any officer of the Association in the discharge of his official duty, the person so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, drive, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course. XXXV. Timing Horses. — If any person shall time a horse whilst training on this Course, or being trained by his owner or agent, un- less expressly requested to do so by such owner or agent, the per- son so doing shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, drive, turn, or attend a horse agiin on this Course ; and, if a member of this Association, shall be expelled from his membership. . XXXVI. Death op Parti ks to Engagements. — All engage- ments are void upon the decease of either party before being de- termined. The death of a horse does not release either party. XXXVII. Bolting. — If any horse shall bolt from the track he shall be declared distanced, although he may come out ahead, un- 188 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. less he return and again enter the track from the point at which he swerved. XXXVIII. Outside Aids. — No person other than the rider or driver shall be permitted to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or otherwise, to assist a horse in getting a start or to increase his speed in any race ; nor shall any person stand in the track or Course, or go to any point in the track or Course, to point out a path for the rider or driver, nor to give any instructions after the start- ing for the heat, under a penalty of expult^ioa from the Course for ei ther offence ; and if such person shall be the owner, trainer, agent, or rubber of such horse, or instigated to the act by either of the said persons, such horse shall be declared distanced, and the per- son so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, drive, or attend a horse apiain on or at this Course. RULES REGULATING RUNNING. I. These Rules shall Govern. — There may be running races for a purse, or for purse and stakes, or for stakes, on the Course of the Chicago Driving Park Association, on such days as the Board of Directors may think proper : provided, always, that such races are made under the auspices of the Association, and subject to its Rules. II. Who shall Act as Judges. — The President and Vice-Presi- dent of this Association shall act as Judges of all races run over the Course of this Association. III. Power to fill Vacancies. — Rule No. Ill of " Rules Regu- lating Trotting " shall govern in all cases where there are vacancies to I'lll. IV. Number of Judges Necessary. — There shall not be less than three Judges on the stand during the pendency of a heat. V. Duty of Judges. — Rule No. V. of " Rules Regulating Trot- ting " shall apply here. VI. Whose Testimony Shall Judges Receive. — Rule No. VI. of " Rules Regulating Trotting " shall govern here. VII. Distance Judges' Duties. — Rule No. VII. of " Rules Reg- ulating Trotting" shall apply here. CHICAGO DRnXNG PARK ASSOCIATION. 189 VIII. Patrolmen.— Rule No. VIII. of " Rules Regulating Trot- ting" shall govern here. IX. Timers.— Rule No. IX. of '* Rules Regulating Trotting" shall apply here. X. Who may Postpone a Race. — Rule X. of " Rules Regulating Trotting " shall govern here. XI. Who shall Occupy the Judges' Stand. — Rule No. XI. of " Rules Regulating Trotting " shall apply here. XII. How Entries Shall be Made. — All entries of horses to be run for any purse shall be in writing, accompanied by the entry- fee, sealed, and delivered to the Secretary, at such time and place as shall be named by the Board of Directors. Each entry shall state name, age, color, and sex of the horse entered, the names of its sire and dam, and a particular description of the rider's dress. As soon as the entries are closed, the Secretary shall proceed to open the same, make out a list, and post them up. XIII. Entry-Fees.— See Rule XIII. of " Rules Regulating Trot- ting" on this Course. XIV. What Horses shall Start. — No two riders from tho same stable shall be allowed to ride in the same race, except by special permission of the Judges; nor shall more than one horse from any stable be allowed to start in the eame race, unless it be in a single heat ; nor shall two or more horses owned in whole or in part by the same person be allowed to start in the same race, unless it be a single heat. XV. Jockey's Dress. — Every person, before starting horses over this Course, shall be required to report to the Secretary the colors in which his jockey will ride ; but no person shall adopt the same combination of colors previously selected and reported by another member. Jockeys' caps and jackets shall be made of silk, satin, merino, or velvet ; pants of linen, cotton, or other appropriate ma- terial. For any violation of this rule, a penalty of ten dollars shall be assessed by the Judges, and the amount added to the purse or stakes of the occasion. XVI. Computation of Age. — A horse's age shall be reckoned from the first of January — i. e., a horse foaled in 1862 shall be reckoned one year old on the first of January, 1863. XVII. Weights and Weig'Jing. — The following weights shall be carried : Two-year-olds, 86 lbs. ; three-year-olds, 90 lbs. ; four- ycar olds, 104 lbs. ; five-year-olds, 115 lbs. ; six-year-olds, 121 lbs.; lOO KITLES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING ANI? BETTING aged, 124 lbs. There shall be allowed to mares, fillies, and geld- ings a deduction of three pounds from these weights. The Judges shall see that each rider has his proper weigllt before the start, and that he has within two pounds of it after each heat. Weights shall not be made by wetting the blanket placed on or under the sad- dle. At the close of each heat every rider must repair to the Judges' stand, and await their order ta dismount ; and no groom shall be permitted to clothe any horse until the rider shall have been dismounted by the Judges. Tlie rider shall then repair to the scales to be weighed. For any violation of this rule, the horse involved shall be declared distanced. XVIII. Placing. — The placing of the horses at starting shall be determined as drawn from the entry-box ; and in stakes, they shall start as they are nominated. XIX. Starting. — In every race run over this Course, the mode of starting shall be this : The Judges of the day shall have tho horses taken back a proper distance from the stand, under the care of one of the Patrolmen ; from that point they shall, in the order of their placing, be led at a walk until the signal to start is given. The Judge may give the signal at any momeat while the horses are approaching the stand ; and should the signal not be given beforo reaching the stand, the horses shall be again taken back to the place whence they were led. Should any groom, while appi-oach- ing the stand, fail or refuse to obey the orders of the officer in charge, or intentionally let his horse go, so that he shall break away, the owner of such horse shall, for every such offence, be fined G.ve dollars, which shall go to the treasury of the Associa- tion. Unruly and vicious horses may be assigned any position in the start which the Judges may deem necessary to secure the safety of the other horses and riders. The signal for starting shall be the tap of the drum ; after which there shall be no recall. The olUccr in charge shall i-eport to the Judges any disobedience or misconduct of the persons starting the horses. XX. Time Between Heats. — The time between heats shall be, twenty minutes for mile heats ; thirty minutes for two-mile heats ; forty minutes for three-mile heats ; and forty-five minutes for four- mile boats. XXI. FpuL Riding. — A horse tliat has won a heat shall be enti- tled to the track in starting for tho next heat, other horses taking position in the order of their placing in the previous heat. The CHICAGO DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. 191 leading horse, in any part of the race, shall have the right to select his ground, from which he shall not swerve to the right or left, so as to impede any other horse. Should any rider cross, jostle, or strike another or his horse, run on his horse's heels, or do anything else that may impede his adversary, he will be deemed distanced ; and if intentionally, the offending rider shall never be permitted again to ride over, or attend a horse on this Course. XXII. About Aids. — No person other than the rider shall be permitted to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or otherwise, to itssK-t a horse in getting a start, or to increase his speed in running in any race. Nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the i-idcr^ under penalty of exclusion from the Course for either offence ; and if such person shall be the owner, trainer, or rubber of such horse, or instigated to the act by either of said persons, such horse shall be declared distanced. But this rule shall not be construed to forbid the starter of any horse from striking him with an ordinary riding whip, in order to get him off. XXIII. Horses to run a Fair Race. — Every horse started shall run a bona-Jide race. If any horse shall run to lose, the owner, agent, trainer, and rider shall forfeit all rights under the Rules of this Association, and shall no lonoier be allowed to hold anv connection 7 •• with it. No compromise nor agi-eement between any two persons starting horses, or their agents or grooms, not to oppose each other, upon a promised division of the purse, shall be permitted ; and no person shall run their horses with a determination to oppose jointly any other horses in the race. In either case, upon satisfactory proof of such agreement, the Judges shall award the purse to the next best horse, and the persons offending shall never be permit- ted again to start a horse over this Course. XXIV. Winner. — A horse that wins two heats or distances the field in one wins the purse ; but one that does not win a heat in three shall not be allowed to start for a fourth. When thus pro- hibited from starting, however, he shall not be deemed distanced ; and all bets on being distanced shall be void. The race called "best three in five" is an exception to this rule ; there the winner must win three heats, and all others are allowed to start five heats, if there be so many. Dead heats are not to be counted against the horses making them. XXV. Beaten Horses. — He shall be declared the best that wins a heat. Of beaten horses that have each won a heat, that one 102 RULES AND REGULATIONS POR RACING AND BETTINO. which is first in the last heat in the race shall he declared best in the race. Those not winning a heat shall be placed, and bets de- cided, according as they come to the stand at the termination of the race. If the winner of a heat is afterwards distanced, he is beaten by those that save their distance. A horse distanced in a second heat is better than one distanced in the first, and so on throuirli the race. XXVI. Drawing. — No person shall be permitted to dva.