248 MODERN rAllRIEll. 



The horse that has his head at the ending-post \ 

 first wins the heat. 



Riders must ride their horses to the weighing- . 

 post to weigh, and he that dismounts before, or , 

 wants weight, is distanced. [ 



If a rider fail from his horse, and the horse be \ 

 rode in by a person that is sufficient weight, he will j 

 take place the s.'ime as if it had not happened, pro- ] 

 vided he go back to the place where the rider fell. ; 



Horses' plates or shoes not allowed in the weight, i 



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 i 

 may enter without a certificate, provided he carry i 

 the same weight as the affed. 



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 other twice out of three times, though he | 

 doth not win a heat. 



A confirmed bet cannot be off without mutual 

 consent. -■ 



Either of the betters may demand stakes to be '1 

 made, and on refusal declare the bet void. j 



If a 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 ' 

 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 

 course. 



At Newmarket, if a match be made for a particu- 

 lar day in any meeting, and the parties agree to 

 change the day, all bets must stand ; but if run in a 

 different meeting, the bets made before the altera- 

 tion are void. 



