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under these Rules falls on a Sunday, it may be done on the following 

 Monday, unless a race to which such act relates is appointed for 

 that day, in which case it must be done on the previous Saturday. 

 3. "A month " means a calendar month ; " a day " means twenty- 

 four hours. 



Racing Seasoti. — 4. No race shall be run earlier than in the week 

 which includes the 25th of March, unless that week be the week next 

 before Easter Sunday, in which case races may be run in the week 

 preceding. No race shall , be run later than in the week which 

 includes the 22nd of November. 



Steivards of Meetings. — 5. There must be at least two Stewards 

 for every meeting. 6. Each Steward may appoint a deputy at any 

 time ; or if there be only one Steward present, he shall, in case of 

 necessity, appoint one or more persons to act with him. If none of 

 the Stewards are present, the Clerk of the Course shall request two 

 or more persons to act during the absence of such Stewards. 



Poiuers of the Stewards. — 7. The Stewards of a meeting have full 

 power to make (and, if necessary, to vary) all such arrangements 

 for the conduct of the meeting as they think fit, and, under special 

 circumstances, to put off any races from day to day until a Sunday 

 intervene. 8. The Stewards have control over, and they and the 

 Stewards of the Jockey Club have free access to all stands, rooms, 

 enclosures, and other places used for the purposes of the meeting. 

 9. They shall exclude from all places under their control — (i) Every 

 person who is warned off Newmarket Heath, (ii) Every person whose 

 name has been published in the Unpaid Forfeit List, until the default 

 is cleared, (iii.) Every person who has been reported as a defaulter 

 under Rules 176-178, until it has been officially notified that his 

 default is cleared, (iv.) Every person who has been declared by the 

 Turf authorities of, or by the Stewards of any recognised meeting in, 

 this or any other country, to have been guilty of any corrupt or 

 fraudulent practice on the Turf, (v.) They have power to exclude 

 at their discretion any person from all or any places under their 

 control. 10. The Stewards have power to regulate and control the 

 conduct of all officials, and of all trainers, jockeys, grooms, and 

 persons attendant on horses. 11. They have power to punish at 

 their discretion any person subject to their control with a fine not 

 exceeding ;^5o, and with suspension from acting or riding at the 

 same meeting, and to report to the Stewards of the Jockey Club, 

 should they consider any further fine or punishment necessary. 