\t or sell his horse during the race, except by permission of the Judges, un- der the penalty of being excluded from the Association, and not al- lowed any participation in its racing hereafter. A drawn horse shall be considered distanced. XXVII. Distance. — There shall be two Distance Judges ap- pointed by the President, who shall repair to the Judges' stand af- ter each heat, and report the distanced horses and any foul riding, if any, that may occur under their observation. A horse whose head reaches the distance as soon as the winner reaches the winning- post shall not be considered distanced. Ahorse who fails to bring in his proper weight, or is disqualified from winning by foul riding, is to be deemed distanced. A distance in a mile shall be sixty yards ; for two miles, eighty yards ; for three miles, one hundred yards; for four miles, one hundred and twenty yards. In match races, there shall be a distano \ unless the contrary be expressly stipulated by the parties. XXVIII. Doubts as to Ag'-, Ownership, etc. — On the sugges- ion of any doubts as to the nge, ownership, partnership, etc., of any horse entered for n r.uc, the Judges shall inquire into the facts, and if satistied that any rule of the Association is about to be violated, shall exclude such horse from the race ; and if a horse is permitted to start because such doubt is not sustained, or any doubt remains on the minds of the Judges, the purse, if won by such horse, shall be withheld until the doubt is confirmed or re- moved. If the doubt is sustained, the purse shall be awarded and paid to the next best horse in the race. XXIX. TuE Penalty for Fraud. — If any fraud shall be discov- ered, by which the winner shall have been paid the purse improper- ly, such as a deception as to weight, age, ownership, partnership, 3tc., the Judges shall demand its restoration, and it shall be paid over to the owner of the next best horse. If not restored, the illegal owner of the purse, if a member, shall be expelled from the CHICAGO DRIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. 193 Association, and shall not be allowed to hold any connection with with it. If not a member, no horse owned in whole or in part, or '.n which he is interested, or which has been trained by him, shall be allowed to start again on this Course. XXX. Matches. — In match races, the Rules of this Association shall govern. All matches run over this Course shall be under the control of the officers of this Association. The parties to matches may change the weights and distances. XXXI. Sweepstakes. — All sweepstakes advertised to be run over this Course shall be subject to the cognizance of this Associa- tion, and no change of nominations once made shall be allowed after iiodk,^^ unless by consent of all the parties. The Secretary shall receive all forfeits, and enforce the rule against defaulters. He shall be allowed five per cent, on all forfeits paid him after the race. XXXII. Defaulters. — No person shall be permitted to start a horse in any race over this Course who shall have failed to pay all forfeits due by him on account of stakes run over this Course ; nor shall any horse be permitted to run over this Course in the name of any person whatever, so long as forfeits incurred by the horse remain unpaid. No defaulter shall he permitted to make a nomi- nation in any stake to be run over this Course ; nor shall a nomi- nation be made by another person, of a horse in which a defaulter has an interest ; and all such nominations are hereby declared void. After each day's race, the Secretary shall make out and record on the books of the Association a list of the defaulters. XXXIII. Threats toward Judges. — If any owner, trainer, rider, driver, starter, or attendant of a horse shall use any threats or other improper language toward any officer of the Association engaged in the discharge of his official duty, the person so offend- ing shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, drive, turn, or attend a horse again on this Course. 9 194 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING, BETTING- RULES. _« - Rule 1. What Bets Relate to. — All bets are understood to re- late to the purse or stake, if nothing is said to the contrary at the time of making the bet. 2. When a Horse does not Start. — A bet upon the purse or a heat is void if the horse betted on does not start. 3. Bets Against the Field, — Where a bet is made against the field, it is understood to be on one horse against as many as start ; but one other must start, or it is no bet. 4. Play or Pay. — When a bet is made on a horse, play or pay, the horse must start, or the party betting on him loses the bet. 5. Betting on a Heat to Come. — A bet made on a heat to come shall be void unless all the horses that hare the right shall start, unless the bet be between such named horses as do start. 6. Bets Made During a Heat. — A bet made during the trotting of a heat is not determined until the race is over, unless the heat is mentioned at the time of making a bet. v. Staking the Money — When both parties are present, either party has a right to demand that the money be staked before the horses start ; and if one refuses, the other may, at his option, de- clare the bet void. 8. If a Party is Absent. — If either party be absent on the day of a race (the money not being staked), the party present may, in the presence of respectable witnesses, declare the bet void before the race commences ; but if any person offer to stake for the ab- sentee, it is confirmed. 9. Outside Bets. — In all matches made play or pay, outside bets are not to be considered play or pay unless so understood by the parties. 10. No Let Off. — A confirmed bet cannot be let off without mutual consent. 11. CoMPROMisfiD Matches. — All bets made by outside bettors on compromised matches are considered drawn. 12. Bettors of Odds. — The person who bets the odds has a right to choose the horse or field. When he has chosen his horse the field is what starts against him ; but there is no field unless one starts with him. If odds are bet without naming the horses CHICAGO DPIVING PARK ASSOCIATION. 195 before the trot is over, it must be determined as the odds were at the time of making it. 13. Bets ON Distanced Horses — All bets on horses precluded from starting (by Rule XX.), being distanced in the race, or on such horses against each other, shall be drawn. 14. The Judges shall Decide Disputes. — In all cases of dispute not provided for by these Rules, the Judges of the day shall decide finally. 15. When the Judges may Decide Bets Void. — In case a race is proved to their satisfaction to have been made or conducted improperly or dishonestly on the part of the principals, the Judges shall liave the power to declare all bets void. 16. In Case OF Postponement. — When a race is postponed, all by-bets, except they be play or pay, shall be off. EULES AND EEGULATIONS OF THE HARTFORD, CONN. ^^^ Artici>e I. All trotting and pacing over the Hartford Trotting Park shall be governed by the following Rules and Regulations, except as agreed between parties making matches or sweepstakes. II. Entries. — All entries must be made under seal, inclosing the entrance-money for the purse and forfeit in sweepstakes, and be addressed to the Proprietor, or some authorized person, at such time and place as may have been announced by public advertise- ment ; an accurate and satisfactory description of all unknown entries will be required. After the time has expired for closing the entries, the Proprietor, or some person duly authorized, shall open and make known the entries in public, and publish them in one or more newspapers. No purse will be given for a walk- over. All entrance-money for purses is forfeit to the Proprietor, and when only one entry appears on the Park to go for the purse, he shall receive two-thi-ds of the entrance-money. III. In Case of Death. — All engagements are void upon the decease of either party. If a race is made " play or pay," or with a forfeit, the death of a horse shall not affect the engagement. IV. Qualifications. — In purses and sweepstakes, as many en- tries may be made by one owner, or as many horses trained in the same stable, as may be desired, but only one that has been owned in whole or in part by the same person or persons within ten days previous to the race, can start in any race of "heats;" and all such forfeited entries will be added to the purses, or given to the second best horse in the race, at the option of the Proprietor. V. Ages op Horses. — The ages of horses shall be computed from the first day of January next preceding their being foaled ; that is, a colt or filly foaled on any day in the year 1860 wil^be considered one year old on the first day or January, 1861. HARTFORD TROTTINO PARK. 197 VI. Weights. — Every horse starting for a purse, sweepstakes, or match, or in any trotting or pacing race, shall carry one hundred and forty-five pounds (145), if in harness, exclusive of harness and vehicle ; and if under the saddle, the saddle and whip only can be weighed with the rider. VII. Distances. — In heats of one mile, 80 yards shall be a dis- tance ; in heats of one mile, best three in five, 100 yards shall be a distance; in heats of two miles, 150 yards shall be a dis- tance ; in heats of three miles, 220 yards shall be a distance ; for every additional mile an additional 10 yards. All horses whose heads have not reached the distance stand as soon as the leading horse arrives at the winning-post shall be declared distanced. If any jockey shall ride or drive foul, his horse shall be declared distanced. Whenever the winner of a heat is distanced by anj default in riding, weight, or otherwise, the heat shall be awarded to the next best horse. VIII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be, for mile heats, twenty minutes ; for mile heats, best three in five, tv/enty-five minutes ; for two-mile heats, thirty minutes ; for three- mile heats, thirty-five minutes ; and for every additional mile an additional five minutes. IX. Size of Whips. — Riders and drivers will be allowed whips not to exceed the following lengths : for saddle-horses, three feet ; for sulkies, five feet ; for wagons, with single horse, six feet ; for wagons, with pair of horses, eight feet ; and in all other cases, such length of whip as the Judges may approve. Objections to the size of whips may be made previous to starting in any heat, but not after the heat, X. Selection of Judges. — In all purses and sweepstakes to which the Proprietor shall contribute he shall have the appoint- ment of the Judges ; but any party to the race shall have the right to object to any Judge who may have been appointed. In other cases, the parties to the race may agree upon the Judges, XI. Power of Jodges. — The Judges of the day or race shall have power to appoint Distance and Patrol Judges ; they shall de- cide all questions and matters of dispute between the parties to the race that are not provided for in the Rules and Regulations ; Vj^en deemed requisite they may call to their assistance compe- tent and disinterested persons for consultation and advice ; when any rider or driver shall cause unnecessary delay after the horses 198 RULES AND EEGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. are called up, eiihe^ by neglecting to prepare for the race in time, or by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word without regard to the offending party or parties ; when any horse or horses keep so far ahead of others that the Judges can- not give a fair start, they shall give the offending party or parties notice of the penalty attached to such offensive conduct, and, should they still persist in their offensive course, the Judges may give the word, and such offending parlies shall not win the heat, although they come to the score ahead of all others, and they shall be placed behind all others