MO HISTORY OF THE 



or under to carry extra, or be allowed the propor- 

 tion of seven pounds to an inch.'^ 



3. A Post Match, is to insert the ages of the 

 horses in the article, and to run any horse of that 

 age, without declaring what horse till he come to 

 the post to start. 



4. A Handicap Match is, A. B. and C. to put an 

 equal sum each, into a hat ; C, wlio is the handicap- 

 per makes a match for A. and B., who when they 

 have perused it, put their hands into their pockets, 

 and draw them out closed ; then they open them to- 

 gether, and if both have money in their hands, the 

 match is confirmed, if neither have money it is no 

 match. In both cases the handicapper draws all 

 the money out of the hat ; but if one has money in 

 his hand, and the other none, then it is no match ; 

 and he that has money in his hand is entitled to 

 the deposit in the hat. 



5. Horses are not entitled to start without pro- 

 ducing a proper certificate of their age, if required, 

 at the time appointed in the articles, except where 

 aged horses are incJuded, and in that case a junior 

 horse may enter without a certificate as to age, pro- 

 vided he carry the same weight as the aged. 



6. No person shall start more than one horse of 

 which he is the owner, either wholly or in part, and 

 either in his own name or that of any other person, 

 for any race for which heats are run. 



* ITiese plateis, so much the fashion up to the commencement of 

 the present century, have now fallen out of use. 



