RICE, 25 OElfcT'r SF 329 .P5 1891 Copy 1 MERICAN RABINS * + + * ♦ R ules IN F=OROE ON AND AFTER JANUARY 1, 1891 TURF PUBLISHING COMPANY, 2 i2 Vine Strkkt. CINCINNATI, (). Copyrighted by Turk Publishing Co., 1890. E. S. GARDNER, Official Turf Correspondent, vj:i89ikw LEON'S RESTAURANT. ^EZMZ^HIIS, HOTEL LUEHRMANN. MAXWELL HOUSE. XjE^sunsro-TO^sr, PHCENIX HOTEL. LOUISVILLE, GALT HOUSE. l^toust!-^, ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL, CINCINNATI. ST. LOUIS, SOUTHERN HOTEL. a:H:ia.A.cao, PALMER HOUSE, srr. :e=^.txl, RYAN HOUSE. SABATOGA, LOCK BOX 342. HOFFMAN HOUSE. TELEGRAMS on race days should be addressed "RACE TRACK T H H Racing Rules and By-Laws . . of the . . . AMERICAN TURF CONGRESS. Rules, Regulations and Betting Rules OF THE AMERICAN RUNNING TURF, IN FORCE FROM ^ AFTER JMNUHRV 1, 1591, Filtered according to act of Congress, in the year 1890, by Turf Publishing Company, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C ( [NCINNATI, OHH TURF PUBLISHING COM No. 212 Vine Street 'U IK1I INDEX, American Turf Congress. PAGE. Association, The 7 Name and membership 7 Object 7 By-Laws 8 Go into effect 8 Meetings 8 Delegation 8 Officers 8 Treasurer's bond and salary 9 American Racing Rules. DEFINITIONS. Horse 10 Age 10 Maidens 10 Race 10 Purse 10 •Sweepstakes or stake 10 Private sweepstakes or match.... 10 Exceptions of weights 10 Handicap 11 Free handicap 11 Post Race 11 Produce race 11 How to enter in produce races... 11 Walk-over 11 Conditions supersede rules 11 Entries and Subscriptions. Entries and subscriptions 112 Entries in writing 12 Entries telegraphed 12 Only one interest in selling race 12 Forfeits must be paid 12 Horse must be duly entered 12 What an entry shall state 12 Allowances must be claimed 12 When purse entries close 12 Entrance money paid at time of entry 13 Clerk of course liable 13 Horse must not start if not de- clared 13 Striking out of engagement 13 One declared, all declared 13 Five per cent, declarations 13 PAGE. Owners and horses to be sus- pended 1:; Deductions for entrance paid.... 13 Division of declaration fees 13 Horses must be named 14 No change of name 14 Entries to sweepstakes 14 Entries miscarried 14 Description of horse 14 Name and address 15 Simultaneous entries with pro- posed names 15 Change of name 15 Assumed names 15 Joint subscriptions and entries, 15 Nominating owners to have equal interest 15 Subscriptions are transferable.... 15 Subscriptions to stakes are not revocable 15 No alteration of entry after clos- ing 16 Death of a subscriber 16 Death or mistake in entry 1G Entries not void by death 1G Entrance money not returnable, 1G Liability for stakes and forfeits.. 16 Money and arrears must be paid before starting 1G When to lodge forfeit orders 1G Forfeit orders must be paid 1G Collection of forfeits limited 17 Ownership of horse 1^ Fraudulent transfer 17 Horses must be announced as starters 17 When the first race begins 17 Number must be exhibited 17 Explanation required if he does not run 17 Weights. Weights to be carried 17 Scale of weight for age 18 Weights for two-year-olds 19 Weights for three-year-olds 19 Sex allowances iy Miscellaneous 19 Weighing Out and Overweight. PAGE. Weighing out 19 Overweight 19 Shoeing 20 Persons allowed on course dur- ing race 20 Dilatory trainer or jockey to he fined 20 A starter. 20 The positions for a start 20 Heat start 20 The Starter. The starter and his duties 21 Dismounting 2J Accidents at post 21 Drum or flag 21 Seventy-yard limit 21 Fines and supensions 21 No start 21 Assistant starter 21 Running. Running 22 Of aids 22 When a race is to be run over... 22 Crossing or jostling in the race.. 22 Disqualification 22 Extent of disqualification 22 Exception as to steeplechases and hurdle races 22 Penalty for foul riding 23 Fraud 23 Complaints 23 Horse bolting 23 Rider falling 23 Weighing In. Weighing in 24 Judge's permission 24 Short of weight, etc 24 Assistants 24 Bridles and whips 24 Blinkers 24 Two pounds disqualifies 24 Misbehavior 24 Heat Races. Heat races 25 When a horse is distanced 25 PAGE. A distance 25 Time between heats 25 How heat races are won, best two in three 25 How heat races are won, best three in live 26 Placing 26 The deciding heat 26 Dead Heats. Dead heats 26 When to be run off 26 Dead heats for second or lower place 27 How ami when owners divide... 27 Objections. Objections 27 Judges' determination subject to objection ' 27 Objection before race 27 When objections after race are to be made 28 Recovery of money paid over before objection 28 Who shall decide objections 28 Effects of objections, if valid 28 In case of dead heat for second place 28 Effect of pending objection 29 Miscellaneous. Miscellaneous 29 Judge may order examination and call for proofs of age 29 When meeting ends 29 When owners are to be paid 30 Selling Races. Selling races 30 Claimable conditions 30 Division of money 30 Payment and order 30 Refusal to deliver or pay in a selling race 30 Failure to pay 30 Special rules for selling races, when horses are objected to.... 30 Sales, Forfeits and Transfers. PAGE. Salts, forfeits and transfers .11 sale with engagement, and lia- bility for engagements of horses sold 31 Forfeits or defaults 32 Transfer must be exhibited 32 Winnings. Winnings 32 Value of a race 32 Penalties and Allowances. Penalties and allowances 33 Xot cumulative 33 As to selling races 33 Allowances in produce races 33 As to hurdle races and steeple- chases 33 Omissions. Omissions 33 Sunday omitted in computing time 33 Omission of weights 33 Omission of distance 33 Omission of day 33 Foreign Horses. Foreign horses 34 Dress of Jockeys. Dress of jockeys 34 Dress of jockeys, number, and record of colors 34 Engagements. Engagements 34 Kngagement of jockeys and stable employes 34 Agreement 34 Discharge 35 Authority for engagement 35 Employer must consent 35 Race or time..* 35 Jockey fees 35 Suspension of jockeys 35 Licenses. PAGE. Licenses 36 Licenses for jockeys and trainers 36 Fines and their disposal 36 Fund for trainers and jockeys... 30 Benefits 36 Investment ;!tj Corrupt Practices. Corrupt practices 37 Post book-making 37 Corrupt and fraudulent practices 37 Expulsion 37 Touts 38 General power of officers 38 Decorum 38 Regulations of the Course. Regulations of the course 38 Powers of officers of the associa- tion 38 Majority to govern 39 Substitutes 3i> Postponement of races 3v> Duties and powers of judges 40 Patrol judges 41 Distance judges 41 Timers 41 Secretary or his deputy 41 Superintendent .' 41 Betting grounds 42 Badges 42 Craps and other species of games. 42 Hurdle Rules. Hurdle rules 42 Winning horse 42 Distance of hurdle races 42 Steeplechase Rules. Steeplechase rules i:; Distance 43 Scale of weight 4:; Foul riding 43 Post and flags 43 Winners and walk-overs 43 Remounting 44 Flag marks 44 Refusing jumps 44 Betting Rules. Betting rules 45-47 XOTE. — Words importing the singular to include the plural, and the plural the singular, unless the contrary is expressed. PREAMBLE AND BY-LAWS AMERICAN TURF CONGRESS. This Association is formed by the Kentucky Asso- Name and ciation of Lexington, Ky.; Louisville Jockey Club, Membership. Louisville, Ky.; Latonia Jockey Club, of Coving- ton, Ky.; St. Louis Jockey Club, of St. Louis, Mo.; Washington Park Club, of Chicago, 111.; Twin City Jockey Club, of St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn.; Overland Park Club, of Denver, Col.; Kansas City Fair Association, of Kansas City, Mo., and the Birmingham Jockey Club, of Birmingham, Ala.; and shall be known as the American Turf Congress, and these rules shall be known as the American Racing Rules. New members may be admitted by a two-thirds vote of the Congress; but membership shall be con fined to chartered clubs or associations of good standing, composed of citizens of the locality of the club or association. There shall be an initiation fee of $100, and each member shall pay $25 annually as dues. The fund arising from initiation fees and dues shall be devoted to the current expenses of the Congress. A member, for sufficient cause, may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the Turf Con- gress. These rules have for their object the improvement Object. of the breed and the development of horses, through the promotion of the interests of the American Running Turf ; the prevention, detec- tion and punishment of fraud thereon ; and uni- formity in the government of racing. BY- LAWS. O, Each association may be governed by its own by- By-Laws. laws, provided they do not conflict with the Ameri- can Racing Rules. D. These rules shall go into operation on the first Go ii,t<> effect. day of January, 1891, and any other rules of racing shall be annulled, as from that day, without preju- dice to the then existing rights or liabilities. |,; There shall be a meeting of the members of the Meetings. different associations annually on the second Wed- nesday in November, at noon, at such place as may be chosen at the meeting nexl preceding ; a written or printed notice of each meeting shall be mailed, postage paid, and addressed by the Secretary to each member at least thirty days prior to such meeting. \ special meeting of the Congress may he had on the call of the President alone, or on the call of the President at the request of any three members. p. A delegation to a general meeting <>f the Associa- Delegation. tion shall consist of one person, a member of the club, duly authorized in writing, by the presidenl or Secretary of their respective organizations. No association shall vote by proxy. ■ (ii There shall be a President, a Vice President, a Officers. Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall hold their offices for one year. The term of the office of Presi dent shall be limited to one year, and no member elected President shall be eligible for re-election until after the lapse of one year. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, when present, to act as Secre tary at the annual meeting of the Association. He shall keep a record of all proceedings of such meet- ings and shall attend to all correspondence relating to the affairs of the Association. He shall publish, or cause to be printed, a report of the rules adopted, or changes of the annual meeting of the Associa- tion. He shall call the regular meeting of the As- sociation for the second Wednesday in November of each year at such place as may be designated by the BY-LAWS. Association at their la6t meeting, and for such ser- vices and expenses incurred shall be paid $200 by the Association. The Treasurer sball'give bond to the amount of Treasurer's $2,500, approved by the President, for the safe keep- bond and ing of the funds, for which he shall be paid $100 salary. per annum. AMERICAN RACING RULES. DEFINITIONS. 1 'Horse" includes inare or gelding. 2 The "age" of a horse is reckoned as beginning on the first of .January, in the year in which he is foaled . 3 A "maiden" horse is one that has never w race in any country. Conditions referring to maidens shall mean maidens at the time of the entry, unless otherwise specified. 4 Any contest for "purse," "stake," premium, or wager for money, or involving admission fees, on any course, and in the presence of a Judge or Judges, shall constitute a race. 5 A "purse" is a s\im of money or other prize offered for a race. Q A "sweepstakes" is a race, publicly declared open to all complying with its conditions for which the prize is the sum of the stakes which the sub- scribers agree to pay for each horse nominated ; and if an additional sum of money, cup, plate, or other reward is offered to the winner, the race is still a sweepstakes whatever may be the name given to such addition. Three subscribers, unless other- wise stipulated in its conditions, make a sweep- stakes, and the race is not void, so long as there is a horse qualified to start. 7 A " private sweepstakes," or "match," is one -to which no money is added, and which is not publicly advertised previous to the engagement being made. Allowances and extra weights shall not be allowed or incurred in respect of matches or private sweep- stakes. Horse. Age. a Maidens. Race. Purse. Sweepstakes or Stake. Private Siveei>stakes or Match. Exceptions of Weights. RULES OF RACING. 11 8 A " handicap " is a race for which the horses are Handicap. weighted according to their merits in the estima- tion of the handicapper for the purpose of equal- izing their chances of winning. 9 A " free handicap" is one in which no liability Free Handicap is incurred for entrance money, stake, or forfeit, until acceptance of the weight allotted, either by direct acceptance or through omission to declare out. 10 A "post race" is one for which the subscribers Post Race. declare at the usual time before a race for declaring to start, the horse or horses they intend to run, without other limitation of choice than the rules of racing and the conditions of the race prescribed. 11 A "produce race" is one for which horses are Produce Race. named by whose produce the race is to be run. 12 The produce is entered by entering the dam and sire or sires. If a mare entered in a produce race drops her foal before the 1st of January, or if she has a dead or more than one foal, or is barren, the entry of such mare is void, and the entrance money (if any) is returned. 13 A "walk-over" is when two horses in entirely different interests do not run for a race or stake. (a) — Walk-over by any horse entitles him to only one-half of the added money in stakes. (&)— In purse races, two or more horses in entirely different interests must enter and start, or no race. 14 The express conditions of a race supersede the rules of racing when they conflict. Incase of fire or accident all stakes may be run over another race course, or may be declared off by refunding the subscription and declaration money paid in. Hoiv to enter in Produce Races. Walk-over. Conditions supersede rules. 12 RULES OF RACING. Kntries and Subscriptions. 15 Entry shall be made by writing, signed by the owner of the horse, or by some person deputed by him, or may be made by telegraph, if received before the time for closing. Entries by telegram must, however, be confirmed in writing at the earliest possible opportunity, and in all cases before the time for declaring to start, or the horse shall not be allowed to start. In selling races not more than one horse in the same interest can start. If two or more should be entered, the first one recorded from the entry-box shall be deemed valid. No entry for stakes shall be received by any as- sociation from any person owing a forfeit. If any entry has been received within thirty days after publication of stakes in the sporting papers by any association, on proper notice and proof being made to said association by any person holding said for- feit, the secretary of said association shall notify the person making the entry, that his or their forfeit must be paid within thirty days. If not paid in that time, the entry shall be rejected and pub- lished in the turf papers. 16 A horse shall not be qualified to run for any purse or sweepstakes unless he has been and con- tinues duly entered for the same. 17 An entry shall state the name of the owner, and the name and description of the horse, and (if the race be for horses of different ages) his age. 18 Allowances must be claimed at the time of entry, except when otherwise specified. 19 No condition or notice interposing, entries for purse races are to be made at the office of the Clerk of the Course, at the course, by 4 o'clock p. m. of the day previous to the race, or if there be races at the course on that day, within thirty minutes after the last race. No entry for a purse shall be received after the time for closing. Entries and subscriptions. Entries in writing. Entries telegraphed. Only one interest in selling nice. Forfeits must be paid. Horse must be.duly entered. What an entry shall state. Allowances mil stbe claimed. When purse entrie* close. RULES OF RACING. 13 X. The entrance-money to a purse (unless otherwise stipulated in its conditions) shall be three per cent, on the whole amount thereof, and must accompany the entry, except for free handicaps, when it must he paid at the time of acceptance of the weight allotted. Entrance money, stakes, and forfeits must be paid in cash (if required) to the Clerk of the Course. Parties not having money to their credit with the Secretary, must pay all entrances or forfeits before starting. B. If the Clerk of the Course allow a horse to start in a race without its entrance money or stake for that race having been paid, he shall be liable for it him- self, but may have a forfeit order issued for the same. C Every horse entered for a purse must start, unless he should be declared out to the Clerk of the Course by 12 o'clock (noon) the day of the race. No horse shall be considered as struck out of his engagements unless the declaration be made by the owner, or by some person deputed by .him, to the Clerk of the Course, who shall record the day and hour of its receipt, and give early publicity thereto. The striking of a horse out of an engagement is irrevocable. D. When a party having more than one horse entered in a purse, shall declare one out, he thereby de- clares all out. E. Where no entrance fee is required, the declaration must be accompanied by five (5) per cent, of the first money of the purse. F. Horses not starting in purse races because of un- paid forfeits shall be liable for the declaration fee, and owners and horses shall be suspended until they are paid. G. If entrance fee has been paid, it shall be deducted from the declaration fee. H. All declaration fees shall go: 60 per cent, to second horse, and 40 per cent, to third horse, or all to second horse if there be but two starters. Entrance money paid at. time of entry. Clerk of Course liable. Horse must start if not declared. Striking out of engagement. One declared, all declared. Five per cent, declarations. Owners and horses to be suspended. Deductions for entrance paid. Division of declaration fees. 14 RULES OF RACING. I. In case one horse distances the field, in heat races, all entrance and declaration money must go with the purse. 20 Every horse entered for a stake or purse shall be named, and the name correctly and plainly written in the entry, or it shall be void ; and after start- ing in a public race such name shall not be changed. 21 No association running under these rules shall re- ceive the entry of, or allow a horse whose name has been changed anywhere or on any course to run upon their course. Every association or club run- ning under these rules shall be required to announce with their stakes and programmes that nominators shall name their horses entered in such stakes and purses. 22 If an hour for closing be not designated, entries for sweepstakes may be mailed up to midnight of the day of closing, provided they are received in time for compliance with every other condition of the race. If miscarriage of an entry is alleged, satisfactory proof of its mailing must be presented within reason- able time after the day of closing, or the entry shall not be received. When an hour for closing is designated, entries for sweepstakes can not be received afterward. In the absence of notice to the contrary, entries for sweepstakes closing during and on the eve of a race meeting, close at the office of the Clerk of the Course, at the course. 