in the heat ; when horses are re- fractory, or from other causes shall prevent the Judges from giving the word, they may, after a reasonable time, give the word with- out reference to the position of the refractory horse or horses, or, after the lapse of twenty-five minutes, may call them to the score and start them. Should a difference of opinion exist between the Judges in the starting stand on any question subject to their de- cision, a majority shall govern. XII. Distance and Patrol Judges, — In all races of heats, there shall be a Distance Judge appointed by the Judges of the day or race, who shall remain in the distance stand during the heats, and immediately after each heat shall repair to the Judges' stand, and report to the Judges the horse or horses that may be distanced, and any act of foul, if any has occurred under his observation ; the Patrol Judges shall repair in like manner to the Judges' stand, and report any act of foul, if any has occurred under their obser- vation ; the reports of the Distance and Patrol Judges shall be alone received. XIII. Duty of Judges. — The Judges should be in the stand fif- teen minutes before the time for starting ; they shall weigh the riders or drivers, and draw for the positions of the horses ; ring the bell or give other notice five minutes previous to the time announced for the race to commence, which shall be notice to all parties to pre- pare for the race at the appointed time, when all the horses must be ready, and any party failing to comply with this rule shall be liable to forfeit or be ruled out. The Judges shall not notice or receive complaints of foul from any person or persons except those appointed by the Judges for that purpose and riders or drivers in the race. The result of a heat shall not be announced until the Judges are satisfied as to the weights of the riders or drivers, and* HARTFORD TROTTING PARK. 199 enfScient time has elapsed to receive the reports of the Patrol and Distance Judges, XIV^ Judges' Stand. — None but the Judges shall be allowed in the Judges' stand. XV. Power op Postponement. — In -ease of unfavorable weather, or other unavoidable causes, but not for other reasons, the Pro- prietor shall have the right to postpone to a future time all purses or sweepstakes, or any race to which he has contributed, upon giving notice thereof. But there shall be no postponement after the race is started. In matches, after the race has been started, there shall be no postponement except by consent of the parties to the race. - XVI. Accidents. — In case of accidents, ten minutes shall be al- iow^ed ; but the Judges may allow more time when deemed neces- sary and proper. XVII. Starting and keeping Positions. — Tiie Judges shall in- form the riders and drivers of their positions in starting for the race ; and in order to secure a fair start, they shall not require the horses to come to the score exactly "head and head^; neither shall they give the word if the horses are not so nearly together as to be " lapped," except in cases provided by these Rules, or when they are requested to give the word by the rider or driver who shall be behind. The horse winning the heat shall take the pole the succeeding heat, and all others shall take their positions in the order in which they came home in the last heat. When two or more horses shall make a dea0), he would win. If he bets they will beat two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30), and they make exactly two-thirty (2:30), he loses ; but if he takes two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30) against the field, and they make exactly two-thirty (2:30), it is a tie, or draw bet. All time bets to be decided accordingly. 21. Horses having started in a race, and being drawn before its conclusion, shall be considered distanced. 22. Bets between outside bettors are void on the decease of either party. 23. All horses that arc ruled out or drawn before the conclusion of a race shall be considered distanced in betting and placing, un- less the contrary is specified at the time the bet is made. 24. In pools and pool-betting, the pool stands good for all the horses that start in the race ; but for those horses that do not start, the money must bo returned to the purchaser. WILKES finil m' THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN'S NEWSPAPER. a e'Di-ot^ik of fije luff, EfclJ %Ms, ilje %.mj, mi §kgi- " Wilkes' Spirit" is the great Sporting Paper of America. It is now the only Spirit of the Times in existence — the Old Spirit and Porter's Spirit both having become merged in its existence. From its superb Sketches ; its masterly Criticisms, Military as well as Literary ; its graphic and detailed Reports of the Turf, the Ring, the Road, the Field ; its current accounts of Hunting, Fish- ing, and Shooting ; its Departments of Cricket, Base-Ball, Billiards, Chess, Draughts, and other Parlor Games ; and its profuse and matchless Musical and Dramatic Literature, it has justly been characterized as the " American Gentleman's Newspaper." As such, it has united on its staff the ablest writers on its various specialties, and has long been recognized as the only sporting au- thority in America. Its circulation is second to but one other weekly journal in the country ; and its chief boast is, that while acquiring this vast prosperity, it has earned, by its careful morals and its chaste propriety of language, a respected place on the family centre-table. GEORGE WILKES, Editor and Proprietor, Office, 201 William Street, New York. 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All trotting and pacing over the Mystic Riding Park shall be governed by the following Rules and Regulations, unless otherwise agreed upon by parties making matches or sweepstakes. II. Entries, — All entries must be made under seal, inclosing the entrance-money for the purse and forfeit in sweepstakes, and be addressed to the Managers or some person authorized by the As- sociation, at such time and place as may have been announced by public advertisement ; an accurate and satisfactory description of all unknown entries will be required. After the time has expired for closing the entries, the Managers, or some person authorized, shall open and make known the entries in public, and publish them in one or more newspapers. No purse will be given for a walk-over. All entrance-money for purses is one-half forfeit to the Association, and when only one entry appears on the Park, he shall receive the other half. III. In Case of Death. — All engagements are void upon the decease of either party. If a race is made " play or pay," or with a forfeit, the death of a horse shall not affect the engagement. IV. Qualifications. — As many entries may be made by one owner, or as many horses trained in the same stable, as may be desired, but only one that has been owned in whole or in part by the same person or pei'sons, or trained in the same stable, within ten days previous to the race, can start in any race of " heats ;" and all such forfeited entries will be added to the purses, or given to the second best horse in the race, at the option of the Managers. V. Ages op Horses. — The ages of horses shall be computed from the first day of January next preceding their being foaled ; that is, a colt or filly foaled on any day in the year 1860 will be considered one year old on the first day or January, 1861. VI. Weights. — Every horse starting for a purse, sweepstakes, or 206 - RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING, match, or in any trotting or pacing race, shall carry, if to wagon or sulky, one hundred and fifty (150) pounds, exclusive of harness ; and if under the saddle, one hundred and forty -five (145) pounds, the saddle and whip only to be weighed.- VII. Distances. — In heats of one mile, 80 yards shall be a dis- tance; in heats of two miles, 150 yards shall be a distance; in heats of three miles, 220 yards shall be a distance ; in heats of one mile, best three in five, 100 yards shall be a distance. All horses whose heads have not reached the distance stand as soon as the leading horse arrives at the winning-post shall be declared distanced. If any jockey shall ride or drive foul, his horse shall be declared distanced. Whenever the winner of a heat is dis- tanced by any default in riding, weight, or otherwise, the heat shall be awarded to the next best horse. VIII. Time between Heats. — The time between heats shall be twenty-five minutes for mile heats, best three in five ; and for mile heats, twenty minutes ; for two-mile heats, thirty minutes ; for three-mile heats, thirty-five minutes ; and should there be a race of four-mile heats, the time shall be forty minutes. IX. Size of Whips. — Riders and drivers will be allowed whips of the following lengths : for saddle-horses, two feet ten inches ; sulkies, four feet eight inches ; wagons, five feet ten inches. X. Selection of Judges. — There shall be chosen by the Mystic Hiding Park Association three Judges for the day or race, from among the members of the Riding Park Association, except in matches, when the parties making the race can select their Judges, who niu.-!t be meml^ers of the Association. XI. Power of Judges. — The Judges of the day or race shall have power to appoint Distance and Pairol Judges ; they shall de- cide all questions and matters of dispute between the parties to the race that are not provided for in the Rules and Regulations ; when deemed requisite they may call to their assistance compe- tent and disinterested persons for consultation and advice ; when any rider or driver shall cause unnecessary delay after the horses are called up, either by neglecting to prepare for the race in time, or by making false starts or otherwise, the Judges may give the word without regard to the offending party or parties ; when any horse or horses keep so far ahead of others that the Judges can- not give a fair start, they shall give the offending party or parties notice of the penalty attached to such offensive conduct, and, MYSTIC RIDINO PARK. '207 should they still persist in their offensive course, the Judges may give the word, and such offending parties shall not win the lieat, although they come to the score ahead of all others, and they shall be placed behind all others in the heat ; when horses arc re- fractory, or from other causes which roay prevent the Judges from giving the word, they may, after a reasonable time, give the word without reference to the position of the refractory horse or horses, or, after the lapse of twenty-five minutes, may call them to the score and start them. XII. Distance and Patrol Judges. — In all races of heats, there shall be a Distance Judge appointed by the Judges of the day, who shall remain in the distance stand during the heats, and humediately after each heat shall repair to the Judges' stand, and report to the Judges the horse or horses that may be distanced, and any act of foul, if any has occurred under his observation ; the Patrol Judges shall repair in like manner to the Judges' stand, and report any act of foul, if any has occurred under their obser- vation ; the reports of the Distance and Patrol Judges shall be alone received. XIII. Judges' Duty. — The Judges should be in the stand fifteen minutes before the time for starting; they shall weigh the riders or drivers, and draw for the positions of the horses ; ring the bell or give other notice five minutes previous to the time announced for the race to come off, which shall be notice to all parties to pre- pare for the race at the appointed time, when all the horses must be ready, and any party failing to comply with this rule shall be liable to forfeit or be ruled out. The Judges shall not notice or receive complaints of foul from any person or persons except those appointed by the Judges for that purpose and riders or drivers in the race. The result of a heat shall not be announced until the Judges are satisfied as to the weights of the riders or drivers, and sufficient time has elapsed to receive the reports of the Patrol and Distance Judges. XIV. Power of Postponement. — In case of unfavorable weather, or other unavoidable causes, the Managers shall have power to postpone to a future time all purses or sweepstakes, or any race to which they have contributed, upon giving notice thereof. But there shall be no postponement after the race is started. In matches, the race can only be postponed by the consent of the parties there- to after being started. 