140 Horse Eacing. 



No jockey can be .suspended beyond the 

 meeting at which the offence is committed, 

 unless the case has been heard by the three 

 Stewards of the Jockey Club, and in the 

 absence of any of the Stewards, a Member or 

 Members of the Jockey Club shall be deputed 

 to act for the Steward or Stewards absent. 



The punishment inflicted shall not be de- 

 clared till after the last race of the day on 

 which it is awarded. 



A sentence duly passed upon a jockey can- 

 not be remitted by the Stewards without the 

 authority of a General Meeting of the Jockey 

 Club. 



The starter is prohibited from making a 

 running start the horses must walk up, and 

 be started from a walk, and if the Starter from 

 negligence or inattention allows a start to take 

 place on the wrong side of the Starting-post, 

 he shall be fined a sum of money not exceed- 

 ing 50/., and the start shall be declared null 

 and void. 



Foul riding. 43 ^ jf j n ruim ing for any race one horse 

 shall jostle or cross another, such horse is dis- 

 qualified for winning the race, whether such 

 jostle or cross happened by the swerving of 

 horse, or by the foul and careless riding of 

 the jockey or otherwise ; and where one horse 

 crosses the track of another, it is deemed a 

 disqualification, unless he be two clear lengths, 

 or more, before the horse whose track he 