23 In entering a horse, he must be clearly identified by stating his age, his name, his color (when possible), whether he is horse, mare, or gelding, and the names of his sire and dam, and if his sire or dam is unnamed, such further pedigree or descrip- tion as will distinguish the horse intended to be entered from all other horses. If his dam was covered by more than one stallion, the names of all of them must be given. Horses must be named. No change of name. Entries to sweepstakes. Entries miscarr Description of horse. RULES OF RACING 15 24 The party making an entry to stakes must give his name in full, and post-office address. 25 If a horse be entered with a proposed name for the first time in several races closing at the same place on the same day, the description need not be added in more than the first of such entries. 26 If the name of a horse be changed before he has started in a public race, his new name, as well as his old name, must be given until he has once run under it over the course of a recognized association. 27 An owner may assume a name which must be registered with the Clerk of the Course, and he can not enter or subscribe in any other until he resumes his own name or registers another assumed name. The real or assumed name of any person who runs, or, within twenty years, has run horses in the United States, shall not be registered. 28 Joint subscriptions and entries may be made by two or more owners. The full names of all persons composing a com- pany, and the real names of all persons confederat- ing under an assumed name, must be registered with the Clerk of the Course. A confederate in an assumed name may subscribe or enter in his own or in another assumed name. If any of the parties to a joint subscription die, all rights and liabilities attach to the survivor or survivors. 29 A horse can not be entered in the real or assumed name of any person, company, or confederacy as his owner, unless that person, company, or con- federacy has an interest or property in the horses. 30 A person who subscribes to a sweepstakes before the time fixed for naming can transfer the right of entry under any one or more of his subscriptions to any other person or persons. 31 A subscription to a stake can not be withdrawn, but an entry of a horse under a subscription may, before the time of closing, be allowed by substitut- ing another horse. Name and address. Simultaneous entries with proposed names. Change of name. A ssumed names. Joint subscriptions and entries. Nominating owners to have equal interest. Subscriptions are transferable. Subscription to stakes are not revocable. 16 RULES OF RACING. 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 No alteration or condition shall be made in any entry after the time fixed for closing. At the discretion of officers, and without notice, the entries of any person may be refused. Subscriptions, and all entries, or rights of entry, under them, shall not become void on the death of the subscriber. If either party to a match die the match is off. The death of a horse or a mistake in the entry of a horse, when eligible, does not release the sub- scriber or transferee from liability for a stake or forfeit. Entries in purses are not void by the death of the nominator. Entrance money for a purse is not returned on the death of a horse, or his failure to start for any cause whatever. A person entering a horse thereby becomes liable for the entrance money, stake, or forfeit. A subscriber to a sweepstakes is liable for the stake or forfeit, but if he transfer an entry or a right of entry therein to any other person, he is liable only in case of default by the transferee, and, in that case, may recover from the transferee, and shall, if he pay such stakes or forfeits, be entitled to a forfeit order as due to himself. A horse shall not start for a race unless there have been duly paid, before weighing, any stake or entrance money payable in respect of that race, and also all arrears due from any person for such horse, or due from the person starting said horse on other horses ; but if there be any forfeits against said horse or persons, the same must have been presented to the Clerk of the Course before ten o'clock of the day of the race. Forfeit orders must be lodged with the Clerk of the Course or Secretary by 10 o'clock a. m., the morn- ing of the race. Each association shall issue forfeit orders, and no horse shall be allowed to start in a race against whom a forfeit order is lodged until it is paid. No alteration of entry after closing. Death of a subscriber. Death or mistake in entry. Entries not void by death. Entrance money not returnable. Liability for stakes and forfeits. Money and arrears must be paid before starting. When to lodge forfeit orders. Forfeit orders must be /•aid. RULES OF RACING. 17 41 42 48 44 The collection of forfeits shall be limited to those issued by members of the Turf Congress, in stakes run upon their respective courses. When a forfeit order has been lodged for collec- tion against a starter and withdrawn before the race, it shall no longer be collectible through the Secretary of any course. The Officers of the Association shall also have power to call on any person in whose name a horse is entered to produce proof that the horse entered is not the property, either wholly or in part, of any person who owes a forfeit order or otherwise dis- qualified, or to produce proof of the extent of his interest or property in the horse, and in default of such proof being given to their satisfaction, they may declare the horse disqualified. If any transfer is made for the purpose of avoiding payment of forfeit orders or any disqualification, the person making and receiving such transfers may be ruled off. A horse shall not be qualified to run in a race unless he has been announced as a starter to the Clerk of the Scales, not less than 45 minutes be- fore the time appointed for the race, which shall, at the close of the previous race of the day, be indi- cated on a dial conspicuously placed. If the time for the first race is not fixed by the programme, it shall be indicated on the dial. The number of a horse must be exhibited as soon as practicable after he has been announced as a starter. If a horse whose number has been exhibited does not start and run the course, the Judges may call upon the owner, trainer, or jockey for an explana- tion ; and if no satisfactory explanation be given, shall fine, suspend, or rule off the course, as the case may warrant. The following weights shall be carried when not otherwise specified in the conditions of a race : Collection of forfeits limited. Ownership of horse. Fraudulent transfer. Horses must be announced as starters. When the first race begins. Number must be exhibited. Explanation required if he does not run. Weights to be ea rried. is RULES OF RACING. Standard Scale of Weight for Age. DISTANCE. AGE. Jan 74 104 116 120 Feb 77 106 117 121 Mar 80 107 119 123 Apr 82 109 121 124 May 84 110 122 125 June 86 111 122 124 July 89 113 122 122 Aug 93 115 122 122 Sept 96 116 122 122 Oct Nov Dec Half Bile f 2 years. 3 " 14 " 1.5,6 & aged. 99 117 122 122 Three-quarters Mile f 2 years. [5, 6 & aged. 74 104 119 122 77 107 119 122 79 109 120 123 80 110 121 124 80 110 122 124 81 111 122 124 84 113 122 124 88 115 122 122 91 116 122 122 94 117 122 122 f 2 years. J3 " 14 " [5, 6 ost. Drum or flag. 70 yard limit. Fines and suspensions. No start. Assistant starter. 22 RULES OF RACING. Running:* 53 ^ T o person other than the rider shall be permitted to strike a horse, or attempt, by shouting or other- wise, to assist a horse in getting a start, or increase his speed in running any race. Nor shall any per- son stand in the track to point out a path for the rider, under a penalty of exclusion from the course for either offense ; and if such person shall be the - owner, trainer, or attendant of such horse, or insti- gated to the act by either of the said persons, such horse shall be disqualified. 54 If a race has been run by all the horses at wrong weights, or at a less distance, or when a Judge is not in the stand, it shall be run again at such time as the officers appoint, but at an interval of not less than twenty minutes, if the distance to be run is two miles or less, or more than thirty minutes if over two miles. 55 A leading horse is entitled to any part of the course, but if he swerve to either side so as to compel another to shorten his stride and to impede him, it is a cross. A horse which crosses or jostles another so as to impede him is disqualified, whether the cross or jostle happened through the willful or careless riding of the jockey or the swerving of the horse, unless the Judges think that the cross or jostle was wholly caused by the fault of some other horse or jockey, or that the other horse or his jockey was partly in fault. A horse may be disqualified if his jockey strikes another horse or jockey, and shall be disqualified if he rides either willfully or carelessly so as to in- jure another horse, which is in no way in fault. 56 When a horse is disqualified under these rules, every horse in the race belonging wholly or in part to the same owner is also disqualified. 