DECLARATION TO START AND DRAWING HORSES
§ 183.191. Declaration.
(a) The declaration time shall be 9 a.m. prevailing time. The association shall provide a locked box with an aperture through which declarations shall be deposited.
(b) Declarations by mail or telegraph or telephone actually received and evidence of which is deposited in the box before the time specified to declare in, shall be drawn in the same manner as the others. Such drawing shall be final. When an association requires a horse to be declared at a stated time, failure to declare as required shall be considered a withdrawal from the event.
(c) After the declaration to start has been made, no horse shall be drawn except by permission of the judges.
(d) Prior to the opening of the declaration box, when futurities, stakes, early closing, or late closing events are programmed, the presiding judge shall communicate with the racing secretary to ascertain if any declarations by mail, telegraph or otherwise are in his office and not deposited in the box. If there are such declarations, the presiding judge shall see that they are declared and drawn in the proper event.
(e) To avoid conflicts and misunderstandings, when the time of declaration of any race is stated in days or hours prior to the day of the race, it shall be construed to exclude Sunday.
Cross References This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 183.60 (relating to presiding judge); 58 Pa. Code § 183.126 (relating to telegraphic declarations); and 58 Pa. Code § 183.202 (relating to driver information).
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