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 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
 
P ARKET, 
 
 THE HORSEMAN'S HAND-BOOK. 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A Carefully Prepared Synopsis of the 
 Rules and Regulations of the Amer- 
 ican Trotting Association, and a 
 Vocabulary of Technical 
 
 Terms of the Turf,/^ ^V 
 
 TOGETHKR WITH 
 
 Diagrams of Kite and Reerulation Tracks, Drawn 
 
 to a Scale, and Every Part Minutely 
 
 Described. 
 
 THK NAMES. SEX. COLOK AND RECORDS OF THE VERY FASTEST 
 AMERICAN HORSES. 
 
 I5LANK SCORE CARDS FOR READY USE 
 
 And Rule.'i for Markin? and Readin? Them Correctly. 
 
 ALSO FULL IN.STRUCTIONS FOR PLAYINC4 
 
 The New Game of " Parket/ 
 
 Or Speed Trials With Cards. 
 
 (SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED.) 
 
 Published by PARKET COMPANY. 
 
 Grand Rapids. Mich. • ; / ^ V ^ .X 
 
 1892. 
 
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 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year IHU'J. 
 
 By Edwin A. Buklingame, 
 
 In the office of the Librarian of Contrress. at Washington. 
 
INTRODUCTION. 
 
 TpARKET, The Horsemairs Hand-Book, con- 
 ^ tains an exhaustive synopsis of the most 
 important rules and regulations of the Ameri- 
 can Trotting Association, brought down to date; 
 a vocabulary of the technical terms of the turf; 
 diagrams of both kite and regulation race 
 tracks, drawn to a scale, with full descriptions 
 of the name, purpose and distances of every 
 portion of the same, and the advantages 
 claimed for each. Also a dissertation upon 
 " ' time ' ' and • ' race ' ' records, with rules for 
 settling all disputes arising in reference thereto. 
 
 It contains blank score cards for ready use 
 of horsemen, wherein they may keep and pre- 
 serve, in convenient form, the entire record of 
 all the races they attend during the season. It 
 contains, also, a specimen score card, properly 
 filled, with correct totals found, and describes 
 minutely how to mark, read and find the totals 
 of any race. 
 
 Few men, comparatively, who attend races, 
 know^ how to fill and read a score card cor- 
 rectly under the rules of trotting associations; 
 
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 and but very few ladies know anything about 
 it. This book leaves no excuse for any person 
 1)eino: io-norant in that regard. 
 
 It also contains full instructions in })laying 
 •Parket," the great equestrian game, com- 
 bining the fascination of cards with the ex- 
 citement of speed trials, which is intended not 
 only as a source of amusement, but of educa- 
 tion in all that ]iertains to trials of si)eed of 
 the best American horses. As a play, ^'Par- 
 ket " is simple, and easy to learn, and, as an 
 educator, it is constantly impressing u})()n thv 
 mind of the ])layer the rules that govern, and 
 the technical terms used in speed trials of horses, 
 so that one who beeomes accustomed to play 
 ■'Parket" nuist, of necessity, become familiar 
 with the color, sex and fastest time of tlie best 
 American liorsi's, which are used in the game. 
 In shoi't, all who become familiar with this game 
 must and will become familiar with, and inter- 
 ested in. real s])eed trials and all that is con- 
 nected with the same, except the evils of pool 
 selling and gam])ling u|)on horses, all of which 
 is carefully excluded from this play. 
 
 To Horsemen and Their Friends. — It will be 
 seen at a glance, that, with an intelligent un- 
 derstanding of horses, races and rules of the 
 turf, by the great masses of the people, many 
 of whom do not now know the names and rel- 
 
ative speed of any horses, the interest in, and 
 attendance at speed trials must be vastly 
 increased. 
 
 To Players of Cards.— You are aware that pro- 
 gressive euchre and pedro have aliorded amuse- 
 ment only, having no educational features what- 
 ever. ' ' Parket • ' is more simple and easily 
 learned than either of the above, alfords greater 
 amusement, and is at the same time educating 
 the player upon a subject that is constantly 
 engaginu' the attention of the people. 
 
 To Wheelmen. — " Parket '' is as well adapted 
 to bicyclists with records as to horses. 
 
RUSH PARK RACE TRACK, Independence, la. 
 
 SCALE 500 FEET TO 
 
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Rush Park Kite Track. 
 
 This is one of the fastest kite-shaped tracks in the world. 
 These tracks are intended to be one-third mile stretches and 
 one-third mile turn. It is claimed as the fastest form of a 
 track because there is but one turn, and that a long, easy 
 one, rendering it nearer a straight mile than can be secured 
 by any other arrangement. It is also claimed that by this 
 construction every horse except the pole horse would trot a 
 shorter mile than on a regulation track. Assuming the sec- 
 ond position to be six feet from the pole, it is claimed that 
 tiie second horse on a regulation track trots thirty-seven and 
 seven-tenths (37.7) feet farther than the pole horse, and that 
 on the kite track he only trots twenty-two (22) feet farther, 
 saving a distance of fifteen and seven-tenths (15.7) feet; and 
 the same ratio to all outside positions. 
 
 The disadvantages are that only a one-mile heat can be 
 raced, with a great disadvantage to the spectators who sit 
 behind the horses as they go away, and nearly in front as 
 they come home, the only fair view of their relative positions 
 being when upon the turn at the extreme distance away, 
 and as they pass the wire. 
 
 Fast races at Kush Park race track: 
 
 Aug. 24 to 31.— AUerton, t., 2:09)^; Direct, p., 2:06; 
 Xancy Hanks, three heats in one day, 2:12, 2:12K, 2:12; etc. 
 
 Description of Track. 
 
 A, judges' stand and starting point, is situated at the 
 point of intersection of the home and back stretches, 
 
 B, first distance stand, 300 feet from wire. 
 
 C, second distance stand, 450 feet from wire. 
 
 D, % pole, 3,960 feet from wire. 
 
 E, yi pole, 2,640 feet fron wire. 
 
 F, H pole, 1,320 feet from wire. 
 
 G, G, timers' stands, opposite judges' stand. 
 
 H. H, grand stands, 50 x 300 feet; set 50 feet back from 
 track at G. 
 
 I. I, home stretch, 1,559.12 feet long. 
 
 J, turn, 2,161.77 feet long. 
 
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 K, K2, back stretch, 1,559.12 feet long. 
 
 L, scoring stretch, 505 feet long. 
 
 M, grass plot. 
 
 N, inner field. 
 
 O, O, wire. 
 
 P to A is 0S9.5 feet long: (^ to KZ is 557 feet long; Q to 
 I is .557 feet long; R to K is 1,114 feet long; Q to E is 557 
 feet long; from A to E is 2,2-il) feet; from 11 to 1, or from K 
 to K2, 200 feet. 
 
 Track at I, I is 75 fe<t wide; at K. 75 feet wide; at K2, (30 
 feet wide; at J, 60 feet wide: at L, 75 feet wide. 
 
 Dotted lines at S, sometimes used for working track. 
 
COMSTOCK PARK, Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 SCALE 500 FEET to I INCH. 
 
 & F. E. Skeels. Regulation and Kite Track 
 
 As laid out by D 
 
 Engineers, Grand Rapids, Michigan 
 
 This is the fastest regulation track in the world. Its fast- 
 est time, tifty-one days after it was completed, was made 
 by Xelsou, September 18, 1891, exhibition trial; time, 2:10 
 
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 flat, being the fastest time ever made by that horse, or any 
 other stallion, on a regulation track. The three fastest con- 
 secutive heats in a race ever trotted by stallions was at 
 Comstock Park, October 8, 1891, by AUerton; time, 2:141..., 
 2:15, 2:16)^. 
 
 The fastest four-heat race ever trotted by stallions was at 
 Comstock Park, October 8, 1891, by Xelson and AUerton. 
 N^elson won first heat — time, 2:13; AUerton second heat — 
 time, 2:14};. AUerton took the two succeeding heats in 2:15 
 and 2:163^, winning the race and purse of 310,000. 
 
