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more than his pound and a halfc, he shall lose the plate, 

 prize, and stakes. 



" Item — If any difference shalbe about riding for this plate, 

 which is not expressed in these articles, it shalbe referred 

 to the noblemen and gentlemen which are then present, 

 and being contributors to the said plate ; but more 

 especially the Judges, the Judge being to be chosen 

 every time the plate or prize is run for, by the major part 

 of the contributors that are there present. 



" litem — Eury horse that winneth three heats shall win the 

 plate or prize, without running the course. 



" JtClU — Eury horse that runneth for the plate or prize shall 

 put in three pounds, except it be a contributor's horse, 

 and then he shall put in forty shillings. 



" ]ItClU — Whosoever winneth the plate or prize shall give to 

 the Clerk of the Course twenty shillings, to be distributed 

 to the poor on both sides of Newmarket, and twenty 

 shillings to the Clerk of the Race ; for which he is to 

 keep the course plain and free from cart roots. 



" EtCUl — The Clerk of the Race is to receive the stakes before 

 any horse starts, and is to deliver it to the tenant for the 

 time being, who is to give sufficient security, not only for 

 his rent, but likewise to add such stakes to the ensuing 

 plate or prize the next year. 



" Item — Eury Horse, Mare, or Gelding, that rideth for this 

 plate or prize, shall likewise deposit twenty shillings for 

 every heat, which the winning horse shall haue ; and the 

 last horse of every heat shall pay the second horse's 

 stakes and his own, which stakes are likewise to be 

 deposited into the Clerk of the Race's hands before the 

 horses start, to pay the winning horse his stakes every 

 heat, and likewise twenty shillings to the second horse, to 

 save his stakes ; but if there runneth but two horses, 

 then no stakes to be run for but what is to add to the 

 next year's plate. 



" Item — No horse that winneth not one of the three Pleats 

 shalbe permitted to come in and run the course. 



