<. *'^^' .0^ ^o ^^^f:^ A oV ^_^ • ^mi '^^ C Colorado State Racing Coxntnission OFFICERS J.A.Burnett - ------- President D. L. Silver -------- Vice-President J. L. Beaman ------ Secretary-Treasurer COMMISSION J.A.Burnett - 410 E. «& C. Bldg., Denver, Colo. J. L. Beaman - Opera House Blk., Pueblo, Colo. Dr. a. p. Drew - - - - Grand Junction, Colo. D. L. Silver - ------ Lamar, Colo. Dr. M.J. Dunleavy, 1326 Acoma St., Denver, Colo. •; f p i. OCT 31 ?914 Racing La\^s and Rules ADOPTED BY THE CoJorado State Racing Commission The Colorado State Racing Commission is com- posed of five members appointed by the Governor under an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado, passed 1913. u .^\^ut. A^ .C3 .^ Rules Governing the State Racing Commission ox Colorado 1. The officers of the Commission shall con- Officers of sist of a President, a Vice-President, a Commission. Secretary, and a Treasurer, to be elected by the Board, who shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified. 2. The President shall preside at all meet- Duties of President, ings at which he is present. He may call a meeting of the Commission whenever he deems it advisable, and he shall call a meeting whenever requested to do so by any two members thereof. He shall coun- tersign all checks drawn on the funds of the Commission. 3. The Vice-President shall preside at all Duties of Vice- meetings when the President is absent, if President. he, the Vice-President, be present, and he shall have the power to perform all other duties to be performed by the President when the President is absent from the State of Colorado. 4. The Secretary shall perform all the Duties of Secre- duties required of him by the Act creating tary. the Commission, and he shall issue all checks drawn on its funds, and shall notify through the mail each member of the Com- mission of any meeting of the Commission Colorado State Racing Commission. Duties of Treasurer. Office of Com- mission. iVIeetings of Com- mission. Quorum. Notices of Meet- ings. Rules Governing. that is called by the President or Vice- President. 5. The Treasurer shall be custodian of the funds of the Commission. He shall keep a strict account of all receipts and disburse- ments, and shall make a full report at the annual meeting, showing the financial con- dition of the Commission. 6. The principal office and meeting place of the Commission shall be at Denver, Colorado, but special meetings may be held elsewhere in the State, either upon call of the President, or Vice-President, when the President is absent, or by any two members of the Commission, as hereinafter provided, or by resolution adopted at any regular meeting of the Commission. Regular meet- ings of the Commission shall be held in Denver, Colorado, on the third Tuesday in November each year. 7. A majority of the Commission shall con- stitute a quorum at any meeting for the transaction of business. 8. All notices of meetings of the Commis- sion shall be given through the mail, addressed to the residence of the members and deposited in the mail at least seventy- two hours in advance of the holding of the raeeting, RACING RULES. These rules govern all races over the the courses of the associations or corpora- Colorado State Racing Commission. 7 tions licensed by the State Racing Commis- sion. Whenever a case arises not covered by these rules, the rules of that particular association or corporation shall govern, provided they are not in conflict with these rules. Any rule adopted may be changed or how Rules are amended, by a majority of the full board. Amended, after thirty days' notice in writing, of such proposed change or amendment has been given to each member of the Commission. 9. All associations making application for Application for a license from this Commission shall give Racing License, the names of the officers of their corpora- tion or association, and also submit to this Commission the names of the presiding Names of Officials, judge and starter of their meeting, when making application for racing dates, and no official shall act until his appointment has been approved by the Commission, pro- vided, in case of sickness or inability to act, the association may provide a tem- porary official subject to approval by the Racing Commission. 10. All applications for racing dates must be Application for made in writing to the Secretary of this Racing Dates. Commission by the association or corpora- tion licensed by the Racing Commission at least thirty days prior to the first day of the proposed meeting. Said application shall be considered made when received at the office of the Secretary. 8 Colorado State Racixg Commission. Fee for License. H- The fee or assessment for such license shall be in such amount as the Commission may determine at its annual meeting each year. Said license or fee shall be paid for before the license can be issued. Form of License. Said license shall be in the following form : The Form of License issued by the Colorado State Racing Commission to Racing Association shall be as follows: No [Under Act 1913] COLORADO STATE RACING COMMISSION LICENSE This Is to Certify, That on the day of 19 ... a license was granted to , by which it is authorized to hold race meetings on its course at at such times as the Commission shall assign and fix during the year 19. . This license is issued with the express conditions: First. That the corporation or associa- tion accepting same shall permit all owners and trainers not ruled off or suspended for fraud by a recognized meeting, to race over its course, subject to the general rules of racing. Second. That no racing official shall act at its meeting except by approval of the Racing Commission. Colorado State Racing Co:mmission. Third. This license is further condi- tioned that all races or race meetings con- ducted thereunder shall be subject to the rules and regulations and conditions, from time to time prescribed by the Commission, and shall be revocable by the Commission for any violation thereof, or whenever the continuance of such license shall be deemed by the Commission not conducive to the best interests of legitimate racing. Secretary. President. 