57 In steeplechases and hurdle races, a horse is not disqualified under these rules, unless in the opinion Of aids When a race is to be run over. Crossing or jostling in the D is qu alloca- tion. Extent of dis- qualification. Exception as to steeplechases RULES OF RACING. of the Judges he is intentionally ridden so as to and hurdle jeopardize the chance of success of another horse. races. 58 If the Judges are satisfied that the riding of any Penalty for race was intentionally foul, or that the jockey was foul riding. instructed or induced so to ride, all persons guilty of complicity in the offense shall be ruled off the course. Any one ruled off for fraud shall stand ruled off Fraud. for life. 59 The Judges must take notice of acts of foul riding Complaints. or other questionable transactions on the turf. Com- plaints under this rule can be received from the owner, trainer, or jockey of the horse alleged to be affected, and must be made to the Judges either before or immediately after the jockeys in the race have passed the scales. Complaints can be made by any person ; but on the failure of the complainant to substantiate the charge, the Judges may rule him off. 0Q If a horse leaves the course, he must turn back Horse bolting. and run the course from the point at which he left it. Ql If a rider fall, and another person of sufficient Rider falling. weight ride the horse in from the spot where the rider fell, the horse shall not be disqualified for overweight. 24 RULES OF RACING. Weighing In. 62 Every jockey must, immediately after pulling up, ride his horse to the place of weighing, and there dismount, after obtaining permission of the Judge, and be weighed by the Clerk of the Scales; pro- vided that if a jockey be prevented from riding to the place of weighing by reason of accident or ill- ness, by which he or his horse is disabled, he may walk or be carried to the scales. If a jockey does not weigh in, or is short of weight, or is guilty of any fraudulent practice with respect to weight or weighing, or dismounts before obtain- ing permission, or touches (except accidentally) any person or thing other than his own equipments before weighing in, his horse may be disqualified, and he may be fined or suspended, unless he can satisfy the Judges that he was justified by extra- ordinary circumstances. No one shall assist the jockey in taking his equip- ments off his horse except by permission of the Judges. It is optional for a jockey to weigh out or in with his bridle, and the Clerk of the Scales shall allow one pound for a curb or double bridle ; but no weight shall be allowed for a snaffle bridle unless it is put into the scales before the horse is led away, and no whip or substitute for a whip shall be allowed in the scales. Jockey whips shall not ex- ceed one pound in weight. If a horse run in a hood, blinkers or clothing, it must be included in the jockey's weight. Horses not bringing in their weight, or within two pounds of it, shall be disqualified, but the Judges shall make allowances for overplus occa- sioned by rain or mud. Jockeys may be fined by the Clerk of the Scales for gross misbehavior at the scales. Weighing in. Judge s permission. Short of weight, etc. Assistants. Bridles and whips. Blinkers. Two pounds disqualifies. Misbehavior. RULES OF RAC[N(r 25 Heat Races. 63 No person shall start more than one horse, of Heat races. which he is wholly or in part the owner, in a race of heats. 64 -^U horses whose heads have not reached the (lis- When a horse tance post as soon as the leading horse arrives at is distanced. tlie winning post are distanced, but as proof of the fact the Distance Judge must have dropped his flag in answer to the Judge's Hag. 65 In heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty-five -' distance. yards shall be a distance. In heats of one mile, thirty yards shall be a dis- tance. In heats of two miles, fifty yards shall be a dis- tance. In heats of three miles, sixty yards shall be a dis- tance. In heats of four miles, seventy yards shall be a distance. 66 The time between heats shall be— Time between In heats of three-quarters of a mile, twenty min- heats. utes. In heats of one mile, twenty minutes. In heats of two miles, twenty-five minutes. In heats of three miles, thirty-five minutes. In heats of four miles, forty minutes. 67 In a race of heats, best two in three, a horse that How heat race.-, actually wins two heats, or distances the field, wins are won, best the race. A horse running in two consecutive two in three. heats, without winning or running a dead heat can not again start in the race. A dead heat is a heat against every horse in the race except those making it. and in their favor to the extent only of allowing them to start in the next two heats, unless the race is decided, or they are distanced the next two en- suing heats. When a race is won by two heats, the preference of the horses is determined by the place they get in the second. If more than two heats are run. the horses starting for the deciding heats shall alone he placed. 26 RULES OF RACING. Ina race of heats, best three in live, a horse that How heat actually wins three heats or distances the field, wins are won, best the race. A horse running in any three consecu- three in five tive heats, without winning or running a dead heat, can not again start in the race A dead heat is a heat against every horse in the race except those making it, and in their favor to the extent only of allowing them to start in three heats, unless the race is decided or they are distanced tlie ilex' three ensuing heats. When a race is won hy three heats, the preference of the horses is determined I >> the place theygel in the third heat. If more than three heats are run. the horses starting for the deciding heats shall alone l>e placed. Horses started and drawn before a race of heats is won. arc held to he distanced Horses shall he placed in the race in the position Pl&cing in whi(di they passed the .Indues in the deciding heat. A horse not placed in a deciding heat can have no place in the race : nor can such horse have any portion of the purse or prize; provided there i-- no third money, in which case the third horse in the race of heats shall not be deprived of third money if ruled out for not winning a heal in two. three or more heats, as the case may be. gg The deciding heat of a race is one in which two The deciding or more heats have been run. and thai determines heat, the result, by the starters for that particular heat, in which there shall be no distance. A> If any person draw or sell his horse (if by the sale the horse lie drawn) during the pendency of a race of heats, without permission of the Judges, he shall be ruled off the course. Dead Heats. 69 n races not of heats, a dead heat for the first place shall be run off after the last flat race of the day, unless the Judges otherwise appoint, but at an interval of not less than twenty minutes. The other horses shall be deemed to have been oeaten, but they shall be entitled to their places RULES OF RACING. 27 (if any) as ii" the race had been finally determined the first time. 70 If a dead heat be run by two or more horses tor Dead heats for second or any lower place in a race, the owner shall second or lower divide, subject to the rules applicable to objections, place. when the winner is objected to; and if they can not a^ree as to which of them is to have a cup or other prize, which can not be divided, they shall draw lots lor it. 71 When owners divide, they shall divide equally flow and when all the moneys and other prizes which any of them owners divide. could take, if the dead heats were run off; but own- ers can not divide in a race of heats, or in a race where any of the horses are to be sold, or in any race where divisions would conflict with any of its conditions. Horses running a dead heat tor a race or place shall be deemed winners of the race or place tin til the dead heat is run oft; or the owners agree to divide; and if the owners agree to divide, each horse which divides shall be deemed a winner of the race or place for which he divides. Objections. 72 The determination of the Judges declari ng a horse Judges' to have won, or to be entitled to a place, shall be determination tinal, unless some objection is made and allowed on subject to the ground of disqualification, provided that this objection rule shall not prevent the Judges from correcting any mistake. 73 Every objection must be made by the owner. Objections. trainer, or jockey of some other horse engaged in the same race, or by the officials of the course, or some creditable person, and on race days must be made to one of the Judges of the race, or to the Clerk of the Course, and at other times, to one of the officers, or to the clerk of the Course. The person to whom an objection is made may require it to be put in writing and signed. 74 If an objection to a horse engaged in a race be Objection made not later than eleven o'clock on the morning before race. 2S KULES OF RACING. of the day of the race, the Officers may require his qualification to be proved before the nice, and in default of such proof being given to their satisfac- tion, they may declare him disqualified. 