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Sec. II. If any case occur which is not provided 

 for by these rules, it shall be decided by the rules of 

 The Jockey Club. If no rule of The Jockey Club is 

 found applicable to the case, then it shall be decided 

 by the Stewards in such manner as they may think 

 just and conformable to the usages of the turf. 



PAKT XXVI. 



SPECIAL RULES FOB STEEPLECHASES AND HUBDLB RACES 



Rdle 86. Sec. I. In Steeplechases tnad B.\ir die Races, Horses getting 

 any horse getting away from his rider mav he aivayfiom riders 

 remounted in any part of the same field or e^<i^o- '^]i^,!aie races' "'' 

 sure in which the occurrence took place, but should ^j^^ ^^ '" ' 

 such horse not be caught until he shall have remounted. 

 entered another field, then he shall be ridden or 

 brought back to the one in which he parted from 

 his rider. Any rider so losing his horse may be 

 assisted in catching him and remounting him with- 

 out risk of disqualification ; and in the event of a 

 rider being disabled, his horse may be ridden home 

 by any person of sufficient weight, provided he 

 qualified according to the conditions of the race. 

 No penalty shall be exacted for carrying overweight 

 in this instance. 



Note — In artificially constructed steeplechase 

 courses and in hurdle races the spaces between the 

 fences or hurdles are considered as fields or enclos- 

 ures for the purpose of this rule. 



Sec. II. If any flag-post or boundary mark he Riders must be 

 placed in the course or altered after the riders have i^otrfied ot 

 been shown over the ground, or had the course ^^"fg/ "' ''"^ 

 pointed out to them, it shall not be considered 

 binding or of any effect unless such addition or 

 alteration shall have been particularly named, pre- 

 vious to starting, to all the riders in the race, by 

 one of the Stewards, the Clerk of the Course, or by 

 their representatives. 



Sec. III. If a horse refuse any fence or hurdle in Horses refusing. 

 a race, and it can be proved to the satisfaction of 

 the Stewards that he has been led over it by any of 

 the bystanders, or has been given a lead over by 

 any horseman not riding in the race, the horse shall 

 be disqualified. 