12. No license shall be issued for a longer Days of Racing, period than nineteen consecutive days, and no license shall be issued for a race meet- ing to be held in the same city until at least sixty days shall have elapsed since the date of the last meeting. 13. It shall be the duty of the secretary of Report of Racing, each association to furnish to the Secretary of the State Racing Commission a full and complete report of all races held under their jurisdiction within five days of the close of their meeting. 14. The associations licensed by this Com- Pool Rooms, mission shall not furnish to pool rooms or their agents any information whatever in regard to racing or permit to be furnished from its course any such information. 15. All racing associations acting under the authority of this Commission are prohibited from allowing on their grounds during any racing meeting any telegraph or telephone Racing Information. 10 Colorado State Racixg Commission. Pari-Mutuel. Veterinary Surgeon to be Employed. Drugs and Mechan- ical Appliances. wires, or other devices by which informa- tion can be disseminated, under penalty of forfeiture of their licenses. 16. All racing associations licensed by this Commission are hereby instructed to per- mit only the pari-mutuel system on their grounds. Any violation of this rule will be pun- ished by revocation of their license. 17. "Any one guilty of making a handbook on the grounds of any racing association licensed by this Commission during any race meeting thereof, shall be ejected from the grounds and denied further admission thereto, and any owner, trainer, jockey or other person interested in any horse, or horses at said race meeting who shall be guilty of betting with or through any such handbook, shall be ejected from the grounds, fined or suspended and the license of such persons who are licensed by this Commission shall be revoked." 18. At a track located in a city in Colorado having a population of 100,000 or more, licensed by this Commission shall employ and pay a graduate veterinary surgeon, who shall be present on each racing day at the tracks of such associations. 19. No injection of drugs shall be made, no drench of anything shall be administered, and no electrical, mechanical or other appliances other than the whip and spur Colorado State Racixg Commission. 11 shall be used for the purpose of stimulat- ing a horse or affecting his speed in a race. Any person so offending shall be ruled off. 20. Every person or horse expelled or ruled persons or horses off by any reputable turf authority for expelled from run- fraud, or by the American or National Trot- "'"^ and trotting ting Association, shall stand ruled off the *"''^* courses running under licenses issued by the Colorado State Racing Commission. When a person is ruled off the course, Persons ruled off or or expelled, every horse wholly or partially expelled cannot en- owned by him shall also be ruled off or '^'' °'' ''"" horse, expelled, so long as his sentence continues; he shall not be 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 no horse of which he is wholly or partly the owner, or which is under his care, management, training, or superin- tendence, or in the winnings of which he has any interest, shall be qualified to be entered or run in any race. And if an entry from any person, or of any horse that stands ruled off or expelled is received, such entry shall be void, and the money, if any, paid for such entry, refunded. And any money or prize won under said entry shall be returned by the party that received it. 21. When a person is ruled off for any winnings, when fraudulent practice in relation to a partic- fraudulently won to ular horse, wholly or partially belonging ^^ returned. 12 Colorado State Racing Commission, to him, he shall return all money or prizes which such horse has fraudulently won. Final appeal. 22, A final appeal in case of "ruling off" of any owner, trainer, or jockey imposed by any corporation or association racing under a license issued by the State Racing Com- mission may be taken to the Racing Com- mission; provided, however, that said appeal is taken within thirty days after sentence is imposed by said corporation or association. Definitions of terms employed in rules. Horse. Age. Maiden. Race. DEFINITIONS. 23, The definitions of terms employed in the Colorado State Racing Commission Rules of Racing are as follows; "Horse" includes mare, gelding, colt, or filly. The "age" of a horse is reckoned as beginning on the 1st of January in the year in which it is foaled. A "maiden" is one that has never, in any country, won a race on the fiat, other than a match or private sweepstakes, and a maiden which has been disqualified after having finished first is still a maiden. A "race" is a contest for "purse," "stake," premium, or wager for money, or admission fees, on any course, and in the presence of a judge or judges. Colorado State Racing Commission. 13 A "purse" is a race for money or other Purse, prize for which the entrance money, if any, must be paid, and every other condition complied with at the time of closing or In case of handicaps, at the time of accepting weights. A "sweepstakes" or "stakes" is a race Sweepstakes or publicly declared open to all complying stakes, with its conditions, to be fulfilled, wholly or in part, subsequent to its closing, or in handicaps subsequent to the acceptance of weight, and in which stakes are to be made for each horse engaged, but no "overnight event," whatever may be its conditions, shall be considered a sweepstakes within the meaning of this rule. A "private sweepstakes" is one made by Private Sweep- the owners of the horses engaged without stakes, having been publicly declared open to any others. A "match" is a private sweepstakes Match, made between two horses. If either party to a match dies or a head heat is run, the match is off. A race is still a "sweepstakes," "private sweepstakes," or a "match," respectively, when