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a stake) such prize shall be construed to be a plate. 

 But where a stake is deposited by the owners of the 

 horses which is to go to the whinner, and an addi- 

 tional sum of mone}^ or a cup, piece of plate, or 

 other reward is offered as a prize to the winnerj 

 even thou2:h such addition shall be denominated a 

 plate by the donor. — Such race shall be deemed 

 and taken to be a sweepstakes, and not a plate. 



RULES AND ORDERS OF THE JOCKEY CLUB. 



Newmarket, Nov. 1, 1831. 



At a meeting of the Stewards and Members 

 of the Jockey Club, it w^as stated that much un- 

 certainty had prevailed wdth regard to the opera- 

 tion of the rules and orders of the Jockey Club, 

 and therefore it was thought proper to declare that 

 they apply to all races run at, and engagements 

 made for Newmarket only ; ihe Jockey Club 

 having no authority to extend their rules and 

 orders to any other place, although they have for 

 the sake of greater uniformity and certainty, re- 

 commended the adoption of the same rules to the 

 Stewards of other races. And that the Stewards 

 of the Jockey Club will not receive any references 

 of disputes from any places, except those at which 

 the rules and regLilations of Newmarket shall have 

 been declared to be in force, in the printed articles 

 of those races. 



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