 Description of Comstock Park Track. 
 
 A, judges' stand and starting point, is situated in the in- 
 ner field and close to the pole fence. 
 
 B, first distance stand, situated in the inner field and close 
 to the i)ole fence, :bO() feet from wire. 
 
 C, second distance stand, situated in the inner field and 
 close to the pole fence, 450 feet from \\\n\ 
 
 D, K pole; distance, 4,020 feet from wire. 
 
 E, ^i pole; distance, :^.9«»0 feet from wire. 
 
 F, ^< pole; distance, :3,:U)0 feet from wire. 
 
 G, 3-2 pole: distance, 2,040 feet from wire. 
 H, % pole; distance. 1,980 feet from wire. 
 I, H pole; distance, 1,320 feet from wire. 
 •T, }'^ pole; distance, COO feet from wire. 
 
 K, timers' stand, situated ()i)posite the judges* stand. 
 
 L, wire stretched between the judges' and timers' stands. 
 
 M, M, home stretch, 1,320 feet long. 
 
 N, First turn, 1,:320 feet long. 
 
 O, O, back stretch, 1,320 feet long. 
 
 P. last turn, l.:«0 feet long. 
 
 Q, grand stand, 5ox:^00, sets 5o feet back at K from track. 
 
 R, inner field, the space included by the inner or i>ole 
 fence. 
 
 The mile is measured 3 feet from the pole fence. 
 
 Track at M, M, is TO feet wide; at O, O, 45 feet wide; at P, 
 50 feet wide; at X, 00 feet wide. 
 
 N to P is 2,100.34 feet long; M to O is 840.34 feet long; 
 from P, at pole fence, to S, 420.17 feet; from N, at pole 
 fence, to S, 420.17. 
 
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 SYNOPSIS OF RULES, ETC., 
 
 Oe A^merican 7'rofting- Association. 
 
 Rule 1. Mandate. 
 
 Rules 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 7, 8, 9, relate to entries and entrance 
 fees. 
 
 Rule 10. In all purses three or more entries are required, 
 and two to start, unless otherwise specified. 
 
 Rules 11, l;i, treat of the eligibility of horses. A horse 
 gaining a bar or record of 2:29^.; is and shall remain eligible 
 in a 2:30 class, or for horses that have never beaten 2:30, or 
 for horses with record no better than 2:30. 
 
 Rule 13. He(iuires an accurate description of each liorse 
 
 Rule 14. The color. 
 
 Rule 15. Sex. 
 
 Rules 16, 17, 18, 19, 20. Names of horses. 
 
 Rules 21, 22. 23, 24, treat of the identification of owner, 
 nominator, driver and horse. 
 
 Rile 25. Only one horse of the same owner, etc., can 
 start in a race. 
 
 Rule 20. A " walk over" for a purse is only entitled to 
 his entrance money and one-half received from the other 
 entries for said i)urse. 
 
 Rile 27. Makes all engagements void in case of death 
 of horse or owner. If one of two owners is alive the horse 
 is held. 
 
 Rule 28. Gives rules of forfeit in all match races. 
 
 Rule 29. In all njatches made to come off over any of 
 the associate courses, the parties shall place the amount of 
 the match in the hands of the stakeholder one day before 
 the event (omitting Sundays) is to come off, at such time and 
 place as the cluh. association or proi»rietor, ui)on api)lication, 
 may determine, and tlie race shall then become *" play or 
 pay. '* 
 
 Rui-E 30 is in regard to purse or money wrongfully 
 obtained. 
 
 Riles 31. 32. 33. Fraudulent entries. 
 
 Rules 34, 35. 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42. Regard to protests. 
 
 Rule 43. Xo horse drawn except by permission of 
 judges. 
 
 Rule 44. Persons having more than one horse in race 
 must elect which shall go. 
 
 Rule 45. Power of members to postpone races for bad 
 weather. 
 
 Rules 46, 47. Forbids trotting after dark. 
 
 Rule 48. Every horse starting for purse, sweepstake or 
 match, in any trotting or pacing race, shall carry, if to 
 wagon or sulky. 150 pounds, the saddle and whip onlv to be 
 weighed with the rider. 
 
 Rule 49. Weight, etc. 
 
 Rule 50. Handicaps and miscellaneous weights. 
 
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 Rules 51 and 52. When riders and drivers are over- 
 weight. If drivers are overweigiited for fraudulent purpose, 
 judges may substitute a (h'iver of suitable \veiglit. If a 
 horse has been prejudiced thereby, he shall not be allowed 
 to start again, and bets on such horse may be declared otf. 
 
 Rule 53. Length of whips. 
 
 Rule 54. Xoue but judges and starter of the race in pro- 
 gress, the clerk of course or secretary, and their assistants, 
 shall be allowed on the judges' stand during the pendency 
 of the heat, and it shall be deemed a dereliction of duty for 
 any nuMuber not to enforce this rule. 
 
 ivULE 55. President of horse associations shall choose or 
 authorize the selection of three judges and a starter, if de- 
 sired, for the day of the race, etc. 
 
 Rule 5(1. States who are incompetent for judges. 
 
 Rui-E 57. Judges api>oint distance and patrol judges and 
 timers, indict tines and jn'iialtics. and may declare ))Ools 
 and bets olf, lu) appeal to be allowed from their decision iu 
 that respect. 
 
 Rule .58. Distance and patrol judges. See technical 
 terms (distance stands). 
 
 Rule 59. Patrol judges are on horseback and are sta- 
 tioned at or sent from point to point to report foul driving, 
 etc., to the judges. 
 
 Rule »">(). Judges shall be in stand fifteen minutes before 
 time for starting a race, and shall weigh the riders or 
 drivers, give p<»sition to horses, etc. 
 
 Rule 01. The judges shall ring the bell, or give other 
 notice, ten minutes before race is to come otf, and riders or 
 drivers must conform to the rule or be subject to a fine, or 
 be ruled otf. 
 
 Rule 02. Judges will see that all weights are correct, 
 and await reports from distance and patrol judges before 
 awarding the heat. 
 
 Rule <"»3. Judges will not consider complaints of fouls 
 only from distance or patrol judges, or owner, or rider, or 
 driver, or some one authorized, etc. 
 
 Rule 64. If a horse has been "pulled" to "throw" a 
 race, a relial)le driver may be substituted: or, if the owner is 
 a party to the fraud, he may be tined. or he and his horse 
 suspended or expelled, and no such horse shall receive any 
 of the purse. 
 
 Rule 05. In scoring, if **go'' is not given at the tap of 
 the bell, or other signals given, all the horses turn and jog 
 back for a fresh start. (See technical terms. ) 
 
 Rule 00. After the first scoring, judges shall choose one 
 of the contending horses to score by. (See "score horse," 
 technical terms.) 
 
 Rule 67. Sponging allowed but once in live scoring. 
 
 Rules 08, 09, 70. Minor matters. 
 
 Rule 71. Having the pole (technical terms). When 
 horses make a dead heat, they take the same relative posi- 
 tion as at the finish of the dead heat. 
 
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 RuLT-: 72. lu comiug out on the home stretch the fore- 
 most horse or horses shall keep the position first selected, or 
 be liable to be ruled out; and the hindmost horse or horses, 
 when there is sufticient room to pass on the inside, or any- 
 where on the home-stretch, without interfering with others, 
 shall be allowed to do so, and any party interfering to pre- 
 vent him or them shall be ruled out. 
 
 liuLES 73, 74. No horse attempting to pass another on 
 the home-stretch should at any time cross in front so 
 near as to shorten the other's stride, nor swerve, nor ''carry 
 him out,"' nor ** sit down " in front of him, nor do any " help- 
 inir" which shall impede another horse. 
 
 Kile 75. Such horse may be ruled out. 
 
