RULES OF THE NEW YORK JOCKEY CLUB, 



APPROVED AND ADOPTED SEPTEMBEE 13, 1842. 



Rule I. There shall be two regular meetings held by the New York 

 Jockey Club at the Union Course, on Long Island, to be called and 

 known as the Spring and Fall Meetings. The Spring Meeting shall 

 commence on the second Tuesday of May, and the Fall Meeting shall 

 commence on the first Tuesday of October, in each year. 



Rule II. There shall be a President, four Vice Presidents, a Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, to be appointed annually by ballot. 



Rule III, It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all 

 meetings of the Club ; to act as Presiding Judge at each day's race ; 

 appoint his Assistant Judges on the evening preceding each day's race, 

 report and publish the results of each day's race, and act as Judge in 

 Sweepstakes, with such other persons as the parties may appoint. 



Rule IV. It shall be the duty of the Vice President to attend all 

 meetings of the Club, and assist the President in the discharge of his 

 duties. In the absence of the President, the first Vice President, and 

 in his absence, the 2d, 3d, or 4th Vice President shall act as President 

 pro tern. 



Rule V. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to attend at all 

 meetings of the Club, also to attend the Judges of each day's race, assist 

 them with his counsel, and furnish them with all the requisite informa- 

 tion connected with each day's race : keep a book, in which he shall 

 record the Members' names, the Rules and Orders of the Club, and add 

 to them any Resolutions or Amendments which may change the char- 

 acter of either ; also record the proceedings at each meeting of the Club, 

 whether a special or a regular meeting ; he shall also record all the entries 

 of horses, Matches, and Sweepstakes, in which shall be set forth the 

 names of the respective owners, the color, name, age, sex, and name of 

 sire and dam of each horse ; record an account of each day's race, in- 

 cluding the time of running each heat, and after the races are over for 

 a meeting, report the same to the President of the Club for his official 

 publication. He shall also put up, and keep up during every Meeting, 

 at some convenient place, at or near the Judges' Stand, a copy of the 

 Rules and Regulations of the Club then in force. 



Rule VI. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to collect all the 

 money due the Club, whether from subscription of members, entrie? 

 of horses, or from any other source, pay the same over from time tc 



