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inferior companion. In 1840 the Doncaster St. 

 Leger was won by Launcelot, and Maroon was 

 pulled up when he could have won by fifty yards ; 

 this is a dangerous modus operandi, not sanc- 

 tioned by the Joskey Club in 1838. Eesolved 

 " That it is the opinion of this Club that it is 

 necessary to declare the extreme disapprobation 

 of horses being started for races without the 

 intention on the part of the owners of trying to 

 win them," although these horses belonged to the 

 same owner there is no rule in the book to countenance 

 this transaction. 



Another innovation was introduced in 1847, 

 which was then, and is now, in direct violation 

 with the 6th Kule of Kacing, viz. allowing two 

 horses belonging to the same owner to run for a plate 

 by a special clause in the conditions this system 

 was established to enlarge the field, alias to increase 

 the entrance money ; it gave the owners an oppor- 

 tunity of declaring to win with the horse which 

 carried the money, thereby they enjoy the satis- 

 faction of setting the law at defiance ; for without 

 this clause both horses would be disqualified, and 

 by the old law, the best horse would be forfeited 

 to the informer. 



The chief alterations are the specification of 

 feather-weights, Rule 3, the standard of which in 



