EXTRACT FROM C.T.C. RULES OF RACING. 



"19. . . European and North- American horses shall 

 be classed with English ; African and South American 

 horses with Australasian ; Persian horses with Arab ; 

 other Asiatic horses with Country-bred . . . 



" 20. The age of ahorse of the English, Country-bred 

 and Arab class, shall be reckoned from the 1st January ; 

 and of the Australian class, from the 1st of August. 



" Appendix A. (i.) As 6 st. is the lowest weight which 

 a horse can carry, lower weights are only inserted to 

 show the relative weights of the different classes. 



" (ii.) Weight for age for English and Australasian 

 horses is the scale reduced 4 Ibs. ; for Country-bred 

 and Arab horses, the scale raised 24 Ibs. and 38 Ibs. 

 respectively. 



" (iii.) When English and Australian horses run 

 together without any other class in a weight for class 

 race, the weight in the scale is reduced 4 Ibs. ; and 

 when Country- bred and Arab horses run together 

 without any other class it is raised 28 Ibs. 



" (iv.) When horses of only one class ran in a weight 

 for age and class weight, the weight to be carried is 

 weight for age, unless otherwise specified. 



" (v.) Welter weight is obtained by adding 2 st. to 

 the scale of weight read in connection with these 

 instructions. 



" (vi.) A two year old, if an English, Country-bred, 

 or Arab ; must carry the weight of a three year old in 



