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case any person or persons shall, from and after the 

 24th day of June, 1740, enter or run any horse, 

 mare or gelding, for any plate, prize, sum of 

 money, or other thing, of less value than £50, 

 or shall make, print, advertise, publish or proclaim 

 any advertisement or notice of any plate, prize, sum 

 of money, or other thing of less value than £50 as 

 aforesaid, to be run for by any horse, mare or geld- 

 ing, any such person or persons so entering, start- 

 ing or running such horse, mare, or gelding, for such 

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

 value than £50 as aforesaid, shall forfeit and lose the 

 sum of £200, to be sued for, recovered and disposed 

 of in such manner as hereinafter prescribed and di- 

 rected; and every person or persons who shall make, 

 print, publish, advertise or proclaim any advertise- 

 ment or notice of any plate, prize, sum of money, or 

 other thing, of less value than £50 aforesaid, to be 

 run for by any horse, mare or gelding, shall forfeit 

 and lose the sum of £100. 



3. And be it further enacted by the authority 

 aforesaid, that from and after the 24th of June, 

 1740, no horse, mare or gelding, being of the age 

 of five years, shall be entered, started or ran for 

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

 whatsoever, unless such horse, mare or gelding 

 shall carry ten stone weight, computing fourteen 

 pounds to each stone weight ; and that no horse, 

 mare or gelding being of the age of six years, shall 

 be entered, started or run for any plate, prize, sum 