75 Au objection to a horse on the ground of his not When having run the proper course, or of any other objections aftt matters occurring in the race (except those coining race are to be under a previous rule;, must be made before the made. numbers of the horses placed in the race are put up. An objection on the ground of fraudulent or willful misstatement or omission iu the entry under which a horse has run, or on the ground that the horse winch ran was not the horse which he was represented to be in the entry or at the time of the race, or was not of the age which he was represented to be, may be received at any time within twelve months after the race. 7g If by reason of an objection to a horse made after Recovery oj the conclusion of the meeting, a race or place is money paid awarded to another, his owner can recover the over before money, or such race or place from those who wrong- objection . fully received it, and in case of default shall be en- titled to a forfeit order. 77 Every objection shall be determined by the Judges Who shall of the race. decide The functions ol the Judges of a race cease when objections. they determine the places of the horses in the race, ■subject to objections they have not decided, and thereafter the determination of all matters affecting the race devolves on the Officers of the Association. 78 If an objection to a horse which has won or been placed in a race be declared valid, the horse shall be regarded as distanced in races of heats, and as last in other races, and the other horses shall take their places accordingly. 79 When a dead heat is run for second place and an objection is made to the winner of the race, if such objection be declared valid in time for the dead heat to be run oil' on the day of the race, the Judges may direct it to be run off accordingly, otherwise the horses which ran a dead heat shall divide or Effects of objections, if valid. In case of de< heat for secoti place. id id RULES OF RACING. 29 draw lots for an indivisible prize, and each horse which divides shall be liable to the penalties attaching to a winner of that race. Every objection which can not be decided by the Judges or Officers during the meeting, must be made in writing and lodged with the Clerk of the Course. Anobjection made inwritingcan not be withdrawn without leave of the officers of the Association. All costs and expenses in relation to determining an objection shall be paid by The person decided against. If the Officers of the Association decide an objec- tion to be frivolous, they may tine the person mak- ing it, or rule him off. 80 Pending the determination of an objection, any Effect of money or prize which the horse objected to may pending have won or may win in the race shall be withheld objection. until the objection is determined, and any forfeit payable by the owner of any other horse shall be paid to the clerk of the Course, and held for the person who may be determined to be entitled to it. Miscellaneous. When any race is in dispute, both the horse which came in first and any horse claiming the race, shall be liable to all the penalties attaching to the winner of that race until the matter is decided. 81 The Judges shall have power at any time, and Judge may either upon or without objection made, to order an order investigation by such person or persons as they examination think tit. of any horse entered for a race, or which and call for lias run for a race, and shall withhold any money proofs of age the horse or his owner may have won until such of horses. investigation is made. If the horse be declared to be of the wrong age. the expense of such examination shall be paid by the owner. Otherwise it shall be paid by the per son (if any) at whose request the examination' is ordered, or by the Association, as the Judges direct. 82 In any other case an objection shall be made be- When meeting fore the conclusion of the meeting, which is deemed ends. 30 RULES OF BAC1IS<.. to conclude one hour after the last race <>n the last • lay. 83 Paymentof the moneys due to owners of horses When owners which have run during the meeting may lie made are to be paid. On the day after the meeting. Selling Races. 84 Any horse running for any race '.'to be sold," shall, Selling races. if the winner, be liable to be claimed for the selling Claimable price, and if it is a condition of the race that the conditions. winner is to lie sold by auction, the sale shall take place immediately after the race, and one half of any surplus over the Belling price shall go to the Division of second horse and the remainder to the Association, money. If sold, the horse shall not Leave the place of sale until authorized by the Clerk of the Course to do m> ; and if the horse be not paid for, or the Clerk of the Course be not satisfied with the security, be may order the horse to be put lip a second time, and the'purchaser at the first sale shall be responsible for any deficiency arising from the second sale. The pri< f every horse sold must be paid to the Payment and clerk of the Course, and an order be given by him order for the delivery of the horse. 85 Any person who refuses to deliver, as required by Refusal to these rules, a horse entered to be sold or one deliver or pay bought in a selling race, shall be ruled off the in a selling course, and the horse shall be disqualified for all race races. 86 Any person who fails to pay for a horse bought in failure to pay a selling race may be ruled oft' the course. 87 Subject to the rules relating to objections, the fol- $p ei /a / ru i es Lowing specialpro visions shall apply to sellingraces : /-„,. se iu n g A. If the objection has not been made until after the raC es when horse has been bought, the person who bought him, horses are shall, if the objection is declared valid, have the objected to option of returning him or retaining him at the selling price, and any money returnable by reason of the exercise of such option, whether price or surplus, shall be repaid by those to whom it has been paid over, and in case of default the person RULES OF RACING. 31 to whom it is due sliall Lave a forfeit order for the same. B. If the objection has been made before the horse has been bought, the time for delivering but not for selling him, is thereby postponed until such time after the determination of the objection as the Judges appoint, and if the objection be declared valid, the person who bought him in shall have the same option as in the last mentioned case. C. If the objection be' declared valid before the close of the races of the same day, the horse to whom the race is given shall then be sold by auction, if it be a condition of the race that the winner is to be thus sold, and any surplus resulting from his sale and from the previous sale of the horse objected to, shall be treated as surplus from the sale of the winner, and be divided accordingly, but liability to be sold shall in all cases end with the day of the race. Sales, Forfeits and Transfers. 88 When a horse is sold with his engagements, or any Sale ivith part of them, the seller can hot strike the horse out engagement, of any such engagements, and he remains liable ami liability for the amounts of the forfeits in each of the en- for gagements; but he shall, if compelled to pay them engagements of by the purchaser's default, be entitled to a forfeit horses sold. order, as due by the purchaser to himself. In all cases of sale by private treaty, the written acknowledgment of both parties that the horse was sold with the engagement is necessary to entitle the seller or buyer to the benefit of this rule, and if cer tain engagements be specified, it is to be understood that those only are sold with the horse; but when the horse js sold by public aution, the; advertised conditions of the sale are sufficient evidence ; and if certain engagements only be specified, it is to be understood that these only are sold with the horse ; and if he has been bought in a race of which it was a condition that the horse was to be sold with his engagements, this is also sufficient 32 RULES OF RACING When a horse is sold without an engagement, the seller may grant or refuse the right to start for it, but in selling races the horse's engagements are included. A> When a person is entitled by purchase or other- Forfeits or wise to start for any engagement a horse which was Defaults. entered by another person, and he is prevented by these rules from starting the horse without paying forfeits or defaults on that horse to which he would not otherwise be liable, lie may, if he pays such forfeits or defaults, start the horse, and shall be entitled to a forfeit order with the name of the horse in respect of which they are due as due to himself. B. In ease of any transfer of a hor.se with his engage- Transfer must incuts, such horse will not be eligible to start in be exhibited. any stake, unless at the usual time of the running of the stake, or prior thereto, the transfer of the horse and his engagements shall be exhibited to the Secretary or President of the Association. 89 Winnings. Winnings shall include all prizes up to the time Winnings. appointed for the start, and shall apply to all races in any country, and winning shall include walking over or receiving forfeit. Winnings during the year shall be reckoned from the first of January preceding. Winner of a certain sum shall mean winner of a single race of that value, unless otherwise expressed in the conditions. Any horse qualified at the time of entry shall continue to be qualified, unless otherwise specified in the conditions of the race. In estimating the value of a race, there shall be Value of a deducted the amount of the winner's own stake race and any money payable to the horses, or out of the stakes by the conditions of the race, or by the general conditions of the meeting ; entrance money to a purse or entrance money going to a race fund shall not be deducted. rui.es of racing 33 The value of any prize not of money or not paid in money, shall not be estimated. In estimating the winnings of a horse, second ami third money shall not be counted against him. 90 Penalties and Allowances. A. Penalties and allowances are not cumulative, un- less so declared by the conditions of the race, B. Where winners of selling races are exempted from penalties, only such horses as have run to be sold shall be entitled to the allowance. 