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APPENDIX. 



Stewards and 

 deputies. 

 Powers of 

 Stewards after 

 conclusion of 

 meeting. 



Judges, 

 stai'ters, &c. 



General Rules 

 with res^Dect 

 to asre. 



Weights and 

 allowances. 



(v.) The decision of the Stewards, or of the Stewards of the 

 Jockey Chib in case of appeal, shall be final, and shall not be 

 questioned in any court except by leave of the Stewards by 

 whom it was made. 



6. A Steward may appoint a deputy at any time. 



7. The powers of the Stewards continue after the meeting 

 for all purposes relating to disputes, objections, penalties and 

 disqualifications. 



Judges, Starters, and other Officials. 



8. The Stewards shall appoint an adequate staff of officials for 

 every meeting. 



The following officials shall require a licence to he granted hy 

 the Stewards of the Jochey Cluh anmuilly before they can act, 

 viz., Judge, Starter, Clerh of the Course, and Clerk of the Scales, 

 and one of each shall he named for each meeting advertised in the 

 Calendar ; but, in case of emergency, the Stewards may, during 

 a meeting, appoint an unlicensed deputy to fill any of such offices, 

 in lohich case they shall make a special report to the Stewards of 

 the Jochey Cluh, 



A race cannot be decided unless the judge or his authorized 

 deputy or substitute, or a steward, occupy the judge's box at 

 the time when the horses pass the winning-post. 



The judge shall send a report of the result of the race, 

 signed by him, to the registry office. 



P^VET III. — General Conditions a7id Restrictions. 

 Age of Horses. 



9. (i.) The age of a horse shall be reckoned as beginning 

 on the 1st of January in the year in which he is foaled. 



(ii.) Yearlings shall not run for any race. Two-year-olds 

 shall not run for any handicap before the 1st of September, 

 nor after that date with any but two-year-olds. 



(iii.) Two-year-olds shall not run more than six furlongs 

 before the Is't of July, nor less than five furlongs at any time. 



(iv. Thi-ee-ycar-olds and upwards shall not run less than 

 five furlongs for a plate or sweepstakes. 



Weights and Alloivances. 



10. (i.) No horse shall carry less than 5st. 7 lb. in any plate 

 or sweepstakes. 



(ii.) The top weight in a handicap shall not be less than 

 8st. 12 lb., and if the highest weight accepting be less than 

 this it shall be raised to 8st. 121b., and the other weights shall 

 be raised in proportion. 



(iii.) No horse shall receive allowance of weight, or be 

 relieved from extra weight, for having been beaten in one or 

 more races ; provided that this rule shall not prohibit maiden 

 allowances. 



