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jockey, or groom of the horse, to one of the stew- 

 ards, to the keeper of the match-book, to the judge 

 of the race, to the clerk of the course, or to the 

 person appointed to weigh the jockies. 



56. In naming or entering for any race where 

 there shall be any particular conditions required as 

 a qualification to start, it shall be sufficient if the 

 horse were qualified at the expiration of the time 

 allowed for naming or entering, and he shall not 

 be disqualified by anything which may happen 

 after the expiration of that time, unless so specified 

 in the article ; and if any additional weight is to 

 be carried by horses which have won one or more 

 plates or races within the year, it shall be con- 

 strued to mean the year of our Lord. 



57. Where it is made a condition of any plate 

 or subscription, that the winner shall be sold for 

 any given sum, the owner of the second horse 

 being first entitled, &c., no other person than one 

 who ran a horse in the race shall be entitled to 

 claim. The horse claimed shall not be delivered 

 till he is paid for ; and he must be paid for on the 

 day of the race, otherwise the party claiming shall 

 not be entitled to demand the horse at any future 

 period ; but nevertheless the owner of the winning 

 horse may insist upon the claimant taking and 

 paying for the horse claimed. 



58. When the qualification of any horse is ob- 

 jected to by ten o'clock in the morning of the day 

 of starting, the owner must produce a certificate 