208 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. XV Judges' Stand. — None but the Judges shall be allowed m the Judges' stand. XVI. Accidents. — In case of accidents, ten minutes shall be al- lowed ; but the Judges may allow more time when deemed neces- sary and proper. XVII. Disputes and Contingencies. — When disputes and con- tingencies arise, which are not provided for in the Rules and Regu- lations, the Judges shall have power to decide in such cases. XVIII. Starting and keeping Positions. — The Judges shall in- form the riders and drivers of their positions in starting for the race ; the horse winning the heat shall take the pole the succeed- ing heat, and all others shall take their positions in the order in which they came home in the last heat. When two or more horses shall make a dead heat, the horses shall start for the suc- ceeding heat in the same positions they occupied at the finish of the dead heat. In coming out in the home-stretch, each horse shall keep the position first selected, except the hindmost horse, who, when there is sufficient room to pass on the inside, or any- where in the home-stretch, without interfering with others, shall be allowed to do so ; and any party interfering to prevent him shall be distanced, or lose the heat, as the Judges may deter- mine ; any party violating this rule wilfully shall be distanced. If a horse should at any time cross or swerve on the home-stretch in finishing the heat, so as to impede the progress of a horse be- hind him, he shall not be entitled to beat him in that heat ; and if. m the opinion of the Judges, such crossing or swerving was wilful on the part of the rider or driver, he shall be distanced. XIX. Decorum. — If any owner, trainer, rider, driver, or attend- ant of a horse use improper language to the officers of the Course, or be guilty of improper conduct, the person so offending may be, by the Judges of tlie day or race, ruled off the Course, and not permitted to ride, drive, or attend a horse on this Course again in any race under the control of the Association, unless such ruling off be rescinded at a regular monthly meeting of the members oi the Riding Park Association, by a majority of the members ther present. XX. Placing Horses. — Horses distanced in the first heat arc equal in the race ; but in all succeeding heats, horses that are dis- tanced ill the same heat shnll r.mk in the race in the order whicl: they were entitled to at the start of the heat ; that is, horses ha.- MYSTIC RIDINQ PARK. 209 ing won two heats better than those winning one; a horse that has won a heat better than a horse only making a dead heat ; a horse winning one or two heats and making a dead heat better than one winning an equal number of heats, but not making a dead heat. When horses winning equal numbers of heats shall be distanced in the same heat, they shall rank in the race in the order in which they started for the heat in which they were dis- tanced. When two or more horses shall have won an equal num- ber of heats, they shall rank in the race as they are placed in the last heat in which they contend ; horses not winning nor making a dead heat the same. In case this Article should not give a specific decision as to second and third money, etc., the Judges are to de- cide according to the best of their ability and turf usages in gen- eral, and all outside bets to be governed thereby. XXI. Horses Breaking. — When any horse or horses break from their gait, in trotting or pacing, their riders or drivers shall immediately pull them to the gait in which they were to go the race ; and any party refusing or neglecting to comply with this rule shall lose the heat, and the next best horse shall win the heat, and all other horses shall be placed ahead in the heat ; the Judges shall also have discretionary power to distance the offending horse or horses. Should the rider or driver comply with this rule, and a horse should gain by bi-eaking, twice the distance eo gained shall be taken from him or them at the coming out. A horse breaking at the score shall not lose the heat by so doing. XXII. Winning Horses. — A horse must win a majority of the "heats to be entitled to the purse or stakes, unless such horse should have distanced all others in one heat. XXIII. Relative to Heats and Horses Eligible to Start. — In heats, one, two, three, or four miles, a horse not winning one heat in three shall not start for a fourth, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. In heats best three in five, a horse not win- ning a heat in five shall not start for a sixth, unless such horse shall have made a dead heat. A dead heat shall be considered a heat as regards all excepting the horses making such dead heat, and those only shall start for the next heat which would have been entitled had the heat been won by either horse making the dead heat ; a horse prevented from starting by this rule shall not ba distanced, but ruled out. XXrV. Collusions or Frauds. — When the Judges are satisfied 210 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACINQ AND BETTING. that any race is being, or lias been, conducted improperly or dis- honestly, either on the part of the riders, drivers, or the parties controlling the horses or race, they shall have the power to de- clare that neither horse nor horses have won the race nor the money; and all outside bets shall be declared null and void. Also, when there is any interference with riders, drivers, their horses or vehicles, either at the start or during the race, the Judges shall have power to decide equitably between the horses, and their decision shall be final and conclusive, and all outside bets shall be governed thereby. XXV. Dress of Riders and Driters. — Judges may require riders and drivers to be properly dressed. XXVI. Weights and Weighing. — Riders and drivers shall weigh in the presence of one or more of the Judges previous to starting for any race, and after each heat shall come to the starting stand, and not dismount or leave his vehicle without permission of the Judges. Any party violating this rule shall be distanced, if not of as much bodily weight as the Rules of the Park require ; and when of sufficient bodily weight, it shall be discretionary with the Judges to rule him off, or distance him, for a contempt of the Rules and Regulations. But a rider or driver thrown or taken by force from his horse or vehicle after having passed the winning- post, shall not be considered as having dismounted without per- mission of the Judges ; and if disabled may be carried to the Judges' stand to be weighed, and the Judges may take the circum- stances into consideration, and decide accordingly. XXVII. Foul. — If a horse, driver, or rider shall cross, jostle, or strike another horse, driver, or rider, or do anything that impedes another horse, accidentally or not, it is foul, and the horse that impedes the other may be adjudged distanced. Although a lead- ing horse is entitled to any part of the track, except after selecting his position on the home-stretch, if he crosses from the right to the left, or from the inner to the outer side of the track, when a horse is so near him that in changing his position he compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if he causes the rider or driver to pull him out of his stride, it is foul ; and if, in passing a lead- in"- horse, the track is taken so soon after getting the lead as to cause the horse passed to shorten his stride, it is foul. A rider or driver committing any act which the Judges may deem intentionally foul must be declared distanced ; this rule should at MYSTIC RIDING PARK. 21 1 all times be rigidly enforced. All complaints of foul by riders and drivers must be made at the termination of the heat, and before the rider or driver dismounts or leaves his vehicle, by order of the Judges. XXVIII. Handicaps and Miscellaneous Weights, — In matches or handicaps, where extra or lesser weights are to be carried, the Judges shall carefully examine and ascertain, before starting, whether the the riders, drivers, or vehicles are of such weights as have been agreed upon, or required by the match or handicap ; and the riders or drivers who shall carry during the race and bring home with them the weights which have been pronounced correct and proper by the Judges, there shall be no penalty at- tached to any party for light weight in that heat ; provided the Judges are satisfied of their mistake, and that there has been no deception on the part of the rider or driver who shall be deficient in weight. But all parties thereafter shall carry full weight. XXIX. All races shall be started at 3 o'clock p. m., from the first day of April to the 15th day of September; and after that date, at 2 o'clock p. M., until the season is over. BETTIISra I^ULES. Rule 1. All bets are understood to relate to the purse or stakes or match, if nothing be said to the contrary at the time of making the bet. 2. A bet made on a horse is void if the horse betted on does not start. 3. Horses shall be placed in a race, and bets decided as they are placed in the official records. 4. When a race is postponed beyond the first day published for it to come off, all by-bets, except they are play or pay, shall be off. 5. A bet made during the running of a heat is not determined until the race is over, if the heat is not mentioned at the time of making the bet. 6. When a play or pay bet is made on a horse or horses, they must start, or the party betting on them loses. 7. Either of the bettors may in person demand stakes to b« made, and on a refusal declare the bet to be void. 8. Outside bets cannot bo declared off on the Course, unless that 212 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. place was named for staking the money, before the race should take place, and then it must be done by tiling such declaration in writing with the Judges, who shall read it from the stand before the race commences, and demand if any person will make stakes for the absent party, and if no person consent to do so, the bet may be declared void. 9. When a bet is made on one horse against the field, he must start, or the bet is off, and the field is what starts against him ; but there is no field unless one start against liim. 10. When a bet is made between two horses, they both must start, or the bet is off. 11. A person betting odds has the right to choose a horse or the field, and when he has chosen his horse, the field is whatever starts against him ; but there is no field unless one or more start with him. 12. Parties wishing all the horses to start for a bet must so name it at the time the bet is made. 13. If, in the final heat of a race, there be but one horse placed, no horse shall be considered as second in the race. 14. All races made play or pay, outside bets not to be consid- ered play or pay, unless so understood by the parties. 