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has been placed second, be dealt with as follows, namely : — (i) If 

 part of the stakes or plate, it shall go to the winner ; or (ii) If a 

 separate donation from the Race Fund, or any other source, it shall 

 not be given at all ; or (iii) If entrance money for the race, it shall 

 go to the Race Fund of the meeting. 162. No prize shall be given 

 to any but the first four horses placed. 163. No deductions shall be 

 made from the value of any race except such as are gained by other 

 horses in the race, and except Clerk's stakeholding and weighing fees, 

 as fixed by rule, or any sums assigned under the conditions of a race 

 to the Bentinck Benevolent or Rous Memorial Funds. 164. If a race 

 be never run or be void, stakes, forfeits, and entrance money shall be 

 returned. 165. A race may be declared void if no qualified horse 

 cover the course according to rule. 



Disputes, Objections, Appeals, ^^c. — 166. Every objection shall 

 be decided by the Stewards, but their decision shall (if they are not 

 the Stewards of the Jockey Club) be subject to appeal to the 

 Stewards of the Jockey Club, so far as relates to points involving 

 the interpretation of these Rules, or to any question other than a 

 question of fact ; on which there shall be no appeal unless by leave 

 of the Stewards, and with the consent of the Stewards of the Jockey 

 Club. Notice of appeal must be given in writing to the Clerk of 

 the Course within forty-eight hours of the decision being made 

 known. 167. All disputes, objections, and appeals referred to or 

 brought before the Stewards of the Jockey Club for their decision, 

 shall be decided by the three Stewards ; if only two Stewards be 

 present they shall fix upon a third person, being a member of the 

 Club, in lieu of the absent Steward, but the Stewards may call in 

 any other members of the Jockey Club to their assistance, or may, 

 if they think the importance or difficulty of the case requires such a 

 course, refer it to a general meeting. 



Objections, when and how made. — 168. (i) If an objection to a 

 horse engaged in a race be made not later than half-past ten in the 

 morning of the day of the race, the Stewards may require his qualifi- 

 cation to be proved before the race ; and in default of such proof 

 being given to their satisfaction, they may declare him disqualified, 

 (ii) An objection to the distance of a course officially designated 

 must be made before a race, (iii) An objection to any decision ot 

 the Clerk of the Scales must be made at once, (iv) An objection to 

 a horse, on the ground of a cross, jostle, or any act on the part of 

 his jockey, or of his not having run the proper course, or of the race 



