550 



APPENDIX. 



The Plates for ScotlaucI, viz., for Ediubiirgli and Eoyal 

 Caledonian Hunt come from a different fund from the above, 

 are granted annually, and are only of the value of lOOgs. 



Queen's Plate Weights. 



Prom this date, the weights for Her Majesty's Plates will he in accord- 

 ance with the new Scale of Weight-for-age and Distance approved by the 

 Stewards of the Jockey Club. 



London, March 2nd, 1880. (Signed) Bradeoiid. 



Age. 



March. 



and 

 April. 



May. 



June. 



July. 



August. 



Sep- 

 tember. 



October 

 & Nov. 



Three yrs 



Foui- yrs 



rive, six, and ayed, 



Three yrs 



Four yrs , 



Five jTs , 



Six and apfed . . . . , 



THREE MILES AND UPWARDS : 



St. lb. 



8 1 



9 

 9 



7 13 

 9 

 9 3 

 9 3 



Form of Certificate of having won a Queen'' s Plate. 

 These are to certify, that Her Majesty's Plate of Two Hundred Guineas 



was won at the 



called 



A. B. Steward. 

 CD. Clerk of the Course. 

 E. 



day of 



188 ,by 



horse 



Lord Lieutenant of 

 the County. 



The Duke of Westminster, 



Master of the Horse to Her Majesty. 



N.B. The certificate, when properly signed, is payable at three days' 

 sight to the winner of the Plate (or to any other jjerson, if endorsed by 

 the -winner) at the Office of the Clerk of Her Majesty's Stables, in the 

 Royal Mews, Pimlico. 



The Plates at Chester, HamiDton, Goodwood, Huntingdon, Shrew.sbury, 

 Leicester, Livci'pool, Northampton, Egham and Plymouth, and the 

 lOOgs. added to the Whip at the Curragh, are given from a different 

 fund, and the Certificates are to be addressed to the Keeper of the Privy 

 Purse. 



I^° The Clerk of the Stables requires the person presenting a certifi- 

 cate for payment to pay for a receipt stamp. 



* If the Lord Lieutenant be officially out of the kingdom, the signature 

 of the Vice-Lieutenant is admissible. 



