No attendant shall accompany a competitor on the scratch or in the race.

2. STARTING SIGNALS.All races (except time handicaps) shall be started by report of pistol fired behind the competitors.

A miss fire shall be no start.

There shall be no recall after the pistol is fired.

Time handicaps shall be started by the word "Go!"

3. STARTING.When the starter receives a signal from the judges at the finish that everything is in readiness, he shall direct the competitors to get on their marks.

Any competitor starting before the signal shall be put back at discretion of the starter for the first two offences.

And for the third shall be disqualified. Entrance fee not returnable.

He shall be held to have started when any portion of his body touches the ground in front of his mark.

Positions count from the inside.

4. CHANGE OF COURSE.In all races a competitor may change towards the inside when he is two steps ahead of the man whose path he crosses.