Racing Calendar: Containing an Account of the Plates, Matches, and Sweepstakes, Run for in Great Britain and Ireland

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1777
 

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Seite 222 - TO begin the fame by fighting the lighter pair of cocks (which fall in match) firft, proceeding upwards to the end; that every lighter pair may fight earlier than thofe that are heavier.
Seite 222 - TO begin the lame by fighting the lighter pair of cocks (which fall in match) firft, proceeding upwards to the end ; that every lighter pair may fight earlier than thofe that are heavier. In matching, (with relation to the battles) it is a rule always in London, that after the cocks of the . main are weighed, the match-bills are compared. That every pair of dead, or equal weight are feparated, and fight againft others; provided that it appears that the main can be enlarged by adding , thereto, either...
Seite xli - Jockey-Club meeting as foon as convenient ; which meeting is to appoint a committee of three members, to examine into the accufation ; and...
Seite 221 - ... at the cockpit aforefaid ; and that the party's cocks that win the greateft number of battle-matches out of the number aforefaid...
Seite xxix - That from and after the twenty-fourth day of June one thoufand feven hundred and...
Seite xlvi - October meeting in each year ; and the acceptance must be 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 following.
Seite 61 - RC— With this condition, that the winner was to be fold for...
Seite 221 - ... to be added to the number of main cocks unmatched ; and as many of them as come within one ounce of each other, shall fight for two guineas...
Seite xlii - /- i . , r ti /• , , . flakes, fhall be made before ftarting for the fame : and m default thereof by any perfon, he fhall forfeit in like manner, as if he' had not produced his colt, filly, horfe, or mare, to ftart; and fhall have no claim to the Stake or Stakes of the Match, Subfcription, or Sweepftakes...
Seite 222 - In matching (with relation to the battles) it is a rule always in London — " That after the cocks of the main are weighed...

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