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tificate, or other pro}>er document, to the stewards, 

 or clerk of the course, before the race is run, to 

 prove the quaUfication of his horse; and that if he 

 shall start his horse without so doing, he must be 

 considered as disqualified : and farther, that their 

 decisions on all cases referred to them on this point 

 will be regulated accordingly. 



By order of the stewards. 



CASE T. July 4, 1776. 



A subscription of 10 guineas each, for hunters, 

 that yiever won eitJier plate, match, or sweepstakes, 

 12 St. each, one four-mile heat, &c. To he named 

 on or before the 1st of April, 1777, to the clerk of 

 the, &c. &;c. 



The stewards of Newmarket were requested to 

 give their opinion — whether a horse having won a 

 subscription on the 23d o/' April, 1777, was qualified 

 to run for the above ? 



Answer. — The stewards are of opinion, that a 

 horse being duly qualified at the day of nomination, 

 is entitled to start. Signed by order, &c. 



Case 2. — A, B, and C run for a subscription, the 

 best of heats. A wins the first heat, B the second. 

 C's rider, after saving his distance the second heat, 

 dismounts between the distance-post and the end, 

 but remounts, rides past the ending-post, and weiglis 

 as usual ; starts and wins the third heat, and weighs, 

 without any objection being made. 



A being second the third heat, in a short time af- 

 terwards demands the subscription (not knowing till 

 then that C's rider had dismounted), and refuses to 

 start for the fourth heat, which B and C run for, 

 and C wins. 



Query. — Which is entitled to the prize ? 



Answer. — The stewards are of opinion, that no 

 objection having been made to C's starting for the 

 third heat, C is entitled to the prize. Signed by, &c. 