 Rule 7(). When a horse breaks, his driver shall immedi- 
 ately pull him to his gait. If he fails to comply, and his 
 horse comes out ahead, the heat will be given to the next 
 horse and he shall be set back of all unoffending horses ex- 
 cept those distanced or ruled out. 
 
 Rule 77. In addition to rule 70, the horse shall be set 
 back twice the distance gained by running, and subject to 
 other punishment for running. 
 
 Rn.E 78. Any horse repeatedly breaking, performing at 
 a mixed gait, or one different from that prescribed for the 
 race, shall be placed after all other horses in the heat not so 
 offending, distanced or ruled out; and where more than one 
 horse so otfends, the judges shall place them with reference 
 to each other as they may desire. 
 
 Rue?: 71>. To assist in determining the matters contained 
 in Rules 7(i, 77 and 78. it shall be the duty of one of the 
 judges to call out during the iirogress of the race every break 
 made, designating, by colors or name, the horse making it, 
 and the character of the break, and a judge or assistant shall 
 at once note the fact in writing. 
 
 KuEE SO. A iiorse l)reaking at or near the score shall be 
 subject to no greater i)enalty than if he broke on any other 
 part of the track. 
 
 RuEE 81. In heats, one, two, three or four miles, a horse 
 not winning one heat in three shall not start for a fourth, 
 unless such Iiorse shall have made a dead !ieat. 
 
 In heats, best three in five, a horse not winning a heat in 
 the first five sluill not start for a sixth, unh-ss said horse shall 
 have made a dead heat, but horses so ruled out shall have a 
 right to a share of the ))urse or premium, according to their 
 rank at the close of their last heat. And where ten or more 
 horses start in a'race, every horse not ruled out shall have a 
 right to compete until the race is completed, subject, how- 
 ever, to all other penalties in these Rules. 
 
 Rtles 82, 83, 84. A dead heat, without regard to the 
 stage of the race when it occurs, shall be counted in the 
 race, and shall be considered a heat which is undecided only 
 as between the horses making it, and it shall be considered 
 a heat that is lost by all the other horses contending therein; 
 and the time made in a dead heat shall constitute a record or 
 bar for each horse making such dead heat. 
 
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 Kui.E S3. Whenever two or more horses have to their 
 credit a sufficient niunber of dead heats, or heats and dead 
 heats, to have terminated the race if sucli dead lieats had 
 been won by either of them, only such horses shall start in 
 the next heat. 
 
 Rule 84. A horse prevented from starting by Rule 83 
 shall not be distanced, but ruled out. and shall be entitled 
 to a share of the purse or premium according to his rank at 
 the close of his last heat. 
 
 Rules 85, 8(3, ST, Refers to time between heats, etc. 
 
 Rule 88. Horse>< meeting shall pass to the left. 
 
 Rule 89. Horses called for a race shall have the exclu- 
 sive right of the course, an<l all other horses shall vacate the 
 track at once. 
 
 Rule 00. Relates to time given in case of accident. 
 
 Rule 1)1, Relates to collisions and interferences; gives 
 great latitude to the judges. 
 
 Rule *.>4, A horse nuist win a majority of tlie heats 
 which are re<iuired by the conditions of the race to be en- 
 titled to the purse or stake: but, if a horse shall have dis- 
 tanced all competitors in one heat, the race will then be 
 concluded, and such horse shall receive the entire purse and 
 stakes contended for, unless stipulated otherwise in the pub- 
 lished conditions. 
 
 Rule !>5. lielates to premiums awarded. 
 
 Rule SM; and i)7. In deciding the rank of horses other 
 than the winner, the horse having W(jn two heats is better 
 than those winning one: a horse having a heat better than 
 one making a "dead heat:'' a horse having one or two and 
 nu\king a dead heat better than one having an eciual number 
 of heats but not nuiking a dead heat; a horse having a heat 
 or making a dead heat better than a horse that has not won 
 a heat or made a dead heat: a horse that has i)een placed 
 '•second" one heat better than a horse that has been placed 
 "third" any number of heats. 
 
 Rui^E 98. Wlien two or more horses appear eciual in rank 
 in the summary of the race, they shall share eiiuaily in the 
 award of premiums won by theuL 
 
 Rule 99. CJives rules as to second and tliird money, etc. 
 
 RuLE.s 100, 101, 102. Distances, etc. (See technical terms.) 
 
 Rule 10:5. Horses distanced in the fnst lieat of a race 
 shall be e(|ual, but horses that are distanced in any subse- 
 (pient heat shall rank, as to each other, in the ■ rder of the 
 positions to which they were entitled at the start of the heat 
 in which they were distanced. 
 
 Rules 104, 10.5 and 10(5 relate to '• time and its record.'' 
 
 Rule 107. The two leading horses shall be separately 
 timed, and the time of the one winning shall only be a record 
 or bar. as the case may be, and if the winner is afterward 
 ruled out, such record made shall stand as bar or'record. 
 
 Rule 108. In case of dead heat, the time shall constitute 
 a record or bar to the horses making it, etc. 
 
 Rule 109. The time shall be taken from the pole horse, 
 or from the horse that is selected to score by. 
 
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 Rules 110, 111, 112. Suppression of time is a fraud aud 
 punishable. 
 
 Rule 113, Any contest for purse, premium, stake or 
 wager, or involving admission fees, on any course, and in 
 the presence of a jndge or judges, shall constitute a public 
 race. 
 
 Rule 114. A record can only be made in a public place, 
 with trot or pace, with two timers, etc. 
 
 Rule 115. Time otherwise taken, at fairs and on any 
 track, whether short or not, shall be known as a bar, and 
 shall constitute a bar the same as if regularly made over a 
 track that was full measurement. 
 
 Rules L1(), 117, US. Any public race at a less distance 
 than one mile, and exceeding a half mile, shall be regarded 
 as irregular, and time made in any such race shall create a 
 bar. 
 
 Rule 117. Time heretofore made on non-association 
 tracks shall be records or bars, as the case may be, the same 
 as if made over association tracks. 
 
 Rule lis. If it should appear to the Boards of Review 
 or Appeal, upon investigation, that any record was fraudu- 
 lently obtained, it shall be declared not a record, but a bar. 
 
 Rule 110. Time made under the saddle, on snow or ice, 
 as well as time made when two or more horses are harnessed 
 together, shall constitute a bar for races of the same charac- 
 ter, but shall not be a bar for races of a different character. 
 
 Ri'LE 120. All complaints nnist be made before rider or 
 driver dismounts. 
 
 Rules 121 and 122 relate to decorum. 
 
 Rule 12;). Forbids loud shouting, etc., by drivers. 
 
 Rules 124 and 125 relates to '"fouls" and penalty. 
 
 Rules 12(5 and 127 relate to fines. 
 
 Rule 12S. Forbids any compromise of penalties by judges 
 or members. 
 
 Rules from 129 to 135, inclusive, relate to suspensions 
 and expulsions. 
 
 Rules from 136 to 139, inclusive, relate to right of appeal. 
 
 Rule 140. The age ot a horse shall be reckoned from 
 the first day of .January of the year of foaling. 
 
 Rule 141. Equal eligibility of colts and fillies. 
 
 Rule 142. Green liorse. (See technical terms.) 
 
 Rule 143. All races shall be started at 2 o'clock p. m. 
 from the 1st day of April to the 15tli day of September, and 
 after that date at 1 o'clock p. m. until the season closes, un- 
 less otherwise provided. 
 
 Rule 145. Go as they please. (See technical terms.) 
 
 Rule 146. To go "in harness." (See technical terms.) 
 
 Rules 147 and 148 relate to matches against time. 
 
 Rules 149, 150 and 151 relate to horses with engagements- 
 
 Rule 152. Stake. (See technical terms.) 
 
 Rule 153. Guaranteed stake. (See technical terms.) 
 
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 BETTING RULES. 
 
 To G?o\^em Bets on Trotting- and F'aciiiQ Races, 
 
 No. 1. All pools and bets must follow the main stakes, 
 purse, or other prize, as awarded by the decision of the 
 judges, except in cases where the horse that comes tirst is 
 found to be disqualified, or the bets are declared off for fraud 
 or collusion. 
 
