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Club desire to make known. There are also Monthly 

 Calendars and Book Calendar's ; a volume of " Races 

 Past " and another of " Races to Come" are published 

 annually ; and at irregular periods Messrs. Weatherby 

 add to their already long array of volumes of the 

 " Stud Book," which gives the pedigree of every 

 thoroughbred foal destined to race — or to be prepared 

 with a hope that he may be able to do so. "Not in 

 the Stud Book " is equivalent to not thoroughbred. 

 Messrs. Weatherby keep what is known as the 

 " Registry Office," and matters too numerous to men- 

 tion pass through their hands. Before a horse's name 

 is registered, it must be sent to their office ; and they 

 have authority, delegated by the Jockey Club, to reject 

 it if there is another animal with a similar name, so 

 that the existence of the two might cause confusion. 

 They receive entries for almost all races, and charge 

 fees for their services. But the firm has other func- 

 tions besides those which arise from their agency to 

 the Jockey Club. They act as bankers for the great 

 majority of owners, and certainly save them an infinity 

 of trouble. It would be a serious business if every 

 owner had to send cheques for his entrances and 

 forfeits, collect his own winnings from stakeholders, 

 pay jockeys and so on. Messrs. Weatherby do all 

 this for their clients. When a man "goes on the 

 Turf" it is customary for him to start an account with 

 Messrs. Weatherby (one or two other firms seek the 

 same sort of business) by paying in a sum of money ; 