to the stakes is added money, cup, plate, or other prize. An "overnight event" is one for which Over-night event, the entries close, or if a handicap, accept- 14 Colorado State Racing Commission. Handicap. Free handicap. Owners' handicap. Post Race. Selling Race. Produce Race. Guaranteed Race. ances are to be made on the day preceding that on which it is to be run. A "handicap" is a race for which the horses are weighted according to their merits in the estimation of the handicapper for the purpose of equalizing their chances of winning. A "free handicap" is one in which no liability is incurred for entrance money, stake or forfeit, until acceptance of the weight allotted, either by direct acceptance or through omission to declare out. An "owners' handicap" is a race where- in the owner fixes, at the time of entry, the weight his horse is to carry. A "post race" is one for which the sub- scribers 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 racing rules and the conditions of the race prescribed. A "selling race" is one in which every horse entered "to be sold," if a loser, may be claimed, and if the winner, must be offered for sale by public auction. A "produce race" is one for which horses are named by whose produce the race is to be run. A "guaranteed race" is one for which an association guarantees by its conditions a specified sum, which shall be the limit of Colorado State Racing Commission, 15 its liability. However, if in any such race there should be any surplus from entries and subscriptions over the sum guaranteed, it shall also be paid to the winner, unless by the conditions it is to be paid to other horses in the race. A "race on the flat" is one run over a Flat Race, course in which no jumps or other obstacles are placed. A "walkover" is when two horses in Walkover, entirely different interests do not run for a stake. The "deciding heat" of a race is one Deciding heat, which, after two or more have been run, determines the result by the starters for that particular heat. "Place" in racing means first, second, or piace. third. "Weight for age" is the standard weight Weight for age. apportioned by these rules to horses accord- ing to their ages. "Feather weight" is seventy-five pounds. Feather weight. "Welter weight" is twenty-eight pounds Welterweight, added to weight for age. "Heavy welter weight" is forty pounds Heavy welter added to weight for age. weight. "Catch weight" is where the rider need Catch weight, not weigh either before or after the race. 16 Colorado State Racixg Commission. Duration of meet- ing. Day. Month. Year. Owner. Nominator. Untried horse. Starter. Arrears. Decisions of Officials Final. 24, A "meeting" begins at 10 o'clock A. M. of the first day, and ends one hour after the last race of the last day. A "day" means twenty-four hours, end- ing at midnight. A "month" means a calendar month. A "year" means a calendar year. "Owner" includes part owner, but an interest in the winnings only of a horse shall not constitute ownership. The "nominator" is the person in whose name the horse is entered. An "untried horse" is one that has not produced a winner before a specified time. A horse is a "starter" for a race when it has left the paddock for the post. "Arrears" include all sums due for en- trance money, subscriptions, stakes, for- feits, jockey fees, fines, purchase money in races with selling conditions, and any default incident to these rules. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Every person who subscribes to a sweep- stakes, enters a horse, or in any way par- ticipates in any race or racing under these rules, thereby obligates himself to accept as final the decisions of the racing officials, including that of the Colorado State Racing Commission upon any question relating thereto. Colorado State Racing Commission. 17 25. At the discretion of officials, and without Entries may be re- notice, any entry or the transfer of any f"sed or trans- . V. c J ferred. entry may be refused. 26. That the rules of the American Trotting Harness rules. Association shall govern all harness races conducted by any fair or racing association in Colorado. 27. That all racing associations shall be system of racing, required to specify upon their speed pro- gram under which ''system" each race will be conducted. The speed program shall be interpreted Speed Program. to mean regularly advertised harness or running races conducted under regular standardized rules, and must be filed with the Secretary with application for license. 28. In running races four or more horses in Four or more to entirely different interests must enter and start. start, or the race may be declared off. 29. Conditions of races shall not conflict Conditions shall with the racing rules in any manner, nor "°* conflict with , „ ,, j.^. r T- J rules nor favor shall the conditions of a race be so made Worses of certain as to favor horses of a certain age over age. horses of any other age. 30. No dash races shall be given for horses Length of Races, three years old and upwards of less than one-quarter of a mile. 31. Walkover by any horse entitles him to Walkover. only one-half of the added money in stakes. 32. No money shall be added to any race Length of two- exclusively for two-year-olds at a greater year- old races, distance than one mile. 18 Colorado State Racixg Commission. Winners and losers in hurdle races and steeplechases. To be run over when run at wrong weight or distance. Stakes may be de- clared off or run over another course. Conditions maidens to Horses running dead heats consid- ered winners. See Rule 136. Postponement of races. 33. Winners or losers of steeplechases or hurdle races shall not be considered win- ners or losers on the flat, and vice versa, 34. A race run by all the horses at wrong weights or at wrong distance is void, and shall be run over, but at an interval of not less than twenty minutes, if the distance to be run is two miles or less, or of not less than thirty minutes if over two miles. 