 No. 2. If the race is postponed, it shall not affect the 
 pools or bets that may have been made on it. They shall 
 stand until the race comes off, unless the contrary shall be 
 agreed on between the parties betting: Provided, the race 
 takes i)]ace within five days of the time first named; after 
 which time all bets and pools are drawn, unless made play 
 or pay. 
 
 No. 3. When any change is made in the conditions of a 
 race, all pools and bets made previous to the announcement 
 of the change shall be null and void. 
 
 No. 4. When a bet is made on one horse against the field, 
 he nnist start or the bet is oft", and the field is what starts 
 against him; but there is no field unless one starts against 
 him. 
 
 No, .5. In the ])OoIs and betting, the pool stands good for 
 all the horses that start in the race; but for those horses that 
 do not start the money must be returned to the purchaser. 
 
 No. 6. In races made play or jiay, outside bets are not 
 play or pay unless so made by the i)artit\s. 
 
 No. 7. All bets are void ou the decease of either party, 
 but in case a horse should die, play or i)ay bets made on him 
 stand. 
 
 No. 8. If a bet is made on any number of straight heats, 
 and there is a dead heat made, the heats are not straight, 
 and the party betting on straiglit heats loses. 
 
 No. 9. If in any case the judges declare a heat null and 
 void, it does not affect the bets as in case of a dead heat as to 
 winning in straight heats. 
 
 No. 10. When a race is coming off, and a party bets that 
 a heat will be made in two minutes and thirty seconds (3:30), 
 and they make two thirty (2:30) or less, he would win. If 
 he bets they will beat two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30), 
 and they make exactly two thirty (2:30), he loses; but if he 
 takes two minutes and thirty seconds (2:30) against the field, 
 and tiiey make exactly two tliirty (2:30), it is a tie or draw 
 bet. All time bets to be decided accoitlingly. 
 
 No. 11. In a double event— where there is no action on 
 the first race in order, in conse(iuence of forfeit or other 
 cause, the bet is off; but when there is an action on the bet, 
 and the party betting on the double event shall have won 
 the first, the bet shall then stand as play or pay bet for the 
 second event. 
 
 No. 12. If a bet should be made during the contest of a 
 heat that a named horse will win that heat, and he makes a 
 
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 dead heat, the bet is drawn, but if, after the liorses have 
 passed the score, a party bets that a certain named horse 
 lias won the heat, and the judges declare it a dead heat, the 
 baclver of the named horse loses. 
 
 No. 1:3. In races between two or more horses of a single 
 dash at any distance, which result in a dead heat, it is a 
 draw between the horses making the dead heat, and bets be- 
 tween them are off; and if it is sweepstakes, the money of 
 the beaten horses is to be divided between the horses making 
 the dead heat. 
 
 Xo. 14. When a bettor undertakes to place the horses in 
 a race, he must give a specified place, as tirst, second, third, 
 and so on. The word "last " shall not be construed to mean 
 •'fourth and distanced," if four start, but " fourth "' only, 
 and so on. A distanced horse must be placed "distanced." 
 
 No. 15. Horses shall be placed in a race and bets decided 
 as they are placed in the official record of the day: Pro- 
 vided, that where a horse comes in first, and it is afterwards 
 found that he was disqualified for fraud, the bets on him. 
 shall be null and void, but pool-sellers and stakeholders shall 
 not be held responsible for moneys paid by them under the 
 decision of the judges of the race. 
 
 No. 15. Bets made during a heat are not determined un- 
 til the conclusion of the race, if the heat is not mentioned at 
 the time. 
 
 No. 17. Either of the bettors may demand stakes to be 
 made, and, on refusal, declare the bet to be void. 
 
 No. 18. Outside bets cannot be declared olf on the course 
 unless that place was named for staking the money, and 
 then it must be done by filing such declaration in writing 
 with the judges, who shall read it from the stand before the 
 race commences. 
 
 No. 19. Bets agreed to be paid or received, or bets agreed 
 to be made or put up elsewhere than at the place of the race, 
 or any other specified place, cannot be declared off on the 
 course. 
 
 No. 20. Bets on horses disqualified and not allowed to 
 start are void, unless the bets are play or pay. 
 
 No. 21. A bet cannot be transferred without the consent 
 of parties to it, except in pools. 
 
 No. 22. When a bet is made on a horse's time, it shall be 
 decided by the time made in a public race, he going single 
 and carrying his proper weight. 
 
 No. 23. When a horse makes time on a short track, it 
 shall not constitute a record for the decision of bets. 
 
 No. 2-1. Horses that are distanced or drawn at the con- 
 clusion of a heat, are beaten in the race by those that start 
 afterward. A horse that is distanced in a heat is beaten by 
 one drawn at the termination of the same heat. 
 
 No. 25. When a man lays odds and intends to take the 
 field against a single horse, he must say so, and the other 
 party will choose his horse. When a man undertakes to 
 name the winiier, whether he bets odds or takes odds, he 
 must name some one horse. 
 
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 No. 26. All bets relate to the purse, stake or match, if 
 uothiug to the contrary is specified at the time of makiug 
 the bet. 
 
 No. 37. Parties wishing all the liorses to start for a bet, 
 must so name it at the time the bet is made. 
 
 No. 28. When the judge declares a heat null and void, 
 all bets on that heat shall stand for decision on the next 
 heat. 
 
 No. 29. All pools and bets shall be governed and decided 
 by these rules, unless a stipulation to the contrary shall be 
 agreed upon by the parties betting. 
 
 No. 30. Should any contingencies occur not provided for 
 by these rules, the judges of the day shall decide them. 
 
 No. 31. When a horse which has not been sold in the 
 pools wins the race, the best horse in the pools wins the 
 money. 
 
 THE NEW STANDARDS. 
 
 Adopted at the meeting of the American Trotting Regis- 
 ter Association, at Chicago, April (>, 1892. 
 
 RULES ADMITTIXCi TO TROTTING STANDARD. 
 
 1. Any trotting stallion that has a record of 2:30 or bet- 
 ter; provided any of his get has a record of 2:35 trotting or 
 better; or provided his sire or dam is already a standard 
 trotting animal. 
 
 2. Any mare or gelding that has a trotting record of 2 :30 
 or better. 
 
 3. Any horse that is the sire of two trotters with records 
 of 2:30 or better. 
 
 4. Any horse that is the sire of one trotter with a record 
 of 2:30 or better; provided he has either of the following ad- 
 ditional qualifications: (1) A trotting record of 2::i5 or bet- 
 ter; (2) is the sire of two otlier animals with trotting records 
 of 2::35; (3) has a sire or dam that is already a standard 
 trotting animal. 
 
 5. Any mare that has produced a trotter with a record of 
 2:30. 
 
 6. The progeny of a standard trotting horse when out of 
 a standard trotting mare. 
 
 7. The female progeny of a standard trotting horse when 
 out of a mare by standard trotting horse. 
 
 8. The female progeny of a standard trotting liorse when 
 out of a mare whose dam is a standard trotting nuire. 
 
 9. Any mare that has a trotting record of 2:35 or better, 
 whose sire or dam is a standard trotting animal. 
 
 RULES ADMITTING TO PACING STANDARD. 
 
 1. Any pacing stallion that has a record of 2:25 or better; 
 provided any of his get has a record of 2:30 pacing or better; 
 or provided his sire or dam is already a standard i)acing 
 animal. 
 
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 2. Auy mare or gelding that has a pacing record of 2:25 
 or better. 
 
 3. Any liorse tliat is the sire of two pacers with records 
 of 2:25. 
 
 4. Any horse that is the sire of one pacer with a record 
 of 2:25 or better: provided he has eitlier of the following ad- 
 ditional qualifications: (1) A pacing record of 2:;30 or better: 
 (2) is the sire of two other animals with pacing records of 
 2:30: (3) has a sire or dam that is already a standard pacing 
 animal. 
 
