448 MAXL^\L OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



now named, are to be settled by drawing lots ; and ever 

 afterwards the senior steward is to quit liis office on the 

 third of June, annually. 



VII. All stakes shall be made in cash, bank bills, bank- 

 post bills properly indorsed, bankers' notes payable to 

 bearer, or bankers' notes payable to order, also properly 

 indorsed; and not otherwise without the consent of the 

 party or parties present concerned in the match, sub- 

 scription, or sweepstakes, on whose account such stakes are 

 made. 



YIII All stakes for matches, subscriptions, and sweep- 

 stakes shall be made before starting for the same ; and in 

 default thereof by any person, he shall forfeit in like man- 

 ner as if he had not produced his colt, filly, horse, or mare 

 to start, and shall have no claim to the stake or stakes of 

 the match, subscription, or sAveepstakes, should his colt, 

 filly, horse, or mare have started, and come in first ; and 

 this to remain in full force, as an established agreement of 

 the Jockey Club, unless such person have previously obtained 

 the consent of the party or parties present, with whom he 

 is engaged, to dispense with his making, his stake, as afore- 

 said. 



IX. In order to prevent frauds, notice shall be given, that 

 if any person make any bet or bets, from signal or indica- 

 tion, after the race has been determined at the post, sucli 

 person is not entitled to receive, or liable to pay the same ; 

 as such bet or bets is or are fraudulent, illegal, or totally 

 void ; and that if any servant belonging to a member of 

 the society shall be found to have made, or to have been 

 engaged in the making, any such bet or bets, he shall be 

 dismissed his service, and no longer be employed by any 

 member of this society. 



X. When any match, or sweepstakes shall be made, and 



