British rural sports, by Stonehenge (J.H. Walsh).

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Seite 12 - It shall be lawful for any constable or peace officer in any county, borough, or place in Great Britain and Ireland, in any highway, street, or public place, to search any person whom he may have good cause to suspect of coming from any land where he shall have been unlawfully in search or pursuit of game...
Seite 458 - When a person has a horse engaged in the name of another person, and is entitled by purchase or otherwise to start the horse for such engagement, but is prevented by any of the preceding laws from starting his horse without previously paying up forfeits to which he is not otherwise liable, he may, if he...
Seite 461 - Plate is run for shall have the power to order an examination of the horse's mouth by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as...
Seite 456 - ... notes, payable on demand, and be paid into the hands of the person appointed by the Stewards to receive the same: and in default thereof by any person, he shall pay the whole stake as a loser, whether his horse came in first or not, unless such person shall have previously obtained the consent of the party or parties with whom he is engaged, to his not staking.
Seite 474 - Stewards; if only two Stewards be present they shall fix upon a third person, being a member of the Club, in lieu of the absent Steward, but the Stewards, if they think fit, may call in any other members of the Jockey Club to their assistance, or may refer the case to a general meeting, if the importance or difficulty of the matter in dispute shall appear to them to require it.
Seite 459 - Where a plate is won by two heats, the preference of the horses is determined by the places they get in the second heat.
Seite 122 - He has much to undergo, and should have strength proportioned to it. Let his legs be straight as arrows, his feet round and not too large ; his shoulders back ; his breast rather wide than narrow ; his chest deep ; his back broad ; his head small ; his neck thin; his tail thick and bushy ; if he carry it well, so much the better.
Seite 458 - ... for his neglect, and shall not be allowed to ride until the said fine be paid; and the weight each horse actually carried, if more than 21b above his weight, shall be published in the first list printed after the race, and also in the Racing Calendar.
Seite 462 - And in case any difference shall arise in running, or respecting any matters not hereinbefore provided for, or as to the interpretation of these Her Majesty's orders, the same shall be determined by the Master of the Horse, or by such person or persons as he shall appoint.
Seite 460 - No person shall start more than one horse of which he is the owner, either wholly or in part, and either in his own name or that of any other person, for any race for which heats are run.

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