Racing Calendar

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proprietor Robert Hunter, 1802

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Página xlviii - 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...
Página 198 - ... 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 one battle or more thereby.
Página xxvi - BB any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, for any Plate, Prize, Sum of Money, or other Thing, unless such Horse...
Página xlviii - 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.
Página xxx - The horse, mare, or gelding, that winneth any two heats, winneth the plate ; but if three several horses, mares, or geldings, win each of them a heat, then...
Página l - A bet made after the heat is over if the horse betted on does not start is no bet. When three horses have each won a heat, they only must start for a fourth, and the preference between them will be determined by it, there being before no difference between them. No Distance in a fourth heat. Bets determined, though the horse does not start when the words absolutely run, or Pay or Play, are made use of in betting.
Página xli - Stewards to receive the fame, at to be paid. the coffee-room before twelve o'clock at night, of the day fuch forfeits are determined; and each perfon making default therein-, fliall forfeit...
Página xxxix - Club, in any capacity whatsoever ;. nor shall any horse, &c. fed or rode by him or them, or in the management of which he or they are concerned, be suffered to start for Plate, Match, or Subscription. And the names of the persons found guilty of thes...
Página xliv - 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.
Página xliv - NAMED at the ufual time of entrance, which is to be between the hours of eleven and one, for all plates, fubfcriptions, and fweepftakes, where any entrance is required, and no other particular time fpecified.

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