The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-09-10

shall Bio appointed for tho distance
stand. they may also, during, OF
previous to race, appoint inspectors
at any part of the course, whose re.
ports and theirs alone shall be receiv.
ed of any foul riding or driving.
NO. 7.-DrfERENcE OF OPINION BE.
TWEEN THE JUDGES.
Should difference of opinion exist
between the judges In the starting
stand on any question, a majority
shall govern.
NO. 8-JUDGEs DUTIES.
The judges shall order the horses
saddled, or harnessed, FIVE minutes
previous to the time appointed for
starting. Any rider, or driver, caus-
ing undue detention after being called
up by making false starts or other
wise, the judges may give the word
to start without reference to the sit.
nation of the horse SO offending, un.
less convinced such delay is unavoid.
able on the part of the rider or driv-
or, in which case not more than thir-
ty minutes shall be consumed in at
tempting to start, and at the expira-
ton of that time the horse or horses
ready to start shall receive the word.
so. 9-sTARTJNG HORSES.
The pole shall be drawn for by the
judges, the horse winning heat
shall for the succeeding heats be en-.
titled to q choice of the track on
coming out. On the last stretch each
horse shall retain the track first sc.
lected. Any horse deviating shall
be distanced.
NO. 1O-PENALTY FOR FOUL RIDikG OR
DRIVING.
A rider or driver committing any
act which the judges may deem foul
riding or driving, shall be distanced.
NO. 1I.-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 of the rider or driver refusing
to do so the penalty shall DO that the
next 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.
NO. 1.-THE WINNING HORSE.
A horse must win the required
number of heats to be entitled to the
premium unless he distances all other
horses. A distaneed horse in dead
heat shall not start again.
NO. l3--RELATIvE TO HEATS.
A horse not winning one heat in
three shall not start for q fourth heat
unless such horse shall have made
dead heat. When q 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 horse shall win one
heat in FIVE to be allowed to start for
the sixth heat, unless such horse shall
have made . dead heat.
Such horses as are prevented from
starting by this rule shall be consid-
cred drawn and not distanced.
NO. ion HEATS AND DISTANCES.
If two horses each win 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 heat nor distanced. Ifl
one horse wins o heat no 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 heat
and is distanced is better than one
not winning a heat and being dis
tanced in the same hest. A horse
distanced in the second heat is better
than one distanced in the first heat.
NO. 15-HoRsEs DRAWN
Before the conclusion of race
shall be considered distanced.
No 1e.-IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS.
In case of accidents but five min
ties shall be allowed over the time
pecifed in rule 5, unless the judges
blink more time necessary.
NO. 17-JUDGEs STAND.
No person shall be allowed in the |
judges stand but the Judges report
rs and members ut the time of trot-
ing.
NO. le.
Any person competing for pre-
Iium shall have the right to object
, any Judge for q cause.
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