Racing Calendar

NEW REGULATIONS RESPECTING TRIALS.

WHEREAS, by a Rule of the Jockey Club, it is ordered, that "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.”

And whereas, complaints have been made, that in some instances this rule has not been attended to.

And whereas, it is highly necessary for the protection of the public, that the observance of this rule should be strictly enforced.

Now it is resolved and ordered, that if in future any gentleman shall try the horse of any other person, except his declared confederate, and shall not enter the same in the trial-book, at the Coffeeroom, within one hour after the trial has taken place, or by nine o'clock in the morning, in case the trial shall have taken place at an earlier hour on that day, the groom having the care of the horse running with such trial horse, and being present at such trial, or if not present, then the owner of any horse running with such trial horse shall forfeit and pay to the Stewards of the Jockey Club the penalty or sum of Ten Pounds for every such offence; with power for the Stewards to mitigate such penalty to not less than Five Pounds, in case it shall fall upon any groom. And for the more easily detecting any transgression of this regulation, IT IS ORDERED, that the hour when such trial took place shall be declared by the person attending to enter such trial; and that such hour, and also the hour of making the entry, shall be entered in the trial-book; and any entry in which these particulars are omitted, or falsely stated, shall be considered as

void.

That every bet made upon or against any of the horses running in such trial, between the time of the trial and the entering it in the trial-book, whether it be entered within the time prescribed or not, shall be void.

That in every engagement made with any horse or horses running in such trial, between the time of the trial and the entering it in the trial-book, whether it be entered within the time prescribed or not, such horse or horses shall not be allowed to start, but shall be considered as having declared forfeit, and the owner be liable to pay the forfeit accordingly. And in case any horse so tried shall have started for and won any race made subsequently to the trial, and before the entry of it in the trial-book, his owner shall not be entitled to the stake so won; and in case he shall actually have received it, he shall pay it back into the hands of the stakeholder, who shall pay it over to the owner of the second horse; or in case of a match, shall pay it over to the owner of the beaten horse: but if such horse shall have lost such race, his owner shall not be entitled to claim or to be repaid his stake or deposit for such race. And that in these cases such disqualification shall extend to the horse, without regard to any change of the property in him. And that if, with respect to the disqualifi

cation, there shall be any difficulty in ascertaining the horse or horses tried, the owner of the horse or horses so tried shall be bound, on the request of the Stewards, to declare to them which of his horses ran in such trial; and in case he shall decline so to do, the Stewards shall have power to fix the disqualification upon any one or more of the horses of such owner at their option.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held at the New Rooms, this eighteenth day of May 1824, these Resolutions and Orders were unanimously approved of and adopted as Rules and Orders of the Jockey Club.

NEW ROOMS, NEWMARKET, July 13, 1824. At a Meeting of the Stewards and Members of the Jockey Club, it was resolved as follows:

That in future, when the horses which are brought out to run for any plate, subscription, or sweepstakes, are called upon by the person appointed to start them, to take their places for that purpose, the owner of every horse who comes up to the post shall be considered as liable to pay his whole stake; and all bets respecting such horses shall be considered as play or pay bets.

That after the end of the present Meeting, the stakeholder deduct 11. per cent. from all sums won at Newmarket, in sweepstakes or matches, where the clear sum to be received by the winner, over and above his own stake, shall amount to 100l. or more; and that the money so raised shall be disposed of in the following manner, viz:— Two handicap plates of 1001. each, for four, five, six years old, and aged horses, shall be annually given to be run for: one in the Second October Meeting, Across the Flat; and the other in the Houghton Meeting, from the Ditch in. And that if any horsekeeper shall object to contributing to the above fund, he will not be allowed to start a horse for either of these plates.

That the first of these plates be run for in the Second October Meeting, 1825.

That from and after the present Meeting, the Stakeholder at New market be allowed to retain out of the stakes in his hands the following fees for his trouble, viz.

For every match-One pound.

For every plate-One pound.

For every subscription or sweepstakes, when the whole stake does not amount to more than 1007.-One pound.

For every subscription or sweepstakes, where the whole stake exceeds 1007. and does not amount to 10007.-Two pounds.

For every sweepstakes, where the whole stake amounts to 1000l. or upwards-Five pounds.

And, that after the present Meeting, the Keeper of the Coffee-room at Newmarket be allowed to charge each Member the sum of one shilling every time he shall breakfast there, exclusive of the present subscription.