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National Hunt Rules, and not specially exempted from the opera- 

 tion of these rules, shall be disqualified from riding or running a 

 horse where the National Hunt Rules are in force for twelve months 

 from the date of such offence, but this rule shall not apply to (a) 

 Races at meetings confined to resident members of the Universities 

 of Oxford and Cambridge ; (^) Pony or Galloway races at meetings 

 confined to pony or Galloway racing. 



Qualifications fo7- National Himt Flat Races. — 169. The follow- 

 ing provisions apply to National Hunt flat races: — (i) a horse to 

 qualify to run for a National Hunt flat race must have been placed 

 by the Judge first, second, or third in a steeple chase in Great 

 Britian or Ireland, after having jumped all the fences, and completed 

 the whole distance of the race to the satisfaction of at least two 

 of the Stewards, to whom previous notice shall have been given 

 in writing through the Clerk of the Course. (2) Such Stewards 

 shall give a certificate to the above effect in the form 2 of Appendix 

 C. (3) Such certificate, or, in the case of a horse qualified in 

 Ireland, a copy of such certificate, signed by the Secretary and 

 countersigned by a Steward of the Irish National Hunt Steeple 

 Chase Committee, must be lodged at the Registry Office one clear 

 week before running, with a fee of 5^. for registration. (4) Any 

 certificate is invalidated by the disqualification of the horse for the 

 race in which it was obtained. (5) Horses for National Hunt flat 

 races must be ridden by qualified riders. They cannot be handi- 

 capped, but shall not carry less than list. (6) The provisions of 

 Rule 134 as to running shall be in force in National Hunt flat races 

 so far as applicable. 



Special Rules relating to Steeple Chases and Hurdle Races. — 

 170. (i) In steeple chases and hurdle races, any horse getting away 

 from his rider may be remounted in any part of the field or enclosure 

 in which the occurrence took place, but should such horse not be 

 caught until he shall have entered another field, then he shall be 

 riden or brought back to the one in which he parted from his rider. 

 Any rider so losing his horse may be assisted in catching him and 

 remounting him without risk of disqualification ; and in the event 

 of a rider being disabled, his horse may be ridden home by any per- 

 son of sufficient weight, piovided he be quafified according to the 

 conditions of the race. No penalty shall be exacted for carrying 

 over-weight in this instance. Note. — In artificially constructed 

 steeple chase courses and in hurdle races the spaces between the 

 fences or hurdles are considered as fields or enclosures for the pur- 



