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Eous says in his ' Horse-Bacing ' (edition of 1866, 

 pp. 67-68), that this was done at the suggestion of Sir 

 Charles Bunbury, who, according to the Admiral, to 

 sanction a decision given by a Committee of the Jockey 

 Clnb in his (Sir Charles's) favour, but ' protested 

 against by the Stewards of the Club,' ' introduced ' a 

 certain Eule. But the fact is that the Eule, as given 

 by Admiral Eous, runs thus : ' If a horse wins the 

 first heat, and all others draw, they are not distanced, 

 if he starts no more ; but, if he starts again by him- 

 self, the drawn horses are distanced.' Now, without 

 entering into the bearing of this Eule upon Sir C. 

 Bunbury's case or into the case itself, it is sufficient 

 to remark that the reader will find the Eule, just as it 

 is quoted by Admiral Eous, in ' Pond ' (in the Appen- 

 dix), and that all that Sir Charles and the Committee 

 seem to have done, on the Admiral's own showing, is 

 to have stuck by the old and accepted Eule. The 

 Admiral goes on to say that ' in 1803, being ashamed 

 of their proceedings, the Jockey Club expunged this 

 order [as if it had been something of their own], and 

 virtually condemned the decision which the general 

 meeting of the Jockey Club had confirmed.' Certainly 

 the Admiral, if anybody, should have known what he 

 was talking about, and should have been able to con- 

 sult the archives of the Club, and certainly the said 

 Eule is expunged after 1803, but, oddly enough, there 

 is nothing to be found in Weatherby's book ' Calendar ' 

 about a * Committee of the Jockey Club ' (though ' a 



