26. The timer shall fulfil the following obligations:(1) he shall determine the exact duration of each race;
(2) he shall start his chronometer as soon as the nose of the first horse crosses the starting line;
(3) he shall record the time that the leader takes to cover each quarter mile for each 1-mile race;
(4) he shall certify, after each race, the duration of the race recorded in the report of the racing judges.
He shall be present at his station at least 15 minutes before the post time of the first race of a race program.
Decision 90-09-19, s. 26.