722 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



Omitted Conditions. 



49. When the weights are omitted from the advertised conditions of any race, 

 the colts shall carry gst, and fillies 8st I lib, subject to penalties and allowances. 

 If the horses be of different age, the weight shall be fixed by the sanctioned scale 

 appended to these rules. 



50. When no course is mentioned, it shall be as follows : 



If two years old, six furlongs. 



If three years old, one mile. 



If four years old, two miles. 



If five years old, or upwards, four miles. 



And if the horses be of different age, the course shall be fixed by the ne of the 

 youngest. 



At any meeting where there are two or more courses of the same distance, the 

 special course shall be selected by the Stewards. 



51. When no day is fixed for a race, it shall be run on the last day of the 

 meeting, unless otherwise agreed by all the parties engaged, and sanctioned by 

 the Stewards. 



Special Rules applicable to Handicaps, Produce Races, and Selling 

 Races. Handicaps. 



52. The top weight to be allotted in a handicap shall not be less than gst. 



If in a handicap for which there is a minor forfeit declared by a fixed time, the 

 highest weight accepting was originally less than Qst, it shall be raised to that 

 weight, and the other acceptances equally. 



It shall be in the power of Stewards, by notice in the programme, to extend 

 this last-mentioned Rule to the highest weight left in at ten o'clock the preceding 

 evening in handicaps for plates and stakes, where there is no declaration of forfeit, 

 provided the weights are fixed the night before running. 



53. In handicaps there shall be no clause permitting an alteration of the 

 weights after publication by the claim of a selling allowance. 



54. Produce Races. If the produce of a mare is dropped before the 1st of 

 January, or if there is no produce, or if the produce is dead when dropped, a de- 

 claration to that effect by the time prescribed in the conditions renders the entry 

 of such mare void ; if twins are dropped, the nominator shall at the same time 

 declare to which of them the engagement attaches. 



55. Selling Races. All lads who, while under age, have, of their own free will, 

 and with the consent of their parents or guardians, bound themselves to a trainer 

 for a term of not less than three years, are permitted during their apprenticeship 

 to claim $lb allowance in all selling races which are not handicaps, provided no 

 horse carry less than 6st. They will be entitled to this $lb allowance for one year 

 (or 365 days) after winning their first race in any country. 



56. In no selling race shall the lowest selling price be less than 50 sov. 

 Every horse running shall, if the winner be liable to be claimed for the selling 



price by the owner of any other horse engaged in the race, or his authorised 

 agent, but if it is a condition of the race that the winner is to be sold by auction, 

 the sale shall take place immediately after the race, and the surplus over the 

 selling price shall be divided between the owner of the second horse and the race 

 fund. 



If sold, or bought in, the horse shall not leave the place of sale without per- 

 mission of the auctioneer, and a written order given for his delivery; and if the 

 horse be not paid for, or the price secured to the satisfaction of the auctioneer 

 within a quarter of an hour, he may put the horse up a second time, and the 

 purchaser at the first sale shall be responsible for any deficiency arising from the 

 second, and shall be treated as a defaulter until it is paid. 



Whoever issues the delivery order for a horse sold, bought in, or claimed, is 

 responsible for the money, and shall, if required, pay the same over to the person 

 entitled the day after the horse is delivered. 



57. All other horses starting may be claimed for the selling price plus the 



