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the same, and shall be allowed two pounds above 

 the weight specified for his horse to carry, and no 

 more, unless the weight he actually rode be de- 

 clared as the weight he intended to ride, as herein- 

 after mentioned. The owner of every horse which 

 shall be intended to carry more than two pounds 

 above his weight shall by himself, or his servant, 

 declare to one of the stewards or to the keeper of 

 the match-book, before ten o'clock on the morning 

 of the day on which the race is run, what weight 

 he intends his horse to carry, which shall be im- 

 mediately inserted in the list in the coffee-room. 

 And if any horse shall run a race carrying more 

 than two pounds above his weight, without such 

 declaration having been made, or if after the race, 

 on weighing the jockey, he shall not prove to 

 have ridden the weight which it was declared the 

 horse should carrv, or shall have ridden more than 

 two pounds above the weight declared, then such 

 horse shall not be considered the winner of the 

 race, even though he should come in first, but 

 shall be placed as the last horse in the race, and 

 his owner shall pay the stake as for a beaten 

 horse. 



45. The persons appointed by the stewards to 

 weigh the jockies, shall immediately after each 

 day's race, report to the keeper of the match-book 

 how much each horse carried, where he carried 

 more than two pounds above the specified weight, 

 and the keeper of the match-book is, as soon 



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