 5. Any mare that has produced a pacer with a record of 
 2:25 or better. 
 
 (). The progeny of a standard pacing horse when out of a 
 standard pacing mare. 
 
 T. The female progeny of a standard pacing horse when 
 out of a mare by a standard pacing horse. 
 
 8. The female progeny of a standard pacing horse when 
 out of a mare whose dam is a standard pacing mare. 
 
 0. Any mare that has a pacing record of 2:30 or better 
 whose sire or dam is a standard pacing animal. 
 
 10. The progeny of a standard trotting liorse, out of a 
 standard pacing mare, or of a standard pacing horse, out of 
 a standard trotting mare. 
 
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 TECHNICAL TERMS OF THE TURF. 
 
 Age — Is reckoned from 1st of eJanuary in 
 year he is foaled. 
 
 Arena — (see Parket.) 
 
 Bar, a — Where a race is irreaidar, or when 
 the record is fraudulently o))tained. the horse 
 will not be iriven a record, Init will he barred 
 from a similar race. (See rules 11 o, lU). 117. 
 lis and llt».) 
 
 Break — To run, to go above the race aait. 
 
 Carrvin<t Ott — Crowdinii' a contestant out 
 of })osition. 
 
 Cextekfieij) — (see Intield. i 
 
 Dead Heat — Horses coming home even. 
 
 Distance Stands — Fixed points on the home 
 stretch for the distance flagman. When, com- 
 ing home in a heat, the forwai'd horse's muzzle 
 is cNcn with the wiic, thi' starter (h"()})s his Hag: 
 the distance Hagman then (h'ops his flag. Any 
 horse not at the wire or between these Hags 
 when theycb'op is distanced — that is, he is shut 
 out of the race. The tii-st distance stand, .*]()() 
 feet from the wire (see cuti, is use(l in a tield 
 of eight or less horses. The second distance 
 stand, -loO feet from the wire, is used in a Held 
 of more than eight horses. 
 
 Field of Horses — All the horses taking 
 l)art in a heat or race. 
 
 Flat — Even seconds, without fractions. 
 
 ^'Gol'' — The word used by the starter in 
 *' sending oH" the horses in a heat. 
 
 Go AS TnEV Please — Either to wagon, sulky 
 or horseback. 
 
 Go IN Harness — Means horse and sulky 
 to go. 
 
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 Grand Stand — A covered amphitheatre to 
 accommodate spectators. 
 
 Green Horse — One that never raced. 
 
 Handicap, A — Is a race for which the 
 horses are weighed, according to their merits 
 in the estimation of the handicapper, for the 
 purpose of equalizing their chances of winning. 
 
 Handicap, A Free — Is one in which no lia- 
 bility is incurred for entrance mone}^, stake or 
 forfeit until acceptance of the weight allotted, 
 either by direct acce})tance or through omission 
 to declare out. 
 
 Heat — Once around a one-mile track in 
 a trotting or pacing race. 
 
 Home — The wire. (See cut of tracks.) 
 
 Home Stretch (proper) — The track from 
 the last to the first turn. 
 
 Home Stretch (in a race)— The track from 
 the last turn to the wire. 
 
 Horse — Includes stallions, mares and geld- 
 ings. In our list of fastest horses it means 
 stallions only, as B. H., means bay stallion. 
 
 Hurdle Race — A race ill which artificial 
 barriers, in the shai)e of hurdles, must be leaped. 
 
 Infield or Centerfii:ld — Si)ace inclosed 
 by the pole fence. 
 
 Jockeying — Trvine; to <>-et an unfair ad- 
 vantage in a race. 
 
 Judges — Persons selected to settle all contro- 
 versies appertaining to races, except as to the 
 time of the horses. (See, also, starter, dis- 
 tance and patrol judges.) 
 
 Ji'D(rES, Distance — (See distance stands, 
 tiagman. ) 
 
 JuD(iES, Patrol — Mounted; to patrol the 
 track and prevent frauds. (See rule 59.) 
 
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 Judges' Stand — Stand for judges and 
 "starter judge." 
 
 Judge, Starter — The person in the judges' 
 stand who, by the word "Go I" gives the 
 horses their send-off, or rings them back when 
 not fairly started, names the score horse when 
 necessary, signals the flagman at the distance 
 stand when to drop his flag, etc. 
 
 Length — The length of the foremost horse 
 and his sulky; as "a length ahead,'" "winning 
 by a length, ' ' etc. 
 
 Maiden — Is a horse that never won a race. 
 
 Neck — The length of the neck of the fore- 
 most horse; as " a neck ahead, " " winning by 
 a neck," etc. 
 
 Neck and Neck — Horses are neck and neck 
 when exactly even while racing. 
 
 Paddock — Inclosed space in which to turn 
 out horses near the stables; sometimes applied 
 to " infleld.'' 
 
 Parket or Arena — The uncovered inclosed 
 space between the grand stand and the track. 
 
 Play or Pay — Either race or forfeit the 
 stakes. 
 
 Pole, The — The inner portion of the track; 
 shortest distance around a track. 
 
 Pole Fence — Fence around the track on the 
 inner side. 
 
 Pole, Having the — A horse drawing or win- 
 ning the position next to the pole fence is said 
 to have the pole. Horses draw for pole and 
 position in flrst heat; after that the winner of 
 the last heat takes the pole in the next heat; 
 the other horses take their positions at the 
 right of the pole horse in the order of their 
 coming home. 
 
 Post Race, A — Is one for which subscribers 
 
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 declare at the usual time before a race for de- 
 claring 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 prescribe. 
 
 Produce Race, A— Is one for which horses 
 are named, by whose produce the race is to be 
 run. 
 
 Pulling a Horse — Holding him back. 
 
 Purse— A sum of money or other prize 
 olfered for a race. 
 
 Race — Any contest for purse or stake pre- 
 mium, or wager for money, or involving ad- 
 mission fee on any course, and in the presence 
 of judge or judges. 
 
 Race, Thkowlxg a— Giving it, by a foul, to 
 another horse. 
 
 Score, The — The order in which horses get 
 home in a heat or race. 
 
 Score Card — A card on which to mark the 
 relative positions taken by winning horses in 
 heat and race. 
 
 Scoring — Getting horses abreast for a start or 
 send-otf in a heat. 
 
 Score Horse — A horse designated by the 
 starter for all the other horses to score by in 
 that heat. No horse must come to the wire for 
 a start ahead of the score horse. The score 
 horse is only named after contesting drivers, in 
 order to secure advantage in the start, have re- 
 peatedly prevented a fair send-off. 
 
 Send-off — When the starter gives the word 
 ' ^ Go ! ' ' at the beginning of a heat, the horses are 
 said to have a ' ' send-oft*. ' ' 
 
 Setting Down in Front of — Forcing a 
 contestant back by holding up in front of hnn. 
 
 Sponging — Washino^ out horse's mouth. 
 
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 Stake, A — A race open to all complying 
 with its published conditions, for which the 
 prize is the total amount of money contributed 
 by the nominators, all of which belongs to the 
 winner or winners, unless otherwise provided 
 in the published conditions. 
 
 Steeplechase — A race to see which of a 
 number of horsemen can first reach some dis- 
 tant object, as a steeple, etc. 
 
 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 subscribers agree to ])ay for each horse 
 nominated: and, if an additional sum of money, 
 cu}), i)late, or other reward, is offered to the 
 winner, the race is still a sweepstakes, what- 
 ever name may be given to such addition. 
 Three subscribers, unless otherwise stipulated 
 in its conditions, make a sweej)stakcs, and the 
 race is not void so long as there is a horse 
 (jualified to start. 
 
 Sweepstakes OK Match, A Pkivate — Is one 
 to which no money is added, and which is not 
 publicly advcrtistMl previous to the engagement 
 l)eing made. Allowance and extra weights 
 shall not be allowed or incurred in respect of 
 matches or. private sweepstakes. 
 
