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for bets lost on horse-racing, he will lose his qualification, and if a 

 qualified rider by election his name will be erased from the list of 

 qualified riders. 



Jockeys' Fees. — 98. In the absence of special agreement to ride for 

 a lower sum, the fee to a winning jockey shall be ^10, and to a 

 losing jockey ;^5, and no further charge shall be made, except when 

 requested to leave home for the purpose of riding, in which case the 

 cost of travelling expenses, and ^i a day for living, may be charged 

 to the owner, or divided between the owners, at whose request he 

 left home. 



Weights. — 134. (i) No horse shall carry less than lost. in a 

 steeple chase or hurdle race (except in a handicap steeple chase 

 of three miles and a half or upwards, when the lowest weight may 

 be 9st. ylb.), nor less than iist. in a National Hunt flat race. (2) 

 Catch weights are only permissible for the matches, [or private 

 sweepstakes. 



Running. — 134. (i) In a National Hunt flat race 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) In a steeple chase or hurdle race a horse shall be 

 disqualified if his rider, by foul riding, jeopardised the chance of 

 success of any other horse in the race, and in a run home from the 

 last hurdle or fence section (i) of this rule shall apply; the Stewards 

 have power to fine a rider for the above offence any sum not ex- 

 ceeding ^50. In all cases the Stewards have power of suspending 

 a rider until the expiration of the meeting, or, should they consider 

 such punishment insufficient, until the case can be heard and 

 decided by the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee, (iii) If 

 a horse or his rider jostle another horse or rider, the aggressor is dis- 

 quaUfied, unless it be proved that the jostle was wholly caused by 

 the fault of some other rider, or that the jostled horse or his rider 

 was partly in fault, (iv) If a horse run the wrong side of a post he 

 must turn back and run the course from such post. 



Prizes. — 150. No plate or sweepstake shall be run for unless the 

 clear value to the winner, in case the race be run by two or more 

 horses, will amount to ^20. But if the value would amount to 

 ;^2o, if the race were so run, a horse may walk over, although he 

 thereby receives less than ^20. 



Corrupt Practices and Disqualificatio7i of Persons. — 165. Any 

 person riding or running a horse for any race whatever in Great 

 Britain not advertised to be run under the Rules of Racing, or the 



