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APPENDIX. 



Definitions. 



Horse-races 

 unlawful 

 within ten 

 miles of 

 London unless 

 licensed. 



Power to jus- 

 tices to license 

 at Michaelmas 

 quarter ses- 

 sions. 



Mode of 

 making appli- 

 cation for 

 licence. 



Penalty on 

 persons taking 

 part in un- 

 licensed 

 horse-races. 



42 & 43 Vict. Cap. 18. 

 An Act fo7' the Licensing of Metropolitan Suhiirhan Racecourses. 



"Whereas the frequency of horse-races in the immediate 

 vicinity of the metropolis is productive of much mischief and 

 inconvenience, and tlie holding of such races in thickly popu- 

 lated places near the metropolis is calculated to cause, and 

 does in fact cause, annoyance and injury to persons resident 

 near to the places where such races are held : 



Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most excellent 

 Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the lords 

 spiritual and temporal, and commons, in this present parlia- 

 ment assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ; 

 (that is to say,) 



1. A horse-race within the meaning of this act shall mean 

 any race in which any horse, mare or gelding shall run or be 

 made to run in competition with any other horse, mare or 

 gelding, or against time, for any prize of what nature or kind 

 soever, or for any bet or wager made or to be made in respect 

 of any such horse, mare or gelding, or the riders thereof, and 

 at which more than twenty persons shall be j)resent. 



2. From and after the twenty-fifth day of March, one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and eighty, it shall not be lawful that 

 any horse-race be held or take place on any pretext whatso- 

 ever within a radius of ten miles from Charing Cross, in the 

 City of Westminster, unless in a place for which a licence for 

 horse-raciug has been obtained pursuant to the provisions 

 hereinafter contained. 



3. Any person desirous of obtaining a licence for horse- 

 racing for any open or enclosed land or place, being the 

 owner, lessee or occupier of such land or place, may apply to 

 the justices assembled at any Michaelmas quarter sessions of 

 the peace to be holden for the county, city, riding, liberty or 

 division in which such land or place is situate, which justices 

 are hereby empowered to grant or withhold a licence at their 

 discretion, such licence to be of force and valid for twelve 

 months dating from the twenty-fifth day of March next fol- 

 lowing the date of such application. 



4. Every such application shall be made to the justices in 

 the same manner as applications for licences for places to be 

 kept for pubhc dancing, music, or other entertainment under 

 the provisions of an act passed in the twenty-fifth year of his 

 late Majesty King George the Second. 



5. Any person who after the said twenty-fifth day of March, 

 one thousand eight hundred and eighty, shall take part in 

 any horse-race in any open or enclosed land or place for 

 which a licence is required under this act, and for which a 

 licence has not been obtained, shall upon summary conviction 