 Timers — Persons who take the official time 
 of the two forward horses and rei)ort it to the 
 judges, who announce it to the spectators. 
 
 Timers' Stand — (See cut.) Stand for tlu' 
 timers. 
 
 Tin Cup Record — A time reeord not made 
 in a race. 
 
 Walk Over — Where but one of the horses 
 entered starts. 
 
 Walk Over, A — Is when two horses in en- 
 
tirely different interest do not run for race or 
 stake. 
 
 {a). Walk over hy any horse entitles him 
 to only one-half of the added money in stakes. 
 
 Q)). In purse races two or more horses, in 
 entirely different interests, must enter and 
 start, or no race. 
 
 ''Warming Up'' — Drivino- horses for exer- 
 cise before scoring for a heat. 
 
 AViRE — Point of beginning or end of heat or 
 race, home. (See cut.) 
 
 The express conditions of a race sui)ersede 
 the rules of racinir when there is a conflict. 
 
 TRACKS AND RECORDS. 
 
 Among American horsemen there is much 
 discussion as to the relative advantages of kite 
 and regulation tracks, and also as to time, or 
 ''tin cup,'' and race records. On the one hand 
 it is claimed that a kite track is the nearest a 
 return track can l)e made to a straight mile, 
 and that the true time of a horse is the quick- 
 est time he can make on a level, straio^ht mile: 
 that time records are fail- records for the rea- 
 son that the horse always has a fair start at full 
 speed and can trot a real mile at the pole, while 
 in a race it may be "catch and grab'' from 
 the start to the finish; that, for these reasons, 
 time records, while a few seconds faster, are 
 fairer tests than race records. 
 
 A reasonable conclusion would seem to be 
 that, where the principal object is to secure the 
 
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 fastest ono-milo record, it is hest secured by a 
 time race upon a kite track: l)ut. where the 
 object is to secure a race record and irive sat- 
 isfaction to the s])ectators, who are the i)rinci- 
 pal patrons of tlie tni'f, or where heats of more 
 than a mile are to l)e race(L the re^'idation track 
 is by far preferabh'. 
 
 Tliat where one horse upon a kite track is 
 only a few seconds faster than another horse 
 on a reirulation track, it is unfair to the latter 
 to record the time only without statiuii' the 
 ti'ack uscil. It is also unftiir to li'ive time rec- 
 ords of one horse aLrain>t the race records of 
 another without a statement of the kind of 
 recor<l. 
 
 Neither kite tracks nor time i-ecords can now 
 be abolishiMl, nor nvouM it be fair to the pi-oi:- 
 eny of fast sires and dams that the former 
 should be deprived of the same advantaires to 
 make fast records that the latter have recently 
 enjoyed. 
 
 Neither will ren-ulation tracks and race recoi-ds 
 l)e abolishecl. and it would be e(|ually unfau" to 
 former horses with race records \\\u\\\ reirulation 
 tracks only, to have their time compared with 
 time records and kite tracks: and therefore the 
 reguhition track will continue to exist and re- 
 tain its popularity so loni:' as the pe()})le })ay 
 their monev to .sw a race. 
 
Every record hen^after made should show 
 upon what kind of a track it was made, and 
 whether in a time or race contest. With this 
 ruU' adoi)ted all contests and discussions upon 
 that subject must naturally die out. 
 
 How 10 Mark Score Cards. 
 
 Wiite the lii,aires of each heat iu the order of the horses' 
 coming home, as aunounced by the judges, hi the cohimu of 
 the heat trotted, and when any horse has won three heats, 
 unless there are ties, tind the totals. To aid in finding totals, 
 there has been inserted the followintr 
 
 SPECIMEN SCORE CARD. 
 
 /•//v'.S-y RACE. 
 -Class. Purse, $' . 
 
 HORSES. 
 
 Palo Alto. 
 
 2 Allerton. 
 I 
 
 3 ;Nelson . . 
 
 4 Stamboul. 
 
 5 iDelmurch. 
 
 ♦5 'Axtel 
 
 I 
 7 'McKinney 
 
 S Phallas 
 
 y 'Charleston 
 
 Color, 
 
 Br. H 
 Br. H. 
 B. H.. 
 B. H.. 
 Br. H. 
 B H.. 
 B.H.. 
 B. H.. 
 B. H.. 
 
 Drivers' Colors. 
 
 White 
 
 Blue 
 
 Red 
 
 Orange 
 
 Green 
 
 Black 
 
 White and Black.. 
 White and Red. . . . 
 Orange and Black. 
 
 
 HEATS. 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 
 8 
 
 4 5 6 
 9 9 1 
 
 o 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 3 8 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
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 6 
 
 7 
 
 5 
 
 4 
 
 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
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 2 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 9 
 
 8 
 
 6 
 
 4 
 
 6 
 
 
 
 To illustrate the above score card: 
 
 Palo Alto has won three heats iu the race (best three in 
 live), and is marked 1 iu totals. Of three of the other 
 horses, Allerton has a heat, and his next two figures are 2, 2; 
 and Nelson has won a heat, and his next two figures are 2, 3; 
 and Stamboul has wou a heat, and his next figures are 2, 4. 
 Striking off the numbers 1, 2, which each horse has in com- 
 
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 mou, and we find AUerton is marked in the total '2, Nelson 
 3, and Stambonl 4. 
 
 There were but nine li^rses entered, and in the tive heats 
 trotted the five last horses not having won a heat are ruled 
 oft' and not allowed to start in the last or sixth heat. The 
 sixth heat is trotted in order that one horse (Palo Alto in 
 this case) may win three heats and close the race: and when- 
 ever any horse wins three heats it ends the race. If instead 
 of there being nine or less horses to start there are ten, then 
 all the horses would trot to the end without regard to 
 whether they had won a heat in five or not. (See rules.) 
 If there had been ten horses, then the liorses marked in 
 the sixth heat would have trotted and been nnirked what 
 they made. The rule of placing horses not winning a heat 
 is, the horse having the smallest figure counts ahead of a 
 horse not having so small a figure, no matter what the other 
 figures are. To illustrate: The smallest figure of horses not 
 winning a lieat is 2; but Delmarch and Phallas both have 2, 
 so we must look to the next smallest figure of these two 
 horses to place them, which are, Deluiarch :^, Phallas 5; so 
 Delmarch is marked ahead and Phallas next, without regard 
 to any other of their figures. 
 
 Axtel now has the lowest figure, ;^, and is marked next to 
 Phallas. The next lowest figure is 4, which both McKinney 
 and Charleston have, but McKinney's next figure is 5 and 
 Charleston's 0, therefore McKinney is marked ahead of 
 Charleston. 
 
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" P ARKET." 
 
 Score Card. — In this game score cards, sep- 
 arate from this book, have been prepared ex- 
 pressly for keeping the records of horses in 
 heats, races and at tal)h»s. These are abso- 
 hitely essential in determining which are the 
 winners: Upon the back of these score cards 
 are four classes of horses from which the 
 racers may be selected. Other horses or bicy- 
 clists with records may be used instead. Each 
 table playing has its separate score card, which 
 must be numbered at the top to corresi)ond 
 with the number of the table. 
 
 How to Play It.— "Parket" is a four-hand 
 game of cards, and may be played at any num- 
 ))er of tables. The four aces represent the 
 four horses to be ^raced. The players at the 
 first table select the horses, and also find which 
 aces are to represent the horses selected. 
 