91 Allowances to the produce of untried horses ex- tend only to the produce of horses whose produce in any country have not ceased to be maidens up to the day previous to that fixed for claiming allowances, and any such allowances shall be claimed before the expiration of the time for nam- ing and shall not be lost by winning after that time. 92 Winners or losers of steeplechases or hurdle races are not considered winners or losers in flat racing Omissions. 93 When the last day for doing anything in relation to a race falls on a Sunday, it may he done on the following Monday, unless the race to which such act relates is appointed for that day, in which case it must be done on the previous Saturday. 94 When a match or sweepstakes is made, and no weight mentioned, the horse shall carry the weights specified in the scale of weights. 95 W T hen a match or sweepstakes is made and no dis- tance mentioned, the distance shall be as follows ; If two years old, six furlongs. If three years old, one mile and a half. If four years old, two miles. If live years old or upward, three miles. And if the horses he of. different ages, the distance shall be fixed by the age of the youngest. 96 If the meeting be specified and no day mentioned for a race, it shall be on any day in that meeting the Association appoint; if neither day nor meet- Not cumulative. As to selling Allowances in produce races As to hurdle races and steeplechases. Sunday omitted in computing time. Omission of weights. Omissions of distance. Omi day. dons o/ 34 RULES OF K A(IN( ing be mentioned,. then it shall be run during the meeting in progress, or during the next meeting i should the race be made between meetings— in both cases on the 'lay the Association may appoint. Foreign Horses. 9« A horse foaled out of the United states shall not Foreign horses. We qualified to start for any race until his owner has produced a certificate stating the age, pedigree and color of the horse, and any mark by which lie or she may be distinguished, signed by the secretary or other officer of some approved racing club, or by some approved magistrate or public officer of the country in which the horse was foaled, or has pro- duced other evidence of identity and age satisfac- tory to the Association. Dress of Jockeys. 98 All riders must be dressed in jockey costunn — cap Dress oj and jacket of silk or satin, white or light colored jockeys, breeches and top boots. number, and Each jockey shall wear a number on his arm record of corresponding with the number on the programme colors. of the day. The colors selected by owners must be recorded with the Clerk of the Course, and when thus re- corded shall not be used by others except in case of death or withdrawal from the turf for five years. A list of colors that have been recorded shall he posted in the office of the Clerk of the Course. Engagements. 99 owners and trainers employing riders, grooms, Engagement of or attendants shall make their contracts in writing, jockeys and properly signed and witnessed, whenever the time stable covered by the contract exceeds thirty days. Any employes. person attempting to entice a rider, groom, or at- tendant away from his employer, who is under con- tract, may lie ruled oil'. In the absence of special agreement, a jockey, Agreement. groom, or attendant who accepts a retainer can not terminate it otherwise than by three months' RULES OF RACING. 35 notice, in writing, ending at the close of the year. If a jockey, groom, or attendant be prevented from riding or service by suspension for fraudulent practices or other misconduct, any person who has retained or employed him may cancel the contract or retainer. In like cases, if any owner or trainer be prevented from running or training by suspen- sion or fraudulent practices or other misconduct, the rider, groom, or attendant may cancel the contract or retainer. When any owner or trainer shall discharge a Disck* rider, groom, or attendant, he shall give him a written discharge, setting forth the causes and reasons for the discharge. Refusing to do so he shall be fined or suspended. Any owner or trainer who shall employ a rider for the purpose of pre- venting him from riding for other parties in the same race may be suspended or ruled off. Any rider or employe prevented from obtaining Authority for employment by this rule shall have the right of ap- engagement. peal to the Association, who may authorize the en- gagement. If a jockey rides, or agrees to ride, a race without Employer must the consent of his employe^, the Association may consent. Hue or suspend him, and may also fine or suspend the owner or trainer for whom he rode or agreed to ride. If a jockey engaged for a certain race, or for a Race or time. specified time, refuses to fulfill an engagement, the Association shall fine or suspend him. 100 In the absence of a special agreement, the fee t<> Jockey fees. a winning jockey in stake races shall be twenty- rive dollars, and to a losing jockey ten dollars; to a winning jockey in purse races fifteen dollars, and to a losing jockey five dollars. In case an owner or trainer shall engage two or more jockeys for the same race, he shall pay the losing fee for each jockey engaged who does not ride for some one else in the same race A. If a jockey should refuse to ride for or accept the Suspension of fees as above provided, he shall, on complaint, be jockeys 36 RULES OF RACING. suspended for such a period of time as may be de- cided by tile Judges. Licenses. b. Trainers and jockeys, before acting as such, shall Licenses for each procure a license from the Secretary of the jockeys and American Turf Congress, by application to him. or trainers on recommendation of any association running under these rules. Such license shall he for not more than one year, and shall expire on the lirst of January next after its issuance. The fee for each license shall be five dollars. . c. In case a party is trainer and jockey also, one license only will be necessary. U, This rule shall he applicable to trainers and jockeys whether owners or not. E. The said license may he revoked for good cause by any association, and any association permitting a trainer or jockey to act as such on its grounds without having a license, shall pay a line of fifty dollars. 101 All tines must he paid within twenty lour hours. Fines and Delinquents shall be suspended from all privileges their, disposal of the course until their fines are paid. The proceeds of all fines and licenses shall be paid to the Secretary of the American Turf Congress, and be applied under the direction of the Ameri- can Turf Congress as they may direct. 102 The fund arising from license fees shall he in the The fund for keeping of the Treasurer, and shall be sacredly kept trainers and and used for the benefit of sick, superannuated' jockeys. and injured trainers and jockeys in good standing, and who are not able to support themselves. To entitle a trainer or jockey to the benefit from Benefits this fund, the sickness or injury must exist or occur at the course of a member of this Congress. All payments from the fund shall be made upon the order of the Congress, unless incase of urgency or immediate need, when payments may be made on an order of the Association where the case ariso. At the close of each session of the Congress the Investment. RULES OF RACING. 37 custodian of the fund shall invest the amount re- maining in his hands, less hills ordered paid, on safe personal collateral or real estate security, at interest, the investment and security to be ap- proved by the Congress, or hy the President, in writing. Corrupt Practices. In case any association permits post book-making, Post no book-maker shall be permitted to make books book-making. upon any race in which he has a horse running, in whom he has any interest, directly or indirectly. Upon proof of the fact, the offending party may he suspended or ruled off. If any person corruptly give or offer any money, Corrupt and share in a bet, or other benefit toany person having fraudulent official duties in relation to a race, or to any practices. jockey ; or, If any person having official duties in relation to a race, or any jockey, corruptly accept or offer to ac- cept any money, share in a bet, or other benefit ; or, If any person willfully enter or cause to he en- tered, or to start for any race a horse which he knows to he disqualified : or, If any person be proved, to the satisfaction of the ( >fficers, to have watched, or to have employed any person to watch a trial on a private course, or to have obtained surreptitiously, any information re- specting a trial on a private or public course, from any person engaged in it or in the service of the owner and trainer of the horses tried, or respecting any horse in training from any person in such service ; or, If any person be guilty of any other corrupt or fraudulent practices on the turf in this or any other country ; Every person so offending shall be ruled off the Expulsion. course. Rulings of associations not members of the Turf Congress shall not be regarded, except in cases of fraud. 