35. In case of fire or accident, or for other reasons, after due public notice, all races or stakes may be declared off, and, when so declared off, all subscriptions and decla- ration money paid must be refunded; or they may be run off over another course; and when a special course is named in the conditions of a race, the officials of that course may substitute another of the same distance. 36. Conditions referred to maidens shall mean maidens at the time of starting. 37. Each horse that runs a dead heat for a race, or place, if for any cause the dead heat for first place is not run off, shall be deemed a winner of that race or place, and shall be liable as such winner to any pen- alty or disability attaching to the same and for the full amount that it would have received if it had won, and there had been no dead heat. 38. When races are postponed, handicaps stand, but purse races are off, and may be Colorado State Racing Commission. 19 reopened and closed at the hour prescribed by the' rules. In case of postponement, Races may be associations may double up their races in doubled up. order to finish their meeting on the last day, so as not to interfere with the meet- ing of any other that may follow. No race Races not to be run or heat shall be run after sunset, but every '" dark, such race shall be continued by the judges to the next day (omitting Sunday) at such hour as they shall designate. 39. A horse, after leaving the paddock for When a horse can the post, may be excused by the judges in ^^ excused. case of accident or casualty, but only in cases where they consider such horse crip- pled or disabled so as to be unfit to run, and in such case they may grant additional time. 40. No one interested in the result of a race. Officials must not either because of ownership of any horse ^^ mterested in entered, or of its sire or dam, or otherwise, shall act as judge, starter, or official therein; for any violation of this rule, the guilty party, or parties, may be suspended or ruled off. 41. A horse must be ridden out to win second Horses to be ridden and third, the same as first money. °"* ^°'' P'^^®- 42. A horse or stable, whose entry is ordered Refusal of entry refused by any reputable Turf Association for inconsistent because of inconsistent racing, shall not be permitted to race on any track where these rules are in force, during the continuance of such ruling. 20 Colorado State Racing Commission. When two-year-old can compete in all age races. Horses must be registered and named. Change of horse's name. Entry of mortgaged horse prohibited, unless, etc. Horse must be duly entered. Eligibility, how de- termined at entry and at start. 43. No two-year-old shall compete in any all- age race prior to August 1st. ENTRIES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. 44. No horse will be allowed to start unless duly registered and named through the Registry Office of the Jockey Club. In case the name of the horse is changed, the new name, together with the former name, shall be published in the Bulletin for at least thirty days, and in no case shall the former name be left off from its entry until after the horse has started five times. The vio- lation of any part of this rule may be suffi- cient cause for ruling off. 45. Any person or persons who shall enter in a selling race a horse, mare or gelding on which a mortgage has been placed shall be ruled off, unless the written consent of the mortgagee is filed, prior to the entering of the horse, mare, or gelding with the Secretary of the Racing Association of the course on which the mortgaged horse may be entered or raced. 46. A horse shall not be qualified to run for any purse or sweepstakes unless it has been and continues duly entered for the same; and, unless otherwise specified in the conditions of a race, any horse eligible at the time of entry shall continue to be qualified, except in an "overnight event," in which it must also be eligible at the time of the start. Colorado State Racixg Commission, 21 47. In entering a horse it must be clearly identified by stating its age, name, if any, color (when possible), whether it is a horse, mare, or gelding, and the names of its sire and dam, and if the sire or dam is unnamed, such further pedigree or description as will distinguish the horse intended to be entered from all other horses. If its dam was cov- ered by more than one stallion, the names of all of them must be given in the order of service. No alteration or condition shall be made in any entry after the time fixed for closing, but an entry in any race may be corrected. 48. Joint subscriptions and entries may be made by two or more owners. 49. The person entering a horse thereby be- comes liable for the entrance money, stake or forfeit. 50. The death of a horse, or a mistake in its entry, when eligible, does not release the subscriber or transferee from liability for stake or forfeit, and the entrance money to a purse that is run off shall not be returned on the death of a horse or its failure to start for any cause whatever. 51. No entry, subscription, or rights of entry under it, shall become void on the death of the nominator or subscriber. 52. No entry shall be received from husband or wife while the name of either remains in the forfeit list. Description of horse in entry. No altering entry after entry. Joint subscriptions and entries. Liability for stake and forfeits. Death or mistake in entry. Death of sub- scriber. Entry by husband or wife. 22 Colorado State Racing Commission. Sacrilegious and blasphemous names. 53. No entry shall be received of any horse bearing a sacrilegious or blasphemous Entrance money, stakes, forfeits, etc., go to winner, unless, etc. How entry in purse race made. Names of owners and persons inter- ested in horse must be registered with secretary. Penalty for failure to so do. See Rule 146. When entries close. 54. The entrance money, forfeits, starting and subscription fees in every race shall go to the winner, unless otherwise provided in its conditions; but when, from any cause, a race is not run, all stake, declaration or entrance money, if any paid, shall be re- turned. 