WEIGHT FOR AGE AND CLASS. 297 



Note. 5 st. 7 Ibs. is the lowest weight allowed under any 



Lowest weight circumstances, and lower weights are only 

 allowed. entered with reference to the clauses about 



raising the weights when Country-breds and Arabs run together 

 without any other class, and in weight for age races. By 

 making the additions of 1 st., 2 st., or 3 st. to the weights 

 shown in this table, the proper weights will be found ; but it 

 must in no case be less than 5 st. 7 Ibs. 



(2.) When English and Colonial horses run together with- 

 out any other class, the foregoing table is reduced 7 Ibs. 



(3.) When Country-breds and Arabs run together without 

 any other class, the foregoing table is raised 2 st. 



(4.) The weight for age is, for English horses, the foregoing 

 table reduced 1 st. : for Australians, the foregoing table 

 reduced 7 Ibs. : for Capes, the foregoing table raised 7 Ibs. : for 

 Country-breds, the foregoing table raised 1 st. 7 Ibs. ; and for 

 Arabs the annexed table raised 2 st. 7 Ibs. 



(5.) Weight for class is the weight for aged horses in the 

 foregoing table. 



(6.) When English and Colonial horses run together 

 without any other class in a weight for class race, the weight 

 is reduced 7 Ibs. ; and when Country-breds and Arabs run 

 together without any other class, the weight is raised 2 st. 



(7.) Welter weight for age and class, weight for age, and 

 weight for class are found by adding 2 st. to the foregoing 

 table and applying the preceding clauses. 



Two-year olds (**) If an 7 person wishes to run a two- 



to carry three- year old, he can do so, the horse running on 

 year old weights. the game termg ag ft three _ year old< 



(9.) If any one wishes to run a three-year old for a race 

 exceeding 2J miles, he can do so, the horse running on the 

 same terms as a four-year old. 



(10.) When the terms of a race are weight for age and 



