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APPENDIX. 



Fines, 51. All fines shall be paid to the Bentinck Benevolent 



Fund. 



Omission of Conditions. 



Omissions, 52. (f.) When any match or sweepstakes is made, and no 



how supplied, weight mentioned, the horses shall carry 8st. lOlb. each, and if 

 of weight; any weight be given the highest weight shall be 8st. 121b. 

 of course • (ii-) When any match or sweepstakes is made, and no 



course mentioned, the course shall be as follows : — 



If at Newmarket. 



If two years old, six furlongs T.Y.C. 



If three years old, one mile E.M. 



If four years old, two miles D.I. 



If five years old, or upwards, four miles .... B.C. 



And if the horses be of different age, the course shall be fixed 

 by the age of the youngest, 

 of day. (iii.) If no day be mentioned for a race, it shall be run on 



the last day of the meeting, unless otherwise agreed by aU the 

 parties engaged. 



JocTicys' Fees. 



Jockeys' fees. 53. In the absence of special agreement the fee to a winning 

 jockey shall be five guineas, and to a losing jockey three 

 guineas, and no further charge except for expenses shall be 

 allowed. 



All jockeys' fees shall be paid to the stakeholder or clerk 

 of the course at the same time as the stakes, as by Rule 28. 



In the absence of special agreement, a jockey who accepts 

 a retainer cannot terminate it otherwise than by three months' 

 notice in writing, ending at the close of a season ; and failing 

 such notice, his retainer continues for the next season, and so 

 on from season to season until duly terminated by such notice 

 as above mentioned, provided the same or any agreed retain- 

 ing fee is paid in advance in respect of each season before the 

 commencement thereof. 



Employers retaining the same jockey have precedence ac- 

 cording to the priority of their retainers. A retainer which 

 is continued as above mentioned has priority as from the date 

 of its first commencement. 



If a jockey be prevented from riding by susj)ension for 

 fraudulent practices or other misconduct, any person who has 

 retained him may cancel the retainer. 



The Stewards of the Jockey Club shall have power to 

 release a jockey from his retainer for any cause aj)pearing 

 to them sufficient. 



No jockey shall ride in races on Newmarket Heath, or 

 elsewhere where these Rules are in force, until he shall have 

 obtained a licence from the Stewards of the Jockey Club, on 