55. Every entry in a purse race must be in the name of the person having ownership in the horse, and must be made in writing by the owner or trainer, or by some one deputed by him; and the full name of every person having an ownership in a horse, or, excepting the trainer's per cent, any in- terest in its winnings, must be registered with the Secretary before it starts at any meeting, as must be every change in such ownership or interest thereafter made dur- ing that meeting. Any failure to comply with this rule shall be punished by fine or suspension, and if an objection because of such default is duly made and sustained against a horse that has run in a race, its winnings in that race shall be forfeited to the horse that finished next behind him. 56. Entries for purse races, the conditions of which have previously been published, shall close at the time advertised in such publication, and no entry shall be received after that time. Colorado State Racing Commission. 23 57. In the event the number of entries to starters to be de- any purse race is in excess of the number termined by lot. of horses that may, because of track limi- tations, be permitted to start, the starters for that race shall be determined by lot in the presence of those making the entries post positions. and the post positions shall be in the order in which they are drawn. The same meth- Split Races. ods shall be employed in determining the starters and post positions in split races. The Racing Secretary shall keep a list ^'^^ °^ ^°^s^s ^'"^- ... ^ - - .. - inated to be kept, of horses eliminated from these races, and they are to have precedence in any race of the kind they may be entered in thereafter. Should a horse be eliminated twice consec- utively, he shall have precedence over any and all entries. 58. Every horse entered for a purse must be Declaration in a "starter" unless it be declared out. purse race. 59. The owner of a horse, which is prevented Must pay deciara- from starting in a purse race because of *'°" ^®^ '^ stopped his failure to pay the jockey fee for that ^ arrears. race, or arrears against him or his horse, shall be liable for the declaration fee, and he and his horse shall be suspended until same is paid. 60. The entrance to a purse shall be free, Entrance free un- unless otherwise stipulated in its condi- '®ss otherwise stip- tions. If the conditions require an en- "'^*® " trance fee, it must accompany the entry, except for free handicaps, when it must 24 Colorado State Racing Commission. When and where entries and decla- ration to sweep- stakes close. Entries and decla- ration: how made in sweepstakes. Name and address. Entry in produce race and when void. be paid at the time of acceptance of the weight allotted. 61. In the absence of notice to the con- trary, entries or declarations for sweep- stakes closing during or on the eve of a race meeting, close at the office of the Secretary at the course. When an hour for closing is desig- nated, entries and declarations for sweep- stakes cannot be received afterward; but, if an hour is not designated, they may be mailed or telegraphed up to mid- night of the day of the closing, provided they are received in time for compliance with every other condition of the race. 62. Every entry and declaration in sweep- stakes shall be made in writing by the owner of the horse or of the engagement, or by a duly authorized agent, or may be made by telegram, which must, however, be confirmed at the earliest possible op- portunity, and in all cases before the time before declaring to start, or the horse shall not be allowed to start. 63. The person making an entry to a stake must give his name in full and postoffice address. 64. In making an entry for a produce race, the produce is entered by specifying 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, Colorado State Racing Commission. 25 or more than one foal, or is barren, the entry of such mare is void, and the en- trance money (if any) shall be returned. 65. If a miscarriage of any entry or decla- Entries miscarry- ration in a stake is alleged, satisfactory 'ig- proof that it was mailed or telegraphed must be presented within reasonable time, or it shall not be received. 66. A subscriber to a sweepstakes is liable Subscriber and for the stake or forfeit. If he transfers transferee botii lia- an entry or right of entry therein to an- "^'^ ^°^ forfeit, ex- cept in produce other person, he and the transferee shall races, the condi- both be liable, but when the original sub- tion may release scriber shall pay such stake or forfeit, he the nominator. See shall be entitled to a forfeit order against ^"'^^ ^^' ^'^' '^°' ^'^' ., . . .-i. . -u XV. 85, 172 and 173. the transferee, -except that, however, the conditions of produce races, or races for which nomination of foals are made, may provide that the nominator shall be re- leased from further liability by filing, prior to the time therein fixed, the proper evidence of the transfer, by public or pri- vate sale, of his entry and its engage- ment in that race. 67. An entry in a sweepstakes is a sub- subscriptions to scription and cannot be withdrawn, but sweepstakes are before the time of closing, another horse "°* revocable, may be substituted. 68. A person who subscribes to a sweep- Subscription trans- stakes before the time fixed for naming, ferabie. can transfer the right of entry under one 26 Colorado State Racing Commission. or more of his subscriptions to any other person or persons. Starter in a sweep- 69. A horse shall not become a "starter" stakes. jj^ g^ sweepstakes unless it has been an- nounced as such to the Clerk of the Scales not less than forty-five minutes before the time appointed for the race. starting money and 70. A horse shall not become a "starter" arrears must be jqj. ^ rsice unless there has been duly paid before start- . , ^ , ing See Rule 66. P*^^^ ^^^ stake or entrance money pay- able in respect to that race, and also all arrears due from any person for such horse, or due from the person owning or starting said horse or other horses; but, if there be any such arrears, notice of the same must have been presented to the Clerk of the Scales before ten o'clock of the day upon which the horse is to start. Starter must pay 71. A starter in a race must pay its whole entrance, aitiiough stake or entrance, whether or not the judges may excuse . , ^ x? -j j. m. l^ , . . judges, on account of accident or casualty, horse from start- ing, excuse it from starting. Entrance, arrears 72. Any person, not having money to his and forfeits to be credit with the Secretary, must, before his horse can start, pay (in cash), if re- quired, to the Clerk of the Scales, all en- trance money, stakes and "arrears" then due by him, or on the horse he intends to start. paid before start ing Colorado State Racing Commission. 