be obliged to fix those hours of starting by eight o'clock in the evening preceding the day of running. The accounts are to be produced by the Stewards annually on the third of June.

That in case any Gentleman who keeps running horses, has cause to complain of any feeder, rider, groom, boy, or other person, employed by him in, or intrusted with the knowledge of, trials, of having discovered them, directly or indirectly, by betting, or wilfully in any other way (unless allowed so to do by his master); or if any person as aforesaid, living with any Gentleman, shall be discovered in watching trials himself, or procuring other persons so to do, or by any unfair means whatsoever endeavouring to discover trials; on such complaint being carried to any one of the Stewards, that Steward is to summon a general Jockey Club meeting as soon as convenient; which meeting is to appoint a committee of three members, to examine into the accusation; and in case they shall be of opinion that the person or persons is, or are guilty of it, then the person so found guilty shall be dismissed from the service of his master, and the said persons shall not be employed by any member of the Jockey Club, in any capacity whatsoever; nor shall any horse, &c. fed or rode by him or them, or in the management of which he or they are con cerned, be suffered to start for Plate, Match, or Subscription. And the names of the persons found guilty of these offences shall be exposed in the Racing Ca lendar, and inserted in a paper to be fixed up in the coffee-room at Newmarket.

A Day-book shall be kept by the person appointed by the Stewards, and continue in the coffee-room, in which shall be entered an account of all Matches, Subscriptions, and Sweepstakes, to be run for each day, within that meeting; and as the different Stakes

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are made, the payments shall be marked to the names of the persons so paying.

All Stakes shall be made in cash, bank bills, bank post bills properly indorsed, bankers notes payable to bearer, or bankers notes payable to order, also properly indorsed; and not otherwise, without the consent of the party or parties present, concerned in the Match, Subscription, or Sweepstakes, on whose account such Stakes are made.

All Stakes for Matche Subscriptions, and Sweepstakes, shall be made before starting for the same; and in default thereof by any person, he shall forfeit in like manner, as if he had not produced his colt, filly, horse, or mare, to start, and shall have no claim to the Stake or Stakes of the Match, Subscription, or Sweepstakes, should his colt, filly, horse, or mare, have started and come first; and this to remain in full force, as an established agreement of the Jockey Club, unless such person has previously obtained the consent of the party or parties present, with whom he is engaged, to dispense with his making his Stake as aforesaid.-N. B. This Rule does not extend to Bets, which are to be paid and received as if no such omission had happened.

All forfeits unpaid before starting, for any Match, Subscription, or Sweepstakes, shall be paid to the person appointed by the Stewards to receive the same, at the coffee-room, before twelve o'clock at night, of the day such forfeits are determined; and each person making default therein, shall forfeit and pay to the person so appointed by the said Stewards, after the rate of five pounds for every hundred pounds so forfeited, which shall be disposed of by the said Stewards, towards such uses as they shall think fit.

And in order to prevent frauds, notice shall be given, that if any person make any bet or bets, from signal or indication, after the race has been deter

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mined at the Post, such person is not entitled to receive, or liable to pay the same; as such bet or bets, is or are, fraudulent, illegal, and totally void: and that if any servant belonging to a member of the Society shall be found to have made, or be engaged in the making, any such bet or bets, he shall be dismissed his service, and no farther employed by any member of this Society.

That all forfeits or money paid on compromising any Match or Sweepstakes, shall, bona fide, be declared and entered in the day-book, in order that all bettors may be put upon an equality with the persons who had the Match or Sweepstakes, and may thus ascertain in what proportion they are to pay or receive.

That the Stewards of the Jockey Club shall appoint some proper person to examine every colt or filly, being of the age of two, three, or four years, at the Ending Post, immediately after running, the first time any colt or filly shall start for any Plate, Match, Sweepstakes, or Subscription, at Newmarket; and the said appointed person is to sign a certificate of such examination, and his opinion thereupon, which cer tificate is to be hung up before eight o'clock the evening of the said day of running, in the coffee-room at Newmarket. But for all Plates, Matches, Subscrip tions, or Sweepstakes, where the colt or filly is re quired to be shewn before running, the examination as above-mentioned shall be made at the time of shewing them, and the certificate of the person appointed shall immediately, in like manner, be fixed up in the coffee-room at Newmarket.

That the hours of starting shall be fixed up in the coffee-room by eight o'clock in the evening preceding the day of running; and it is expected that every groom shall start punctually at the time appointed; and any groom failing so to do shall forfeit five guiVOL. XXXVIII. d

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-neas each time to the Jockey Club. It is also expected, that every groom will attend to the regulations and orders which the Stewards of the Jockey Club may give, relative to the preservation of the course and exercise-ground,

That no person do borrow or hire any horse, &c. not belonging to his avowed confederate, to run in a private trial, without entering the name of such horse, before the trial shall be run, in the book appointed to. be kept for that purpose, in the coffee-room at Newmarket and no persons to be deemed confederates who do not subscribe this article as such.

That all disputes relative to racing at Newmarket shall, for the future, be determined by the three Stewards, and two Referees, to be chosen by the parties concerned. If there should be only two Stewards present, they are to fix upon a third person, in lieu of the absent Steward.

That if for any Sweepstakes or Subscription, the first two horses shall come in so near together, that the judge shall not be able to decide which won, those two horses shall run for such prize over again, after the last Match on the same day; the other horses which started for such Sweepstakes or Subscription shall be deemed losers, and entitled to their respective places, as if the race had been finally determined the first time.

That all bets determined by one event shall be subject (as before agreed) to any compromise made by the principals, and paid in proportion to such compromise but that all double bets shall for the future (on account of the frequent disputes which have arisen) be considered as play or pay bets.

When any Match or Sweepstakes shall be made, and no particular weight specified, the horses, &c. shall carry eight stone seven pounds each. And if

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any weight is given, the highest weight is, by this resolution, fixed at eight stone seven pounds.

No horse that is matched to run on the day of entrance, for any Plate, &c. shall be obliged to shew and enter at the hour appointed, but shall shew and enter within an hour after his engagements are over, provided such horse, &c. be named at the usual time of entrance, which is to be between the hours of eleven and one, for all Plates, Subscriptions, and Sweepstakes, where any entrance is required, and no other particular time specified.

That all bets depending between any two horses, either in Match or Sweepstakes, are null and void, if those horses become the property of one and the same person, or his avowed confederate, subsequent to the bets being made.

That the Cup be challenged for on the Monday in the First Spring Meeting, and the horses named for it declared at six o'clock on the Saturday evening of the said meeting.

That the Whip be challenged for on the Monday or Tuesday in the Second Spring or Second October Meeting, and the acceptance signified, or the Whip resigned before the end of the same meeting.

If challenged for and accepted in the Spring, to be run for on the Tuesday in the Second October Meeting following; and if in the October, on the Thursday in the Second Spring Meeting, B. C. weight, 10st. and to stake 200gs each.

That after the 13th of April, 1777, the Proprietor of any horse, &c. engaged in Match or Sweepstakes, who shall declare his intention of not starting before eight o'clock on the evening preceding the engagement, to the Keeper of the Match-book, or either of the Stewards, shall be entitled to five per cent. and no more of the forfeit.

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