THEIR HISTORY, RISE AND PROGRESS. 379 



George the First, an attempt was made by fiu-ther legis- George the 

 lation to suppress unlawful Lotteries (o), and to prevent 3^"'^^- 

 foreign Lotteries being carried on in this kingdom {p). 



In the Eeign of Greorge the Second it appears that Reign of 

 there was an excessive increase in Gaming, and to re- ^eorge the 

 medy the evil, 12 Geo. 2, c. 28, was passed, a.d. 1739, 

 being " An Act for the more effectual preventing of cx- 

 cessire and deceitful Gaming.'' This Act declares the 

 Games of the Ace of Hearts, Pharaoh, Bassett and 

 Hazard to be Games or Lotteries by cards or dice within 

 the meaning of the Act, and imposes a penalty of 200/. 

 on every person setting up such Games or Lotteries, and 

 a penalty of 50/. on every person adventuring at them {q). 

 An Act was also passed to make more effectual 33 Hen. 8, 

 c. 9 (r) ; and another to prevent the selling chances in 

 Foreign Lotteries (s) . 



It was foimd after the passing of 9 Anne, c. 14, that 

 the number of Horse Races had very much increased ; 

 and in consequence of their being run imder 10/. a-side, 

 and therefore for small Plates, they had contributed very 

 much to the encouragement of idleness, and the breed of 

 strong and useful Horses was supposed to have been much 

 prejudiced. The Legislatin-e, endeavouring to remedy 

 these evils, passed 13 Geo. 2, c. 19, in a.u. 1740, which 

 was "An Act to restrain and prevent the excessive in- 

 crease of Horse Races." By this Act all Horses were to 

 be entered by their real owners, and no person was to 

 start more than one for the same Plate, under pain of 

 forfeiting the Horse (/). No Plate was to be run for 

 under the value of 50/., and any person starting a Horse 

 for a Plate of smaller value was to forfeit 200/., and any 

 person advertising such a Race was subject to the penalty 

 of 100/. {ii). An arbitrary standard of weights was fixecl, 

 a five-year-old Horse was to carry ten stone, a six-year- 

 old eleven stone, and a seven-year-old twelve stone, under 

 a penalty of 200/. (jic), and every Race was to be begun 

 and ended in the same day (?/) . The entrance money was 



(o) 8 Geo. 1, 0. 2, ss. 36, 37. (.?) 6 Geo. 2, c. 35, ss. 29, 30. 



(p) 9 Geo. 1, c. 19, virtually (t) 13 Geo. 2, c. 19, repealed in 



repealed by 7 Geo. 3, c. 48, ss. so far as it relates to Horse-Racing 



4, 5. by 3 & 4 Vict. c. 5. 



(g) 12 Geo. 2, c. 28, ss. 1, 2, 3. (u) 13 Geo. 2, c. 19, s. 2. 



{r) 2 Geo. 2, c. 28, s. 9, Appen- (.)) Ibid. s. 3. 



dix. ( I/) Ibid. 8. 4. 