15. If a race of a single dash at any distance is made, and the horses make a dead heat, the race is a draw. 16. When a bettor undertakes to place the horses in a race, he must give each a specific place, as first, second, third, and so on. The word "last" shall not be construed to mean fourth and dis- tanced, if four start, but fourth only, and so on. A distanced horse must be placed distanced. lY. If a bet is made on any number of straight heats, and there is a dead heat made, the heats are not straight, and the party bet- ting on straight heats loses. 18. It is optional with the Judges of the race to decide disputes left to their arbitration by bettors, but it is their duty to decide disputes between parties to the race. 19. When a bet is made between two or more horses in a race, and neither wins a heat, nor makes a dead heat, and neither is dis- tanced, the horse coming out ahead in the last heat is best. A horse distanced in a dead heat is beaten by one that is drawn at the termination of the same heat. A horse making a dead heat is better than one not winning a lioat, nor making a dead heat, if MYSTIC RIDING PARK. 213 neither is distanced, or both distanced in the same heat. A dis- tanced horse, although having made a dead heat or won a heat, b beaten by a horse that is not distanced, or is distanced in a suc- ceeding heat. 20. Betting on Time. — When a race is coming off, and a party bets that a heat will be made in two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30), and they shall make two-thirty (2:30), he would win. If he bets they will beat two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30), and they make exactly two-thirty (2:30), he loses; but if he takes two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30) against the field, and they make exactly two-thirty (2:30), it is a tie, or draw bet. All time bets to be decided accordingly. 21. Horses having started in a race, and being drawn before its conclu.sioii, shall be considered distanced. 22. iiets between outside bettors are void on the decease oi either party. 23. All horses that are ruled out or drawn before the conclusion of a race shall be considered distanced in betting and placing, un- less the contrary is specified at the time the bet is made. 24. In pools and pool-betting, the pool stands good for all the horses that start in the race ; but for those horses that do not start, the money must be returned to the purchaser. Cassabg's C'l^arhitt") §g-i^iTfos. »^ » ORGANIZATION. Rule I. A Club or an Association shall be organized by the election of a President ; First, Second, Third, and Fourth Vice- Presidents; Treasurer, and Corresponding Secretary, and an Ofiicial Secretary, who shall rank in the order named ; Avho shall comprise the Executive Committee of the Club or Association. II. The President, or two Vice-Presidents, and Official Secretary, shall be empowered to call a meeting of the Club, or transact the business of the Committee, provided the Secretary shall send written notice to each member of the Committee, stating when and where the meeting will be held ; said notice shall be sent three days previous to the meeting. III. When there is a difference of opinion among the Committee in regard to any measure, the question shall be put to vote, and the majority shall govern. When the vote is a tie, the President shall have the casting vote. When there are six of the Committee present, the junior officer may take part in discussing any measure ; but he shall not be allowed to vote. IV. The Executive Committee shall be elected annually, some time between the 1st of January and the 20th of February, by a vote of a majority of the members present, provided a notice of the meeting for the election of officers shall be published three days in three of the most prominent daily newspapers, one week previous to the meeting ; and it shall be the duty of the Official Secretary to see that such notice is given. DUTIES OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. V. 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SINCLAIR TOUSEY, Wholesale Agent, 121 Nassau Street, New York. cassady's by-laws. 215 oflScers as he may deem necessary. In the absence of the Pres- ident, the Benior officer present shall be the executive officer of the day, and shall rank as President. DUTIES OP THE OFFICIAL SECRETARY. VII. The Secretary shall attend the Judges on each day's race ; keep a book in which he shall record the names of the members, the Rules of the Club, the proceedings of each meeting, and the entries of horses for each day's race. He shall keep an account of each day's race, and shall publish the result ; he shall see that the riders are weighed before starting in the race, and after each heat ; it shall also be his duty to see that the horses start with and bring in their appropriate weights, DUTIES OF TREASURER AND CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. VIII. The Treasurer shall collect the subscriptions of members, employing assistance for that purpose vi^hen necessary, and shall furnish the Official Secretary with all necessary information. MANAGER. IX. When there is no regularly-organized Club or Association, the racing may be conducted by a Manager, who shall be invested with all the power of an Executive Committee. POSTPONEMENT. X. The Executive Committee may postpone a race in case of bad weather overhead, or upon any very extraordinary occasion that would justify them in so doing. MEMBERS. XI. When anyone is proposed as a member of the Club or Association, any member present may object to the reception, stating his reasons for objecting. The question of reception or rejection shall be put to vote, and if one-third of the mem- bers present vote against the nominee, he shall be rejected. In case of a question of the expulsion of a member, if a majority of the members present vote for expulsion, he shall be expelled. If it can be proved that any member, or any proposed member, owes either a forfeit or a bet, lost on a race, and refuses to pay, it shall be deemed sufficient reason for rejection or expulsion, with- •216 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. out voting, and the Executive Committee shall declare such re- jection or expulsion. XII. Members wishing to resign shall enclose their resignation to the Treasurer at least thirty days previous to a race-meeting ; and the names of members not resigning, and failing to pay their subscription when applied to, shall be reported by the Treasurer to the next meeting of the Club. OFFICERS OF THE DAT. XIII. The Officers of the day shall be three Judges and the Official Secretary in the main stand, and two Judges in the distance stand. The Judges may appoint a timer to come in the stand with them, or they may select one of their own number to act as timer, and no other person should be permitted in the stand during the pendency of a heat, excepting in case of some extraordinary occasion, when the Judges of the day, or senior officer of the Executive Committee, may extend an invitation, as a mark of honor, to a seat in the Judges' stand, as it is at all times desirable to keep the Judges' stand as clear as possible of any intrusion. DUTIES OF JUDGES. XIV. When Ihe Judges have been selected, and have taken their places in the stand, the race and all police regulations of the track shall be under their control, and any jockey, trainer, or owner, who shall use abusive or insulting language to the Judges, or who shall refuse to comply with their orders or in- structions, may be by them suspended from any participation in the racing, or any privileges of the Course, for six or twelve months, or indefinitely, at their discretion ; and any member of the Club or Association who shall use abusive or insulting language to the Judges, shall, on their written protest to the Executive Committee, be expelled ; and it shall be the duty of the Official Secretary to give the members so oflfending a written notice of expulsion. XV. The Judges shall see that the riders are dressed in jockey style ; instruct the riders before starting. They shall appoint two or three official timers, and proclaim from the stand the time and i-esult of each heat, and the result of the race. They shall decide all disputes ; they shall receive no evidence of foul riding, cassady's by-laws. 217 except from the officers of the day, and from their decision there shall be no appeal. XVI. The presiding Judge shall decide which horse wins a heat; but should he be unable to decide, he shall call for the opinions of his assistants, and the majority shall govern. DISTANCE JUDGES. XYII. During the heats, the Distance Judges shall remain in the distance stand. At the termination of each heat they shall repair to the Judges' stand and report the horse or horses that may be distanced, and any foul riding they may detect. The Distance Judges should be strict and exact in the performance of their duty. If a horse is only a head out of the distance allowed, he should be reported to the Judges of the day, and he should not be allowed to start again in the race. OWNERS, TRAINERS, AND RIDERS. XVIII. No compromise or agreement between two or more persons not to oppose each other in a race, or to run jointly against any other person or persons, will be permitted. Upon satisfactory proof of the same being produced before the Judges, they shall declare the horses of such persons distanced and the parties so offending shall be ruled off the Course. Every horse started shall run a bona-fide race. If any fraud be discovered, and the purse, stakes, or match-money has been paid, the same shall be restored on demand of the Judges, and by them paid over to the owner of the next best horse. XIX. No person shall be permitted to strike a horse with a whip over three feet in length, to get him from the stand in the start, nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path to the rider. XX. No person shall be permitted to draw or sell his horse (if by the sale the horse be drawn) during the pendency of a race, except with the permission of the Judges, under penalty of being expelled from the Club. XXI. After a horse shall be entered in a race, he shall be con- sidered to bo under the control of the Judges of the day, and; shall not be withdrawn until the conclusion of the race, as far as he is concerned, without their consent, which consent they are at liberty to give, if the owner or trainer can give satisfactory 10 218 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. reasons why his horse should be drawn ; and any owner or traine* who shall refuse to start his horse in compliance with this rule, when ordered to start by the Judges, will not be again permitted to start or enter a horse on this Course. RIDERS. XXII. All riders must be dressed in jockey style ; must be weighed, and receive their instructions from the Judges before starting. At the