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to subscribe for, or to enter or run any horse 

 for any race either in his own name or in that 

 of any other person, and any horse of which he 

 is part owner shall be disqualified." 



II. 



Having recited the duties of the chief officials 

 connected with the business department of horse- 

 racing, it becomes necessary to proceed a stage 

 further and explain the constitution of one or 

 two of our principal race meetings, of which only 

 those immediately interested in the sport know 

 very much. The constitution of several of these 

 events is, however, somewhat obscure, inasmuch 

 as the details are not known to the public. At 

 Newmarket it is the Jockey Club which profits 

 or loses by the racing which takes place on the 

 classic heath. At Royal Ascot the handicappers 

 are only the servants of higher powers ; at Good- 

 wood the moneys derived from the annual meet- 

 ing, whatever they may amount to, are placed 

 to the credit of the noble Duke on whose estate 

 the races are run. The revenue from the race 

 meeting annually held in Goodwood Park is 

 reputed to be large, and as in a comparative 

 sense little addition is made to the stakes, the 

 profits are probably considerable. About Epsom 

 and its grand stand, information of an interesting 

 kind has been frequently published. At Don- 

 caster, the various meetings are in the hands 

 of the corporation, the profits derived going to 

 benefit the town. Gate-money meetings are 

 promoted by joint-stock companies, and several 

 of them have become profitable institutions. It 



