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APPENDIX. 



Application of 

 these Kules. 



Commence- 

 ment of these 

 Rules. 



pi'GSsions in these Eules or in tlie programme or conditions of 

 any meeting or race referring to Messrs. Weatherby's mean 

 the registry office as herein defined. 



The "Eacing Calendar" and the " Stud Book" mean the 

 works published under those names respectively for the time 

 being authorized by the Jockey Club. 



The "Sheet Calendar," the "Monthly Calendar," and the 

 " Book Calendars" of "Eaces Past" and of " Eaces to Come" 

 mean the parts or editions of the "Eacing Calendar" as pub- 

 lished under or usually known liy those names respectively. 



The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are not included 

 in the expression " Great Britain," but they are included (with 

 Ireland) in the expression "the United Kingdom." 



" Month" means a calendar month. 



2. (i.) These Eules apply to aU meetings held under the 

 control of the Jockey Club, or advertised in the "Eacing 

 Calendar" to be held subject to these Eules. 



(ii.) If a horse run in a race at any meeting in Great 

 Britain which is not so advertised, he is perpetually disquali- 

 fied for all races to which these Eules apply. 



(iii.) The Stewards of the Jockey Club may at their dis- 

 cretion prohibit the advertisement of any meeting in the 

 " Official Eacing Calendar." 



3. These rules shall come into operation on the first day of 

 January, 1877, and any other Eules of Eacing shall be 

 annulled as from that day, without prejudice to then existing 

 riffhts or liabilities. 



Paut II. — Mcmagement of Meetings mid Potcers of Stewards. 



Meetings. 4. (i.) Every meeting must be advertised in the "Eacing 



Calendar." 



(ii.) The advertisement must state that the meeting is to be 

 subject to the Eules of Eacing, and must state as soon as 

 practicable the days on which the meeting is to begin and 

 end, the dates for closing the stakes (which shall always be 

 on a Tuesday, except for races closing within six days of, or 

 during, a meeting), and, in every advertisement, all fees pay- 

 able at the meeting, and tlie names of two or more persons as 

 Stewards, and of the Judge, Starter, Clerk of the Course, 

 Handicapjier, Stakeholder, and Clerk of the Scales, and the 

 Clerk of the Course, or corresjyonding official, shall he the sole 

 person responsible to the Stewards for the general arrangeinents 

 of the meeting. 



(iii.) No meeting shall be advertised in the "Eacing 

 Calendar" imless the money added be not less than 300 sov. 

 per day, 150 of which at least shall be added to races of a 

 mile and upwards, and the minimum so required to be added 

 shall be given notwithstanding any condition to the contrary, 

 if there be five entries, and three horses the ^iroj^erty of dif- 

 ferent owners start. 



