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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 

 for 200 sovereigns each, play or pay. If the chal- 

 lenge be not accepted, the cup to be delivered to 

 the keeper of the watch-book, in the meeting 

 ensuing the challenge, for the person who may 

 become entitled to the same. 



40. The whip may be challenged for on the 

 Monday or Tuesday in the second Spring or se- 

 cond October meeting in each year ; and the 

 acceptance must be signified, or the whip resigned, 

 before the end of the same meeting. If challenged 

 for and accepted in the Spring, to be run for on 

 the Tuesday in the second October meeting fol- 

 lowing ; and if in the October, on the Thursday in 

 the second Spring meeting following. B. C. weight 

 10 St. and to stake 200 sovs. each, play or pay. 



THE £l PER CENT PLATES. 



41. The stake-holder shall deduct £1 percent 

 upon all sums won at Newmarket, in sweepstakes 

 or matches, where the clear sum to be received by 

 the winner, over and above his own stake, shall 

 amount to £100 or more (unless the winner 

 shall object to allowing such deduction to be made) 

 and the money so raised, shall be disposed of in 

 the following manner, viz : 



Two handicap plates of £100 each for four, five, 

 six years old, and aged horses, shall be annually 



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