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



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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.



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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-



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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-



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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.



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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.;



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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
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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

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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



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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.