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RULES OF RACING. 



At a GENERAL MEETING OF THE JOCKEY CLUB, held 

 at Newmarket on Wednesday in the Craven Meeting 

 1858, to receive the Report of the Committee appointed 

 on the 4th December, 1857, to take into consideration 

 the Rules and Orders of the Jockey Club and Rules 

 concerning Horse-Racing in General, the Rules, re- 

 vised and newly arranged as follows, were read at 

 length, and it was unanimously resolved that they 

 should come into operation on Monday, April the 

 19th, 1858, and that all former Rules of the Jockey 

 Club were repealed on and from that day. 



THE RULES CONCERNING HORSE-RACING IN GENERAL 

 govern all Meetings that are subject to the established 

 Rules of Racing. 



THE RULES AND ORDERS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB 

 apply to Newmarket only. 



RULES CONCERNING HORSE-RACING IN 

 GENERAL. 



1. Race-horses take their ages from the 1st 

 of January. 



2. Catch weights are, each party to appoint Catch 

 a person to ride without weighing. 



