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plate, prize, sum of money, or other thing, unless 

 such horse, mare, or gelding shall be truly and 

 bona fide the property of and belonging to such 

 person so entering, starting or running the, same 

 horse, mare or gelding, for one and the same plate, 

 prize, sum of money, or other thing ; and in case 

 any person or persons shall after the 24th day of 

 June, 1740, enter, start or run any horse, mare, or 

 gelding, not being the property and bona fide of 

 such person so entering, starting or running the 

 same for any plate, prize, sum of money, or other 

 thing, the said horse, mare or gelding, or the value 

 thereof, shall be forfeited, to be sued for, recovered 

 and disposed in manner as herein-after mentioned ; 

 and in case any person or persons shall enter and 

 start more than one horse, mare or gelding, for one 

 and the same plate, prize, or sum of money, or 

 other thing, every such horse, mare, or gelding, 

 (other than the first entered horse, mare, or geld- 

 ing), or the value thereof, shall be forfeited, to be 

 sued for and recovered and disposed of in manner 

 as herein-after is mentioned. 



2. And be it further enacted by the authority 

 aforesaid, that from and after the said 24th day of 

 June, 1740, no plate, prize, sum of money or other 

 thing, shall be run for by any horse, mare, or geld- 

 ing, or advertised, published or proclaimed to be 

 run for, by any horse, mare or gelding, unless such 

 plate, prize, or sum of money shall be of the full, 

 real and intrinsic value of £50 or upwards ; and in 



