practised may, on application to the Stewards of the Race obtain redress, so far as regards the payment of the stakes, and being content with this, may not choose to incur the trouble and expense of prosecuting the offending parties, and thus such parties, or other parties of a similar description, may be induced by the expectation of impunity to repeat attempts of the same kind.

4th. That in all cases in which it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Jockey Club that a fraud has been practised, or attempted, by any person in regard to the entering or running any horse for any race, or that any other fraudulent proceeding, which is punishable by law, has taken place in regard to any race, the Jockey Club shall, if they think fit, with the consent of the party aggrieved (in case such party should decline to prosecute), take such steps as may be recommended by proper legal advisers, for the purpose of inflicting on the offenders the punishment to which they have rendered themselves liable.

5th. When the age or qualification of a horse is objected to, either before or after running, for any race in which he is engaged, the Stewards, or those whom they may appoint, being Members of the Jockey Club, shall have power to order an examination of the horse's mouth, by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as they may require, and their decision shall be final; unless they shall think fit to recommend that the question in dispute be carried into a Court of Law. 6th. If a horse shall run, or be brought to run, in any race in England, or elsewhere, and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Stewards, or of those whom they may appoint, that the horse was not of the age represented, the owner, or part owner, trainer, groom, or person having the care of such horse at the time, shall be for ever disqualified from running or training any horse where the rules of the Jockey Club apply, and from being employed by any member of the said Club. 7th. No horse foaled out of the United Kingdom shall be entered for any race where the rules of the Jockey Club prevail, unless the owner shall at the time of naming produce to the person appointed to receive such nomination, and leave with him, a certificate from some racing club of the country where the horse was foaled, or from the mayor or other public officer of the district, stating the age, pedigree, and colour of the horse, and the marks by which it is distinguished.

At a meeting of the Jockey Club held June 7, 1845, it was unanimously resolved,

That if a horse shall fraudulently run or be entered to run for any race by a false description, such horse shall be thenceforth disqualified for running in any race.

At a numerous meeting of the Jockey Club held at Newmarket on Tuesday, in the Second October Meeting, 1845, it was resolved. That the unanimous thanks of the Jockey Club be rendered to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. for his Grace's indefatigable exertions and eminent services in the House of Lords, whereby many obsolete statutes which threatened destruction to the best interest of the Turf have been repealed, and the remaining laws in regard to horse-racing put upon a safe and satisfactory footing.

Resolved,

That the Standing Rules and Orders of the Jockey Club be suspended, in order to the election, by open voting, of Viscount Palmerston as a Free Member of the Jockey Club.

Resolved,

That Viscount Palmerston be, and his Lordship is hereby elected an Honorary Member of the Jockey Club.

Resolved,

That the unanimous thanks of the Jockey Club be offered to the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, for the invaluable services which his Lordship rendered to the interests of the Turf in regard to a revision of the laws affecting the same, and that his Lordship be requested to become an Honorary Member of the Jockey Club, having been elected unanimously by a suspension of their rules.

Resolved,

That these resolutions be forwarded by the Stewards respectively to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. and to the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, and published in the Book Calendar.

Resolved,

That no races for Gentlemen riders be allowed at Newmarket during the regular Meetings, without the sanction of the Stewards, and that in the event of such sanction being obtained, these races be the first or last of the day.

During the October Meetings, 1844, an investigation took place into the conduct of Samuel Rogers, with respect to the late Mr Crockford's horse Ratan, which ran for the Derby stakes at Epsom in 1844, the result of which inquiry was that Samuel Rogers and John Braham were warned off the Course and exercising-ground at Newmarket, and also that Samuel Rogers was declared to be unfit ever to ride or train again for any Member of the Jockey Club, either at Newmarket, or at any place where their rules and regulations are in force.

