PART III. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Qncoi^s Plate Articles 548 



'Ilio Elites of Racing 551 



Rules of the Jockcij Club 572 



Tost Horses 578 



Slauf/hterliig Horses 579 



Conditions of Sale at Ahlridge''s . 579 

 Conditions of Sale at TattcrsalV s 581 



QUEEN'S PLATE AETICLES («). 

 [It is Iler Majesty's Command, that tliese following Rules 

 be observed by the Owners and. Riders of all such Horses and 

 Mares as shall run for Her Majesty's Plates at Newmarket 

 and elsewhere.] 



1. Every horse, or mare, that runneth for any of the said 

 Plates, shall carry the weig-ht appointed in the Schedule here- 

 unto annexed. 



2. Every person that putteth in a horse, or mare, for any 

 of the said Plates, shall enter the same Avith the name of the 

 owner, and the age, name, pedigree, or sufficient description 

 of the horse, according to the Pule of the Jockey Club re- 

 garding nominations, at the time and place appointed by the 

 Steward or Stewards of the Paces at which such Plate is to 

 be run for. The charge for such entry shall not exceed five 

 shillings, and no further charge shall be made on the winner 

 of the Plate. 



3. Horses that run for any of Her Majesty's Plates shall 

 start at the time appointed by the Steward or Stewards of the 

 Paces at which such Plate is run for. 



4. Each horse's or mare's place, as he or she come by the 

 ending-post, shall be determined by the Judge a.j)pointed by 

 the Steward or Stewards of the Paces at the place where the 

 said Plate is run for. 



5. Every rider shall, immediately after the race be run, be 

 obliged to come to the usual j^lace of weighing, with his horse 

 or mare, then and there to alight, and not before, and there 

 to weigh to the satisfaction of the person appointed for that 

 purpose. 



6. And in case of neglect or refusal thereof, such owners and 

 riders shall immediately be declared incapable of running or 

 riding anymore forthisor any of Her Majesty's Plates hereafter. 



7. No horse or mare that runneth on the wrong side of the 

 post or flags shall have any claim to the said Plates. 



8. None of Her Majesty's Plates to bo run for in heats. 



9. When the age or cpialification of a horse entered for any 

 of Her Majesty's Plates shall be objected to, either before or 

 after running, the Stewards of the Paces at which such Plate 



{a) From the Racinsr Calet^dar, 1881. 



