staking. When the riders of any horses brought out to run are called upon by the starter to take their places for starting, the owner for every horse that goes to the post is liable to pay his whole stake.

22. No person can start a horse for any race, either in his own name or in that of any other person, unless both the owner and namer shall have paid all former stakes and forfeits before the time fixed for starting for the first race. This rule extends to forfeits due elsewhere than at Newmarket, provided a notice of them be delivered by ten o'clock in the evening preceding the day of running. 23. No person in arrear for stakes or forfeits, after application for payment, and no person notoriously a defaulter in respect of bets, can enter or run in his own name, or in that of any other person, any horse of which he is wholly or in part owner. And to prevent any evasion of this rule, the Stewards nave power to call upon the nominator to produce satisfactory testimony that such is not the case, and on failure of such proof, may cause the nomination to be erased, and the nominator will be held liable for the stakes or forfeits thereon. And no horse trained by any groom or other person thus in default, or in any way under the care of any person in default, will be permitted to start. Should any horse coming under the above regulations be mistakenly permitted to start, it will not be considered a winner though he should come in first, and the subscriber will have to pay the whole stake, as for a beaten horse.-(This rule is in force at Goodwood, Ascot, Liverpool, York, &c., but not at Newmarket.) LIABILITIES OF SELLERS AND PURCHASERS.

24. When a horse is sold with his engagements, the seller has not the power of striking the horse out; out, as the original subscriber remains liable for the forfeits, he may, if compelled to pay them, place them on the forfeit list, as due from the purchaser to himself; and both the purchaser and the horse remain under the same disabilities as if the purchaser had been the original subscriber. In all cases of private sale, the written acknowledgment of both parties that the horse was sold with the engagement is necessary to entitle either buyer or seller to the benefit of this rule.

25. When a person has a horse engaged in the name of another party, who may be on the list of defaulters, he may, if he pay this forfeit, start his horse, leaving the forfeit on the list, and substituting his own name for that of the person to whom it was previously due. He may take the same course in respect of forfeits not on the list,

26. When a person takes a nomination for a stake, in which the orfeit is to be declared by a particular time, and does not declare forfeit by the time fixed, he takes the engagement on himself, and his name will be substituted for that of the original subscriber. 27. In a selling race, none but those who have started horses in it are entitled to claim; the horse claimed must be paid for on the day of the race, or the party claiming is not entitled to demand him at any future period, but the owner of the horse claimed may insist upon the claimant taking and paying for him. At Newmarket any horse for a selling stake or plate is liable to be claimed by the owner of any other horse in the race, for the price for which he is entered to be sold, and the amount of the stake; the owner of the second being first entitled, &c.

TRIALS.

28. Every engagement made with any norse, &c., running in a trial, between the time of such trial and the entering of it in the Trial-book, whether it be entered within the time prescribed or not, shall not be run, but the owner of such tried borse shall be considered as having declared forfeit, unless his opponents, or any of them, should be desirous to hold him to his engagement. And, in case any horse so tried shall have started and won any race made subsequently to the trial, and before the entry of it, his owner will not be entitled to the stake, but will be considered as beaten. Every bet made upon or against any such horse becomes void. In these cases the disqualification attaches to the horse, without regard to any change of the property

in him; and if, with respect to the disqualification, any difficulty should arise in ascertaining the horse or horses tried, the owner is bound, on the request of the Stewards, to declare to them which of his horses ran in such trial; on refusal, the Stewards have the power to fix the disqualification upon any one or more of his horses at their option. (This rule is applicable only to Newmarket.)

BETS.

29. The person who bets the odds has a right to choose his horse or the field; when he has chosen his horse, the field is what starts against him. Bets are determined though the horse does not start, when the word "absolutely," or "play or pay," are made use of. All double events are play or pay. Bets on horses whose riders have been called upon by the starter to take their places for the purpose of starting, are play or pay.

