450 MANUAL OF MODERK FARRIERY. 



of the Match-book, at Newmarket/' and delivered, free of 

 postage. 



By order of the Stewards. 



Newmarket^ IQth May, 1816. — Some disputes having 

 arisen respecticg the qualifications of horses to run for par- 

 ticular races, as well in regard to the time when the certi- 

 ficates should be produced, as to the person by whom the 

 qualifications or disqualifications should be proved, the 

 stewards of the Jockey Club, in the hope of introducing a 

 uniformity of practice in this respect, and with a view to 

 prevent disputes, declare it as their opinion, that when the 

 qualification of any horse is objected to before starting, it 

 is incumbent on the owner to produce a certificate, or other 

 proper document, to the stewards, or clerk of the course, 

 before the race is run, to prove the qualification of his 

 horse ; and that if he shall start his horse without so 

 doing, he must be considered as disqualified; and further, 

 that their decisions on all cases referred to them on this 

 point will be regulated accordingly. 



By order of the Stewards. 



TURF ABBREVIATIONS. 



The following are the abbreviations used in designating 

 the different courses at Newmarket, with their respective 

 measurement ; as also of the abbreviations used in de- 

 scribing races throughout the United Kingdom : — 



Miles. Furls. Yards. 



B. C. Tlie Beacon Course 

 L. T M. Last Three Miles of ditto 

 D. I. From the Ditch in ditto . 

 T. L. T. From the Turn of the Lands in ditto 



C. C. Clermont Course 

 A. F- Across the F'^t- 



