252 , MODERN FAKRIER. 



to a deduction of ten per cent, if they declare their 

 forfeits by half an hour past nine o'clock in the 

 evening preceding running. 



130. Decisions of the Jockey Club. 



Any disputed uiutter, submitted to the considera- 

 tion of the jockey club, must relate to horse-racing. 

 The parties must agree upon a statement of the case 

 in writing, request the opinion of the stewards of 

 the jockey club thereon, and agree to abide by their 

 decision ; and sucli agreement must be signed by 

 the parties. If t!ic dispute should not occur at 

 Newmarket, the reference must come through, or 

 wdth the sanction of, the stewards of the races where 

 it happened. 



Except the case arise at Newmarket, they decline 

 giving any opinion where facts alone are in dispute ; 

 such as a complaint of foul riding, &c. All such 

 cases are most effectually investigated on the spot, 

 whilst the matter is fresh in the memories of the 

 witnesses, where their attendance is most easily pro- 

 cured, and their credibility best understood. 



All communications must be addressed * To the 

 Keeper of the IMatch-book, at Newmarket,' and de- 

 livered free of postage. 



By order of the stewards. 



Newmarhet, \6fh May, 1816. — Some disputes 

 having arisen respecting the qualifications of horses 

 to run for particular races, as well in regard to the 

 time when the certificates should be produced, as to 

 the person by whom the qualification or disqualifi- 

 cation should be proved, the stewards of the jockey 

 club, in the hope of introducing a uniformity of 

 practice in this respect, and with a view to prevent 

 disputes, declare it as their opinion, that when the 

 qualification of any horse is objected to before start- 

 ing, it is incumbent on the owner to produce a cer^ 