30. A bet cannot be off except by mutual consent; but either party may demand stakes to be made on the day of the race, and on refusal may declare the bet off. And if either party be absent on the day of running, a public declaration of the bet may be made on the course, and a demand whether any person will make stakes for the absent party; if no person consent to do so, the bet may be declared void. Bets, however, agreed to be settled in town, or any particular place, cannot be declared off on the course.

31. Bets laid without mentioning the horse before the race is over, are determined by the state of the odds at the time of making it.

32. Bets between any horses that become the property of the same person, or of his avowed con

federate, are void.

33. Bets on horses disqualified, and not allowed to start for want of proper identification in naming or entering, are void; but not so on horses objected to after the race on the ground of incorrect pedigree the horse that comes in first, unless otherwise disor nomination; in the latter case, the bets go with qualified. In cases where the objection is made before starting, the Stewards have the power to suspend the settlement of bets until the objection has been investigated.

34. Bets become void on the death of the nominator of the horse betted on; or if the race for which the horse is named be the first of a double

event; but not so on the death of the horse, or of the owner of such horse, unless named by him.

35. Bets made upon any horse running in a trial between the time of trial and the entry of it, are void. (This rule applies only to Newmarket.) 36. Bets on a race for any particular day in any meeting, in which the parties afterwards change the day, stand; but, if the race be postponed to a different meeting, are void. (The Stewards have the power, in cases of urgent necessity, of putting off the races from day to day in the same week and all bets on such races must stand.)

37. Bets not vitiated because the owner of the horse

may have omitted to make stakes before starting.

termined until it is won. Bets made after the heat, 38. Bets made in running for a plate are not deif the horse betted should not start again, are void.

39. Bets between horses that run a dead heat, and whose owners agree to divide, or between either of such horses and the field, must be put together and divided in the same proportion as the stakes.

If a bet be made on one of the horses that ran the dead heat against a horse that is beaten in the race, the backer of the former wins half his bet. If the dead heat be the first event of a double bet, the bet is void. Bets between horses that run a dead heat for a match are void.

40. Bets cannot be transferred without the consent of both parties to it.

41. Money given to have a bet laid is not to be returned, though the race be not run.

42. Bets between horses are void if neither of them should win.

43. A defaulter for bets may, within two years from the date of his defalcation, after having settled with his creditors, demand the sums due to him, but after the expiration of that term, loses all claim on the person indebted to him.

ABINGDON.-Oval, one mile and a quarter round, with a good run in; the T.Y.C. is three-quarters of a mile.

ASCOT.-A circular course, short of two miles by 66 yards the first half nearly all on the descent, and the remainder, which is called the old mile, up hill the greater part of the way. The Swinley Course is the last mile and a half of the above. The new mile is straight, and up hill all the way. The T.Y.C. is the last 5 furlongs and 136 yards of the new mile.

AYR.-A round, flat course of 1 mile and 330 yards, with a straight run in of a quarter of a mile. BATH is nearly an oval of one mile and a half, with a straight run in of half a mile. BECCLES.-A flat circular course, of a mile and a quarter, the last third of it flat. BEDFORD is a flat circle of 1 mile, 4 fur. 44 yards. BEVERLEY.-An oval, or rather pear-shaped course, I mile, 3 furlongs, 90 yards round, with a straight run in of nearly half a mile, and a gradual rise for the greater part of this distance. Kingston Course 1 mile and 4 furlongs, the T.Y.C. is 4 fur. 1054 yds.

BLANDFORD.- The Cup Course is 2 miles, starting at the winning chair, running nearly a mile straight, and, with a good turn, back over the same ground. The Dorsetshire Stake Course is about three miles, with a different start, but running into the Cup Course. The T.Y.C. is 6 furlongs, straight.

BRECON.-Flat, rather oblong, with a straight run in of about 500 yards. Once round and a distance is a 'mile, or twice round and the long length two miles.

BRIGHTON.-The Old Course is 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 265 yards; the New Course, 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 141 yards; the Ovingdean Course 1 mile 4 furlongs; the Enclosed Course 1 mile 2 furlongs; the Bristol Course is 1 mile; and the T.Y.C. 6 furlongs.