termination of the heat, they must return to the Judges' stand, and must not dismount without permission from the Judges; nor shall they allow anyone to cover their horses or take anything off until they receive permission to dismount, and then shall repair to the scales to be weighed. XXIII. In all single-heat races, there may be as many riders or as many horses from the same stable as may be wished. But, in races of heats, two or more riders will not be permitted to start, without special permission from the Judges. XXIV. If a jockey fall from his horse, and another person of sufficient weight ride him in, it shall be considered the same as if he had not fallen; provided from or beyond where the jockey fell. Or a rider thrown or taken by force from his horse, after passing the winning-post, shall not be considered as dismounted without permission from the Judges, and if disabled, be carried to the Judges' stand to be weighed. INSTRUCTIONS TO RIDERS. XXV. If a rider or horse shall jostle or strike another horse or rider, or do anything that impedes an adversary, whether 1)y accident or not, it is foul riding, and the horse that impedes the other shall be adjudged distanced. A leading horse is entitled to any part of the track ; yet, if he crosses an adversary, or swerves towards him, so near that he compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if he causes the rider to pull him back from his stride, it is foul riding; the horse must be declared distanced. All complaints of foul riding must be made before the horses start in another heat, and if it happen in the last heat, before the Judges leave the stand. No evidence of foul riding shall be received, except from the officers of the day. ENTRIES. — FORFEITS. Rule I. Entries must be made at such time and place as the Executive Committee may appoint, subject to such conditions as CASSADt's BT-tAWS. 219 the Committee may impose, by advertisement. Every entry shall describe the age, name, color, sex, sire, and dam of the horse, with the owner's name and colors. Any horse having run under a name, if said name be changed, the entry shall state the fact the first time of entering after said change ; and if sire or dam bear a name, said name must be stated, except for a Post Stake, in which no entry need be named until the day of the race. In sweepstakes or matches, stakes shall be put up or forfeits. paid before the riders are weighed for the race, in the order in which the horses are to be placed in the start ; the order of starting to be determined by lot. After the rider has been officially weighed, forfeit cannot be paid ; and when a stake has been closed, no nomination shall be changed without the consent of all parties to the stake. Four inches are a hand. Fourteen pounds are a stone. Catch weights are parties to ride without weighing. An untried stahion or mare is one whose produce has never won. A maiden horse or mare is one that has never run. AGES. — WEIGHTS. II. A horse's age shall be reckoned from the first of February, and the following weight shall be carried : Two-year-olds, ; three-year-olds, ; four-year-olds, ; five-year-olds, ; six-year-olds, . Mares and geldings allowed three pounds. No horse shall be allowed to start in a race carrying more than five pounds overweight ; if any horse carry five pounds overweight, it shall be the duty of the Judges to announce it from the stand. Nothing shall be weighed off that was not weighed on. And any rider who returns to the stand two pounds short of weight shall not be entitled to win the heat ; and if three pounds short shall be declared distanced. III. Where there is a doubt about the age of a horse, the Judges may call in the assistance of persons in whose knowledge and honesty they have confidence, to aid them in deciding the question. When a clear case of disqualification is made out, the entrance-money is forfeited, and they shall not allow the horse to Start in the race ; but if they have doubts, they may allow the horse to run ; and if he prove a winner, they shall retain the money or purse, and give the parties sixty days to procure testi- mony touching the case. If the disqualification is made out, they shall pay the money to the owner of the horse that was placed 220 RULES AND KEGULATtONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. second in the race ; and if it is not made out, they shall pay the money to the owner of the horse that was placed best in the race. DISTANCES. — TIME BETWEEN HEATS. IV. In heats of one mile, fifty yards shall be a distance; in mile heats, best three in five, sixty yards shall be a distance; in two-mile heats, seventy-five yards shall be a distance; in three-mile heats, ninety yards shall be a distance; in four-mile heats, one hundred yards shall be a distance ; in single dashes, there shall be no distance. TIME BETWEEN HEATS. V. The time between heats shall be twenty minutes for mile heats ; thirty minutes for two-mile heats ; thirty-five minutes for three-mile heats ; forty-five minutes for four-mile heats ; and twent3''-five minutes for mile heats, best three in five. STARTING. YI. The Judges may start the horses by the tap of the drum, or the word go. In case of a false start, the horses shall be recalled by the bell. When a false start is made, the riders shall not be allowed to dismount, nor shall any clothing be placed on any of the horses, and no delay shall be permitted ; but the horses shall be started as soon as they have arrived at the start- ing post. Horses making a false start shall return to the stand by the nearest way. Any infringement of this rule shall be punished by not allowing the party or parties violating it to start in the race. If an accident happen to a horse or a rider at a start, the Judges may grant as much delay as there is time allowed between the heats in the race in which the horses are about to contend. PLACES OF HORSES AT STARTING. VII. Places shall be drawn for at such time and place as the Executive Committee may appoint. The horse to which the track is allotted shall take his place on the inner or left-hand side of the Course ; the others shall take their places on his right, accord- ing to allotment. The winner of a heat shall, at the next start, have the track ; the others shall take their positions on his right, in the order in which they came out in the previous heat. CASSADY*S BY-LAWS. 221 PLACES OF HORSES IN A RACE. Vin. In a race, best two in three, a horse that wins two heats or distances the field in one heat wins the race. In a race, best three in five, the horse that Avins three heats or distances the field wins the race. The horse that first gets his head to the winning-post shall be considered the winner of the heat, unless disqualified from foul riding, or lack of proper weight, in which case the heat must be given to the next best horse. In heats best two in three, a horse not winning one heat in three shall be ruled out ; and in heats best three in five, a horse not winning one heat in five shall be ruled out A dead heat shall be considered a heat, except with the horses that make it. When a dead heat is made, and the winning of the heat by any of the horses making the dead heat would have terminated the race, then the horses making the dead heat only shall be allowed to start for another heat, and the others in the race shall be ruled out. IX. Horses making dead heats shall have the pole over all other horses in the next heat, but their own relative position for the pole shall be the same as in the start of the dead heat. A horse that has won a heat, or made a dead heat, shall rank better in the race than one not winning or making a dead heat ; a horse winning a heat better than one making a dead heat. When two or more horses shall have won an equal humber of heats, they shall rank in the race as they are placed in the last heat in which they contend. Horses not winning, or making a dead heat, the same. X. In all sweepstakes or purse races of a single dash, or so many miles out, if there should be a dead heat, the horses making the dead heat must run the distance over again, unless the owners should agree to divide the stakes, in which case all bets in which said horses were antagonistic would be off, though all bets on either or both of them against all the other horses engaged in the race would stand good ; when a match shall be made between two horses, a single dash at any distance, and result in a dead heat, the race is a draw, and all bets are off. DISTANCED HORSES. XI. All horses that are drawn or ruled out before the conclusion of a race shall be considered distanced in betting and placing, un- 222 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING*. less the contrary is specified at the time the bet is made. HorsetJ that are distanced or drav/n at the conclusion of a heat are beaten in the race by those that start afterward. A horse that is dis- tanced in a heat is beaten by one drawn at the termination of the same heat. If, in the final heat of a race, there be but one horse placed, no horse shall be entitled to receive second money, but the whole amount goes to the winner. XII. If any horse shall run from the track into the field, he will be declared distanced, although he may come out ahead, unless he turn and again enter the Course at the point from which he swerved, or unless the Judges believe he lost ground by swerving. XIII. Horses distanced in the first heat are equal in the race ; but in succeeding heats, horses that are distanced in the same heat shall rank in the race in the order in which they are entitled to at the start of the heat ; that is, horses having won two heats better than those winning one ; a horse that has won a heat better than a horse only making a dead heat ; a horse winning one or two heats, and making a dead heat, better than one winning an equal number of heats, but not making a dead heat. "When horses win- ning equal numbers of heats shall be distanced in the same heat, they shall rank in the race in the order in which they started for the heat in which they were distanced. Horses not winning or making a dead heat governed by the same rule. Of the horses not winning, or making a dead heat, the one that is placed best in the last heat shall rank best in the race. BETTING RULES. XIV. In all sweepstakes for two or three-year-olds, or in han- dicaps, when one or more horses are taken against the field, a representative on each side starting shall bind the bet, but a stake open for horses over three years old shall be governed by the rules of purses ; that is, the party losing the aid of a horse may declare the bet off. XV. Any party losing the aid of a horse in a purse race that was eligible to start on his side may declare any and all bets off that such horse is in any way embraced in ; provided they shall make such declaration openly to the Judges in the stand, or to the stakeholder or principal in the bet, before the horses start, for any action on the bet. If no declaration shall be made, all bets stand. Bets made on a play or pay race are off on the part of the horsa cassady's by-la-ws. 222 not starting, unless the bet was specified play or pay. All engage- ments are void on the decease of either of the parties making them. If a race is made play or pay, or with a forfeit, the death of the horse does not affect it; the engagement stands. XVI. When a bet shall be made with the agreement that the money is