27 73. If the Clerk of the Scales should allow Clerk of scales a horse to start in a race without its en- ^^^^" "^'^'^ ^°'' ^"■ , ,, . , - trance money, trance money or stake, and its jockey fee for a losing mount for that race having been paid, he shall be liable for it, but he may have a forfeit order for the same. 74. The number of a horse must be ex- Number must be hibited as soon as practicable after it has exhibited, been announced by the starter. 75. If a horse whose number has been ex- Horses must start hibited does not start and run the course, after number has the judges may call upon the owner, trainer or jockey for an explantion; and, if no satisfactory explanation be given, shall fine, suspend, or rule off the course, as the case may warrant. DECLARATIONS. 76. The declaration of a horse out of an Declaration irrevo- engagement is irrevocable. cable. 77. Declarations in sweepstakes shall be Declaration sweep- made in the same manner as is provided stakes. „ 1 • i • ..V, • X 4^1, d See Rule 62. for makmg entries therein to the Secre- tary, who shall record the day and hour of its receipt, and give early publicity thereto. 78. Declarations in purse races must be Declaration in made by the owner, trainer or other per- purse races, son deputed by him, to the Secretary or assistant the day of the race, or at such time as he may appoint. 28 Colorado State Racing Commission. Declaring one, de- 79. When a party, having more tnan one Clares all, except in horse entered in a purse, shall declare one out, he thereby declares all out, hut this rule shall not apply to handicaps. handicaps. Declaration fee 5 80. Declarations in purse races must be per cent. accompanied by five (5) per cent of the first money. When declaration 81. In purse races with more than eight '^ ^''^®" entries, owners may declare out to that number free of charge. The right to de- clare free shall be determined by lot if occasion should require. Division of decia- ^2. All declaration fees in purse races ration fees. shall go 60 per cent to the second horse and 40 per cent to the third horse. In heat races. 83. In case one horse distances the field in heat races, all entrance and declara- tion money must go with the purse. FORFEITS. Transfer to avoid 84. If any transfer of a horse or engage- forfeits and dis- ment is made for the purpose of avoid- quaiification. ^^^ payment of forfeits or disqualifica- tion, the person making or receiving such transfer may be fined or ruled off. Proof of ownership 85. The officers of an association shall may be demanded. have power to call on any person in whose name a horse is entered to pro- duce proof that the horse entered is not the property, either wholly or in part, of any person who owes a forfeit, or is other- Colorado State Racing Commission. 29 wise disqualified, 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, may de- clare the horse out of the race. 30 Colorado State Racixg Commissiox. SCALE OF WEIGHTS. 86. The following is the scale of weights for age, and shall be carried when not otherwise specified in the conditions of the races: Distance AGE a •-9 >> 1 1 < >> *-9 ^ 3 •^ CO < S3 t O Pi Xi S o i 3^ r 2 years 93 96 99 99 99 1 3 " 104 106 107 109 1101111 113 115 116 117 117 117 MILE 1 4 " 116 117 119 1211122 1221122 122 122 122 122 122 L 5, 6 and aged 120 121 123 1241125 124 122 122 122 122 122 122 M f 2 years 88 91 94 97 99 J 3 " 104 107 109 110 no 111 113 115 116 117 117 117 MILE 1 4 " 119 119 1201121 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 L 5, 6 and aged 122 122 123 124 1241124 124 122 122 122 1221122 1 r 2 years 84 87 90 92 93 J 3 " 104 104 1061106 106 107 109 111 112 113 113 113 MILE 1 4 " 119 119 1201121 1221122 122 122 122 122 122 122 L 5, 6 and aged 124 124 124 125 126 126 124 124 122 122 122 122 13^ 2 years 79 82 82 82 3 " 104 104 104 104 104 105 107 109 110 111 111 111 MILES i 4 120 120 120 121 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 5 " 124 124 125 126 127 1261125 124 124 124 124 124 t 6 and aged 125 125 126 127 128 127 126 125 124 124 124 124 2 f 2 years 79 79 79 3 " 99 99 100 101 102 103 105 107 108 109 109 109 MILES -< 4 119 119 120 121 122 122 122 122 122 122 1221122 5 125 125 126 1271128 127 126 125 124 1241124 124 t 6 and aged 126 126 127 128J129 128 127 126 125 124 124 124 2M r 3 years 98 98 99 100 101 102 104 106 107 108 108 108 J 4 " 119 119 120 121 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 122 MILES 1 ^ " 126 126 127 128 129 128 127 126 125 124 124 124 L 6 and aged 127 127 128 129 130 129 128 127 126 125 125 125 3 f 3 years 94 97 98 99 100 101 103 105 106 107 107 107 J 4 " 118 119 120 121 1221122 122 122 122 122 122 122 MILES 1 ^ " 125 126 127 128 1301129 128 127 126 125 125 125 L 6 and aged 127 128 129 130 13111301129 1 128 127 126 126 126 4 r 3 years 94 96 97 98 991100 102 104 105 106 106 106 J 4 " 118 119 120 121 122 122 122 122 1122 122 122 122 MILES 1 5 " 126 1271128 129 131 130 129 1128 1127 126 126 126 L 6 and aged 127 1281129 131 132|131 130 1129 1128 1271127 127 In races of intermediate lengths, the weights for the shorter distance shall be carried. Colorado State Racing Commission. 