APPENDIX 371 



Matches may be run at Newmarket and Black-Ham- 

 bleton for any sum under 501. Horses may run for any 

 Sum on Newmarket Heath, in the County of Cambridge 

 and Suffolk, and Black-Hambleton, in the County of York, 

 without incurring any Penalty. 



Entrance- Money to be paid to the Second-best Horse. 

 And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That 

 from and after the Twenty-fourth day of June, one Thou- 

 sand seven Hundred and Forty, all and every Sum and 

 Sums of Money to be paid for entering of any Horse, 

 Mare, or Gelding, to start or run for any Plate, Prize, Sum 

 of Money, or other Thing, shall go and be paid to the 

 second-best Horse, Mare, or Gelding, which shall start or 

 run for such Plate, Prize, or Sum of Money, as aforesaid. 



Gifts left for annual Races not to be altered. Provided 

 always, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be 

 construed to extend to prevent the starting or running 

 any Horse, Mare, or Gelding, for any Plate, Prize, or other 

 Thing or Things, now issuing out of, or paid for, or by 

 the Rents, Issues, and Profits of any Lands, Tenements, 

 or Hereditaments, or of or by the Interest of any Sum or 

 Sums of Money now chargeable with the same, or appro- 

 priated for that Purpose. 



RULES CONCERNING RACING IN GENERAL. 

 (From Pond's ' Kalendar ' for 1751.) 



Horses take their Age from May Day : 

 1760 Yards is a Mile. 

 240 Yards is a Distance. 

 Four Inches is a Hand. 

 Fourteen Pounds is a Stone. 



1. Catch Weights is each Party to appoint any Person 

 to ride without weighing. 



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