to be put up before the horses start, should any of the parties be absent at the time of the race, the party present may deposit his stake in the hands of the Judges of the day, who shall make public declaration of the fact, and the party absent shall be bound to stand the bet. If there is no money deposited with the Judges, the bet is off. XVII. If a bet is made on a horse winning a heat in the race, and the horse named makes a dead heat, but does not win any, the party backing the horse to win a hcut loses ; but if a bet is made on a horse winning a specified heat^ and the horse named should make a dead heat of the heat he was named to win, the bet shall stand for decision the next heat. If a bet is made on any number of straight heats, and there is a dead heat made, the heats are not straight, and the party betting on straight heats loses. If a bet is made that a heat will be made in a specified time, say 1:50, and the heat is made in just 1:50, the party betting on time wins ; but if the bet is made that 1:50 is beaten that heat, the party betting on time loses. XVIII. In a case where a bet shall be laid one horse against two, a specified sum against each, the bet shall be considered a conjunctive one; and if either of the horses should not start, either party may declare the bet off; but if a specified sum shall be bet on one horse against three or more horses, the bets shall be considered separate, and shall stand against the horse or horses that start. Where a bet shall be laid on two or more horses beating a named horse in a race, if all the horses embraced in the bet are distanced the first heat, the bet shall be drawn. If one horse shall get a place, and the horse on each side shall be dis- tanced, the bet is off. XIX. In a double event — that is, where any party n^pbet on naming two separate events — where there shaU* be no action on the first event in order, in consequence of forfeit or other causes, the bet is off ; but when there is an action on the bet, and the party betting on the double event shall have won the first one, tha bet shall then stand in the relation of a play or pay bet for the 224 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. second event, and the party who is not represented on that occa- sion shall be considered beaten, and loses. When one or more horses are matched against time, the parties matching against time may start as many horses to accompany and encourage them as they think proper ; and shall be allowed three trials, at such intervals of time between trials as would be allowed in a race be- tween heats. XX. In all cases where one or more parties shall "go in," or take an interest in any bet, made by another party, if there is a forfeit or compromise made, such parties are entitled to receive, or bound to pay their proper proportion, according to the amount at issue ; and in all cases outside parties are bound by the actions of the principal, in ratio to the amount of interest they have. In a case where a party shall give a stipulated amount for an interest in a bet, if there is a forfeit attached, the amount given in cases of forfeiture shall be in ratio to the interest held, as shall also be the amount of forfeit received. When there is no forfeit attached, the money given for an interest shall be refunded, as the party does not get the benefit of the chance he has paid for. XXI. Where a bettor undertakes to place the horses in a race, he must give each a specific place, as first, second, third, and so on. The word last shall not be construed to mean fourth and dis- tanced, if four start, but fourth only, and so on. A distanced horse must be placed distanced. XXII. Either of the bettors may demand stakes to be made ; and on refusal, declare the bet to be void. XXIII. If a race shall be postponed, it shall not affect the bets that may have been made on it. They shall stand till the race comes off, unless the contrary shall be agreed on between the parties betting ; provided the race takes place within fifteen days of the time first named for the race. XXIV. Should any contingency occur not provided for by these rules, the Judges of the day shall exercise the authority vested in them and decide the matter, in conformity with the principles of equity ai4lpommou sense. EULES AND REG-ULATIOKS OF THE METAIEIE JOCKEY CLUB OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. I. Name.— This Association shall be known by the name of the "Metairie Jockey Cltjb of the State op Louisiana." II. Officers.— The Officers of the Club shall consist of a Presi- dent, first and second Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be elected annually, at a meeting previous to the April meeting; on his election the President shall appoint five Stewards, three Timers, and a Ladies' Committee of three. in. Duties of the President and Vice-Presidents. — The Pies- ident shall preside at all meetings of the Club ; shall act as Judge in all races of the Club, assisted by two Vice-Presidents ; no shall appoint two Distance Judges ; and shall have power to appoint all officers of the day necessary to fill the places of absentees. In the absence of the President, the first Vice-President shall preside ; and in his absence, the second Vice-President shall pre- side. The presiding Judge, whether the President or one of the Vice- Presidents, shall decide which horse wins a heat ; but, should he be unable to decide, he shall call for the opinion of his assistants, and the majority shall govern. The Judges shall keep their stand clear of any intrusion during the pendency of a heat; see that the riders are dressed in jockey style; instruct the riders before starting; and procltrtrK from the stand the time and result of each heat and the result of the race. They shall decide all disputes, and from their decision there shall be no appeal ; they shall receive no evidence of foul riding, except from the officers of the day. The President, or either Vice-President, shall be authorized to 10* 226 RULES AND REGULATIOKS FOR RACING AND BETTING. call a meeting of the Club whenever he may deem it proper, or upon the written requisition of fifteen members of the Club. IV. Secretary. — The Secretary shall attend the Judges on each day's race ; keep a book in which he shall record the names of the members, the Rules of the Club, the proceedings of each meeting, and the entries of horses for each day's race ; he shall keep an ac- count of each day's race, and shall publish the result in one news- paper published in New Orleans. He shall see that the riders are weighed before starting in the race, and after each heat. It shall also be his duty to see that the horses start with and bring in their apprcpiiate weights. V. Treasurer. — The Treasurer shall collect the subscriptions of members, employing assistance for that purpose when necessary. He shall pay out no money except when ordered by the Club, or, in the recess of the Club, by the Executive Committee. VI. Stewards. — The Stewards shall attend on the Course, pre- serve order, clear the track, keep the crowd from the horses when returning to the stand after the close of each heat, exercise vigil- ance to prevent disorder and detect foul riding. They may call to their aid such assistance as they may deem necessary on extraor- dinary occasions ; and, in the absence of the President and Vice- Presidents, shall appoint Judges for the day from among the mem- bers. On the track, during the race, they shall be designated by a red badge. The police of the Course shall be under their control. VII. Ladies' Committee. — ^The Ladies' Committee shall receive ladies visiting the Course at the door of their carriages, and escort them to the ladies' stand ; and shall attend to their comfort while on the track. They shall be designated by a white badge. VIII. Patrol Judges. — It shall be the duty of the Patrol Judges, preceding each heat, to repair to the places designated by the President, see there is no foul riding, and, after the heat, im- mediately to repair to the stand and make their report ; before which report the heat shall not be decided. IX. Distance Judges. — During the heats, the Distance Judges shall remain in the distance stand. At the termination of each heat, they shall repair to the Judges' stand, and report the horse or horses that may be distanced, and any foul riding they may detect. X. Membership. — Members of the Club shall pay |50 a year, METAIRIE JOCKEY CLUB. 227 payable $25 at each race-meeting. No badge shall be delivered until paid for. No gentleman shall be admitted in the members' or ladies' stand, except as hereinafter provided. Any member of the Club shall have the privilege of introducing at each race- meeting two non-residents of the State, by procuring a badge of the Treasurer, which badge shall have printed on it " invitation," and have written the name of the wearer and the name of the in- troducer. The price of the badge shall be $10. All badges shall be personal, and not transferable under any circumstances. Mem- bers of the Club shall be elected by ballot, and three blackballs exclude the appUcant. XI. Resignation op Members. — Members wishing to resign shall enclose their resignation to the Treasurer at least ninety days previous to a race-meeting ; and the names of members not re- signing, and failing to pay their subscription when applied to, shall be reported by the Treasurer to the next meeting of the Club. XII. Postponement, — The President and Vice-President may postpone a race for a purse, but only in case of bad weather, or upon some extraordinary occasion. XIII. Of Persons Expelled from other Courses, — Any person who has been expelled from a Jockey Club or ruled oflf any Course will not be permitted to enter a horse for a purse or in a stake ; nor shall he be permitted to turn, ride, or attend in any capacity a horse on this Course in any race under the control of this Club. XIV. Riders. — Two riders from the same stable will not be permitted to ride in the same« race, except by consent of the Judges ; nor shall two horses from the same Stable be allowed to run in the same race, except in a single-heat race. XV. Colors, — All riders shall be dressed in jockey costume : the cap and jacket to be of silk, satin, or velvet ; the breeches of corduroy or white drilling, with white-topped boots. Gentlemen who first record their colors with the Secretary shall be entitled to them, and no one else shall be permitted to ride in them. Gen- tlemen having recorded their colors shall continue to ride in them until the record be altered with the Secretary. Jockeys shall not ride in colors not announced in bills of the day. The Secretary shall post on the Judges' stand all colors that have been recorded. XVI. Entries. — All entries of horses to run for a purse shall be made by a member of the Club, sealed and deposited in a box (kept for the purpose by the Secretary), before 4 o'clock p. m. of 228 KULE3 AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. the dtiy previous to the race, unless the race of the day be not finished ; and, in such case, fifteen minutes after the close of the race. Every entry shall describe the age, name, color, sex, sire, and dam of the horse, with the owner's name and colors. Any horse having run under a name, if said name be changed, the entry shall state the fact the first time of entering after said change ; and if sire or dam bear a name, said name must