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sweepstakes, private sweepstakes, or match, but not steeple chase, 

 hurdle race, or hunters' race on the flat. A " plate " is a race to be 

 run for money or other prize without any stake being made by the 

 owners of the horses engaged. A " sweepstakes " is a race in which 

 stakes are made, or a fixed sum subscribed for, by the owners of 

 three or more horses engaged ; and any such race is still a sweep- 

 stakes when money or other prize is added. A "private sweep- 

 stakes " is one to which no money is added, and which has not been 

 advertised previous to closing. A "match" at "catch weights" 

 means one for which the riders need not weigh before or after the 

 race. A "cup" is any prize not given in money. The "Forfeit 

 List " is a record of arrears published under the sanction of the 

 Turf authorities of the United Kingdom. A " handicap " is a race 

 in which the weights to be carried by the horses are adjusted by 

 the handicapper for the purpose of equalising their chances of 

 winning. A " free handicap " is one in which no liability for stake 

 or forfeit is incurred until acceptance. A " nursery handicap " is 

 one confined to two-year-old horses. A " post race " is a race for 

 which a person may, under one subscription, enter two or more 

 horses, and run any one or more of them, as the conditions prescribe. 

 A " produce race " is one to be run for by the produce of the horses 

 named or described at the time of entry. A " selling race " is one 

 the conditions of which require that every horse running, if a loser, 

 may be claimed, and if the winner, must be offered for sale by 

 auction, or be liable to be claimed. A " weight-for-age race " is a 

 race in which weights are apportioned to horses according to their 

 ages, and remains a weight-for-age race, even if there are penalties 

 and allowances. The " nominator " is the person in whose name a 

 horse is entered for a race. "Owner" includes " part owner " or 

 "lessee." "Authorised agent" means an agent appointed by a 

 document signed by the owner and lodged at the Registry Office, or, 

 if for a single meeting only, with the Clerk of the Course. " Author- 

 ised agent " includes sub-agent, if authority to appoint a sub-agent is 

 provided by the document. " Arrears " are any sums unpaid in 

 respect of fines, fees, entrance money, stakes, subscriptions, forfeits, 

 and purchase money in races with selling conditions. The " time of 

 entry " means the time fixed for closing. " Started " — every horse 

 shall be considered as having started which is under the Starter's 

 orders when the advance flag has been raised. 



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