754 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



Special Rules relating to Steeple Chases and Hurdle Races. 



170. (i) In steeple chases and hurdle races, any horse getting away from his 

 rider may be remounted in any part of the field or enclosure in which the occur- 

 rence took place, but should such horse not be caught until he shall have entered 

 another field, then he shall be ridden or brought back to the one in which he 

 parted from his rider. Any rider so losing his horse may be assisted in catching 

 him and remounting him without risk of disqualification ; and in the event of a 

 rider being disabled, his horse may be ridden home by any person of sufficient 

 weight, provided he be qualified according to the conditions of the race. No 

 penalty shall be exacted for carrying overweight in this instance. 



NOTE. In artificially constructed steeple chase courses, and in hurdle races, 

 the spaces between the fences or hurdles are considered as fields or enclosures for 

 the purposes of this rule. 



(ii) If any flag, post, or boundary mark be placed in the course or altered 

 after the riders have been shown over the ground, or had the course pointed out 

 to them, it shall not be considered binding or of any effect unless such addition 

 or alteration shall have been particularly named, previous to starting, to all the 

 riders in the race, by one of the Stewards, the Clerk of the Course, or by their 

 representatives. 



(iii) If a horse refuse any fence, or hurdle, in a race, and it can be proved to 

 the satisfaction of the Stewards that he has been led over it by any of the by- 

 standers, or has been given a lead over by any horseman not riding in the race, 

 the horse shall be disqualified. 



Fees and Fines. 



171. Fees, The Stakeholder shall be allowed to retain, out of the stakes in his 

 hands, the following fees, viz. 



For every match, I sov. 



For every subscription or sweepstakes where the lowest forfeit amounts to 

 20 sov. \ per cent, on the whole stake, and on all other races I per cent., the 

 minimum fee to be I sov. 



172. There shall also be payable the following fees 



(i) For every entry a maximum Clerk's fee of 5s., to include weighing. 



(ii) On election or re-election as Qualified Rider, i sov. 



(iii) For every registration or change of an assumed name, 10 sov. 



(iv) For every registration of partnership, and on every change thereof I sov. 

 for each horse. 



(v) For every annual registration of colours, 5s. 



(vi) For every registration of colours for life, 2 sov. 



(vii) For registration of foreign and veterinary certificates, 5s. on each 

 certificate. 



(viii) For registration of National Hunt Flat Race Certificates, 5s. 



(ix) For registration of Point to Point Steeple Chase Certificates, los. 



(x) For registration of an agreement with a jockey, 53. 



173. Fines. All fines shall be paid to the funds of the National Hunt 

 Committee. 



New Rules. 



174. No new rule can be passed, nor can any existing rule be rescinded or 

 altered, without being previously advertised three times in the "Sheet Calendar," 

 and without notice being given of the meeting of the National Hunt Committee 

 at which it is to be proposed ; and no new rule, or repeal or alteration of a rule, 

 shall take effect until it has been twice subsequently published in the " Sheet 

 Calendar." Any owner of race-horses, or persons affected by such proposed new 

 rule, recission, or alteration, may, before it is made, petition the National Hunt 

 Committee through the Secretaries. All such petitions shall be laid before the 

 meeting before the question is put. 



