676 APPENDIX. 



For the future tlie ground will be kept clear during trials by 

 a person appointed by the Stewards, unless he is requested to 

 retire by the owner or trainer of the horses being tried. 



The Challenge Cup and Whiji. 



The Cup. 22. The Cup may be challenged for on the Tuesday or 



AVednesday in the July Meeting in each year, to be run for 

 over the B.C. on Thursday in the Houghton Meeting follow- 

 ing, by horses, &c., the property of Members of the Jockey 

 Club or of the rooms at Newmarket ; four years old carrying 

 8st. 71b. five years old, 9st. 1 lb. six years old and aged, 9st. 41b. 

 Each person, at the time of challenging, is to subscribe his 

 name to a paper to be hung up in the Coffee-room at New- 

 market, and deliver to the Keeper of the Match-book the 

 name or description of the horse, &c. sealed up, which shall 

 be kept till six o'clock on the Saturday evening of that week ; 

 and if not accepted, or only one challenger, to be returned 

 unopened ; but if accepted, or if more than one challenger, to 

 be then opened and declared a match, or sweepstakes of 200 

 sov. each, play or pay. If the challenge be not accepted, the 

 Cup to be delivered to the Keeper of the Match-book in the 

 Meeting ensuing the challenge, for the person who may 

 become entitled to the same. 



The Whip. 23. The Whip maybe challenged for twice in each year, 



viz. : on the Tuesday after the July Meeting, when the ac- 

 ceptance must be signified or the Whip resigned on the 

 Tuesday following, or challenged for on Monday or Tuesday 

 in the Second October Meeting, when the acceptance must be 

 signified, or the Whip resigned, before the end of the same 

 meeting. If challenged for and accepted in July, to be run 

 for on the Friday in the Second October Meeting following ; 

 and if in the October, on the Thursday in the First Spring 

 Meeting following; B.C. weight lOst., and to stake 200 sov. 

 each, play or pay. 



Charges at Newmarket. 



Discount on 24. Five poixnds per cent, shall be allowed on all forfeits 



Forfeits. under 100^. and not less than 20/. declared to the Keeper of 



the Match-book, at or before ten o'clock the evening before 

 running; and if the forfeit amount to lOOZ. and upwards, 

 10/. per cent, shall be allowed. All forfeits shall be paid before 

 twelve o'clock at night of the day fixed for the race, and on 

 those forfeits which shall not be so paid, the deduction for the 

 timely declaration of such forfeit shall not be allowed. 



No horse shall be considered as struck out of his engage- 

 ment, unless the owner, or some person authorized by him, 

 shall give notice to the Keeper of the Match-book, or to his 

 clerk, or to one of the Stewards present. 



