APPENDIX. 



RULES OF RACING. 



These Rules apply to all meetings held under the sanction of the 

 Jockey Club, and to all races run at such meetings. 



Interpretation of Words and Phrases. 



I. A " recognised meeting " is a meeting held under the sanction of the Jockey 

 Club, or other Turf authority, of the country in which it is held, or (where no such 

 authority exists) under these rules. 



The Turf authorities of the United Kingdom are : — 

 The Jockey Club. 

 The National Hunt Committee. 

 The Turf Club of Ireland. 



The Irish National Hunt Steeple Chase Committee. 

 The Channel Islands Racing and Hunt Club. 



"Stewards." — Wherever the word " Steward " or " Stewards " is used, it means 

 Steward or Stewards of the meeting, or their duly appointed deputy or deputies. 



Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man are not included in the e.x- 

 pression "Great Britain," but they are in the expression " the United Kingdom." 



The " Registry Office " is the office for the time being appointed as the registry 

 office by the Jockey Club. 



"Registered" and "Registration" mean "Registered" and "Registration" 

 at such office. 



N.B.-^The Present Registry Office is Messrs Weatherby's Office, 6 Old Bur- 

 lington Street, London, W., and at Newmarket. 



The " Racing Calendar," comprising the " Sheet Calendar," the " Monthly 

 Calendar," the " Book Calendars," of "Races Past" and of "Races to Come," 

 and the " Stud Book " are the works published under those names respectively by 

 authority of the Jockey Club. 



A "horse " includes mare, gelding, colt, and filly. 



A " maiden " is a horse which has never won a race (other than a match or 

 private sweepstakes) at any recognised meeting in the United Kingdom, or in any 

 other country. A maiden means a maiden at the time of the start. 



A " race " means plate, cup, sweepstakes, private sweepstakes, or match, but 

 not steeple chase, hurdle race, or hunters' race on the flat. 



A " plate " is a race to be run for money or other prize without any stake being 

 made by the owners of the horses engaged. 



A " sweepstakes " is a race in which stakes are made by the owners of three or 

 more horses engaged, to be paid to the winner or other horses placed, and any 

 such race is still a sweepstakes when money or other prize is added. 



A " private sweepstakes" is one to which no money is added, and which has 

 not been advertised previous to closing. 



A match or " catchweights " means one for which the riders need not weigh 

 before or after the race. 



