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CHAPTER VI . 



Rules concerning Horse-racing in general — Rules and Orders of the 

 Jockey Club — Admission of New Members of the Jockey Club — 

 Rules for the Rooms — Nominations, &c., &c. — Present Members 

 of the Jockey Club — Adjudged Cases — The Law of Horse-racing 

 and of Wagers thereon — Colors at present worn by the Riders. 



RULES CONCERNING HORSE RACING IN GENERAL, WITH A 

 DESCRIPTION OF A POST AND HANDICAP MATCH. 



At a meeting of the Members of the Jockey Club 

 held 25th April, 1833, it was resolved that from, 

 and after the end of the year 1833, horses should be 

 considered at Newmarket as taking their ages from 

 the 1st of January, instead of the 1st of May. 



With respect to other places, they will continue 

 to be considered as taking their ages from the 1 st of 

 May, until the stewards of those races shall order 

 otherwise. 



Four inches are a hand. 



•Fourteen pounds are a stone. 



1. Catch weights are, each party to appoint any 

 person to ride without weighing. 



2. Give-and-take-plates are, fourteen hands to 

 carry stated weights, according to age ; all above, 



