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HANDY CAP RACES. 



1st. THE Judges for the season, on meeting with the Secretary, 

 shall Handy Cap. 



2rf. A list of all the horses, mares, and geldings which have start 

 ed at the said meeting, shall be made, to which any others, if pro 

 posed, and particularly described, may be added. 



3d. Any horse, &c. which has not run during the said meeting, 

 for Sweepstakes, Jockey Club, or Proprietor's purse, shall carry the 

 weights of the course. 



th. When the distance to be run, the entrance required, and the 

 prize be agreed on, the Judges and Secretary shall proceed to as- 

 sign them their weights. 



5tk. No horse, &c. shall be bound to carry more weight than 

 the rules of the course prescribe. 



6^. On the supposed best horse, &c. his or her proper weight 

 shall be imposed. 



7th. From horses, &c. of the 2d, 3d, &c. rate or reputation, as 

 much weight may be taken as will, in the opinion of the Handy 

 Cappers, make them equal to the first rate ; in equalizing them as 

 aforesaid, they are not bound to regard the winning horses, &.c. 

 as a change of distance, or a hard run, may change their ability to 

 perform. 



8^. Those who Handy Cap, shall particularly mark such horses, 

 &c. which are started in shoes, or not allowed to exert themselves 

 in a previous race any such horse, &c. shall carry the weight ot 

 the course, subject to the determination of the Judges and Secretary. 



Sth. As soon as the list of horses, &c. with their weights, be 

 prepared, the Secretary shall post up the same in the Club Room at 

 this place to which shall be added the distance to be run, the sum 

 to be run for, and the entrance money. 



IQth. When the aforesaid nine rules be complied with, until 10 

 o'clock P. M. shall be allowed the owner or starter to determine 

 whether he will contend for the prize, and no longer ; as they de- 

 termine, they shall give their names to the Treasurer or Proprietor 

 of the course, with a description of their horses, &c. who shall make 

 a list of them as entered, which list shall point out their places at 

 starting two or more to make a race. 



ENGLISH RULES OF RACING. 



Abstract of the laws which govern the Race Course in Great Britain, 

 as extracted from a Liverpool paper. 



HORSES take their ages from May day, i. e. a horse foaled any 

 time in the year 1823, is one year old on the first day of May 1824. 

 Four inches are a hand ; fourteen pounds a stone ; two hundred and 

 forty yards a distance. 



