That after the first day of July, 1793, no person shall be allowed to start any horse, mare, or gelding, for Match, Sweepstakes, or Subscription, unless he shall have paid all former stakes and forfeits to the Keeper of the Match-book, by eight o'clock in the evening before starting. This Rule was intended, and has since been declared, to extend to Epsom, Ascot, Brighthelmston, York, Doncaster, and all other places, besides Newmarket, where races are run, and engagements entered into, by Members of the Jockey Club, for Matches, Sweepstakes, or Subscriptions. And it is recommended to the consideration of the Stewards of other Races, where Members of this Club are not amongst the Subscribers.

That the ground shall not be engaged for trials, by the proprietor of any stable of running horses, more than two days in the same week,

That when any Match is made, in which crossing and jostling are not mentioned, they shall be under

stood to be barred.

That when any Match or Sweepstakes is made, in which no Course is mentioned, it shall be understood to be the Course usually run by horses of the same age as those engaged, viz. if yearlings, the Yearling Course; if two years old, the Two Year Old Course; if three years old, Rowley's Mile; if four years old, Ditch-in; if five years old, or upwards, Beacon Course and in case the horses matched should be of different ages, the Course to be settled by the age of the youngest.

That all forfeits declared or incurred for any Match, Sweepstakes, or Subscription, shall be paid to the Keeper of the Match-book, before twelve o'clock on the evening the race is run, under the former penalty of five per cent, to the Jockey Club; and persons making default herein, shall not be allowed the deduction for the timely declaration of such forfeits.

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That horses, &c, entered for Plates, or Subscriptions, shall not be required to be shewn, if such horse, &c. has before started at Newmarket; and that the owner of each horse, entered for a Plate or Subscription, shall declare to the Stewards, or the Keeper of the Match book, the evening before, by eight o'clock, or when the list is read, at half past nine o'clock, whether his horse is intended to run or not, which declaration shall be deemed obligatory, if in the affirmative, unless the horse be taken ill or matched; and if in the negative, his name shall be erased from the list.

That the owners of horses, &c. engaged in Matches or Sweepstakes, in which the forfeits shall amount to one hundred guineas, or upwards, shall be entitled to a deduction of ten per cent. if they declare their forfeits by half an hour past nine o'clock in the evening preceding running.

That from May 2d, 1800, no gentleman shall try the horse of any other person, except his declared confederate, without giving notice of such trial, by inscribing the name of the horse or horses, or their pedigrees, with the names of their owners, before or immediately after such trial, in the book, at the coffee-room..

That all Bets made on the Derby or Oaks Stakes at Epsom, the Pavilion at Brighthelmston, the St. Leger at Doncaster, and also on the Newmarket Stakes, the Claret, Port, and 2000gs Stakes, and the Oatlands Stakes in the Spring and October Meetings, be deemed Play or Pay Bets; and also, that all Bets between particular horses be null and void, if neither of the horses happen to be the winner, unless specified to the contrary.

That the Keeper of the Match-book be directed to charge the proprietors of such horses as receive for

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feit, and shall be excused from appearing, with the same fees for the weights and scales, as if they had come over the Course

Complaint being made of new and exorbitant demands, in various places, for the maintenance of Race Horses, and the Lads attending them,

Resolved,

That the Members of this Club will give a preference to such Stable-keepers, and Inn-keepers, whose charges are reasonable,

That in future the ballots for Members of the Jockey Club shall be in the New Rooms, Newmar, ket, on the Tuesday in the First Spring Meeting, and the Tuesday in the Second October Meeting, in each year.

That the candidates shall be proposed by Mem→ bers, and their names put up in the Card Room, in the Meetings preceding the ballots, viz. in the Craven, and First October Meetings.

That Nine Members at least be present at the bal lot, and that Two black balls exclude.

That all Members of the New Rooms, at Newmar✦ ket, may become Members of the Coffee-room, by application to Mr. Weatherby, and causing their names to be inserted in the list of Subscribers.

RULES

Horses take their ages from May-day, i. e. a horse foaled any time in the year 1810, will be deemed a year old on the first of May, 1811.

Four Inches are a Hand.

Fourteen Pounds are a Stone.

CATCH

WATCH Weights are, each party to appoint any person to ride without weighing.

Give-and-take Plates, are fourteen hands to carry a stated weight, all above, or under, to carry extra. or be allowed, the proportion of seven pounds for an inch.

A Whim Plate, is weight for age, and weight for inches.

A Post Match, is to insert the age of the horses in the articles, and to run any horse of that age, without declaring what horse, till you come to the Post to start.

A Handicap

A Handicap Match, is A, B, and C, to put an equal sum each, into a hat; C, who is the handicapper, makes a match for A, and B, who, when they have perused it, put their hands into their pockets, and draw them out closed, then they open them together, and if both have money in their hands, the match is confirmed; if neither have money, it is no match. In both cases, the handicapper draws all the money out of the hat; but if one has money in his hand, and the other none, then it is no match; and he that has money in his hand, is entitled to the deposit in the hat.

The horse that has his head at the Ending Post first, wins the heat.

Riders must ride their horses to the Weighing Post to weigh, and he that dismounts before, or wants weight, is distanced.

If a rider fall from his horse, and the horse be rode in by a person that is sufficient weight, he will take place the same as if it had not happened, provided he go back to the place where the rider fell.

Horse plates or shoes not allowed in the weight.

Horses not entitled to start without producing a proper certificate of their age, if required, at the time appointed in the articles, except where aged horses are included, and in that case a junior horse may enter without a certificate, provided he carry the same weight as the aged.

For the best of the Plate, where there are three heats run, the horse is second that wins one.

For the best of the heats, the horse is second that beats, the other twice out of three times, though he doth not win a heat.

A confirmed bet cannot be off without mutual con-sent.

Either of the bettors may demand stakes to be made, and on refusal, declare the bet void.

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