 How to Select the Horses. — The four play- 
 ers at the first table cut a pack of cards for 
 choice of horses. In cutting, king is always 
 high and ace is low; the highest cards have 
 
IV. 
 
 choice in their order. The first horse chosen 
 at the first table determines the ' ' chiss ' ' of 
 horses to be used in the race — as, if Monbars 
 should be the first horse chosen, the other three 
 must be selected from " Class C,'' to which he 
 belongs. (See back of score card.) Suppose 
 the other three horses chosen are Ral})h 
 Wilkes, Geo. St. Clair and Gift O'Neer. To 
 find which aces rein-esent these four colts, the 
 pack of cards is first well shuffled, and then 
 dealt from hand to tal)l(\ faces up, always 
 ,)hicing one card u[)()n the other. The tirst ace 
 found will represent that one of the horses 
 chosen for the race that has the fastest record. 
 We find (see back of score card. Class C) that 
 Monbars' time, 2:16^, is the fastest one of the 
 four colts selected, so that the first ace is Mon- 
 bars. By the same process we find that the 
 second ace found is Hal})!! Wilkes, time 2:ls; 
 the third is Geo. St. Clair, time 2:20J: the 
 fourth is Gift O'Neer, time 2:24:|. Write the 
 name of each horse ()})posite and at the left of 
 his ace, and his player's name at the right of it 
 on the score card. The pUiyers at the other 
 tables, having learned from the first table the 
 horses and their aces, proceed to cut for choice 
 of the SAME horses. Each player at each table 
 writes upon the score card the name of his 
 horse at the left of his ace, and his own at 
 the right, on the same line. These prelimin- 
 
aries having been completed, the players are 
 ready to start their horses. 
 
 The Race. — The players at each table cut for 
 deal, preference always being given to ladies. 
 
 The dealer shuffles the cards well and runs 
 them off from his hands to the table, one above 
 the other, faces up. As soon as any player 
 sees his ace he calls "Ace." It is then taken 
 from the pack and ]:)laced by itself, face up, 
 ))efore the dealer. Each ace drawn is placed 
 at the right of the one drawn before it. If 
 any player sees any of his other cards in the 
 order of 2, 3, 4, etc., he calls them as he sees 
 them, and they are placed in that order upon 
 his ace until his pack is covered with his king. 
 After the dealer has dealt all the cards from 
 his hand to the pack upon the table, (except 
 such as have been built upon their respective 
 aces,) he shuffles the table pack and deals them 
 off again, placing the cards in their order 
 upon their respective aces, until the pack of 
 each ace is covered from duce to king, when, of 
 course, there will be no other cards to shuffle 
 and deal. The first king so found wins the 
 heat for the horsehis ace represents, and so all 
 the others in the order of reaching their kings. 
 The first ace found is said to have the ' ' pole, ' ' 
 and his place is always at the left of the other 
 aces. The advantages of having the "pole" 
 will become manifest as the play progresses. 
 
VI, 
 
 If, in dealing the cards to the tal)k', after an 
 aee is found, its eards should follow in this or- 
 der, 5, 4, 3, 2, as soon at? the 2 is reaehed it 
 will be called and placed upon its ace: the o 
 can then be placed upon the 2, the -t upon the 
 3, and the 5 u})on the 4, and so on back so 
 long as the next higher card is exposed at the 
 to}) of the pack U})on the table, and this rule of 
 taking back ap})lies to every stage of tlie game: 
 and any card entith'd to l)e phiyed which shows 
 its face upon the top of the tahh- pack will al- 
 ways take precedence of any card >till in the 
 hands of the dealer even though if the latter 
 were dealt it would be entitle(| to be played: 
 but such card on the table pack will not lose 
 its precedence by being covered by the card in 
 the hand if diligence is used Ky tin' player in 
 calling the card as it ap})ears. 
 
 It is of the utmost importance to the success 
 of any horse that his player shoid<l not let any 
 c'.\V(\. that would count for him in the game, 
 pass without calling it, and hence the necessity 
 of (nich player keeping in mind his next car<l 
 and calling it as soon as it appears. And 
 where cards are ra])i(lly dealt the utmost vigil- 
 ance is rcijuired. 
 
 If, in building ui)on an ace toward its king, 
 a card is accidentally omitted, and the next 
 higher put in its place and builded upon, when 
 the mistake is discovered the omitted card and 
 
VII. 
 
 all above it are returned to the pack to be 
 dealt again. That is called, in race parlance, 
 -'setting the horse back for running," and he 
 must ))uild again from the last card that was in 
 |)ro}K'r ])Osition. 
 
 To Mark the Score. -Mark the horses in each 
 of the five heats, when completed, in their 
 proper column upon the score card, from the 
 top down, 1, 2, 3, -1-, in the order of their 
 finding their kings, and put the total standing 
 of each in the total cohnnn at the riij^ht. 
 
 To Find the Totals.- If a horse wins three 
 heats in lirst tive he nuist l)e 1 in totals, and any 
 liorse liaving 1, 1, 4, 4, 4 will take over any 
 horse having 1, '2, '1, '1, 2. notwithstanding the 
 -nm of the tirst (14) is much larger than the 
 sum (II) of the last: so 1, l>, 4, 4, 4 will take 
 over 1, 3, 8, 3, 3. although the sum of the last 
 is less than the sum of the first. The rule is 
 that if any two horses have the same figure, say 
 1, the one that has the next lowest, say 2, takes 
 from the liorse not having a 2, no matter what 
 the otiier ligures may be: or, any horse that 
 has a lower figure in the heats than any other, 
 takes ahead in the totals, no matter what the 
 other figures are. and this a})})lies betw^een any 
 horses. This is the rule of the tiu'f. 
 
 These races are the best three in five — that 
 is, any horse making three first heats wins the 
 race. In a real race, if a horse should take 
 
VIII. 
 
 the three first heats that would end the race, 
 and all the horses entered would l)e given their 
 totals according to their winnings in the three 
 heats. In this game the live heats are i)layed 
 by all the horses, even if one should take 
 three successive heats. This is done for the 
 purpose of keeping all the i)layers occui)ied 
 at all the tal)les, and while one horse may win 
 three lirst heats at one tahle, he may not ha\'e 
 any at another. 
 
 Each heat is deah hy the phiyei* at the left 
 of the last deah-i'. He first (h-aws tlie winning 
 ace from the paek and places it l)efore him, 
 fyce up, to l)uild upon. That gives such win- 
 ner the '-poh','" and all its advantages. .Vfter 
 thoroughly slmtlling the cards, he then deals 
 them otl', a> di<l the last dealer, the othei' aces 
 taking their ))osition at the right of the ••jxtle" 
 aee. in the oi'der in which they are dealt fi'om 
 the pack. 
 
 As soon as tin- lixc heats are played and 
 marked upon the score card, the -• total '" hlank 
 is tilled in \\\\< tii'st race in the mamiei- ahoN'c 
 <lescril)ed. If a tie oecin"s hetwcen two or more 
 horses, they nuist either race again, or it may 
 be decided by ruiming off the cards, after 
 thoroughly shutting them, when the tirst of 
 the tied aces found takes ))osition ahead of the 
 second, and so on. 
 
 HaviniT marked the totals of all the horses in 
 
IX. 
 
 the first race, proceed in the same manner to 
 phiy each of the other four races upon the score 
 card, marking totals at the end of each race. 
 No horse is g'lcen the " pole '' at the beginning 
 of a race, but each must take his place as the 
 cards are dealt. It is only at the beginning 
 of heatsWv^X the winners are given the " pole." 
 
 After the five races are completed, the posi- 
 tion of each horse in each race is noted on 
 the score card under title of '' Five Race To- 
 tals," precisely the same as the heats are 
 marked in the '(wk.^ races played. And totals 
 of positions in races are marked the same as 
 totals of the heats above. If there is found a 
 tie in the totals of '(wv races, it is played ott' 
 the same as ties in heats, above (leseril)ed. 
 
 Each table phiying, sums u]) its totals of races 
 us above described, and then a grand total of 
 each horse at all the tables is found and marked 
 under title of " 'ra))les and Totals." 
 
 The tal)le giving the winnini:' horse most first 
 heats, wins the first prize for his owner at that 
 table. The second prize goes to the next win- 
 ning horse, and is given under the same rule. 
 All ties are settled either by racing again, or 
 by running otf the cards as above described, or 
 by cutting for first place. 
 
