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He must announce his decision immediately, and such decision 

 shall be final, unless an objection to the winner or any placed horses 

 is made and sustained. Provided that this rule shall not prevent a 

 Judge from correcting any mistake, such correction being subject to 

 confirmation by the Stewards. 40. The Judge shall, at the close of 

 each day's racing, sign and send a report of the result of each race 

 to the Registry Office. 



Regulatio7is for Race Meetings. — 41. All racecourses must be 

 licensed, and all meetings sanctioned, by the Stewards of the Jockey 

 Club. 42. The conditions of every race before closing, and the full 

 programme of every meeting before it takes place, must be adver- 

 tised in the " Racing Calendar," and no alteration can be made in 

 the conditions of any race after the last advertisement. 43. The last 

 rule shall not preclude the addition of more money to a race, or of a 

 new race to the programme of a meeting subsequent to the publica- 

 tion of the last "Calendar" issued previous to the meeting being 

 held. 44. The Stewards of the Jockey Club may at their discretion 

 prohibit the advertisement of any race or meeting " in the Racing 

 Calendar," or call upon the Stewards to alter or expunge any 

 conditions even after advertisement. 45. At every meeting adver- 

 tised in the "Racing Calendar," one half at least of the total 

 amount guaranteed for prizes shall be apportioned to races of a mile 

 or over for three-year-olds or upwards. 46. There shall be in each 

 day's programme the following races, to fill with five entries for 

 each of them : — (i) Two races of a mile or upwards, (ii) One race, 

 being neither a handicap, a race in which there are any selling con- 

 ditions, nor confined to two-year-olds. This race may be one of the 

 two races specified in the last clause. 47. There shall be no race 

 less than five furlongs, nor more than two races per day, of those 

 confined to three-year-olds and upwards, of less than six furlongs. 

 48. The advertisements must state the days on which the meeting 

 is to be held, the dates for closing the stakes, the names of the 

 persons to receive nominations and declarations of forfeit, and a 

 place or places for the entry for every race, the dates when weights 

 for the handicaps will be published and when forfeits will be due, 

 and, before the time fixed for closing (racing for future years ex- 

 cepted), the names of two or more persons as Stewards, and of the 

 Judge, Starter, Clerk of the Course, Handicappcr, Stakeholder, and 

 Clerk of the Scales. 



Omitted Conditions. — 49. When the weights are omitted from the 



