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Rules. 47. There shall be no restrictions with regard to training 

 stables in the conditions of any race. 



Alterations of Dates and Postponeme7its. — 48. The following pro- 

 visions apply to any alterations in the dates of holding a meeting 

 and to postponements — (i) The date for holding a meeting cannot 

 be altered without the sanction of the Stewards of the National Hunt 

 Committee, unless the weather or ground be in an unfit state for 

 running, when a meeting or race may be postponed by the Stewards 

 of the meeting for any time not later than the end of the following 

 week. (2) In the latter case a certificate must be drawn up, con- 

 taining the reason for postponement, and stating the day and hour 

 when such decision was arrived at, which shall not be before noon 

 on the day preceding that on which the meeting or race has been 

 advertised to take place, or to which it may have been previously 

 adjourned ; such certificate must be signed by two of the Stewards, 

 or by one Steward and the Clerk of the Course, and at once 

 despatched to the Registry Office. 



Omitted Conditions. — 49. When the weights are omitted from the 

 conditions of any race, the horses shall carry i2St. ylb. each, subject 

 to penalties and allowances. If the horses be of different age, the 

 weights shall be fixed by the sanctioned scale given in Appendix B. 

 50. When no course is mentioned, it shall be as follows : — If three- 

 year-olds, two miles. If four-year-olds, two miles and a half. If 

 five-year-olds, three miles. If six-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. 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 Races. — Handicaps. — 52. If in a handicap for which there is 

 a minor forfeit declared by a fixed time, the highest weight accepting 

 was originally less than i2St. 71b., it shall be raised to that weight, 

 and the other acceptances equally. 53. In handicaps there shall be 

 no clause permitting an alteration of the weights after publication 

 by the claim of a selling condition. 



Selling Races. — 55. In a selling race the lowest selling price shall 

 in no case be less than ;£s°- 



Age. — 63. No horse shall run under four years of age for a steeple 

 chase or National Hunt flat race, or for a hurdle race until September 

 ist of the year in which he was three years old. 



Riders, Getitlejnen Riders, Qualified Riders, Jockeys, 6^r. — 92 



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