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objection is made and allowed on the ground of disqualifi- 

 cation : Provided that this Eule shall not prevent a judge 

 from correcting any mistake. 

 Objections. (i.) Every objection must be made by the owner, jockey or 



groom of some other horse engaged in the same race [or by 

 the starter], or by a Steward, and must be made to one of the 

 Stewards, or to the Judge, clerk of the course or clerk of the 

 scales. The person to whom it is made may require it to be 

 put in writing and signed. 



(ii.) If an objection to a horse engaged in a race be made 

 not later than half -past ten in the morning of the day for the 

 race, the Stewards may require his qualihcatiou to be proved 

 before the race ; and in default of such proof being given to 

 their satisfaction, they may declare him disqualified. 



(iii.),An objection to a horse, on the ground of a cross or 

 jostle, or of his not having run the proper course, or of any 

 other matter occurring in the race, must be made within a 

 quarter of an hour after the finish. 



(iv.) An objection on the ground of fraudulent, or wilful 

 mis-statement or omission in the entry under which a horse 

 has run, or on the ground that the horse which ran was not 

 the horse which he was represented to be in the entry or at 

 the time of the race, or was not of the age which he was 

 represented to be, or on the ground that he is disqualified by 

 reason of any default entered in tlie Unpaid Forfeit List, may 

 be received at any time within twelve months after the race. 



(v.) In any other case an objection shall be made before the 

 conclusion of the meeting. 



(vi.) Every objection shall be determined by the Stewards, 

 and their determination shall (if they are not the Stewards of 

 the Jockey Club) be subject to appeal to the Stewards of the 

 Jockey Club, through the Stewards of the meeting and with 

 their consent and that of the Stewards of the Jockey Club, 

 and not otherwise. 



(vii.) If an objection to a horse which has won or been 

 placed in a race be declared valid, the horse shaU be regarded 

 as having been last in the race, and the other horses shall 

 take positions accordingly. 



(viii.) AVhen a dead heat is run for second place, and an 

 objection is made to the winner of the race, if such objection 

 be declared valid in time for the dead heat to be run off on 

 the day of the race, the Stewards may direct it to be run off 

 accordingly. Otherwise the horses which ran the dead heat 

 shall divide. 



(ix.) Every objection which cannot be decided by the 

 Stewards during a meeting must be made in writing and 

 lodged with the clerk of the course. 



(x.) An objection made in writing cannot be withdi-awn 

 without leave of the Stewards. 