be stated. No entry shall be received after the time specified ; and the box shall not be opened unless in the presence of two members of the Association. The place of horses to be determined at starting as they are drawn from the box. XVII. Weights. — The following weights, shall be carried, viz., two-year-olds, 75 lbs. ; three-year-olds, 90 lbs. ; four year-olds, 104 lbs. ; five-year-olds, 114 lbs ; six-year-olds, 120 lbs.; seven-year- olds and upwards, 124 lbs. — 3 lbs. allowed to mares and geldings. In sweepstakes for two-year-olds, they shall carry 84 lbs. If any horse carry 5 lbs. over his proper weight, it shall be the duty of the Judges to announce it from the stand. No horse shall be al- lowed to start in any race carrying more than 5 lbs. overweight. In making weight, nothing shall be weighed from which a liquid can be wrung, and nothing shall be weighed off that was not weighed on. XVIII. Of Age. — A horse's age shall be reckoned from the first day of May; that is to say, a colt foaled in the year 1850 shall be considered one year old on the first day of May, 1851. XIX. Of Starting. — The horses shall be started by the tap of the drum, after which there shall be no recall. XX. False Starts. — When a false start is made, the riders shall not be allowed to dismount, nor shall any clothing be placed on any of the horses, and no delay shall be permitted ; but the horses shall be started as soon as they have arrived at the starting-post. Horses making a false start shall return to the stand by the near- est way. Any infringement of this rule shall be punished by not allowing the party or parties violating it to start in the race. XXI. Accidents. — If an accident happen to a horse or rider at the start, the Judges may grant as much delay as there is time allowed between the heats in the race in which the horses are about to contend. XXII. Distanced Horses. — Distances. — All horses whose heads have not reached the distance stand as soon as the leading horse METAIRIE JOCKEY CLUB. 229 arrives at the winning-post shall be declared distanced. All horses not bringing out their proper weight, or within two pounds of it, shall be declared distanced. If any jockey shall ride foul, his horse shall he declared distanced. Whenever the winner of a heat is distanced by any default in riding, weight, or otherwise, the heat shall be awarded to the next best horse. In heats of one mile, 50 yards shall be a distance ; two miles, 60 yards shall be a distance ; three miles, 80 yards shall be a dis- tance ; four miles, 100 yards shall be a distance ; one mile, best three in five, 50 yards shall be a distance. XXIII. Places of Horses. — The horse to which the track is al- lotted shall take his place on the inner or left-hand side of the Course; the others shall take their places on his right, according to allotment. The winner of a heat shall, at the next start, have the track ; the others shall take their positions on his right in the order in which they came out in the previous heat. XXIV. Winner of a Race.— Dead Heats.— Ruling Out. — In the race best two in three, ahorse that wins two heats, or distances the field in one heat, wins the race. In the race best three in five, the horse that wins three heats or distances the field wins the race. The horse that first gets his head to the winning-post shall be con- sidered the wiimer of the heat. In heats best two in three, a horse not winning one heat in three shall be ruled out ; and in heats best three in five, a horse not winning one heat in five shall be ruled out. A dead heat shall be considered a heat, except with the horses that make it. When a dead heat is made, and the winning of the heat by any of the horses making the dead heat would have terminated the race, then the horses making the dead heat only shall be allowed to start for another heat, and the others in the race shall be ruled out. XXY. Duty op Riders. — Riders, after a heat is ended, shall re- pair to the Judges' stand ; they must not dismount until ordered by the Judges to dismount, on pain of being distanced ; and then, with their saddles, shall repair to the scales to be weighed. A rider thrown, or taken by force from his horse after passing the winning-post, shall not be considered as having dismounted without permission of the Judges, and, if disabled, may be carried to the Judges' stand to be weighed. XXVI. Bolting. — If any horse shall run from the track into the liold, he will be declared distanced, although he may come ouc 230 RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. ahead, unless he tarn and again enter the Cousse at the point from tvhich he swerved, or unless the Judges believe he lost ground by swerving. XXVII. Time between Heats. — The time between lieats shall be twenty minutes for mile heats; thirty minutes for two-mile heats ; thirty-five minutes for three-mile heats ; forty-five minutes for four-mile heats ; and twenty-five minutes for mile heats, best three in five. XXVIII. Rider Falling. — If a jockey fall from his hors^e while riding a heat, and another person of sufficient weight ride him in, he shall be considered as though the jockey had not fallen, provided he return to the spot where the jockey fell. XXIX. Foul Riding and Track. — If a horse or rider shall cross, jostle, or strike another horse or rider, or do anything that impedes another horse, accidentally or not, it is foul riding, and the horse that impedes the other shall be adjudged distanced; and if the Judges are satisfied that the riding was intentionally foul, or that the rider was instructed so to ride, the party or parties so offending shall not be allowed to ride, enter, or attend a horse over this Course in any race under the control of the Club. Al- though a leading horse is entitled to any part of the track, if he crosses from the right to the left, or from the inner to the outer side of the track, when a horse is so near him that, in changing his position, he compels the horse behind him to shorten his stride, or if ho causes the rider to pull him out of his stride, it is foul riding. And if, in passing a leading horse, the track is taken so soon after getting the lead as to cause the horse passed to shorten his stride, it is foul riding. All complaints of foul riding must be made before the horses start in another heat ; and if it happen on the last heat, then before the Judges leave the stand. XXX. Collusion. — No compromise or agreement between two or more persons not to oppose each other, or to run jointly against any other person or persons, will be permitted. Upon satisfactory proof of the same being produced before the Judges, they shall de- clare the horses of such persons distanced ; and the parties so offending shall be ruled off" the Course. XXXI. Of Frauds. — Every horse started shall run a bona-fide race. If any fraud be discovered, and the purse, stakes, or match-money has been paid, ^he same shall be restored on demand of the .Judges, and by thorn paid over to the owner of the next METAIRIE JOCKEY CLUB. 231 best horse. If the money be not restored by the illegal holder, he shall be expelled from the Club, and shall ever thereafter be ineligible as a member. If not a member of the Club, he shall be prohibited from ever running a horse over the Course again. XXXII. Of Forfeits. — A person owing a forfeit in any stake or match run over, or agreed to be run over, any Course, shall not be allowed to start a horse for a purse or sweepstakes ; but no charge that such forfeit is due shall be heard unless before starting. No horse owned by a person prevented from starting one under the Rules of the Club shall be allowed to run, though said horse be entered in another name, or found in another stable. Whenever the Judges are informed that a person has entered, or caused a horse to be entered or named in a race, in violation of any rule of the Club, they shall immediately make an examination of the evi- dence, so as to enable them to come to a correct decision upon the case. XXXIII. Disqualification as to Age — Where there is a doubt about the age of a horse, the Judges may call in the assistance of persons in whose knowledge and honesty they have confidence, to aid them in deciding the question. When a clear case of disquali- fication is made out, the entrance money is forfeited, and they shall not allow the horse to start in the race ; but if they have doubts, they may allow the horse to run, and if he prove a winner, they shall retain the money or purse, and give the parties sixty days to procure testimony touching the case. If the disqualifica- tion is made out, they shall pay the money to the owner of the horse that was placed second in the race ; and if it is not made out, they shall pay the money to the owner of the horse that was placed best in the race. XXXIV. Of Aids. — No person shall be permitted to strike a horse with a whip over three feet in length to get him from the stand in the start, or to assist his speed in the running of a race ; nor shall any person stand in the track to point out a path for the rider, under the penalty of expulsion from the Course. XXXV. Of Decorum. — If any owner, trainer, rider, starter, or attendant of a horse use improper language to the ofiiccrs on the Course, or be guilty of improper conduct, the person so offending shall never be permitted to start, train, ride, turn, or attend a horse over this Course again in any race under the control of the Club. 232 RULES AND KEGULATIONS FOR RACING AND BETTING. XXXVI. Selling and Drawing. — No person shall be permitted to draw or sell his horse (if by the sale the horse be drawn) during the pendency of a race, except with the permission of the Judges, under penalty of being expelled from the Club. XXXVII. Sweepstakes and Matches. — Death. — In sweepstakes or matches, stakes shall be p-ut up or forfeit paid before the riders are weighed for the race, in the order in which the horses are to be placed in the start; the order of starting to be determined by lot. All sweepstakes and matches advertised by the Club are to be under its control, and governed by its Rules ; and when a stake has been closed, no nomination shall be changed without the con- sent of all parties to the stake. If an entered horse die, or a subscriber entering him die, before the race, no forfeit shall be required. XXXVIII. Handicap. — Horses only that have run during the meeting shall be permitted to start for a handicap purse. No horse shall be handicapped to carry extra weight ; but, for the purpose of equalizing the horses, a reduction of the regular weight may be made. The President, or acting President, shall handicap the horses, and the weights shall be announced immediately after the race of the day, previous to the handicap race. Gentlemen de- signing to start shall, within one hour aft(ir the announcement, de- posit their entries in tho box. XXXIX. Cases Unprovided For. — In all matters relating to the race or running not provided for in these Rules, the Judges for the day Avill decide and direct according to the best of their judgment and usages of the turf in such cases. XL. Quorum. — Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum, ex- cept for the alteration of Rules, when one-third of the members of the Club shall be present: and the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members present shall be required to adopt any new rule or to rescind or alter any existing rule.