TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



XXYll 



CHAPTEE II. 



RACING, STAKEHOLDERS, AND STEWARDS. 



Eacing. page 



The Law as to Racing 389 



Eights of Part-owners id. 



Custom to Eace id. 



To resort to Eaces td. 



But though a good Custom, not an 

 Easement within the Prescription 

 Act 390 



Stakeholdees. 



Sweepstakes 390 



Matches id. 



The Act for the Suppression of 

 Betting Houses id. 



Entry for a Eace 391 



Eace not to be run within a Year . . id. 



' ' Scratching ' ' a Eace Horse .... id. 



Clerk of the Course usually Stake- 

 holder 392 



Has no Eight to the Stakes id. 



Ground of Action against Stake- 

 holder id. 



Position of Stakeholder towards the 

 Parties, if the Eace is not to be, 

 or cannot be, run id. 



Cannot set off an unpaid Stake . . 393 



Where he may cash a Cheque .... id. 



Stake must abide the Event of a 

 legal Contract id. 



A Foot Eace id. 



Batty V. Marriott oven-uled by 

 Diggle v. Higgs 394 



Jiidgment of Lord Cairns, L. C. . . id. 



Eecovery of Money paid on an 



illegal Contract 396 



What the Party should do id. 



Demand before the Money is paid 

 over id. 



Bringing an Action not sufficient .. 397 



Where the Money is paid over with- 

 out Dispute id. 



Where a Horse is disqualified .... id. 



Where Owner knows the Disquali- 

 fication 398 



Proper Party to receive the Stakes id. 



Under what Circumstances Winner 

 may maintain an Action id. 



A Cricket Match 399 



A Wrestlina: Match id. 



Stakeholders — continued. page 



A Dog Fight 399 



Loser may recover his Stake where 



there has been Fraud id. 



How he may waive his Claim .... 400 

 Where a Stakeholder may recover 



from the Winner id. 



Money in the hands of a Stake- 

 holder does not pass as ' ' his 

 Moneys' ' under D epositor ' s Will . id. 



Stewards. 



Their Duties 401 



Disputes to be settled by them .... id. 



Award should be made by all .... id. 



Custody of the Stakes in the mean- 

 time 402 



Legal Position of Stewards id. 



Decision not necessarily invalidated 

 by one of them being interested id. 



Decision of two out of three Stew- 

 ards held binding id. 



Stewards differ from legal Arbitra- 

 tors 403 



Judge's Powers do not accrue if 

 Eace is invalid id. 



Steward's Decision maintained by 

 the Court of Exchequer id. 



Keiccomen v. Lynch 404 



Provisional Decision id. 



Appointment of a Judge 405 



Negligence in not appointing one . . 406 



Decision of the Umpire or Com- 

 mittee id. 



When Jurisdiction has not attached id. 



Terms of a Eace 408 



Eules of a Eegatta id. 



Stewards, &c. cannot waive any 

 Condition of a Eace 409 



Eules of the Jockey Club 410 



Arbitration of the Jockey Club . . id. 



Sj)orting Phraseology id. 



A " Selling" Eace 411 



A professional Jockey id. 



Horse regularly hunted with 

 Hounds id. 



Match for a particular Meeting . , id. 



Ordering off the Grand Stand .... 412 



Ordering Goods 413 