38 RULES OF RACING. All persons expelled by the American Trotting Association or the National Trotting Association for fraud, shall stand ruled off the race courses of the American Turf Congress during the continuance of such expulsion. When a person is ruled off the course, or sus- pended. and so long as his exclusion continues, he shall DOt he allowed on the grounds Of the course, and he shall' not he qualified, whether acting as agent or otherwise, to subscribe for, or to enter or to run any horse for any race, in either his own name or that of any other person, and any horse of which he is wholly or partly the owner, or which after one month from his exclusion, shall be proved to the satisfaction of the association to he under bis care, management, training or superintendence, shall he disqualified. If a person be so excluded for any fraudulent practice in relation to a particular horse, wholly or partly belonging to him, such horse shall he perpet- ually disqualified for all races, and such person shall return all money or prizes which such horse has fraudulently won in any race at any meeting. Touts, when known, shall he debarred the priv- Touts. ileges of the race courses and grounds. 105 When there is no specified penalty for violation General powe <>f the rules of racing, or of the regulations of the of officers. course, the officers shall have power to tine, sus- pend, expel from or rule oil' the course. If any case occur which is not. or which is alleged not to he provided for by these rules, it shall he de- termined by the Officers in such manner as they think just and conformable to the usage of the turf 10(5 If any owner, trainer, jockey, or attendant, or any Decorum. person use improper language to the racing officials he may be ruled of the course. Regulations of the Course. 107 During their term of office, the Officers of the As- Powers of sociation shall have the entire management of the officers of tht course and of the racing, and the appointment of Association RULES OF RACING. 39 the officials of the course, whose acts they shall have power to regulate anrl revise. They shall have power to tine, suspend, rule off, or expel, at rheir discretion, any person for misbe- havior, or for violation of the rules of racing, or of any regulations they may establish not inconsistent therewith. They shall exclude from the stands and grounds improper characters and persons who have been ruled off the course for corrupt practices on the turf in any country, so long as the sentence against such persons remains in force. They shall have a discretionary power to warn any person off any premises in the occupation of the Jockey Club, and in case of such notice being disregarded, to enforce them by proper orders. Any person exhibiting a deadly weapon upon the grounds of any association may be suspended or expelled. 108 When the Officers differ, the derision of a major- Majority to ity shall prevail. govern. 109 Should there be necessity on a race day for Substitutes: prompt judicial action on the part of the Officers of the Association, or executive committee, and less than three of them are on the course, the member or members present shall increase their number to three by selections from the governors, stewards, or officials of the Jockey Club, and the substitutes thus appointed shall, for the occasion, possess full authority. HO The officers or executive committee shall have Postponement power to postpone races. When races are post- of races. poned, handicaps stand— purse races are off, and maybe reopened and close at the hour prescribed by the rules. In case of postponement, associations may double up their races in order to finish their meeting <>n the last day, so as not to interfere with the meeting of any other association that may follow. No race or heat shall be run when it is so dark that the horses can not he plainly seen by the Judges from 40 EULES OF R ACINI i. the stand, but all such races shall be continued by the Judges to the next day (omitting Sunday) at such hour as they shall designate. 11] There shall be three Judges- a presiding Judge Duties ami and two assistants— who shall decide which horse powers of wins, and assign their respective places in the race judges. to as many horses as they think proper, except when in running the best of heals it is necessary to place all the horses. Xo one interested in the result of a race, either because of ownership of any horse, bets or other- wise, shall act as judge, starter, or official therein, and the presiding Judge, previous to the race, shall inquire of the Judges selected whether they are so interested. For any violation of this rule, the parties may be suspended or ruled oil'. When the Judges difi'er. tin majority shall gov- ern. If one of the Judges be in their stand when the horses pass the winning post, the heat or race shall not he void. The Judges shall have control of the horses in the race, their jockeys and attendants. Any person re- fusing to Obey their orders may he lined or sus- pended, or ruled oil' the course They shall de- termine all questions relative to the race, which can be decided within a reasonable time after the finish, and shall then assign their {daces to the horses, subject to objections they have not decided. They shall exclude from their stand during the running of a race all persons except the clerk of the Course. The Judges shall have control of horses in purse races from the time of declaration at 12 o'clock (noon), the day of the race, and in stakes when dec- larations to start are made, forty-five minutes pre- vious to the race. The Judges, in their discretion, where fraud is suspected, shall have the right to put upon a horse a rider selected by them, ami shall have a right to place the horse in charge of a trainer they may se- RULES OF RACING. 41 lect. Any owner or trainer who refuses to permit a rider or trainer to be changed as herein provided, and any trainer or rider who refuses to take charge of or ride a horse on the order of the Judges, shall be ruled off. 112 The Judges, or officers, may appoint patrol Patrol judges. judges, whose duty it shall be to observe the race from points designated to them, and if any foul rid- ing or other irregularity come under their observa- tion, to report to the Judges immediately after the heat or race. 113 When running the best of heats, the Distance Distance Judge and his assistants shall occupy a stand at the judges. proper distance, and at the termination of each heat report to the Judges the horse or horses that have been distanced. 114 There shall be one or more timers, not to exceed Timers. three, who shall occupy the timers' stand, and de- clare the official time of the race, and no one else shall be allowed in the timers' stand during the race. 115 The Secretary or his deputy shall attend the Secretary or Judges during each race; he shall discharge all the his deputy. duties, whether expressed or implied, required by the racing rules, and report to the officers or the Judges, as the case may demand, all violations of those rules, or of the regulations of the course, coming under his notice ; he shall keep a complete record of all races, and at the close of each meeting, make a report of the races to the Officers; he shall receive all stakes, forfeits, entrance moneys, and fines, and pay over all moneys so collected by him to such Officers as the club may select. HQ It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to as- Superintend- sign to applicants such stables as he may think ent. proper, to be occupied only by horses in prepara- tion for racing. He shall see that the course is kept in order at all proper times for training and racing, and exercise such general control over it as may be necessary to protect its condition and the rights of all parties using it. He shall have the general authority to preserve order and prevent improper 42 RULES OF RACING. conduct upon the course and grounds connected therewith, and shall decide all conflicting claims of privileges between parties occupying them for any purpose. 117 Jockeys, grooms, and stable boys are positively Betting forbidden the betting grounds. The parties so grounds. offending may be fined, suspended or ruled off. ] 1 § Free badges shall not be issued by any association Limitation except in the following cases ; and transfer t Not exceeding one owner's badge to each stable badges. on the grounds. Not exceeding one attache's badge for each horse in a stable and on the grounds. Purchasers Of privileges shall not have the right of Free Entrance by reason of their purchases. The transfer or giving of complimentary, press, or any other kind of badges, presented by the Asso- ciation to any other party, shall exclude both the party giving or receiving said badges from the grounds of the Association. ]^o, Craps, and all other species of gambling games, Craps and by trainers, jockeys, attendants, or any other par- other species ties, are positively forbidden about the stables and mantes. grounds of the various associations governed by these rules. The parties so offending may be suspended and ruled oil' Hurdle Rules. j 20 ' hr mles of llat and steeplechase races, as far as applicable, shall apply to hurdle races. YK\ The term "winning horse," with reference to Winning those liable to carry extra weight, or to be excluded horse, from any race, shall apply only to winners of hiirdle races, value $100 and upward, not including the winner's own stake. 