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the day of entrance, he shall not be obliged to show at the time of entrance; but if he have not before run at Newmarket, he shall show at the place of entrance, within one hour after his engagements are over. But no horse that has before run at Newmarket need be shown at the time of entrance, or afterwards.

59. When any match is made in which crossing and jostling are not mentioned, they shall be understood to be barred.

60. When any match or sweepstakes shall be made, and no weight mentioned, the horses shall carry 8st. 7lb. each. And if any weight is given, the highest weight shall be 8st. 7lb.

61. When any match or sweepstakes shall be made, and no course mentioned, the course shall be that which is usually run by horses of the same age as those engaged; viz.

If yearlings, the Yearling Course.

If 2 years old, the Two years old Course.
If 3 years old, Rowley's Mile.

If 4 years old, Ditch in. And

If 5 years old and upwards, Beacon Course.

And if the horses should be of different ages, the course shall be fixed by the age of the youngest.

62. The Keeper of the Match-book shall charge the proprietors of such horses as receive forfeit, and shall be excused from appearing, with the same fees for weights and scales as if they had come over the course.

63. Towards defraying the expense of repairing the course and exercise ground, one guinea annually shall be paid in respect of every race-horse that shall be trained or exercised, or that shall run any private trial or public race thereon. And the same shall be paid by the stable-keeper or servant having the care of such horse, and be charged by him to the owner of such horse. The Stewards shall make such orders as they think fit relative to the returns to be made by the stable-keepers or servants of the horses under their care, and if any such stable-keeper or servant shall fail to make a true return according to this order, he will be surcharged one guinea for each horse omitted in his list.

N.B.-At present all trainers are required to send in on the 1st of February a list of the horses which have been under their charge from the 1st of January, and on the 1st of every succeeding month a list of any additional horses that have been under their care since the preceding return.

64. If in running for any race one horse shall jostle or cross another, such horse and every horse belonging to the same owner, or in which he shall have a share, running in the same race, shall be disqualified for winning the race, whether such jostle or cross

happened by the swerving of the horse, or by the foul and careless riding of the jockey, or otherwise; and where one horse crosses the track of another next behind him, it shall be deemed a sufficient cause of complaint, even though he be a clear length, or more, before the horse whose track he crosses, it being desirable that, when once the jockey has taken his ground, he should not prevent any other jockey from coming up, either on his right or left hand. And if such cross or jostle shall be proved to have happened through the foul riding of the jockey, he shall be disqualified from again riding at Newmarket: or shall be punished by fine or suspension for a time, as the Stewards shall think fit; it being absolutely necessary, as well for the safety of the jockies themselves as for satisfaction of the public, that foul riding should be punished by the severest penalties.

65. All complaints of foul riding must be made before, or at the time, the jockey complaining is weighed ; and it may be made either by the owner, jockey, or groom of the horse, to one of the Stewards, to the Keeper of the Match-book, to the Judge of the race, to the Clerk of the Course, or to the person appointed to weigh the jockies.

66. In naming or entering for any race where there shall be any particular conditions required as a qualification to start, it shall be sufficient if the horse were qualified at the expiration of the time allowed for naming or entering, and he shall not be disqualified by anything which may happen after the expiration of that time, unless so specified in the article; and if any additional weight is to be carried by horses which have won one or more plates or races within the year, it shall be construed to mean the year of our Lord.

67. Where it is made a condition of any plate or subscription that the winner shall be sold for any given sum, the owner of the second horse being first entitled, &c. no other person than one who ran a horse in the race shall be entitled to claim. The horse claimed shall not be delivered till he is paid for; and he must be paid for on the day of the race, otherwise the party claiming shall not be entitled to demand the horse at any future period; but nevertheless the owner of the winning horse may insist upon the claimant taking and paying for the horse claimed.

