to the Keeper of the Match-book, before twelve o'clock on the evening the race is run, under the former penalty of five per cent. to the Jockey-Club; and perfons making default herein, fhall not be allowed the deduction for the timely declaration of fuch forfeits.

That horfes, &c. entered for Plates or Subfcriptions, fhall not be required to be fhewn, if fuch horfe, &c. has before started at Newmarket ; and that the owner of each horse, entered for a Plate or Subfcription, fhall declare to the Stewards, or the Keeper of the Match-book, the evening before, by eight o'clock, or when the lift is read, at half past nine o'clock, whether his horse is intended to run or not, which declaration fhall be deemed obligatory, if in the affirmative, unless the horse be taken ill or matched; and if in the negative, his name shall be erafed from the lift.

That the owners of horses, &c. engaged in Matches or Sweepstakes, in which the forfeits fhall amount to one hundred guineas, or upwards, fhall be entitled to a deduction of ten per cent. if they declare their forfeits by half an hour past nine o'clock the evening preceding running.

RULES

RULES

CONCERNING

HORSE-RACING IN GENERAL,

WITH A DESCRIPTION OF

A POST AND HANDICAP MATCH;

Taken from POND'S RACINC CALENDAR, for the year 1751, with fome few alterations.

Horfes take their ages from May-day.

1760 Yards are a Mile.

240 Yards are a Distance.

Four Inches are a Hand.

Fourteen Pounds are a Stone.

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NATCH Weights are each party to appoint any perfon to ride without weighing.

Give-and-take Plates, are fourteen hands to carry

all above, or under, to carry extra. or be allowed,

the proportion of feven pounds for an inch.

A Whim Plate, is weight for age, and weight for inches.

A Poft Match, is to infert the age of the horses in the articles, and to run any horse of that age, without declaring what horfe, till you come to the Poft to ftart.

A Handi

A Handicap Match, is for A. B. and C. to put an equal fum into a hat, C. who is the handicapper, makes a Match for A. and B. who, when they have perufed 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 cafes 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 depofit in the

hat.

The horse that has his head at the ending Poft firft, wins the heat.

Riders muft ride their horfes to the weighing Poft to weigh, and he that difmounts before or wants weight, is distanced.

If a rider falls from his horse, and the horse is rodę in by a perfon, that is fufficient weight, he will take place the fame as if it had not happened, provided he goes back to the place where the rider fell.

Horse Plates, or shoes not allowed in the weight. Horfes not entitled to start, without producing a proper certificate of their age, if required, at the time appointed in the articles, except where aged horfes are included, and in that cafe, a junior horfe may enter without a certificate, provided he carries the fame weight as the aged.

All bets are for the beft of the Plate, if nothing is faid to the contrary.

For the best of the Plate, where there are three heats run, the horse is second that wins one.

For the best of the heats, the horse is second, that beats the others twice out of three times, though he doth not win a heat.

A confirmed bet cannot be off without mutual confent.

Either of the bettors may demand Stakes to be made, and on refufal, declare the bet void.

If a party is abfent on the day of running, a public declaration of the bet may be made on the Course, and a demand, whether any perfon will make Stakes for the abfent party; if no perfon consents to it, the bet may be declared void.

Bets agreed to pay, or receive in town, or at any other particular place, cannot be declared off on the Courfe.

At Newmarket, if a Match is made for a particular day, in any meeting, and the parties agree to change the day, all bets muft ftand, but if run in a different meeting, the bets made before the alteration, are void.

The perfon that lays the odds, has a right to chufe his horfe, or the field.

When a perfon has chofen his horfe, the field is what starts against him, but there is no field without one starts with him.,

Bets made for pounds are paid in guineas.

If odds are laid without mentioning the horse before it is over, it must be determined as the bets were at the time of making it.

Bets made in running, are not determined till the Plate is won, if that heat is not mentioned at the time of betting.

Where a Plate is won by two heats, the preference of the horfes is determined by the places they are in the second heat.

Horfes running on the wrong fide of the Poft, and not turning back, distanced.

Horfes drawn before the Plate is won, are distanced. Horfes diftanced, if their riders crofs and jostle, when the articles do not permit it.

If a horse wins the first heat, and all others draw, they are not distanced if he starts no more, but if he ftarts again by himself, the drawn horfes are distanced.

A bet

A bet made after the heat is over, if the horse betted on does not start, is no bet.

When three horfes 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 Abfolutely, Run or Pay, or Play or Pay are made ufe of in betting.

Example, I bet that Robinson's bl h. Sampson Abfolutely wins the King's Plate at Newmarket next Meeting, the bet is loft though he does not start, and won though he goes over the Course himself.

A bet made, that a horse wins any number of Plates in a fixed time, void if he does not start for one; after he has started for one, provided there is a field, the bet is loft if he ftarts no more.

In running of heats, if it cannot be decided which is first, the heat goes for nothing, and they may all ftart again, except it be in the laft heat, and then it must be between the two horses, that if either had won, the Race would have been over, but if between two, that the Race might not have been determined, then it is no heat, and the others may all start again. Horfes that forfeit, are the beaten horses, where it is run or pay.

Bets made on horfes winning any number of Plates that year, remain in force till the first day of May. Money given to have a bet laid, not returned, if

not run.

To propofe a bet, and fay done first to it, the person that replies done to it, makes it a confirmed bet.

Matches and bets are void on the decease of either party, before determined.

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