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advertised conditions of any race, the colts shall carry Qst., and 

 fillies 8st. nibs., subject to penalties and allowances. If the horses 

 be of different age the weights shall be fixed by the sanctioned 

 scale appended to these Rules. 50. When no course is mentioned, 

 it shall be as follows : — If two-year-olds, six furlongs. If three-year- 

 olds, one mile. If four-year-olds, two miles. If five-year-olds or 

 upwards, four miles. And if the horses be of different age the 

 course shall be fixed by the age of the youngest. At any meeting 

 where there are two or more courses of the same distance, the 

 special course shall be selected by the Stewards. 51. When no day 

 is fixed for a race, it shall be run on the last day of the meeting 

 unless otherwise agreed by all the parties engaged, and sanctioned 

 by the Stewards. 



Special Conditions applicable to Handicaps, Produce Races, and 

 Selling Maces. — Ha?idicaps. — 52. The top weight to be allotted in 

 a handicap shall not be less than Qst. If in a handicap for which 

 there is a minor forfeit declared by a fixed time the highest weight 

 accepting was originally less than gst., it shall be raised to that 

 weight, and the other acceptances equally. It shall be in the 

 power of Stewards, by notice in the programme, to extend this 

 last-mentioned rule to the highest weight left in at ten o'clock the 

 preceding evening in handicaps for plates and stakes, where there is 

 no declaration of forfeit, provided the weights are fixed the night 

 before running. 53. In handicaps there shall be no clause permit- 

 ting an alteration of the weights after publication by the claim of a 

 selling allowance. 



Produce Races. — 54. If the produce of a mare is dropped before 

 the ist of January, or if there is no produce, or if the produce is 

 dead when dropped, a declaration to that effect by the time pre- 

 scribed in the conditions renders the entry of such mare void : if 

 twins are dropped, the nominator shall at the same time declare to 

 which of them the engagement attaches. 



Selling Races. — 55. All lads who, while under age, have of their 

 own free will, and with the consent of their parents or guardians, 

 bound themselves to a trainer for a term of not less than three years, 

 are permitted, during their apprenticeship, to claim 51b. allowance in 

 all selling races which are not handicaps, provided no horse carry 

 less than 6st. They will be entitled to this 51b. allowance for one 

 year (or 365 days) after winning their first race in any country, 

 56. Every horse running shall, if the winner, be liable to be claimed 



