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for the selling price by the owner of any other horse engaged in the 

 race, or his authorised agent ; but if it is a condition of the race 

 that the winner is to be sold by auction, the sale shall take place 

 immediately after the race, and the surplus over the selling price 

 shall be divided between the owner of the second horse and the 

 Race Fund. If sold, or bought in, the horse shall not leave the 

 place of sale without permission of the auctioneer, and a written 

 order given for his delivery ; and if the horse be not paid for, or the 

 price secured to the satisfaction of the auctioneer within a quarter of 

 an hour, he may put the horse up a second time, and the purchaser 

 at the first sale shall be responsible for any deficiency arising from 

 the second, and shall be treated as a defaulter until it is paid. 

 Whoever issues the delivery order for a horse sold, bought in, or 

 claimed, is responsible for the money, and shall, if required, pay 

 the same over to the person entitled, the day after the horse is 

 delivered. 57. All other horses starting may be claimed for the 

 selling price plus the value of the stakes or plate by the owners of 

 horses running in the race, or their authorised agents, (i) Owners 

 of horses placed shall have priority of claim in the order of their 

 places ; and if the owners of two or more horses having equal 

 rights claim, they are to draw lots. The owner of the winner has 

 last claim. (ii) No person can claim more than one horse, 

 (iii) Every claim must be made in writing to the Clerk of the 

 Scales within a quarter of an hour after the winner has passed the 

 scale. 58. The price of every horse claimed must be paid to the 

 Stakeholder, and an order given by him for the delivery of the 

 horse, but subject to the rules in cases of objection. In the case 

 of a horse being claimed, if the price be not paid before seven 

 o'clock in the evening of the day of the race, the claimant forfeits 

 his right. But the owner may insist on the claimant taking and 

 paying for the horse ; and if he refuse or neglect to do so, he 

 shall be treated as a defaulter in respect of the price. 59. If a 

 horse walk over (or there be no second horse placed) for a selling 

 race, the winner is still liable to be sold, but any surplus above 

 the selling price will go to the fund. 60. The foregoing rules 

 relating to claiming and selling races, in cases where a horse placed 

 first is objected to, are subject when practicable to the following 

 provisions : — (i) If an objection be made before the horse has been 

 sold, the time for selling and claiming shall be fixed by the 

 Stewards, (ii) Where the objection is made and sustained after 



