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generally of certificates given by the Eoyal College of 

 Veterinary Surgeons, and by persons holding the Highland 

 and Agriculture Society's dij)loma. 



A horse which has been out of the United Kingdom (other- 

 ■wise than as a foal at the foot of his dam) before having run 

 for any public plate or sweej)stakes in Great Britain, shall not 

 be qualified to start for any public race until a certificate of 

 age signed as in the last Eule mentioned has been deposited 

 at the Eegistry Office. 



Corrupt Practices and Disqualifications. 



48. (i.) If any person corruptly give or offer any money, Penalties 

 share in a bet, or other benefit to any person having official for corrupt 

 duties in relation to a race or to any jockey ; or ?/^^°r!^^*^*^f °" 



(ii.) If any person having official duties in relation to a 

 race, or any jockey, corruptly accept or offer to accept any 

 money, share in a bet, or other benefit ; or 



(iii.) Wilfully enter or cause to be entered or to start for 

 any race a horse which he knows to be discj^ualified ; or 



(iv.) If any person be detected watching a trial, or proved 

 to the satisfaction of the Stewards of the Jockey Club to have 

 emploj'ed any person to watch a trial, or to have obtained 

 surreptitiously information respecting a trial from any person 

 or persons engaged in it, or in the service of the owner or 

 trainer of the horses tried, or respecting any horse in training 

 from any person in such service ; or 



(v.) If any person be guilty of any other corrupt or fraudu- 

 lent practices on the Turf in this or any other country ; 



Every person so offending shall be warned off Newmarket 

 Heath and other places where these Eules are in force. 



49. When a person is warned off Newmarket Heath and so Disqualifi- 

 long as his exclusion continues, he shall not be qualified, cation for 

 whether acting as an agent or otherwise, to subscribe for or to corrupt prac- 

 enter or run any horse for any race either in his own name or ^^^' 



in that of any other person, and any horse of which he is 

 wholly or partly the owner, or which after the fact of his being 

 warned off has been twice published in the Eacing Calendar, 

 shall be proved to the satisfaction of the Stewards to be under 

 his care, training, management, or superintendence, shall be 

 disqualified. 



If a person be so excluded for any fraudulent practice in 

 relation to a particular horse wholly or partly belonging to 

 him, such horse shall be perpetually disqualified for all races, 

 and such person shall return all money or prizes which such 

 horse has won in any race at any meeting. 



50. If any person be reported by the Committee of the Disqualifi- 

 Subscription Eooms at Newmarket or at Tattersall's as being cation for 

 a defaulter in bets, he shall be disqualified as in the last Eule ^^^^^t in 

 mentioned until his default is cleared. ® ' 



