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shall be reported at the Registry Office, Should any horse not 

 start whose number has been exhibited, the owner and any other 

 person responsible may be fined, or otherwise dealt with, at the 

 discretion of the Stewards. 131. If a jockey intend to carry over- 

 weight, he must declare the amount thereof at the time of weighing 

 out, or, if in doubt as to his proper weight, he may declare the 

 weight he intends to carry, 132, It is optional for the jockey to 

 weigh out or in with his bridle, and the Clerk of the Scales shall, if 

 requested, allow i lb. for a curb or double bridle ; but if a horse run 

 in a hood, muzzle, martingale, breastplate or clothing, it must be put 

 into the scale and included in the jockey's weight. 133. No whip 

 or substitute for a whip shall be allowed in the scales. 



Starting. — 134. The horses must be started by the official Starter 

 or his authorised substitute. 135. Every horse shall be at the post, 

 ready to start, at the appointed time. 136. All jockeys, on arrival 

 at the starting-post, must immediately place themselves under the 

 Starter's orders. 137, No horse, when once under the Starter's 

 hands, shall go back, except in the case of an accident. 138, The 

 horses shall (so far as is practicable) be drawn up before the start in 

 an order to be determined by lots to be drawn by the jockeys at the 

 time of weighing out. 



Running and Walking Over. — 139. An owner running two or 

 more horses in a race may declare to win with one of them, and 

 such declaration must be made at scale, A jockey, riding a horse 

 with which the owner has not declared to win, must on no account 

 stop such horse, except in favour of the stable companion on whose 

 behalf declaration to win has been made. 140. (i.) A horse which 

 crosses another in any part of the race is disqualified, unless it be 

 proved that he was two clear lengths ahead of the other when he 

 crossed, (ii.) If a horse or his jockey jostle another horse or jockey, 

 the aggressor is disqualified, unless it be proved that the jostle was 

 wholly caused by the fault of some other jockey, or that the jostled 

 horse or his jockey was partly in fault, (iii.) If a horse run the 

 wrong side of a post he must turn back and run the course from such 

 post. 141. If a race has been run by all the horses at wrong weights 

 or over a wrong course, or distance, or before the appointed time, or 

 if the Judge is not in the box at the time the horses pass the winning- 

 post, the Stewards shall order the race to be run again the same day 

 if practicable, but if otherwise it shall be void. 



Walking Over. — 142. When one horse pays forfeit for a match. 



