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or other proper document to the steward or clerk 

 of the course, or to the keeper of the match-book, 

 if the case happen at Newmarket, before the race 

 is run, to prove the quaUfication of the horse ; and 

 if he shall start his horse without so doing, the 

 prize shall be withheld for a period to be fixed 

 upon by the stewards, on the expiration of which 

 time, if the qualification be not proved to the 

 satisfaction of the stewards, he shall not be. entitled 

 to the prize, though his horse should have come in 

 first, but it shall be given to the owner of the se- 

 cond horse. When the qualification of a horse is 

 objected to after that time, the person making the 

 objection must prove the disqualification. 



59. It is expected that every member of the 

 clubs at Newmarket, and every person running or 

 training horses at Nev/market, shall consider 

 themselves amenable to these rules, and such 

 others as the stewards may from time to time 

 think fit to adopt, for the better regulationof racing 

 at Newmarket. And all trainers, jockies, grooms 

 and servants of such persons are strictly enjoined 

 to observe the same. And if any trainer, jockey, 

 groom or servant shall be proved to have been 

 guilty of any infraction of these rules and orders, 

 or any of them, he will be punished by the stew- 

 ards, to such extent as they may think the case 

 requires, and in such manner as they may have 

 the power to enforce. 



60. All disputes referred to the stewards of the 