31 Three-year-olds. Allowance in heat races. Sex allowances. In a race exclusively for two-year-olds, Two-year-olds, the weight shall be 118 pounds. In a race exclusively for three-year- olds, the weights shall be 122 pounds. In heat races there shall be allowance of 5 pounds from the scale of weights. Excepting in handicaps, fillies two years old and geldings of all ages, shall be allowed 3 pounds, and fillies and mares three years old and upward shall be allowed 5 pounds before September 1st, and 3 pounds thereafter. All two-year-olds shall carry not less than eighty pounds; three-year-olds, eighty-seven pounds; four-year-olds and upwards, one hundred pounds, in any race including apprentice' allowance. Fillies and geldings shall in all cases be entitled to sex allowance. Minimum weights. JOCKEYS. 87. If a jockey intends to ride over- Overweight must • 1-^1- i J 1 4.U „^^„^<^ be announced and weight, he must declare the amount ^^aii not disqualify, thereof at the time of weighing out, but gee Rules 109 and no jockey shall pass the scales with more 233. than one pound overweight without the consent of the owner and trainer of the horse he is to ride. And in no case shall the jockey pass the scale more than 5 pounds overweight — but no horse shall be disqualified because of any overweight it may have carried — and any overweight or any change of weight from that given 32 Colorado State Racixg Commission. Weighing out. Fee for losing mount must be paid before jockey will be weighed out. See Rule 59. on the official program shall be publicly posted. 88. Every jockey who is to ride in a race shall weigh at the appointed time and place, unless especially excused by the judges, or his horse shall be declared out of the race. No person shall be admitted to the weighing room except owners, train- ers and jockeys. 89. No jockey, except when riding for his contract employer, shall be weighed out for any race unless there has been de- posited for him with the Clerk of the Scales the fee for a losing mount in that race; and the Clerk of the Scales shall keep the accounts of the jockeys, pay over to them the money collected, unless he has notice to the contrary, and for his services shall receive two per cent of the amount collected. The failure to deposit this fee for the jockey engaged for any horse shall declare it out of the race. Whips and bridle must not be weighed. Valets, to be fur- nished by Associa- tion. 90. Jockeys must weight out and in with- out whip or bridle, and a bridle used in races shall not exceed two pounds, or a whip one pound in weight. 91. No jockey shall be allowed a valet. The associations shall make the neces- sary arrangements for attendance upon jockeys, and said attendants shall be paid for their services by the associations from Colorado State Racing Co:mmissiox. 33 an assessment levied upon and collected from the jockeys. 92. All riders must be dressed in jockey Dress of jockeys, costumes, cap and jacket of silk, satin or water-proof, white or light-colored breeches, and top boots. 93. Each jockey shall wear a number on Jockey numbers, his arm and saddle cloth, corresponding with the number of his horse on the pro- gram of the day. 94. If a horse run in a hood, martingales Blinkers, hood and or blinkers, it must be included in the "martingale, jockey's weight. FROM POST TO FINISH. 95. Every trainer who does not have his Dilatory trainer to horse promptly at the post at the time be fined, appointed for the race shall be fined. 96. After the horses are ordered to the Persons allowed on starting post, and until the judges direct course during race, the gates to be reopened, all persons, ex- cept the racing officials, shall be ex- cluded from the course. 97. The position of horses in starting shall Position of horses be determined by lot by the officials. The starting; how de- starter shall place vicious or unruly horses *ermined; vicious .-. . , . , , , and unruly horses on the extreme outside, and the start shall «,h»ro oi^Lh not be delayed on their account. where placed. 98. The winner of a heat shall, at the next Position of win- start have the inside position, and the "^rs of heat. others shall take their positions to the 34 Colorado State Racing Commission. right in the order in which they came out in the previous heat. Horses in hands of g^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ starter starter. shall receive no further care from his at- tendants. Horse started by iQO. The horse must be started by the jockey, i^^^^y- but with the sanction of the starter it may be led to its position, and it must be free of all hands other than those of the jockey before the starter releases the bar- rier. The jockey must not dismount, ex- cept to remedy insecure equipments. Accident at post. 101. If an accident happens to any rider or his equipment, except while repeating heats, the starter may grant a delay not exceeding fifteen minutes, which, in ex- treme cases, may be extended by the When jockey may judges. During such delay, the jockeys dismount. j^g^y dismount and their horses be given up to their attendants. The rider only to 102. No person other than the rider shall be start or assist permitted to strike a horse or attempt by horse to start. , ^. ,-, • . . i. -x • ^ shoutmg or otherwise to assist it in get- No one shall point ting a start. Nor shall any person stand out path. in the track to point out a path for the rider, under the penalty of exclusion from the course for either offense. Leading horse en- 103. A leading horse is entitled to any part titled to any part of t^^ track, but if it swerve, or is ridden °^ ^^^^^- to either side so as to interfere with or impede another horse, it is a foul, and Colorado State Racing Commission. 35 such horse shall be disqualified, whether Willful and care- the foul was willful or the result of care- '®ss riding, less riding, and if the judges believe it was intentional, they shall fine and suspend the guilty jockey. 104. The judges must take cognizance of foul Complaints of foul riding, whether complaint is made or not, riding. and no complaint shall be received from any person except the jockey, trainer or owner of the horse interfered with. 105. When a horse is disqualified under this Extent of disquaii- rule, any other horse in the race belong- f'cation. ing wholly or in part to the same owner, is also disqualified. 