On the Office of Steward. 49 



ON THE OFFICE OF STEWARD. 



It will be well for every gentleman who under- 

 takes the duties of a Steward at a county race 

 meeting to be informed of the liabilities he takes 

 upon himself in accepting that office, and of the 

 rights and privileges conferred upon him by virtue 

 of it 



In law, a Steward is liable in respect of all 

 things done or ordered in his name, by his 

 authority, either expressly or iinpliedly given; 

 and he cannot shelter himself from that liability 

 by proving that the funds at his disposal are 

 inadequate to the demands upon him, unless, 

 indeed, he can also prove that the persons whose 

 claims are in question agreed to look to the funds 

 alone, and not to the individual responsibility of 

 the Stewards. 



A Steward is not bound to make good any 

 deficiency in the stakes advertised to be run for. 

 Nor is he the person to whom the winner can look 

 in law for payment of the stakes won, unless he, 

 or any agent of his, has received the money. The 

 Clerk of the Course usually is the person with 

 whom the stakes are deposited as stakeholder , and 

 he, as such stakeholder, is independently respon- 



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