practised may, on application to the Stewards of the Race, obtain redress, so far as regards the payment of the stakes, and being content with this, may not choose to incur the trouble and expense of prosecuting the offending parties, and thus such parties, or other parties of a similar description, may be induced by the expectation of impunity to repeat attempts of the same kind.

4th. That in all cases in which it shall be established to the satisfaction of the Jockey Club that a fraud has been practised, or attempted, by any person in regard to the entering or running any horse for any race, or that any other fraudulent proceeding, which is punishable by law, has taken place in regard to any race, the Jockey Club shall, if they think fit, with the consent of the party aggrieved (in case such party should decline to prosecute) take such steps as may be recommended by proper legal advisers, for the purpose of inflicting on the offenders the punishment to which they have rendered themselves liable.

5th. When the age or qualification of a horse is objected to, either before or after running, for any race in which he is engaged, the Stewards, or those whom they may appoint, being Members of the Jockey Club, shall have power to order an examination of the horse's mouth, by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence as they may require, and their decision shall be final; unless they shall think fit to recommend that the question in dispute be carried into a Court of Law.

6th. If a horse shall run, or be brought to run, in any race in England, or elsewhere, and it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Stewards, or of those whom they may appoint, that the horse was not of the age represented, the owner, or part owner, trainer, groom, or person having the care of such horse at the time, shall be for ever disqualified from running or training any horse where the rules of the Jockey Club apply, and from being employed by any member of the said Club.

7th. No horse foaled out of the United Kingdom shall be entered for any race where the rules of the Jockey Club prevail, unless the owner shall, at the time of naming, produce to the person appointed to receive such nomination, and leave with him, a certificate from some racing club of the country where the horse was foaled, or from the mayor or other public officer of the district, stating the age, pedigree, and colour of the horse, and the marks by which it is distinguished.

At a meeting of the Jockey Club, held June 7, 1845, it was unanimously resolved,

That if a horse shall fraudulently run, or be entered to run, for any race by a false description, such horse shall be thenceforth disqualified for running in any race.

At a numerous Meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket on Tuesday in the Second October Meeting, 1845, it was resolved, That the unanimous thanks of the Jockey Club be rendered to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. for his Grace's indefatigable exertions and eminent services in the House of Lords, whereby many obsolete statutes which threatened destruction to the best interests of the Turf have been repealed, and the remaining laws in regard to horse-racing put upon a safe and satisfactory footing.

Resolved,

That the Standing Rules and Orders of the Jockey Club be suspended, in order to the election, by open voting, of Viscount Palmerston as a Free Member of the Jockey Club.

Resolved,

That Viscount Palmerston be, and his Lordship is hereby elected an Honorary Member of the Jockey Club.

Resolved,

That the unanimous thanks of the Jockey Club be offered to the Right Hon. Viscount Palmerston, for the invaluable services which his Lordship rendered to the interests of the Turf in regard to a revision of the laws affecting the same; and that his Lordship be requested to become an Honorary Member of the Jockey Club, having been elected unanimously by a suspension of their rules.

Resolved,

That these resolutions be forwarded by the Stewards respectively to his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G. and to the Right Honourable Viscount Palmerston, and published in the Book Calendar.

Resolved,

That no races for Gentlemen riders be allowed at Newmarket during the regular Meetings, without the sanction of the Stewards; and that in the event of such sanction being obtained, these races be the first or last of the day.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Second October Meeting, 1847, it was resolved, That in future, when a plate given from the funds of the Jockey Club is walked over for at Newmarket, only half the amount shall be paid.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held at Newmarket after the races on Wednesday in the Houghton Meeting, it was

Resolved-That all public stakes in which heretofore there has been an allowance for the produce of untried horses or mares, should hereafter be drawn up so as to extend the allowance to the produce of horses or mares that never bred a winner.

Resolved-That the Stewards be requested to give sufficient notice of business to be considered at Meetings of the Jockey Club; and that in the Second Spring, July, and First October Meetings, no special business shall be transacted of which notice is not given by advertisement in the Racing Calendar, or by a circular sent to each member.