106. Every jockey must, immediately after Weighing in. pulling up his horse, ride to the place of weighing and there dismount, after obtain- ing permission from the judges, and be weighed by the Clerk of the Scales; pro- vided that if the jockey be prevented from riding to the place of weighing by reason of accident or illness, by which he or his horse is disabled, he may walk or be car- ried to the scales, or may be excused from weighing by the judges. 107. No person shall assist the jockey in Jockey not to be taking his equipment off his horse, ex- assisted. cept by the permission of the judges. 108. No person shall throw any covering over Covering, any horse at the place of dismounting until its equipment shall have been removed. 36 Colorado State Racing Commission. Two pounds short 109. of weight disquali- fies. Jockey short of weight. Permission to dis- mount. 110. Ill Trainer and jockey 112 license. Trainers and jockeys. 113 Apprentice, when not required to apply. 114 A horse should bring in its weight out, and, if short of it by two pounds or more, it shall be disqualified. If a jockey does not present himself to be weighed in, or does not bring in his proper weight, or is guilty of any careless practice with respect to weight or weigh- ing; or If he dismounts before obtaining permis- sion, or touches (except accidentally) any other person or thing other than his own equipments, before weighing in, he shall be fined or suspended unless he can satisfy the judges that he was justified by extraor- dinary circumstances. TRAINER AND JOCKEY LICENSES. Any person who desires to train or ride any horse upon the tracks licensed by the Racing Commission, shall first procure from the Racing Commission a license to so train or ride. In cases of emergency, a trainer or a jockey may be permitted to pursue his vocation pending action upon his applica- tion, but a jockey or a trainer having been suspended or ruled off and subsequently reinstated after the expiration of his li- cense, shall not be permitted to pursue his vocation until a license has been granted. An apprentice shall not be required to apply for a jockey's license until after the expiration of his apprentice license. Colorado State Racixg Commission. 37 115. A boy who has never ridden a winner may be granted an apprentice license for one year upon the application of his em- ployer, and the apprentice shall not be permitted to ride for any one except his employer without his employer's permis- sion. The license shall be prima facie evi- dence of the employment of the apprentice. 116. Any person who shall start a horse trained by any one not a licensed trainer or permit it to be ridden by any one not a licensed jockey or apprentice, shall be fined or suspended and shall also be such person who so trained or rode the horse; and if an objection is duly made and sus- tained that a horse which had run in any race was so trained or ridden, then its winnings in that race shall be forfeited to the horse that finished next behind it. 117. Every license granted shall be for not more than one year, ending the 31st of December of the year for which it is is- sued. The fee must accompany the appli- cation and shall be ten dollars for each trainer, ten dollars for each jockey, and one dollar for each apprentice jockey. 118. Upon each application two reputable persons must certify that they know the applicant and believe him to have a good reputation for sobriety and honesty and to be capable and fitted for the vocation which he desires to follow. Apprentice license. Horse not trained or ridden by licensed trainer or jockey. License not more than one year. License mended. 38 Colorado State Racing Commission. License revoked. 119. The license of any one ruled off the turf for fraud or fraudulent practices shall thereby be revoked. License revoked. 120. Any license may be revoked for good and sufficient cause by a majority of the members of the Racing Commission of which notice shall be given by the Secre- tary of the Commission. License, boy under 121. No boy under thirteen years of age or age or weight. q^q ^j^q weighs less than seventy (70) pounds shall be granted a license by this Commission. Apprentice allow- ance. Fraudulent trans- fer of horse. 122. A boy who has of his own free will, with the consent of his parents, parent or guardian bound himself as an appren- tice to any owner or trainer, for a term of not less than three years, by written contract, a certified copy of which shall be lodged with the State Racing Commis- sion, may claim a five pound allowance, when riding for his contract employer in all selling races, and shall be allowed three pounds in handicaps during the year for which his license has been granted. Ap- prentices riding for owners other than their contract employers shall not be en- titled to any allowance. Allowance under this rule must be claimed at time of entry in selling races and at time of declaration in handicaps. 123. Any sale or transfer of a horse or horses for the purpose of obtaining an Colorado State Racing Commission. apprentice allowance shall be punishable by fine, suspension or expulsion. 124. Any one acting as starter at any fair or starter, race meeting in this state must first pro- cure a license from this Commission. The fee for said license shall be five dollars. 39 STARTER AND HIS DUTIES. 125. The starter may give all such orders Authority of starter and take all such measures not in con- to secure fair start, flict with the rules of racing as are nec- essary to secure a fair start, and must order the horses to draw up in line, as far behind the starting post as he thinks necessary, but not exceeding seventy yards, and from that point walk up until the starter releases the barrier, when they break and run the race. 126. He shall have authority to fine or sus- Suspension of pend a jockey for disobedience of his JoclS^ •"o.,^- 0^ ^^ ^^^"^^ -^ "- r^^.. mm: .:vA :m .s^.