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after as may be, to communicate such report to 

 the stewards, or one of them. And the weight 

 each horse actually carried, if more than two 

 pounds above his weight, shall be published in the 

 first list printed after the race, and also in the 

 account published in the Racing Calendar. 



46. Every groom shall have his horse at the 

 post ready to start within five minutes of the time 

 appointed by the stewards. And every jockey is 

 to be there, ready to start within the same time. 

 And every groom and jockey making default 

 herein, shall forfeit £5, to be paid to the keeper of 

 the match -book, and by him accounted for to the 

 stewards. 



47. The person appointed to start the horses 

 shall mark in his list the time when the horses in 

 each list actually started ; and if there have been 

 any false starts, the first of them shall be consi- 

 dered as the time of starting for that race. And 

 he shall make a report thereof to the keeper of the 

 match-book, in the afternoon of the day the races 

 are run. And if any delay beyond the allowed 

 time shall have taken place, he shall state by 

 whom, or by what cause, the delay was occasioned. 

 He shall regulate his watch by the coffee-room 

 clock, which shall be considered as the true time 

 for this purpose. 



New Rooms, November 2nd, 1832. 



At a meeting of the Jockey Club, it was re- 

 solved that the person appointed to start the 