122 No hurdle race shall be of less than one mile (if a Distant e oj dash race), or less than four flights of hurdles, and hurdle races. in all longer races there shall be an additional liight of hurdles in each quarter of a mile or part of one. RULES OF RACING. 43 Steeplechase Rules. 123 When steeplechases are advertised to be run un- der the American Racing Rules, these rules shall be applicable, with the following conditions: 124 No steeplechase shall be of less distance than one Distance. mile. 125 No horse shall carry less than 120 pounds in any Scale of steeplechase. weight. 126 The Judges shall have power to disqualify any Foul riding. horse from being declared the winner of a steeple- chase, although he should come in first, if it can be clearly proved to their satisfaction that the jockey, by any deliberate foul, riding intended to knock down any horse, or in any determined way jeopard- ize his chance of success in the race. Any jockey who shall be found guilty of foul riding, and sen- tenced to either fine, suspension, or expulsion from riding, will not be allowed to ride at any meeting over any course running under these rules until the officers who have passed the sentence shall give him a certificate either to say that the fine is paid or that they consider the suspension of sufficient dura- tion. In no case shall the fine exceed the sum of $100, and expulsion from riding for life shall always be the punishment for preventing a horse from win- ning or in a (dear case of fraud. 127 Horses running on the wrong side of a post or Post and flags. Hag, and not turning back, are disqualified. 128 Winners of fiat and hurdle races are not considered Winners and winners in steeplechasing. walk-overs. A horse walking over or receiving a forfeit, except for a match, is deemed a winner. 129 A.ny rider in a steeplechase, where the ground is not flagged out. going upward of one hundred yards on any high road, lane or public thoroughfare, will disqualify his horse from winning, although he should come in first. 130 Any rider in a steeplechase, where the ground is not flagged out, opening any gate or wicket, or passing through any gateway or common passage 44 RULES OF RACING. from one enclosure to another, will disqualify his horse from winning, although he should come in first. 131 Any horse getting away from his rider may be Remounting. remounted in any part of the same field or enclosure in which the occurrence took place ; but should such a horse not be caught until he shall have entered another field, then he shall be ridden or brought back to the one in which he parted from the rider. Any jockey so losing his horse may be assisted in catching and remounting him without risk of disqualification ; and in the event of a rider being disabled, his horse may be ridden home by any person of sufficient weight, provided he be qualified according to the conditions of the race. No penalty shall be exacted for carrying over- weight in this instance. If any flag, post, or boundary mark be placed in Flag marks. the course— no matter by whose order— after the riders have been shown over the grotmd, or had the line of country pointed out or explained to them, it shall not be considered binding or of any effect, unless such alteration or addition shall have been particularly named, previous to starting, to all the jockeys about to ride in the race, by one of the Officers, Secretary, Starter or by their represent- ative. 133 If a horse refuse any fence or jump in a steeple- Refusing chase, and it can be proved to the satisfaction of the jumps. Judges that he has been led over a fence by any of the bystanders, or has been given a lead over one by any horseman not in the race, the horse shall be disqualified for winning, although he should come in first. 182 BETTING RILES. 45 BETTING RULES. 134 In all bets there must be a possibility to win when the bet is made. '* You can not win where you can not lose." 135 If a horse entered by an incorrect or insufficient description is for that reason disqualified before the race and prevented from running, bets on that horse are void. 136 All pools and bets must follow the main stakes, purse, or prize, as awarded by the decision of the Judges, except when in cases of fraud the bets are declared off by the Judges. 137 If an ineligible horse be entered for the purpose of betting against him, and he finishes first, or if he be entered for the purpose of being disqualified by objection made after the race, all bets made on such race shall be declared off. 138 All bets are play or pay, unless otherwise stipu- lated. 139 All double bets must be considered play or pay. 140 Confirmed bets can not be off, except by mutual consent or by failure to make stakes at the time and place which may have been agreed upon, in which case it is optional with a better not in default to de- clare then and there that the bet stands. If at the time specified for making stakes the horse or horses backed are dead, or struck out of the engagement, and a start has not been stipulated, the better against them need not, while the backer must, de- posit his stake. If there is no stipulation when the bet is made for the deposit of stakes, they can not be demanded afterward. 141 All bets on matches and private sweepstakes de- pending between any two horses, are void if those horses become the property of the same person or his confederates subsequently to the bets being made. 46 BETTING RULES. 142 Unless agreed by parties to the contrary, all bets between particular horses are void if neither of them is placed in the race: except bets between . particular horses started for a race of heats, but not starting for a third heat, which shall be determined by their places in the second heat, and bets between such horses and a horse starting for a third heat, which are won by the latter, even though he be dis- tanced afterward. 143 If any bet shall be made by signal or indication after the race has been determined, such bets shall be considered fraudulent and void 144 The person who lays the odds has a right to choose a horse or the field: when a person lias chosen a horse tbe field is what starts against him. 145 When a certain number of horses are taken against the field and among them are horses struck out of the engagement, or disqualified, or even never engaged, the bet, nevertheless, stands, so long as there remains one horse which is qualified to start at the time the bet is made. 140 If odds are laid without mentioning the horse be- fore the race is over, the bet must be determined by the state of the odds at the time of making it. 147 When a race is postponed, all bets must stand: but if the slightest difference in the terms of the engagement is made, all bets before the alteration are void. 148 Bets made on horses winning any number of races within the year shall be understood as meaning between the 1st of January and the3lst of December, both inclusive. 149 If a bet be made between two horses, with a forfeit affixed— say #100 half forfeit— and both horses start, either party may declare forfeit; and the person making such a declaration would pay $50 if the other horse was placed in the race, but would re- ceive nothing in the event of his horse being placed. Money given to have a bet laid shall not be re- turned, though the race be not run. 150 BETTING RULES. 47 151 Matches and bets are void on the decease of either party before the match or betfis determined. 152 Bets on a match for which a dead heat is run are void ; and if the match is run over again instant er, it is considered'a fresh engagement. 153 When the l'ider of any horse has weighed out, and the horse's .number, has been put up, all bets re- specting such; horse shall be play or pay, except when the horse is excused, or in case of fraud. 154 When a horse runs a dead heat for a purse or sweepstakes, and; the' owners agree to, or by the rules of racing, divide, all bets between such horses, or between either of them and the field must be settled by the money betted being put together and divided between the parties in the same proportion as the prize or>takes. If the dead heat be the "first event of a double bet between either of the horses making it and the field, the bet is void, unless one horse received above moiety, which would constitute him a winner in a double event. If the dead heat be the first event of a double bet between the horses making it, the bet is void, unless the division was unequal, in which case a horse receiving a larger proportion would, in a double event, be considered as better placed in a race than one receiving a smaller sum. If a bet is made onone„of the horses that ran the dead heat against aj>eaten horse, he who backed the horse that ran the dead heat wins the bet. 155 If a match be run by mistake after the principals have compromised, it does not affect the betting or the result. 156 Pools shall not lie play or pay. 157 Where two or more horses start in a race, owned wholly or in part by the same person, they shall be coupled and sold as one horse in all pools, Paris mutuals, and book-betting. 158 In place betting, the money shall be awarded as the horses are placed by the Judges. 159 Associations running under these rules may en- force the payment of all bets. 48 At the Annual Meeting of the American Turf Congress, held at Louisville, Ky., November 20, 1890, the following officers were elected : M. LEWIS (LARK, President, Address, Louisville, Ky. o. L. BRADLEY, Treasurer, Address, Lexington, Ky. i;.