Resolved-That Rule 27 of the Jockey Club, relative to arrears of stakes and forfeits, shall extend to forfeits due at the Curragh and other established Meetings in Ireland.

At a Meeting of the Jockey Club, held after the races on Friday in the same meeting,

Resolved unanimously-That the thanks of the Jockey Club be given to John Peter Allix, Esq. for his obliging kindness in ordering the rows of trees which obstruct the view of the Cesarewitch and Suffolk stakes Courses to be cut down.

Resolved unanimously-That John Peter Allix, Esq. be elected an Honorary Member of the Jockey Club.

ADJUDGED CASES.

CASE I.

A, B, and C run for a subscription, the best of heats. A wins the first heat, B the second.-C's rider, after saving his distance the second heat, dismounts between the Distance-post and the end, but remounts, rides past the Ending-post, and weighs as usual; starts and wins the third heat, and weighs, without any objection being made.

A, being second the third heat, in a short time afterwards demands the subscription (not knowing till then that C's rider had dismounted), and refuses to start for the fourth heat, which B and C run for, and C wins.

It was decided that, no objection having been made to C's starting for the third heat, he was entitled to the prize.

CASE II.

The winner of a plate, whose horse had distanced all the others, applied for the stakes or entrance-money, which was advertised to be paid to the second-best horse that won a clear heat-one of the distanced horses had won the first heat.

It was decided that the winning horse cannot be deemed the second horse, and therefore was not entitled to the stakes; and all the others being distanced, no other person could claim them.

The owner of B claimed on the ground of A's disqualification, he having, the preceding year, won a clear heat at Chelmsford, to entitle him, according to their articles, to the stakes or entrancemoney.

It was decided that A was not disqualified, the term "winner" applying only to the horse that beats all the rest.

CASE IV.

Whether a horse having won a sweepstakes of 23gs each (3 subscribers) is disqualified to run for a 501. plate, expressed to be for horses that never won plate, match, or sweepstakes of that value?

It was decided that it was the practice, in estimating winnings, to consider the clear sum gained only, and consequently to exempt the stake of the proprietor; the horse, therefore, which had won a sweepstakes of 46gs only, viz. two stakes of 23gs each, was not thereby disqualified for the 501. plate above-mentioned.

CASE V.

Mr Baird having entered two horses for the King's plate at Newcastle, in 1793, and won it with Sans Culotte (his other horse not starting), the owner of the second horse objected to his receiving the plate, on the ground that he was disqualified by having entered two horses.

It was decided that Mr Baird was entitled to the plate.

CASE VI.

A betted B that a mare should trot a mile in five minutes, in four minutes and a half, and in four minutes; all of which, it was stated, she won with ease; but B measuring the distance, after the races were over, found it was short of a mile by four yards.

It was decided that, as no objection was made to the measure of the Course before starting, and the mare having performed the distance set out, and not objected to, A won all the bets.

CASE VII.

After the race for the Somersetshire stakes at Bath, in 1829, it was discovered that the person in whose name Rasselas was entered was dead before the race was run, and Mr Day, the owner of Liston, who came in second, claimed the stake. The matter was referred to the Stewards of the Jockey Club. It was decided that Liston was entitled to the stake, because, of all the horses qualified to start for the stake, he was the first, Rasselas being disqualified by the death of the person in whose name he was entered.

But the Stewards thought that, in this case,—as in that of a horse disqualified to start from the stakes not having been duly made,— the bets should stand according as the horses came in.

CASE VIII.

At Canterbury races, 1829, for the 1001. given by the Noblemen and Gentlemen, Mr Pearce's Guildford won the two first heats; but Mr Mattam, the owner of Moor Buzzard, claimed the plate, alleging that Guildford was disqualified, his owner having run two horses for a prize for which heats were run.

It was contended on the part of Mr Pearce, 1st. That this was not a plate; 2nd, That no objection was made till after the jockies were weighed, and the horses led away.