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which the pubUc are admitted, not held under the sanction of the 

 National Hunt Committee or other Turf authority of the country m 

 which they are held, are "unrecognised meetings," and every horse 

 which has run at such a meeting is disqualified for all races under 

 these Rules. 



Officials— IS' One or more Inspectors of Steeple Chase Courses 

 shall be annually appointed by, and will receive their instructions 

 from the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee. 



Handicapper.-2^. The top weight to be allotted in a handicap 

 shall not be less than 1 2 st 7 lbs, nor the lowest weight less than lost, 

 excepting handicap steeple chases of three miles and a half or 

 upwards, when the lowest weight may be 9 st 7 lb. 



Clerk of the Scales.-io. He shall always put 4 lbs extra into 

 the scale to prove that the horse has not carried too much 



weight. . , . 



Regulations for Race Meetings.-^l- AH meetings under these 

 Rules must be sanctioned by the Stewards of the National Hunt 

 Committee. 42. At every meeting advertised to take place solely 

 under these Rules there shall be in each day's programme at least 

 two steeple chases, one of which must be three miles or upwards ; 

 and, of the total amount guaranteed for prizes, one half at least 

 shall be apportioned to steeple chases. But this rule shall not apply 

 in the case of Yeomanry races held during the annual training, and 

 conjointly under Regimental and National Hunt Rules, the pro- 

 grammes of which have been submitted to, and approved by the 

 Stewards of the National Hunt Committee. 43- There shall be no 

 races less than two miles. 44- In all steeple chase courses there 

 shall be at least twelve fences (exclusive of hurdles) in the first two 

 miles, and at least six fences in each succeeding mile. There shal 

 be a water jump at least 12 feet wide and 2 feet deep to be eft 

 open, or guarded only by a perpendicular fence not exceeding 2 feet 

 in heic^ht There shall be in each mile at least one ditch 6 feet wide 

 and s^'feet deep on the taking-off side of the fence, which ditch may 

 be guarded by a single rail, or left open, and which fence must be 

 4 feet six inches in height, and, if of dead brushwood or gorse, 2 feet 

 in width. 45. In all hurdle race courses there shall be not less than 

 eiaht flights of hurdles in the first two miles, with an additiona 

 flight of hurdles for every quarter of a mile or part of one beyond 

 that distance, the height of the hurdles being not less than 3 feet 

 6 inches from the bottom bar to the top bar. 46^ ''\'''ZZ 

 Galloway race shall take place at any meetmg held under these 



