EULES 



OF RACING AND TROTTING COURSES 

 TO JANUARY, 1857. 



Memorandum. — At a meeting of the Members of the English Jockey- 

 Club, held on the 25th of April, 1833, it was resolved, that from and 

 after the end of the year 1833, horses should be considered, at New- 

 market, as TAKING THEIR AGE FROM THE FiRST OF JANUARY INSTEAD OF 



THE First of May. 



It should be borne in mind that such is the established Rule in New 

 York, New Jersey, the Canadas, &e., while in South Carolina, Georgia, 

 Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, horses take their age from the 

 First of May. As the Spring Races in these States usually come ofiF 

 in the months of February, March, and April, the horses necessarily 

 throw off a year's weight. That is, a horse which would be obliged, as 

 a/owr-year-old, to make up 100 lbs. on the 1st of May, runs to the last 

 day of April as a three-year-old, and carries but 86 lbs ! 



weights for age. 



In New York and New Jersey. — 3 yrs. 90 lbs. — 4, 104 — 5, 114 — 

 6, 121 — 7 and upwards, 126 lbs. Mares and geldings allowed 3 lbs. 



In South Carolina and Georgia. — 3 yrs. 90 lbs. — 4, 102 — 5, 112— 

 6, 120 — 7 and upwards, 126 lbs. Mares and geldings allowed 3 lbs. 



In Virginia, Maryland, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, &c. — 

 3* yrs. 861bs.— 4, 100—5, 110—6, 118—7 and upwards, f24 lbs. Mares 

 and geldings allowed 3 lbs. 



N. B. 1760 yards are a mile ; 220 yards are a furlong ; 14 lbs. are a 

 Btone; 4 inches are a hand. 