 To Change Partners. — To change partners at 
 tables, it is necessary that the ladies at all the 
 tables have the same horses as the ladies at the 
 
X. 
 
 tirst tal)i(': and the ircntkniu'ii the sanu' as the 
 irentlcincn at the tirst ta])le. Then, at the end 
 of each race, the ladies at eaeh ta))U' may move 
 to the next tabh', gentk'men remaininir at the 
 same tal)le, in which case the lady who drew 
 the winning talde will take the i)rize under the 
 al)ove rides, no matter where she may sit at 
 the end of the races. In this case one prize 
 lioes to the lady of the winning horse at her 
 w innini!" tahle, and the other to the irentleman 
 of the winnini:" horse at his winnini:* tal)le. 
 Tiiis ndc is allo\v«'(| in disrci:-ard to the rules 
 of the turf, l)()th as to the choosini:- of horses 
 and takinii: of prizes, and is oidy permissi))le 
 where the players seek to make ac<|uaintances 
 as well a> lo enjoy and win at the race. 
 
 SYNOPSIS OF " PARKET. 
 
 Name the aces of a })ack of cards each after 
 a ditferent horse to l)e race(l, shutHe well, and 
 deal them upon the tahle faces up. Place the 
 aces, when found, each hy itself on the tahle, 
 and huild upon them their cards in their order, 
 •J, '■), etc., spots, until each ace is covered with 
 its kini:-. This may necessitate the shuffling 
 and dcalini: of the table pack several times, un- 
 til the packs of the four aces are full from duce 
 to king. The tirst king reached wins for his 
 ace, the others in their order. 
 
PROGRESSIVE PARKET. 
 
 The same s>riu'ral rulrs govorn as in Par- 
 kct. Two ladios at tlic head table eiit for 
 ehoiee of horses, and select then). Two gen- 
 tlemen then eut and ehoosc. The lirst lady 
 writes her name and horse against dia- 
 monds, the seeond hidy hers against eluhs: the 
 tirst irentleman writes his against hearts, the 
 seeond gentlemen his against spades. The red 
 cards are partners, and the black cards are part- 
 ners. The same horses are written against the 
 same aces at all the tables, the ladies selecting 
 from the same horses as the tirst table ladies, 
 and iientlemen from the same selected by tii'^^t 
 tal)le <'-entlemen. Ladies cut for deal at each 
 table, and deal all the i)ack e(|ually to the four 
 players. Diamonds and hearts assist each 
 other to build from ace to king, clubs and 
 spades the same. The tirst king found is 
 marked 1 on the score card, the others in their 
 order. If two or more })layers have in their 
 hands the cards that will carry them to their 
 kings, the one who lirst plays king, and my.^ 
 ''king," is marked ahead of those not saying 
 ''king.'' If two or more play their kings at 
 
XII, 
 
 the sanu' tinu', the one who says ^'kinu*' takes 
 ahead of the others. If two or more kinii's are 
 phiyed and called at the same time, the players 
 cut or run the cards for position, lentil two 
 kings are found the cards are dealt to the four 
 players. After two kings are found, if oi)))o- 
 nents are out. the cards are (h'ah only to the 
 remaining opponents, until one of them tinds 
 the king: he is then marked M and the otlier 4. 
 If two partners are the tirst out. then the heat 
 is ended, and of the other two the one nearest 
 out is mai'ked ;;, th«' other 4. If the two last 
 partners arr a ti«'. they cut or run oil' for po- 
 sition, for julrflKfs in t'rf J>lin/ il(/il//ist rtlch 
 ntJn r. 
 
 To Change Partners at Heats. Wiit-n the iir>t 
 
 tahle ha> t'oinid all tlic kings tlir hell rings, and 
 all cease playing. The wiiuicr of tlic heat at 
 tile tirst table j)asse> to the second tal»le. mov- 
 ing each player of the same hoi'>e one tahle in 
 ad\ance. the player at the la>t tahle taking the 
 tii'st tahle, the same heing repeat*'*! at th*' *'nd 
 of ea*-h h*'at. \\ imu'rs of heats, hut not of 
 races, ar*' (ji r> n th*- pol*'. 
 
 To Change Partners at the End of Races, In- 
 stead of Heats. -This is done the same as in 
 heats, except that th*' play*'rs of th*' horses 
 marked 1 an*l ^1 both advance one tahl*', inst*'ad 
 of only 1, as in heats. 
 
 The totals of heats, races and tables are found 
 
XIII. 
 
 the same as in Tarket. One prize is won by 
 the fastest horse selected by the kdies, and is 
 awarded to the lady whose name appears upon 
 the score card at the table giving the winner 
 the most first heats. The other prize is won 
 ])y the fastest horse selected l)y the gentlemen, 
 and is awarded under the same rule. 
 
PARKRTSGORR CARD. 
 
 NAMES OF 
 
 ACES 
 
 
 
 FIRST RACE. 
 PLAYERS. 
 
 HKATS 
 
 
 HORSKS. 
 
 1 
 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
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 1— 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 SECOND RACI 
 
 
 
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 THIRD RACI 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 1 
 
 
 THREE 
 
 RAr.R totals' 
 
 
 TABLES AND TOTALS 
 
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 2 
 
 3 
 
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 T. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 Copyright, lg92, by Edwin A. Burlingame. All rights reserved 
 
Printed and for sale by PARKET COMPANY, Grand Rapids 
 Mich. 
 
 CLASS A. 
 
 COLOR 
 
 Br. H. 
 Br. H. 
 B. H. 
 B. H. 
 Br. H. 
 B. H. 
 B. H. 
 B. H. 
 Br. H. 
 B. H. 
 
 HORSE 
 
 TIME 
 
 Palo Alto 
 
 2:()8-'4 
 
 Allerton 
 
 2:0914 
 
 Nelson 
 
 2:t0 
 
 Stamboul .... 
 
 2:11 
 
 Delmarch 
 
 2:lU/2 
 
 Axtel 
 
 2:12 
 
 Mc Kinney 
 
 2:12'2 
 
 Phallas 
 
 2:13^4 
 
 Patron 
 
 2:1414 
 
 Charleston 
 
 2:15 
 
 CLASS B. 
 
 S. M. 
 B. M. 
 B. M. 
 Bl G. 
 B. M. 
 B. M. 
 B. G. 
 B. G. 
 
 HORSE 
 
 Maud S... 
 
 Sunol 
 
 Nancy Hanks. 
 
 Guy 
 
 Mary Marshall 
 
 Margaret S 
 
 Clingstone 
 
 Arab 
 
 2:08?i 
 
 2:08i4 
 
 2:09 
 
 2:103^ 
 
 2:l2i; 
 
 2:13 
 2:14 
 2:15 
 
 CLASS C, 
 
 :OLTS 
 
 B. H. 
 Br, H. 
 Br. H. 
 B. H. 
 Ch. H. 
 
 Arion 
 
 Monbars 
 
 Ralph Wilkes. 
 Geo. St. Clair. 
 Gift O'Neer.... 
 
 2:10?i 
 
 2:161/2 
 
 2:18 
 
 2:20^4 
 
 2:24¥ 
 
 CLASS D.-PACERS. 
 
 Bl. H. 
 B. G. 
 D. G. 
 
 B. M. 
 G. H. 
 
 C. H- 
 B. M. 
 
 Direct 
 
 Johnston 
 
 Hal Pointer 
 
 Cricket 
 
 Manager 
 
 RfdBell 
 
 Yolo Maid . 
 
 2:00 
 
 2:0014 
 
 2:09^4 
 
 2:10 
 
 2:1114 
 
 2:1114 
 
 2:12 
 
 For further records see " Dikeman's Standard Records of Amer- 
 ican Horses," compiled by E. B. Dikeman. Published by S. K. 
 Bolies & Co., Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
 PRICE LIST OF PARKET, THE HORSEMAN'S HANDBOOK. 
 
 List Price— Flexible Clolh Cover * .50 
 
 Paper Cover 25 
 
 Address. PARKET COMPANY. 
 Grand Rapids, Mich. 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 002 830 41 
 
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