The Stewards of the Jockey Club having attended at Messrs Weatherby's office in Burlington street on Saturday the 31st of May, and by adjournment on Monday the 2nd of June, to hear a charge brought by Mr Gully against Mr J. F. Bloodsworth and William Stebbings of having conspired to bet against Old England for the Derby, in connexion with William Day, and through information clandestinely derived from him, and subsequently to lame or by other means to prevent the said horse running for that race, having heard the confession of William Day, and the evidence of William Barrett, jun. and of John Day, sen. are satisfied that Messrs Bloodsworth and Stebbings did conspire to bet against Old England; that communication was kept up by Stebbings writing letters through Bloodsworth to William Day, which letters were sent under cover to William Barrett, jun. of Stockbridge, for several months. It appeared that William Day and William Barrett, jun. did on different occasions meet Stebbings at Bloodsworth's house in London, and at other places, to carry out their plans. It was also positively stated by William Day and William Barrett that Stebbings did at Bloodsworth's house recommend that the horse's foot should be bruised by striking it with a hard stone, or by tying a handkerchief round the leg, and striking the sinew with a stick, and if that was not sufficient, that he, Stebbings, could easily get a powder, which, being mixed with the corn, would stop him. They added that Bloodsworth was averse to the last part of this proposal, saying it was a lagging affair. Messrs Bloodsworth and Stebbings denied the whole story of having desired William Day to maim the horse, but admitted that they had betted largely against Old England, in consequence of the information they had obtained from William Day; and Stebbings acknowledged that he had received full information from William Day for several years as to the qualities and condition of horses in John Day's stables, and had betted largely for himself and for William Day in consequence

of such information.

The Stewards therefore order

That J. F. Bloodsworth, William Stebbings, and William Day be warned off the Course at Newmarket, and out of the Coffee-room yard there; and that William Day be not permitted to ride in any race at Newmarket.

They also recommend the proprietors and stewards of all racecourses where the rules of the Jockey Club are in force, to prevent them from appearing on such courses.

STRADBROKE.

Signed RossLYN (for the Marquis of Exeter,.

GEO. ANSON.

The Stewards of the Jockey Club, assisted by the Marquis of Normanby and Col. Peel, having met on Saturday the 14th of June, and again, by adjournment, on Tuesday the 17th, and Wednesday the 18th, to inquire into a charge preferred against Mr Crommelin, came to the following decision :

:

"We have examined into the charge against Mr Crommelin, of having offered John Day, jun. a large bribe to procure the defeat of the horse then called the Melody colt, in the Derby of 1840. This charge founded upon a statement made to Mr Etwall, the proprietor of the horse, by John Day, jun. was supported only by his own evidence, which we find to be utterly unworthy of belief, contradicted as it was on many important points by letters in his own hand writing of that date, addressed to Mr Crommelin, and produced by him.

"It having been necessary for Mr Crommelin's defence, that he should place these letters in evidence before us, we further find from their contents, that subsequent to this period both John Day, sen. and John Day, jun. had not only continued but increased their intimacy with Mr Crommelin, whom one accused and the other believed capable of such atrocious villany, and that to this person, John Day, jun. was in the habit of confiding the secrets of the stable.

"The nature of this connexion appears to us to have been discreditable to all the parties concerned, but considering the length of time that has elapsed since these transactions occurred, we think it unnecessary now to take any further steps with respect to this part of the case, than to give the strongest expression of our opinion, that such a connexion as has been established is calculated to destroy that confidence in the faithful attention of public trainers to the legitimate interests of their several masters, on the security of which the continued prosperity of the Turf can alone rest.

"John Day, jun. having before us endeavoured to support a criminal charge by wilful falsehood, we direct that he be warned off the Course at Newmarket and out of the Coffee-room yard there, and be not permitted to ride in any race at Newmarket.

"We also recommend the proprietors and Stewards of all racecourses where the rules of the Jockey Club are in force, to prevent him from appearing on such Courses.

ADJUDGED CASES.

CASE I.

A, B, and C run for a subscription, the best of heats. A wins the first heat, B the second.-C's rider, after saving his distance the second heat, dismounts between the Distance-post and the end, but remounts, rides past the Ending-post, and weighs as usual; starts and wins the third heat, and weighs, without any objection being made.

A, being second the third heat, in a short time afterwards demands the subscription (not knowing till then that C's rider had dismounted), and refuses to start for the fourth heat, which B and Crun for, and C wins.

It was decided that, no objection having been made to C's starting for the third heat, he was entitled to the prize.

CASE II.

The winner of a plate, whose horse had distanced all the others applied for the stakes or entrance-money, which was advertised to be paid to the second-best horse that won a clear heat-one of the distanced horses had won the first heat.

It was decided that the winning horse cannot be deemed the second horse, and therefore was not entitled to the stakes; and all the others being distanced, no other person coud claim them.

The owner of B claimed on the ground of A's disqualification, he having, the preceding year, won a clear heat at Chelmsford, to entitle him, according to their articles, to the stakes or entrancemoney.

It was decided that A was not disqualified, the term "winner " applying only to the horse that beats all the rest.

CASE IV.

Whether a horse having won a sweepstakes of 23gs each (3 subscribers) is disqualified to run for a 501. plate, expressed to be for horses that never won plate, match, or sweepstakes of that value?