20 Horse Racing. 



Rule 14 forbids yearlings to run for public 

 stakes under pain of disqualification, but this Kule 

 does not apply to matches, which are not public 

 races. 



Kule 17. A clause has been added to' punish 

 persons who, by fraud or misrepresentation, suc- 

 ceed in starting a horse after he has been legally 

 scratched. 



Kule 18 declares the nomination of a Produce 

 Stake to be void if the mare drops her foal before 

 the 1st of January. 



Rule 24 now applies to horses and mares which 

 have produced winners in any country. 



Kule 37. In weighing horses before or after a 

 race, no whip or substitute for a whip shall be 

 allowed in the scales ; and a jockey riding a beaten 

 horse shall be fined not less than 101. nor exceeding 

 25?., if he does not return to weigh after the race. 



N.B. It has always been optional to weigh 

 with the whip, or drop it and decline to carry it 

 to the scales ; it has been ascertained that whips 

 loaded with quicksilver can be made to weigh 

 5 or 6 Ibs., and exchanges have been made after 

 the race. 



Kule 38 disqualifies horses carrying more than 

 2 Ibs. overweight without a declaration at the pro- 

 per time : a due consideration is always made for 



