THE RULES OF STEEPLE CHASING. 



The aim, object, and practice of Steeple Chasing correspond in the 

 main features so exactly with Racing 1 , that the same Rules and Regu- 

 lations have generally been found equally applicable to either sport ; 

 in some minor particulars, however, the Laws of the Steeple Chase 

 differ or go farther than such as have hitherto been deemed amply 

 sufficient for flat-racing, and the following suggestions have conse- 

 quently been drawn together from the usual articles appended to 

 Steeple Chase announcements, or from decisions given on disputed 

 points. 



1. Any rider during a chase going upwards of one hundred yards 

 on any high-road, lane, or public thoroughfare, will, in the event of 

 his coming in first, so disqualify his horse from being considered the 

 winner, on an objection to that effect being substantiated. 



"I. Any rider during a chase opening any gate or wicket, or passing 

 through any gateway, or purposed and common passage from one 

 inclosure to another, will so disqualify his horse, though placed first, 

 from being considered the winner. 



3. Any rider wilfully crossing, jostling, riding at, or driving 

 another from his point while going at a fence, will be disqualified on 

 such a charge being proved by two or more competent witnesses. 



4. Any flag, post, or boundary mark placed in the course, no matter 

 by whose order, after the riders have been shown over the ground, 

 or the line pointed out and explained to them, not to be considered 

 binding or of any effect, unless such alteration or addition shall have 

 been particularly named, previous to starting, to all engaged in the 

 chase, by the Steward, Clerk, or some other generally acknowledged 

 and authorised person. 



5. In the event of two or more horses running a dead heat, and 

 their owners agreeing to a division of the stakes or plate, a formal 

 walk over the course as in flat-racing, shall not be deemed necessary, 

 but every horse participating in any such division, to be considered, 

 and carry extra weight henceforth, as a winning horse. 



