Section 3
SEC. 3. In addition to the races mentioned in section one of this Act, a national race shall also be held on a day in the month of February or March of each year to be fixed by the Philippine Antituberculosis Society at least two months previously. At this national race there shall be two special races, one for beginners which shall be known as the "National Commonwealth Race" and shall be run over a distance of not less than three-fourths and one-sixteenth of a mile; and the other to be known as the "Grand Derby" in which only horses may participate that have taken part in the beginners' race held during the previous year, in accordance with section one of this Act, and which shall be run over a distance of one mile: Provided, That in order that a horse may take part in this "Grand Derby," it shall be registered within ten days after having run in the beginners' race. The other races of said day shall be ordinary races in which serial horses may participate.