68. When the qualification of any horse is objected to by ten o'clock in the morning of the day of starting, the owner must produce a certificate, or other proper document, to the Steward, or Clerk of the Course, or to the Keeper of the Match-book, if the case happen at Newmarket, before the race is run, to prove the qualifi. cation of the horse; and if he shall start his horse without so doing, the prize shall be withheld for a period to be fixed upon by the Stewards, at the expiration of which time, if the qualification be

not proved to the satisfaction of the Stewards, he shall not be entitled to the prize, though his horse shall have come in first; but it shall be given to the owner of the second horse. When the qualification of a horse is objected to after that time, the person making the objection must prove the disqualification.

69. It is expected that every member of the clubs at Newmarket, and every person running or training horses at Newmarket, shall consider themselves amenable to these rules, and such others as the Stewards may from time to time think fit to adopt for the better regulation of racing at Newmarket. And all trainers, jockies, grooms, and servants of such persons are strictly enjoined to observe the same. And if any trainer, jockey, groom, or servant shall be proved to have been guilty of any infraction of these rules or orders, or any of them, he will be punished by the Stewards to such extent as they may think the case requires, and in such manner as they may have the power to enforce.

70. All disputes referred to the Stewards of the Jockey Club will be adjudged according to their published Rules and Orders, where any of them are applicable to the case submitted to them; and where not, according to the established rules of racing.

71. In all handicaps at Newmarket, when the highest weight accepting is under 8st. 7tb. it shall be raised to 8st. 7 lb. and the others in proportion.

72. No rule, or alteration of a rule of the Jockey Club, shall take effect till it has been published in the Racing Calendar, unless specially ordered to the contrary at the time the said rule or alteration is adopted.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held on Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting, 1836, it was resolved, that in future the Stewards should have the power, in cases of urgent necessity, of putting off the races from day to day, and that all bets on such races should stand.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held on Thursday in the Second October Meeting, 1838, which was very numerously attended, it was unanimously resolved:

That it is the opinion of this Club that it is necessary to declare their extreme disapprobation of horses being started for races without the intention, on the part of their owners, of trying to

win them.

That no horse, though coming in first, shall hereafter be deemed the winner of any plate, match, or sweepstakes, whether handicap or not, who shall be proved to have run, or to have continued to run, under a false description, and such disqualification shall remain in force until his proper pedigree shall be ascertained and

recorded. But no such objection to the qualification of a horse shall be received after the lapse of twelve months from the time of running.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held on the 16th of October, 1838, it was resolved, that any member of a Racing Club, riding in with the leading horses in a race, shall be fined to the amount of 25 sov. and all other persons to the amount of 5 sov.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket on Wednesday the 12th of October, 1842, it was unanimously resolvedThat the Jockey Club, and the Stewards thereof, will henceforth take no cognizance of any disputes or claims in respect to bets. They would recommend all persons having disputes thereupon to decide the same by referees, one to be chosen by each of the parties, and the two to select a third.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held on Saturday, June 15th, 1844, it was resolved, that the Stewards of Newmarket for the time being should act conjointly with the Stewards of Epsom in the management of Epsom Races.

MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB, MONDAY, June 17, 1844.

The Members of the Jockey Club having assembled to take into consideration some circumstances which have lately occurred on the Turf, and which seem urgently to require that the attention of the Club should without delay be directed to them, have come to the following resolutions:-

1st. That cases have occurred in which persons have fraudulently entered to run for stakes, which by the published conditions were limited to horses of a specified age, horses above the age so specified; gaining for the horses so entered an unfair advantage over their competitors, and thus races have been won by horses which were in reality not qualified to start. 2nd. It appears to the Club that such proceedings not only tend to defraud the owners of those horses which would otherwise have been winners, but are calculated to inflict an injury upon the Turf by bringing racing into disrepute, and by deterring honourable men from entering into a competition, in which they run the risk of being encountered by such dishonest rivals. 3rd. That the Club, as patrons of racing, have in this matter a direct interest separate from that of the individuals who may happen to be sufferers by such frauds; and that it behoves them to take care that in all such cases the law by which such frauds are punishable should be duly enforced. But it may frequently happen that the individuals upon whom such frauds have been 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.

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