BURTON CONSTABLE (in Sir C. Constable's Park). Nearly circular, a mile and a quarter, with a straight run in of about 500 yards; and level, with the exception of a hill on the top side. CARLISLE is 1 mile and 90 yards round. CATTERICK BRIDGE is an oval flat, of 1 mile and 60 yards, with a straight run in of 3 furlongs and 154 vards.

CANTERBURY is shaped like a cricket-bat, being two miles out and in, with a severe hill from the distance home.

CHATHAM is 1 mile and 1 furlong, with a straight, flat run in of a quarter of a mile and 24 rods; the opposite side of the course is on lower ground, but flat.

CHEADLE (CHESHIRE) is oval, about three quarters of a mile.

CHELMSFORD is oval, short of 2 miles by about 30 yards, the last half mile being on the ascent. There is a straight mile.

CHESTER. A flat course of 1 mile and 46 yards round. The Trade Cup Course is 2 miles, 2 furlongs, and 42 yards, starting at the Grosvenor Post. For the 2 mile Course the start is 46 yards past the winning post. The Grosvenor Course is 1 mile, furlong, 216 yards. From the Castle Pole and twice round, is 2 miles, 3 furlongs, 67 vards. The T.Y.C. is nearly 6 furiongs. CHESTERFIELD is nearly circular, and about a mile and three-quarters round; the run in is about a quarter of a mile, straight, and rather on the ascent.

COVENTRY is 1 mile round, with a straight run in of more than one-third of a mile.

CROXTON PARK-The, new course is pear

shaped, 22 yards short of two miles, with a flat straight run in of 840 yards. DERBY.-Oblong, a mile and a quarter in length, with a straight run in of nearly half amile. DONCASTER is a round course of about 1 mile, 7 furlongs, and 70 yards. The other courses are portions of this circle, viz.-Red House in, 5 furlongs. 152 yards. T.Y.C. 7 furlongs, 214 yards. Fitzwilliam Course, I mile, 4 furlongs, 10 yards. St. Leger Course, 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 132 yards. Two mile course, 2 mile, 15 yards. Four mile course (twice round) 3 miles, 7 furlongs, 29 1 yards. Cup Course, from the Red House and once round, 2 miles, 5 furlongs, 14 yards. DUMFRIES.-Nearly oval, 1 mile and 3 furlongs

round.

DURHAM.-Circular, 1 mile in extent. The T.Y.C is 6 furlongs. ECCLES.-An oval of three-quarters of a mile, with a straight finish of a quarter of a mile. EDINBURGH.-Nearly oval, measuring I mile, a quarter, and 46 yards, with a nearly straight run in of half a mile, rising slightly from the distance. EGHAM is nearly flat, 66 yards short of two miles, and in shape resembling the figure of 9. The new mile is nearly straight.

EGLINTON PARK.-An oval course, 150 yards less than 2 miles, and flat, with the exception of a rather steep hill about half a mile from the winning post. The run in, which forms the T.Y.C is a straight run in.

EPSOM.-The Old or Cup Course is 2 miles, of an irregular circular form, the first mile up hill. The New Derby Course is exactly a mile and a half, and somewhat in the form of a horse-shoe, the last half mile being straight. The first half mile is on the ascent, the next third of a mile level, the bend into the straight run home, anp until within the distance on the descent, and the remainder on the rise. The New T.Y.C. is 6 furlongs, the Old T.Y.C. or Woodcot Course, something less than half a mile, the Craven Course one mile and a quarter, and the Metropolitan Course, starting at the winning post, 2 miles and 2 furlongs.

