252 THE COMPLETE HORSEMAN 



Point Meetings are, although their limits are 

 circumscribed, as much racing as meetings that 

 take place under Jockey Club Rules, and such 

 being the case legislation is necessary. It is not 

 my intention to dwell upon the controversial 

 matter which the New Rules have raised, and it 

 would answer no good purpose. I may however 

 refer briefly to those rules. 



Meetings must be confined to one day and 

 must be under the Stewardship of the Master of 

 Foxhounds or of a Committee appointed by him, 

 or if in a district not hunted by foxhounds by 

 the Master of Staghounds or of Harriers (he being 

 a member of the Association of Masters of 

 Harriers) hunting the same. The Course shall 

 be as natural as possible and no fence cut more 

 than is necessary. The distance shall be not 

 less than three miles and no more flags than are 

 necessary to mark turning points and dangerous 

 places shall be used and no flags or posts shall be 

 placed in or near the fences to indicate the bound- 

 aries within which the fences are to be jumped. 

 No plan of the Course shall be exhibited on the 

 race card or elsewhere and no rider shall be granted 

 facilities for going round the course beforehand. 

 The Stewards^ reserve to themselves the right 

 to appoint a person or persons to inspect the 

 Course if they require it and it is stipulated that no 

 Point-to-Point Meeting shall be held over the same 

 course more than once in two years unless it be 

 found impossible to provide a fresh course. 



1 Of the National Hunt Committee. 