EXETER.-The Old Course is an oval of 2 miles, two-thirds of which are nearly flat, and the remainder rather hilly. The last half mile is straight, with a slight ascent and good coming in. The New Course is round, and nearly level of 1 mile, and the three mile course is formed out of the new and old courses. GOODWOOD.-The New Cup Course is 2 miles and a half, starting 100 yards west of the winning post, running out to the west of the Clump, returning by the east. T.Y.C. is a straight three-quarters of a mile. For the Queen's Plate, the horses start to the north-west of the Stand, run over to the east of the Clump, go to the outside circle of the hill, and return by the east of the Clump, being 3 miles, 5 furlongs, 97 yards. The Maidstone Course is 2 miles. 1 furlong, 44 yards. For the New Mile the horses start on the G.S. Co. and run home to the westward of the Clump. "Two Miles," and "One Mile and three quarters," are portions of once round, which is 2 miles, 1 furlong, 40 yards. “A Mile and Half," to be run on the New Course. HAMPTON.-A flat oval course; the old course a mile and a quarter; the new one about a mile and a half. The T.Y.C. is 6 yards short of half a mile. HEREFORD is oval, I mile and 380 yards, with a straight run in of about 600 yards. HOLYWELL.-Oval, about 2 miles and 1 furlong, with a straight run in of half a mile up a gradual rise.

HUNTINGDON is oval and flat, short of 2 miles by a distance, with a straight run in of nearly half a mile.

IPSWICH.-Two miles round, with a straight run in of half a mile.

KELSO.-Oblong, a mile and a quarter round, and

of two miles round, with a straight run in of threequarters of a mile.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS.-Circular, one mile and 246 yards in length, and rather hilly. UPTON-ON-SEVERN.-A perfect flat, 2 miles and 2 furlongs round, with a straight half mile. WALSALL.-Oval, one mile round, short of a few yards. There is rather a severe hill of about 150 yards, a quarter of a mile from the starting post, but the run in is straight, flat, and nearly half a mile in length.

WARWICK-Once round is 1 mile, 6 furlongs, 60 yards. The Leamington Stake Course is 2 miles and 44 yards. The T.1.C. is a few yards short of 7 furlongs.

WENLOCK.-An oval course of about a mile. WEYMOUTH.-Oblong, level, and about a mile

round.

WINCHESTER is 2 miles round, with a straight run in of about three-quarters of a mile, the first of which is a strong hill. The T.Y.C. is 6 furlongs. WOLVERHAMPTON.-An oval of 1 mile, 1 fürlongs, 102 yards, having a hollow at the northwestern extremity. The T.Y.C. is a straight half mile.

WORCESTER.-Flat and oval. The T.Y.C. half a mile, and two and three year old length, 5 furlongs straight; but for the mile and longer dist:.nces, the course is crossed in the middle, making a figure of 8, and being, once over, about 1 mile and three-quarters.

WREXHAM.-One mile in extent, nearly oval, the

ground slightly undulating, the last quarter of a mile straight, with a gentle rise. The T.Y.C. is a few yards more than half a mile. YARMOUTH.-Level, "once round" being 1m 2f 200y; and T.Y.C. 5f 80y, straight. YORK. Circular, and quite flat, curving at the point where the old winning post stood, the new one being 50 yards nearer the stand, leaving a straight run in of 5 furlongs and 44 yards, which forms the T.Y.C. The course once round is 1 mile and 6 furlongs and rather more than 50 yards; the other courses are portions of the circle, and are the exact distances described in the conditions of the stakes.

CURRAGH COURSES.-New Chain, 3f 69y;
Yearling Length, 5f 153y; Conolly's Mile, Im;
Two Year Old Course, Im 130v; Sir Ralph's
Post, Im If 94y; Three Year Old Course; Im 2f
22y; Post on the Flat, Im 3f 58y; First Post on
the Flat, 1m 5f; Red Post, Im 6f 3y; Hamilton
Course, 3m 4f 133y; Over the Course, 4m; Sligo
Post, a few yards longer than the Red Post.
NEW COURSES.-Yearling Course, 2f 147y; Blue
Post, 2f 178y; Two Year Old Course, 5
Yellow Post, 6f; Anglesey Post, 6f; Northum-
berland Post, im; Bruen Post, 1m; Royal
Course, Im 3f 144y; Peel Course, Im 6f 12y;
Rathbride Post, Im 130y; Mulgrave Mile, Im;
Rossmore Post (on Peel C.) 1m 4f.; Waterford
Post, I mi. 4 fur. on the Peel Course; Marquis's
Post, 2f. 178y.

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